Lots of great shows going on sale tomorrow (Friday), including a 5-night Art Brut residency at Mercury Lounge and two Passion Pit shows. All the details are below:

• Ben Harper and the Relentless 7 on May 5 at Webster Hall and May 8 at Music Hall of Williamsburg. Tickets
• Kate Voegele at Highline Ballroom on May 13. Tickets
• The Shins at Wellmont Theatre on May 17 and Terminal 5 on May 18. Tickets
• Mos Def and Talib Kweli (under the name Black Star) will be at Nokia Theater on May 30, performing two shows–one at 7 pm and one at 11:30 pm. Tickets
• Art Brut is celebrating the release of their new album, Art Brut vs. Satan (out May 12) on June 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 at Mercury Lounge. Five night passes available. Tickets
• Jonathan Richman and Vic Chesnutt at Bowery Ballroom on June 16 and 17. Tickets
• Indigo Girls and Matt Nathanson are at Central Park Summerstage on June 16. Tickets
• Metric, who have a new album called Fantasies coming out, are at Terminal 5 on June 17. Tickets
• Passion Pit are at Bowery Ballroom June 19 and 20. Tickets
• Camera Obscura are at Webster Hall on June 24. Tickets
• Meat Puppets are at Mercury Lounge on June 11 and 12. Tickets

Lots of good stuff on sale or going on sale today at noon:

Beach House and Tickly Feather on December 9 @ Music Hall of Williamsburg

The Raveononettes on January 16 @ Webster Hall

Kimya Dawson on December 26 @ Bowery Ballroom

The Constantines on December 7 @ Music Hall of Williamsburg

Todd Rundgren on December 26 @ Blender Theater

Meat Puppets on December 13 @ Music Hall of Williamsburg

Louden Wainwright III on December 10 @ Blender Theater

Anita Baker on February 13 @ Radio City Music Hall

Wu Tang Clan on December 21 @ Starland Ballroom in NJ

And, like Yo La Tengo, Matisyahu is putting on some Hannukah shows of his own. Here are those dates, all tickets are on sale now:

December 21 Webster Hall w/ DJ set by TBA New York, NY
December 22 Webster Hall w/ The Leevees New York, NY
December 23 Webster Hall w/ U Melt New York, NY
December 25 Webster Hall w/ Easy Star All-Stars New York, NY
December 27 Music Hall of Williamsburg w/ Asher Roth Brooklyn, NY
December 28 Music Hall of Williamsburg w/ Assembly of Dust Brooklyn, NY
December 29 Music Hall of Williamsburg w/ Little Jackie Brooklyn, NY
December 30 Music Hall of Williamsburg w/ Brett Dennen Brooklyn, NY

Three giants of the nineties played two nights at Terminal 5 on Thursday and Friday: Meat Puppets, Dinosaur Jr., and Built to Spill. I was at the show on Friday and much to my disappointment I missed the Meat Puppets who went on at 7:30 p.m. I did see all of Dinosaur Jr.’s set, who were excellent. But the real thrill for me was seeing Built to Spill perform their seminal album Perfect From Now On. They played the album all the way through with excellent jams and Doug Martsch wailing perfectly. After they finished they played a few more favorites, like “The Plan” and “Carry the Zero.” The best part of the night was when J. Mascis of Dinosaur Jr. and members of the Meat Puppets came out on stage to play with Built to Spill for almost 30 minutes. They all seemed to be enjoying themeselves immensely, especially the Meat Puppet boys who were joking around a lot. Not sure what happened to Lou Barlow…I guess he had to head out early. Lots more photos after the jump. Read more

Across the Narrows - Built to Spill
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Chris | the other Chris

A bunch of awesome shows are going on sale this week, but the one I’m most excited about has got to be the ATP Presents: Built to Spill, Dinosaur Jr., and Meat Puppets show on Sept. 25 and 26 t Terminal 5. What a great group of nineties bands! Tickets for that go on sale Thursday at noon here.

Here’s a bunch of other shows going on sale today, Thursday, and Friday:

On Sale Wednesday, May 14 at Noon
6/18 LAURA MARLING - Mercury Lounge
7/4 - MORNING 40 FEDERATION / AMERICANS - Mercury Lounge
7/29 - TILLY AND THE WALL - Music Hall of Williamsburg
7/30 - TILLY AND THE WALL - Bowery Ballroom
7/31 - WE ARE SCIENTISTS - Music Hall of Williamsburg
8/1 - WE ARE SCIENTISTS - Bowery Ballroom

On Sale Thursday, May 15 at Noon
6/10 - LITTLE JACKIE - Mercury Lounge
6/15 - DAWN LANDES - Mercury Lounge
7/14 - JAY BRANNAN - Music Hall of Williamsburg

On Sale Friday, May 16 at Noon
6/6 - HOLY FUCK - Music Hall of Williamsburg
6/25 - HELOISE & THE SAVOIR FAIRE / FRANCIS AND THE LIGHTS - Bowery Ballroom
7/17 - SPIRITUALIZED - Terminal 5
8/18 - THE FAINT - Terminal 5

All Tomorrow’s Parties, which has curated amazing festivals for the past eight years, is finally bringing a lineup to New York–and it’s amazing. It’s curated by My Bloody Valentine (who have just announced a full-blown tour) and ATP and takes place Sept. 19-21. The weird thing is that it’s upstate in the Catskills at Kutscher’s Country Club–an old Catskills standby from the bygone days. Here’s the lineup:

MY BLOODY VALENTINE
FUCK BUTTONS
POLVO
LOW
EDAN WITH GUEST DAGHA
MOGWAI
THE DRONES
BUILT TO SPILL PERFORMING PERFECT FROM NOW ON
WOODEN SHJIPS
SHELLAC
THEE SILVER MOUNT ZION ORCHESTRA
AUTOLUX
MEAT PUPPETS PERFORMING MEAT PUPPETS II
TORTOISE PERFORMING MILLIONS NOW LIVING WILL NEVER DIE
THURSTON MOORE PERFORMING PSYCHIC HEARTS
DINOSAUR JR
MERCURY REV
HARMONIA
LILYS
GROWING
YO LA TENGO
OM

And here’s how to get tickets.