While I am in Chicago this weekend for the Pitchfork Music Festival I’ll be missing plenty great shows in NYC:
Friday
Mary Weiss of the Shangri-Las @ South Street Seaport (free)
Matmos @ (le) Poisson Rouge
Deerhoof @ Prospect Park Bandshell (free)
Dizzee Rascal @ Highline Ballroom
Chris Garneau @ Joe’s Pub
Saturday
Village Voice Siren Music Festival with Broken Social Scene, the […]
Highline Ballroom is giving a free screening of the movie Once, featuring Glen Hansard of the Irish band the Frames and Czech singer Market Irglova, and much of their music, this Saturday, July 19. Doors are at 7 p.m., movie starts at 8 p.m. The movie is excellent, I highly recommend it.
The two musicians now […]
Ah summer. Another weekend, another long list of free shows. Here’s this weekend’s schedule:
Friday:
Brazilian Girls @ Prospect Park Band Shell
No Age @ South Street Seaport
The Breeders @ Other Music (must have tickets)
Rennie Harris Puremovement (hip-hop dance) @ Central Park Summerstage
Saturday:
Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival @ the Bodega
Afro-Punk Festival @ Ft. Greene Park
Beth Orton @ Prospect Park Band […]
A new band called Paper Route releases their debut EP today, Are We All Forgotten.
They are head out on tour today and will be at Mercury Lounge on August 18 and Summerstage with the Final Riot Tour, along with Phantom Planet, Jack’s Mannequin, and Paramore on August 28. See below for all dates. Also, […]
While many people are going away, including me (I’m hitting up the Jazz Festival in Montreal!), there is tons going on in NYC for your listening pleasure:
July 4
1:00: Ponytail, The Apes, Indian Jewelry, Marnie Stern, Double Dagger, Power Douglas at The Yard, part of a Todd P Party. $8 in advance, $10 at the door.
3:30: […]
Mosh Ben Ari @ Summerstage
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If you missed him in Central Park on Sunday because of the rain, Israeli musician Mosh Ben Ari is playing at Music Hall of Williamsburg tomorrow (Tuesday) night with Diwon, Y-Love, Electro Morocco, and special guests. You can get tickets at Holyland Market at 122 Saint […]
Cold War Kids at Pianos, May 3, 2006
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There is a ton of free stuff going on this weekend, and it should be packed like this every weekend for the rest of the summer…woohoo! Here’s what’s going on:
Friday:
Cold War Kids @ Prospect Park Bandshell
A Place to Bury Strangers and King Khan […]
Israeli songstress Yael Naim played at Summerstage in Central Park on Sunday night. It was a beautiful evening, the rain finally clearing up and the temperature finally cooling down. Naim has songs in Hebrew, French, and English, including a cover of Britney Spears’ “Toxic” and the song “New Soul,” which is on the MacBook Air […]
19 January 2008 - New York, NY - Isaac Hayes at the B.B.King Blues Club & Grill.
Photo Credit: Lionel Urman/Sipa Press/0801222041
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Celebrate Brooklyn in Prospect Park has its inaugural show tonight with none other than Isaac Hayes. It’s free and sure to be a good time so come on […]
Yeasayer @ Brooklyn Masonic Temple
Photo Permission: Devorah Klein
The National, Yeasayer, and Plants and Animals (whose debut album I happen to really like) have been added to the SummerStage lineup and will be there on August 4. She & Him (M.Ward and Zooey Deschanel) are returning to NYC to play a show at Terminal 5 […]
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