Friday:

• Crookers (Italy), Annie Mac, and Congorock will be at Webster Hall.
• Lotus and BLVD at Bowery Ballroom
• Nightmare of You, Plushgun, The Canon Logic, and Borrowed Eyes at Maxwell’s
• The Wooden Birds and Lymbyc System at Mercury Lounge
• Superdrag, Aberdeen City, Cassavettes at Music Hall of Williamsburg
• Rusko, Phantom’s Revenge and Black Holes at Studio B
• The Wrens, Amazing Baby, and Overload at The Bell House
• Young Love at The Studio at Webster Hall
• The Faint, Ladytron, and Telepathe at Webster Hall

Saturday:

• Extra Golden and Meta & The Cornerstones at (le) Poisson Rouge
• The Hackensaw Boys and Defibulators at 92Y Tribeca
• Lotus and Big In Japan (ft. members of Lake Trout) at Bowery Ballroom
• Greg Attonito of the Bouncing Souls and Shanti & Vic Ruggiero of The Slackers at The Knitting Factory (on Leonard St.)
• Black Dice at Market Hotel
• Mr. Lif at The Studio at Webster Hall
• Save Coney Island Benefit with Gato Loco, 357 Lover, Les Sans Cullots, and more at Southpaw.
  
• The Faint, Ladytron, and Telepathe at Webster Hall
• Friendly Foes, Real Estate, Prussia, and Sharon Van Etten at Pianos
• Violens, Apache Beat, Blonde Acid Cult, and Bottle Up & Go at Santos Party House (7pm)
  
• Francis and the Lights and Four Tet (DJ Set) at Santos Party House (10 pm)
• Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3 at Irving Plaza

Sunday:

• Comet Gain, Crystal Stilts, and Cold Cave at Music Hall of Williamsburg
• Crippled Black Phoenix (members of Mogwai), Ascent of Everest, Charles Atlas at Mercury Lounge
• Kyp Malone (of TV on the Radio), Flowers of Flesh & Blood, Pure Horsehair, and Path of Least Resistance at Glasslands
• Genghis Tron, Tombs, Wetnurse, and Black Anvil at Public Assembly
  

It’s Friday, so that means lots of tickets go on sale today:

• Van Morrison, who had already announced two shows at Madison Square Garden on February 27 and 28, has added two shows at The Beacon Theater on March 3 and 4. At all of these shows he will be playing is album Astral Weeks. Tickets for all shows are on sale now.
• Ladytron is going on tour with The Faint and they will be in NYC on April 10 and 11 at Webster Hall. Tickets on sale today at noon.
• The New Deal is playing two shows, one at Music Hall of Williamsburg on April 1 and then at Bowery Ballroom on April 3. Tickets on sale.
• Chris Cornell is at Webster Hall on April 7 and 8 and at Wellmont Theater in NJ on April 11. Tickets on sale at noon.
• The Decemberists will be at Radio City Music Hall on June 10. Tickets go on regular sale today at noon.
• Opeth is at the Grand Ballroom on May 26. Tickets on sale at noon.
• Thee Oh Sees are playing Mercury Lounge on April 5. Tickets on sale at noon.
• Lucero will be at Music Hall of Williamsburg with Titus Andronicus on April 18. Tickets on sale at noon.
• The Bronx will be at the Bowery Ballroom on April 20 and at Maxwell’s in Hoboken on April 22. Tickets on sale at noon.
• Buckethead is at B.B. King’s on May 30. Tickets on sale at noon.
• Ricardo Arjona is playing Madison Square Garden on August 7 (yes, we are planning way ahead here…). Tickets are on sale now.
• Jeff Beck will be at Irving Plaza on April 9 and 10. Tickets here.
• The Roots, who are Conan’s new band when he takes over Late Night, will now be living in New York. This means they will be playing lots more shows–they have set up a residency at Highline Ballroom and are playing multiple shows over the next few months (March 5, 19, 31; April 14, 21; May 4, 13, 18, 26; June 2, 10, 16, 23). Tickets for all shows here.

Ladytron @ Terminal 5, Image: Devorah Klein

One of the best electronic groups out there, Ladytron will be doing a DJ set tonight with Le Castlevania and Grandmaster Flash at Webster Hall. If you stayed in NYC for Christmas, rejoice! Get $10 advance tickets here.

 
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Wondering what Ryan Adams’ favorite album of 2008 is? Or maybe you want to know Chromeo’s choice for Best New Artist? Filter Magazine asked some of this year’s top artists to name their Top Ten and will be releasing a selection every week in December. Here’s who they have out so far:

• M83’s Anthony Gonzalez

• Ladytron

• Kaiser Chiefs

• Ra Ra Riot

• Chromeo

• Ryan Adams

• The Mountain Goats‘ John Darnielle

• Steve Wynn

• The Dandy Warhols‘ Peter Holmstrom

• The Raveonettes‘ Sune Rose Wagner

• Grizzly Bear’s Edward Droste

• Earlimart

• Butch Vig

• Everest

• Starsailor’s James Walsh

• Sloan’s Patrick Pentland

• Portugal. The Man’s John Baldwin Gourley

• Ane Brun

• Jim White

From the 19 lists featured this week, Santogold’s self-titled debut record emerged victorious as the most popular album, landing placement on six of the lists with MGMT, Fleet Foxes and Vampire Weekend tying for a close second, hitting five of them.  How will they fare in the long-run?  Only the weeks will tell.  Scope all of our first week’s featured lists above, and check back daily for more updates!

England-based electropop band Ladytron lit up (literally) Terminal 5 last night. Openers Datarock got the good vibe started with their high energy and matching track suits. But Ladytron took over handily from there. Helen Marnie and Mira Aroyo’s vocals were entrancing as usual and the beats were highly conducive to dancing. The audience was psyched to be there and danced and whooped all night, but thankfully everyone was pretty respectful of personal space–not somethinig I’m used to at a Terminal 5 show. They played songs from their new album Velocifero, including single “Ghost” and “Runaway,” as well as some older hits like “Seventeen” and “Destroy Everything You Touch.”

Ladytron @ Terminal 5

Datarock @ Terminal 5
All Photos Permission: Lindsay Herman and Devorah Klein

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Photo Permission: Angela Wolf @ Filter

Ladytron are back, following up Witching Hour with Velocifero which is out now and let me tell you, it is quite delectable. It still has the electro vibe, but the vocals and harmonies are more refined and emotional and the music cuts to a deeper level. Produced by Vicarious Bliss from Ed Banger and Alessandro Cortini who has worked with Nine Inch Nails, the new album oversteps boundaries and provides a marvelous musical landscape for the listener.

Photo Permission: Angela Wolf @ Filter

Ladytron is celebrating by going on tour with Datarock, and they’ll be in NYC at Terminal 5 on June 25. Get tickets here and see below for the rest of the tour dates.

June
2 Salt Lake City, UT - In The Venue
3 Denver, CO - The Gothic
5 Dallas, TX - Palladium Ballroom
6 Austin, TX - Stubbs
7 Houston, TX - Meridian
8 New Orleans, LA - House Of Blues
10 Orlando, FL - Club Firestone
11 Tampa, FL - Czar
12 Miami, FL - Studio A
13 Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse
15 Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo Festival (* without Datarock)
16 St. Louis, MO - The Pageant
17 Chicago, IL Vic - Theater
18 Detroit, MI St. - Andrews Hall
25 New York, NY - Terminal 5
26 Philadelphia, PA - Theater of Living Arts
27 Baltimore, MD - Sonar
28 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
30 Boston, MA - Paradise