Cabaret License: This Week's Music Megalist

Hello, music fans! My name is Ben Chappel and I've taken over the reins of Coolfer's legendary music picks column. Please know, before going any further, that Coolfer has enormously large feet for which he orders specially-made size 17 Reebok's Pumps, and I have absolutely no hope of fitting my little Campers into his elephantitic footsteps. I'll do the best I can, though, weekly, in my average-sized eleven-and-a-halfs.

Here, sometime hovering around the beginning of each calendar week, I'll be providing you with a simple wrap-up of what's happening, where to be, what to expect, and, in some cases, special give-aways to help you rock out, dance, stand disaffected in the back of the room, or just generally gain admittance to super-special shows on Gothamist's dime. They don't pay me, so the least I can do is funnel money to you guys.

So, welcome. I hope that my hours of greuling research of all the venue web sites and indie corners of the net yield some semblance of musical bliss in your otherwise defunctory rock/roll lifestyles.

Here are this week's firecrackers:

Let's start out with the attractive canadian twin rock: Tonight, Tegan and Sara will be strumming their "We're young, hip and Ryan Adams loves us" punk-pop melodies for an audience of dancing folks at the Bowery Ballroom. Touring for their newest release, "So Jealous", which, it must be noted, is supported keyboardly by Weezer/Rentals historian, Matt Sharp. They're playing with The Honorary Title and Kimya Dawson.