This Week's Music Picks

Monday - 13th

Jesse Diamond and the Thousand won the CMJ Battle of the Bands in Brooklyn last week. Now's your chance to see why the judges liked them. (@ Pianos)

The Canadian rock/pop band Sloan play their first of two nights at Bowery Ballroom.

A second chance (they played Knitting Factory Sunday night) to see Architecture in Helsinki and Head of Femur (@ Northsix)

Pianos - Nor I, Tunnel Motor, Blue Collar, Jessie Diamond and The Thousand
S.O.B.'s - Seu Jorge
Mercury Lounge - Summer Lawns, The Swedes, Grand National, ShockNina
Other Music (free instore performance) - Four Tet
Rothko - The Merediths, Lampa, Blood Sugars, Airbourne
Southpaw - The Nein, Engineers
Bowery Ballroom - Sloan, The Capitol Years
Northsix - Architecture in Helsinki, Head of Femur
Carlyle Hotel - Eartha Kitt
Gotham Hall - The Who (Four Seasons of Hope Benefit)
Living Room - Aslyn, Jesse Harris, Jim Campilongo Band, Mike Viola, Sarah Lucas, The Cousins Brother

Tuesday - 14th

It's an indie rock dream come true at Jones Beach. Too bad you don't have a car. The Pixies continue to tour after their extremely successful reunion tour. Interpol and LCD Soundsystem open. That would be the same LCD Soundsystem that played Webster Hall Friday night.

Kimya Dawson loves you. (@ Northsix)

Mercury Lounge - Embrace
Pianos - The Three Sixtys, Lake Trout, The Kin, Frantic City
Jones Beach - Pixies, Interpol, LCD Soundsystem
Webster Hall - Bloc Party, Engineers, Automato
Mercury Lounge - 50 Foot Wave, Mason Dixon, Slow Dazzle
Rothko - Botanica, Saintface, Dasher, The Dirty Things
Sin-e - Strikes Again, Group Sounds, Beat Radio
The Delancey - Headquarters, Jessica Fletchers, The Grip Weeds, Myracle Brah, The Get Quick
Bowery Ballroom - Sloan, The Redwalls
Knitting Factory (Main Space) - Mouse on Mars, Good Morning
Northsix - Kimya Dawson, Jason Anderson, Strand of Oaks, Schwervon!
CBGB - Life of Agony
Irving Plaza - Better Than Ezra, Adam Richman, American Hi-Fi
Carlyle Hotel - Eartha Kitt
Living Room - Vanessa Carlton, The Little Willies, James Blunt
PNC Bank Arts Center - Santana, Los Lonely Boys, Salvador Santana Band
World Financial Center Plaza - Lizz Wright

Wednesday - 15th

Agent Orange, the original 80's surf-punk trio from California returns with a show that's been hardly publicized at all. (@ Continental - whose domain name expired)

Tonic - Tall Firs
Webster Hall - Bloc Party, Engineers, Automato
Maxwell's - The Rocket Summer, Gatsby's American Dream, Receiving End of Sirens, The Consequence
Mercury Lounge - Youth Group, Astronaut, Little Barrie, Favourite Sons
Pianos - Pillow Theory, Adam Kowalczyk, Aloke, Pagoda, Downtown
Rothko - Adam Kowalczyk, The Orion Experience, The Animators, The New Ending
Sin-e - Johnny 5, The Marianne Pillsburys, Vitamen, The Domestics
The Delancey - Capital, Valentine, Hearts Over Rome Shanghai, 1984, The Campaign, The Bluffs (free)
Bowery Ballroom - Richard Cheese & Lounge Against The Machine, Baby Dayliner
Cake Shop - USAISAMONSTER, Elvish Presley, Deerraindrop
Southpaw - Local H, The Giraffes
Joe's Pub (early and late show)- Lizz Wright
Town Hall - John Prine, Chip Taylor, Carrie Rodriguez
Continental - Angent Orange
MSG - Santana, Los Lonely Boys, Salvador Santana Band
Rockefeller Park - Alro Guthrie, The Mammals
Carlyle Hotel - Eartha Kitt
Living Room - Jenny Scheinman, Frank Tedesso, Jess Klein, Sam Bisbee
Prospect Park - Rickie Lee Jones
Radio City Music Hall - Alanis Morrissette, Jason Mraz

Thursday - 16th

Sam Beam aka Iron & Wine has risen from Bowery Ballroom to two-nights-in-a-row at Webster Hall Status. How did that happen? Most likely it's his appearance on the infamous Garden State soundtrack. Why should it of happened? His new EP is one of this year's hidden gems.

Cake Shop (Upstairs instore) - The Places, The Lowlights
Webster Hall - Iron and Wine, Band of Horses
Mercury Lounge - The National, Pela, The A-Sides, Holcombe Waller
Bowery Ballroom - The Caesars, The Hong Kong, Grizzly Bear
Knitting Factory (Old Office) - Friendly Bears, Ahleuchatistas, Skeleton Breath, Shackeltons
Knitting Factory (Main Space) - The Bad Plus, Mocean Worker
Cake Shop - Guns Fire Mayhem, Battletorn, Shellshag, Federation X
Glasshouse Gallery - Modern Day Urban Barbarians, The Wobblies, Print, Talibam!
Northsix - New Electric, Riddle of Steel, The Love Scene
Pussycat Lounge - Heavy Trash (Jon Spencer, Matt Verta-Ray), The Sadies, Edison Rocket Train
Joe's Pub (early and late show)- Lizz Wright
Roseland Ballroom - Indigo Girls, Three 5 Human
Irving Plaza - Tyler Hilton
Birdland - Meshell Ndegeocello
Carlyle Hotel - Eartha Kitt
Maxwell's - Life of Agony
Orginial Sessions Art House (Jersey City) - Otep, Suicide City, Heavy Trash, The Sadies, Manntis, Devilinside, Daysend
Pussycat Lounge - The Sadies, Heavy Trash
Satalla - Gandalf Murphy & The Slambovian Circus of Dreams
Spirit - Los Amigos Invisibles
The Canal Room - Swing Out Sister
Rufus King Park - Mix Master Ice, GrandMaster Roc Raida, GrandWizzard Theodore, DJ Supreme, J-Smoke, Spictakular, Excess, IXL, Fat Fingaz, DJ Demize, DJ Complex (5:30 - 8:30: FREE)

Friday - 17th

It's getting late in the day. I'll fill this text in later. :-)

Tonic - Roxy Pain, Antonius Block
Webster Hall - Iron and Wine, Band of Horses
Pianos - The Kelly Affair, The Moaners, Footage (ex-Longwave), Trainwreck Riders, Halestorm
Rothko - Cousin, Little Barrie, Nethers, The Anabolics, Scotty Brooks Campaign
Sin-e - Sin Destroyers, Pilot to Gunner, Other Passengers, Rahim, Tabula Rasa
Mercury Lounge -The National, Engineers, Qatsi, Lori
Cake Shop - Aqui, Celebration, Child Abuse (members of El Guapo, ex-X27)
Lit - Riddle of Steel, The Forms, Hero Pattern
Maxwell's - A Place to Bury Strangers, My Best Fiend, The Staggering Statistics
Northsix - Jonathan Richman
Tommy's Tavern - The Art of Shooting, Man in Gray, Goldstreets, My Victoria, Stellarscope, The Assault
Bowery Ballroom - Rogue Wave, The Helio Sequence, Sam Champion
Jones Beach - Judas Priest, Queensryche
Irving Plaza - VNV Nation, Imperative Reaction, Soman
Birdland - Meshell Ndegeocello
Bryant Park (Good Morning America) - Ringo Starr
C.B.G.B. - Reid Paley
Carlyle Hotel - Eartha Kitt
Housing Works Used Book Cafe - Antigone Rising, The Redwalls, Peter Bradley Adams
Living Room - Brendan O'Hara, Church Of Betty, Julian Velard, Leslie Helpert, Spooky Ghost
Prospect Park - the Bad Plus, Charlie Hunter Trio and the James Carter Organ Trio
Central Park Summerstage - Will Calhoun presents AZA, featuring Pharaoh Sanders, Graham Haynes, Buster Williams and Orrin Evans with Burnt Sugar and Greg Tate.
Juvie Hall Sketch Comedy Theater - Sara Schaefer (comedian) & Lisa Loeb

Saturday - 18th

It's getting late in the day. I'll fill this text in later. :-)

Pianos - Bikini Carwash, Spinto Band, Tryst, Carol Bui, Laura Burhenn
Rare - Freezepop, P*S*K, Mixel Pixel, Superfortress
Rothko - The Comas, The Fabulous Entourage, Fashion Brigade
Sin-e - Papparazzi, True Love, Still Division, Loaded Dreams, June Fool
Tonic - Simon Finn, Thurston Moore, Queens
Knitting Factory (Main Space) - Bettie Serveert
Mercury Lounge - Dirty on Purpose, Bishop Allen, The End of the World, Chloroform
Cake Shop - Free Blood, Measles Mumps Rubella, Freddy Mas
Glasshouse Gallery - Celebration, Aqui, Dragons of Zinth, Moisturizer
Northsix - Jonathan Richman
Maxwell's - Quintron & Miss Pussycat, Heavy Trash (Jon Spencer, Matt Verta-Ray), The Sadies
Jones Beach - The Strage Days Festival with The Doors of the 21st Century with John Kay & Steppenwolf , Vanilla Fudge , The Yardbirds, Pat Travers
PNC Bank Arts Center - Steve Miller Band, Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Irving Plaza - VNV Nation, Imperative Reaction, Soman
Birdland - Meshell Ndegeocello
Carlyle Hotel - Eartha Kitt
Central Park Summerstage - John Legend, Lyfe Jennings, DJ Reborn.
Dingbatz (Clifton, NJ) - Marky Ramone
Living Room - Atoosa, Curtis Eller, Greta Gertler, Noam Weinstein, Paul Brill, Tim Robbinson
Southpaw - Doug Gillard
Brooklyn Brewery - Brooklyn Hip-Hop Fest feat. Brand Nubian, Little Brother, Rhymefest, Leela James
Prospect Park - Phildanco

Sunday - 19th

Eartha Kitt: She keeps going and going and going and...

Tonic - Michael Hurley, The Places
Cake Shop - Dada Swings, Talibam!, Toby Goodshank
Northsix - Jonathan Richman
Irving Plaza - Ringo Starr, The Roundheads
BB King Blues Bar & Grill - Manowar, Rhapsody
Carlyle Hotel - Eartha Kitt
Carnegie Hall - Les Paul Birthday Salute with Bucky Pizzarelli, Derek Trucks (Solo), Edgar Winter, Eumir Deodato, Jose Feliciano, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Madeleine Peyroux, Neal Schon, Omar Hakim, Pat Martino, Peter Frampton, Steve Lukather, Steve Miller, Tommy Emmanuel, Will Lee
Joe's Pub - Ann Peebles

What did we miss (besides the stuff we'll update later)...