Some new and good things on sale now. After listening to the new Tortoise album, Beacons of Ancestorship, I definitely recommend checking them out in July if you will miss their May 30 show at The Bell House this weekend:

• June 19: Lisa Hannigan at Gramercy Theater. Tickets
• June 23: Mika at (le) Poisson Rouge. Tickets
• June 26: The Smithereens at The Bell House. Tickets
• June 27: XYZ Affair at Mercury Lounge. Tickets
• July 6: Asa at (le) Poisson Rouge. Tickets
• July 9: Chris Garneau CD Release concert with Scary Mansions at (le) Poisson Rouge. Tickets
• July 21: Paolo Nutini show moved from Webster Hall to Terminal 5, more tickets on sale.
• July 21: Tortoise at (le) Poisson Rouge. Tickets
• July 25: 2 Live Crew and Ninjasonik at Studio B. Tickets
• August 3: Foreign Born and The Veils at The Bell House. Tickets

On Sale now:

7/10 – ROBBERS ON HIGH STREET – Mercury Lounge
6/22 – SPINNERETTE – Bowery Ballroom
7/10 – 10 FOR $10: Madball, Poison the Well, Terror, Vision, War of Ages , The Ghost Inside, Death Before Dishonor, Trapped Under Ice, Crime In Stereo, This is Hell – Terminal 5
7/15 – WAVVES – Bowery Ballroom
8/28 – THE DAMNWELLS – Music Hall of Williamsburg
9/17 - THE WEAKERTHANS - Music Hall of Williamsburg
9/18 - THE WEAKERTHANS - Bowery Ballroom
11/20 – CHRIS BOTTI - The Wellmont Theatre

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Regina Spektor at Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival in San Francisco in August 2008.

Russian chanteuse Regina Spektor just announced a show at the Beacon Theater on June 17 with Little Joy (whihc includes Fabrizio Moretti of The Strokes). Tickets are on presale now through 10 pm tonight (Thursday) with password HEREGINA. Tickets go on regular sale tomorrow at noon.

The annual NYC Popfest is happening this week and weekend and there are some goodies. I especially recommend Burning Hearts and Suburban Kids with Biblical Names on Sunday at the Cake Shop! Here’s the schedule:

Thursday May 14, Cake Shop:

All NYC Showcase

• Knight School
• Soft City
• Dream Bitches
• The Metric Mile
• My Teenage Stride
• The Ballet

Friday May 15 at Don Hill’s:

• Don Lennon (nyc)
• The Tartans (ca)
• Liechtenstein (sweden)
• Cats on Fire (finland)

Saturday May 16 at Cake Shop:

Free afternoon show

• Hidden Ghost Balloon Ship (mi)
• The 1959 Hat Company (oh)
• Strega (nyc)
• Springfactory (sweden)

Saturday may 16 at The Bell House:

• Computer Perfection (mi)
• Eux Autres (ca)
• The Secret History (nyc)
• Pants Yell! (ma)
• The Radio Dept. (sweden)

Sunday May 17 at the Cake Shop, all day:

• Steve Goldberg (pa)
• Boy Genius (nyc)
• A Faulty Chromosome (tx)
• Very Truly Yours (il)
• The Smittens (vt)
• Rose Melberg (canada)
• Afternoon Naps (oh)
• The Drums (fl)
• The Icicles (mi)
• Casper and the Cookies (ga)
• Burning Hearts (finland)
• Suburban Kids with Biblical Names (sweden)

For tickets and more visit NYC Popfest.

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Green Day perform at T in the Park in the UK, 2002

The Webster Hall show is sold out, but Green Day have a bunch of shows and appearances coming up. Here’s the details:

May 15 - Best Buy signing (529 5th Avenue)-Be one of the first 500 people to buy the new album and get tickets for the signing at 7 pm. Store opens 9 am.
May 18 - Bowery Ballroom for fan club members–go here for more info
May 19 - Webster Hall (sold out)
May 20 - PC Richard & Son Theater (tickets)
May 22 - Good Morning America (Rumsey Playfield - 69th St / 5th Ave)
Jul 27 - Madison Square Garden w/ Kaiser Chiefs (not on sale yet)

Thanks Brooklynvegan

One of my all-time favorite bands, The Thermals, are in town. They played two shows this weekend at Bowery Ballroom and are at Music Hall of Williamsburg tonight. Last I checked, tickets were still on sale.

I had the privilege of seeing them on Saturday night and boy did they bring it. They opened with “St. Rosa” off their last album and continued the ngiht with a good mix from all their albums, inlcuding the new one, Now We Can See. As Wes Hutchinson “Don’t worry we’re going to play all the hits.” They also threw in a cover of Nirvana’s “Sappy” and The Breeder’s “Summer is Ready When You Are.” To make it a true 90s night, Wes took off his shirt for the encore. How punk! And at the end of the show Kathy shook hands with the corwd! Man, I love these guys.

More pics after the jump!

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All these on sale today at noon:

• 5/30 – THE RURAL ALBERTA ADVANTAGE / I WAS A KING – Mercury Lounge Tickets (The Rural Alberta Advantage are a really great new band just signed to Saddle Creek. Seriously, check ‘em out, I love what I’ve heard so far!!!)

• 5/30 - 1990s and BLONDE ACID CULT - Southpaw Tickets

• 6/13 – THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS – The Wellmont Theatre Tickets

• 6/17 - TINTED WINDOWS (Taylor Hanson, James Iha, Adam Schlesinger, and Bun E. Carlos) - Highline Ballroom Tickets

• 6/19 – PEACHES – Music Hall of Williamsburg Tickets

• 6/23 – LITTLE JOY – Bowery Ballroom Tickets
  

• 6/23 - Nylon Summer Music Tour with PATRICK WOLF, LIVING THINGS, JAGUAR LOVE, and PLASTISCINES - Highline Ballroom Tickets

• 6/25 - CRACKER - Highline Ballroom Tickets

• 7/2 – THE GERMS – Mercury Lounge Tickets
  

• 7/9 – YOUNGER BROTHER LIVE ft. Simon Posford, Benji Vaughan, Marc Brownstein, Joe Russo, Thomas Hamilton, Ruu Campbell – Terminal 5 Tickets
  

• 7/24 – DEER TICK – Bowery Ballroom Tickets
  

• 7/30 – JARVIS COCKER – Terminal 5 Tickets
  

• 8/11 – TV ON THE RADIO – Prospect Park Bandshell Tickets
  

• 8/20 – N.A.S.A. – Bowery Ballroom Tickets
  

• 9/21 – MAXIMO PARK – Webster Hall Tickets
  

AND on May 19 GREEN DAY will be playing the tiny-for-them Webster Hall. Tickets for that go on sale at 4 pm today!!!!

A few stuff on sale now:

• The Clientele are at Music Hall of Williamsburg on July 19. Tickets
• The Maccabees have a new album coming out and are at Music Hall of Williamsburg on June 20. Tickets
• TV on the Radio are playing Prospect Park Bandshell on August 11. Tickets are on AmEx and venue presale now, they go on regular sale on Friday.
• Kristin Hersh is at The Bell House on June 18. Tickets

Thank goodness Handsome Furs are coming back to NY! I was so sad when their Mercury Lounge in March show sold out so quickly that I didn’t get tickets. Although they are at the bigger Bowery Ballrom this time around, I’m still pumped! Those tickets and more are on sale now:

• Love is All on 6/5 at Music Hall of Williamsburg. Tickets
• The Lemonheads on 6/25 at Bowery Ballroom. Tickets
• The Slip on 6/26 at Bowery Ballroom. Tickets
• Handsome Furs on 7/7 at Bowery Ballroom. Tickets
• Paolo Nutini on 7/21 at Webster Hall. Tickets
• Destroyer on 7/30 at Bowery Ballroom. Tickets
• Eagles of Death Metal 8/6 at Webster Hall. Tickets
• The Dodos, Phil and the Osophers, and special guests on 6/14 at 2 pm at Studio B (part of the Northside Festival). Tickets

Also, Sonic Youth has announced they will be playing a show at United Palace Theater (up on Broadway and 175th St.) on July 3. Tickets are on AmEx presale now and go on regular sale tomorrow (Saturday) at 10 am.

Image: Courtesy of Danielle Kourtesis, Rooftop Films
Dirty on Purpose at last year’s opening night of Rooftop Films

Although Rooftop Films had events through the winter this year, their inaugural event that is actually on a rooftop takes place on May 15 at The Open Road Rooftop Project, 350 Grand Street @ Essex at 8 pm. At 8:30 recent recipients of Pitchfork’s Best new Music, Cymbals Eat Guitars, will play a set, followed by a showing of short films. And that is all followed by an open bar at Fontana’s (105 Eldridge St) from 11:30 pm-1 am. Tickets are selling out fast I’m told, so get yours here.