There is a ton of stuff going on this weekend in NYC, including some free stuff. Here are your weekend music choices:

FRIDAY

Dark Meat, Vivian Girls @ Rocks Off Concert Cruise

Lucinda Williams @ Madison Square Garden

Tonearm @ BAM Cafe, FREE

Hot Chip @ Terminal 5

The Kills, Magic Wand @ Music Hall of Williamsburg

Stereolab, Antipop Consortium, Hospitality @ Irving Plaza

The Rumble Strips, My Sister in 1994 @ Sound Fix, FREE

A-Trak, Boys Noize @ Webster Hall

SATURDAY

Hot Chip @ Terminal 5

Jenny Lewis @ Apollo Theater

Hot Chip DJ set, Drums of Death @ (le) Poisson Rouge

Children, Pissed Jeans @ Glasslands, FREE with RSVP

Elizabeth & the Catapult @ BAM Cafe, FREE

Shudder to Think, the Jealous Girlfriends, Pattern is Movement @ Webster Hall

Tyvke, caUSE co-MOTION!, Crystal Stilts @ Death by Audio

Fleet Foxes @ Manhattan Center Grand Ballroom

Glasvegas, Angela McClusky @ Mercuery Lounge

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds @ Theater at Madison Square Garden

The Kills, the Postelles @ Music Hall of Williamsburg

Common, N.E.R.D. @ Roseland Ballroom

Stereolab, Monade, Le Loup @ Irving Plaza

SUNDAY

Tegan and Sarah, Girl in a Coma @ Terminal 5

Fleet Foxes @ Webster Hall

The Bird and the Bee @ Maxwell’s

Catfish Haven @ Union Hall

The rest of the summer and fall concerts are starting to come through en masse now, and many shows are going on sale this week. Those include:

Metric and Mates of State, August 7 @ Highline Ballroom. Tickets on sale Friday at noon.

Willie Nelson and Jakob Dylan, September 25 @ Radio City Music Hall. On presale this Thursday at 10 a.m., password is rosebud, on regular sale on Friday at 10 a.m.

Ray Lamontagne, October 11 @ Radio City Music Hall. On presale now thru 7/18, password is GRAIN.

Shudder to Think, October 4 @ Webster Hall. On sale Friday at noon.

Juliana Hatfield and Hayden, September 12 @ Bowery Ballroom. On sale Friday at noon.

Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip, September 25 and 26 @ Mercury Lounge. On sale Friday at noon.

Joan as Police Woman, September 25 @ Bowery Ballroom. On sale Friday at noon.

Charlatans UK, October 14 @ Bowery Ballroom. Tickets on sale Thursday at noon.

Cesaria Evora and Madeleine Peyroux, October 3 @ Carnegie Hall. On sale Monday at 11 a.m.

Wondering how to celebrate not being at work? Here are a few ideas:

Fri 1/25

Nicole Atkins & The Sea, Craig Wedren (ex-Shudder to Think), The Parlor Mob
Bowery Ballroom 18+ $13a/$15d Sold Out

Kid Sister, Cool Kids, A-Trak

Museum of Natural History 21+ $20 Buy Tickets

Neurosis, Mastodon, A Storm of Light
Brooklyn Masonic Temple All Ages $25 Sold Out

Tyvek, Mens Tennis, Cuddle Machines, Guinea Worms
Cake Shop 21+ $6

Ida
Joe’s Pub $15 Buy Tickets

Rahim, A Passing Feeling, Face of Cain
Le Loft $5

Ben Nichols (of Lucero)
Mercury Lounge 21+ $10 Buy Tickets

Super Furry Animals, Holy Fuck
Music Hall of Williamsburg 18+ $18a/$20d Buy Tickets

Radio 4, Dragons of Zynth
Studio B 21+ $10 Buy Tickets

Sat 1/26

Chromeo, Kid Sister
Bowery Ballroom 18+ $15a/$17d Buy Tickets

Eric Copeland (of Black Dice), David Scott Stone
Death By Audio All Ages tba

Ladybug Transistor, The Instruments
Knitting Factory (Main Space) All Ages $10a/$12d Buy Tickets

The Giraffes, Baby Dayliner, Francis and the Lights, God Or Julie, Randy Lee
Mercury Lounge 21+ $10
Get Him Eat Him, Mahjongg, Miss Fairchild
Southpaw 18+ $10a/$12d Buy Tickets

A-Trak, Steve Aoki (Chromeo afterparty)
Studio B 21+ $10a/$12d Buy Tickets

DJ Shadow, Cut Chemist
The Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza 16+ $37.50 Buy Tickets

Cornelius
Webster Hall 18+ $25 Buy Tickets

Sun 1/27

DJ Shadow, Cut Chemist
The Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza 16+ $37.50 Buy Tickets

Laura Veirs
Union Hall 21+ $15 No advance tickets left, tickets may be available at the door