Monday - 25th

"I'm always glad, but often disappointed, to hear recordings from an unfamiliar local band. It's rare that one grabs me right out of the gate, that blows me away from the very first listen. But Aberdeen City, cranked inside my car on 93 North, did just that." [Bradley's Almanac] (@ Mercury Lounge)

Knitting Factory (Tap Bar) - Daphne Loves Derby, Sherwood, This Providence
Mercury Lounge - zZz, Aberdeen City, Jared Scharff, The Spies
Knitting Factory (Main Space) - Gravy Train!!!!, Veronica Lipgloss, V.I.P.
Living Room - Jim Campilongo, Jesse Harris, Tara Angell
Northsix - Falconhawk
Kenny's Castaways - Pete Best Band
Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre - Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players
Joe's Pub - The Waifs, Ben Weaver

Tuesday - 26th

"Playing an infectious amalgam of country, roots and folk music coupled with honest, sophisticated-yet-unpretentious storytelling has earned this Australian trio acclaim and huge fan base at home and in the United States." (The Waifs @ World Financial Center Plaza)

Lakeside Lounge - Alex Dezen of the Damnwells
Rocks Off Concert Cruises - Cracker
Mercury Lounge - Rahim, Navies, The Crimea, J Henry
Pianos - Prince Paul, Cool Calm Pete, The Harlem Shakes, The Headset, Alec Ounsworth (of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah)
Knitting Factory (Old Office) - Erik Friedlander, Ikue Mori
Knitting Factory (Main Space) - Kelly Joe Phelps, David Dondero
Maxwell's - Mike Doughty
Joe's Pub - Leslie Gore
PNC Bank Arts Center - Ozzfest featuring BLACK SABBATH, IRON MAIDEN, Black Label Society, Mudvayne, Rob Zombie, Killswitch Engage and more...
World Financial Center Plaza - Jimmie Dale Gilmore, The Waifs (free)
St Mary's Park - Zapp Band (free)
Steinhardt Building (35 w/67th) - Shira NYC (Israeli Music)
S.O.B.'S - Yellowman
Nublu - Kudu
The Delancey - Dave Deporis, wunderkind painter Lauren Luloff, Diane Cluck

Wednesday - 27th

For many it will be a hard decision between driving to Jersey to catch Ozzfest at PNC Bank Arts Center or staying in NYC to catch the Backstreet Boys at Radio City Music Hall.

For us it's a hard decision between seeing Regina Spektor play a benefit show at Tonic or Scissor Sisters play their last secret residency show with local superstars Clap Your Hands Say Yeah at Mercury Lounge.

"Percussionist/bandleader Johnny Ray will ignite this Latin dance party with his own special brand of old school salsa." [@ South Street Seaport]

"Grammy-award winner Daniel Lanois Lanois, called the most important record producer to emerge in the 80ís by Rolling Stone, has drawn international praise for his work with U2, Peter Gabriel and Bob Dylan. Musically, he has shown a flair for delicate, atmospheric touches, both in producing material for other musicians and in his own projects as a composer and recording artist." [@ Rockefeller Park]

Rocks Off Concert Cruises - The Fabulous Entourage, Deva, Julie Atlas Muz, Neal Medlyn
Joe's Pub - CocoRosie
Pianos - Psychic Drive, Fighterpilot, Have Her Home By Ten, Aderbat
Knitting Factory - Pelican, Panthers, Big Business (ex-Murder City Devils)
Northsix - Kid 606, Knifehandchop, Eats Tapes
The Delancey - Proton Proton, Pretty Flowers, Face Parade, Cannonball Jane, The Demands, June Fool
Tonic (Benefit for PAX) - Regina Spektor
Mercury Lounge - Portion Control, DJ Sammy Jo, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Cake Shop - Big A little a, Matt & Kim, Necking
Maxwell's - Mike Doughty
Rothko - Apollo Heights, APSCI w/ DJ Big Wiz, A.D.M, DJ Boo
Bowery Ballroom - Michael Tolcher
Irving Plaza - Ben Harper and The Innocent Criminals, Tom Freund
PNC Bank Arts Center - Ozzfest featuring BLACK SABBATH, IRON MAIDEN, Black Label Society, Mudvayne, Rob Zombie, Killswitch Engage and more....
Radio City - Backstreet Boys
Town Hall - Howie Day, Anna Nalick, Missy Higgins
South Street Seaport - Johnny Ray (free)
Rockefeller Park - Daniel Lanois (free)
Crotona Park - D.I.T.C. (free)

Thursday - 28th

"Join host 98.7 KISS FM as they present Philly's own, The Trammps, with there Grammy-award-winning, ultra smash hit, Disco Inferno, will turn the pier into a 2001 Space Odyssey on what will surely be one incredibly fun night. Where the Happy People Go, indeed" [@ South Street Seaport]

"Minamina Goodsong is coming off touring with acts like The Streets, the Pharcyde, the Beatnuts, Papa Roach, Black-Eyed Peas, Run DMC and Lyrics Born. They are stopping through NYC on their way to join up with the Warped tour this summer." (@ Galapagos - 6:30pm)

"Hungry March Band is a polyphonic spectacle that prances and parades down city streets and boardwalks, up museum steps, and on subway cars and carnival rides." Hungry March Band is not to be confused with The Extra Action Marching Band, who is also on the bill. (@ Galapagos - 10pm) (Extra Action Marching Band also playing East River Amphitheatre on Saturday) (They're both also at Knitting Factory on Sunday)

Living Room - Chris Lee, Danya Kurtz, Sam Bisbee, Thomas Cunningham, Chris Moore, Milo Jones
Mercury Lounge - Cheeseburger, Tsar, deSol, Ross Copperman
Pianos - Trick & The Heartstrings, The Fame, Eugene (members of Soundtrak), Lia Kessle, New Rags
Magnetic Field - Detachment Kit, Susu
Rocks Off Concert Cruises - Amon Tobin
The Frying Pan - The Ex-Models, Battletorn, People of the North, Tiger Mountain
Tonic - Mouthus, The Kites, Ateleia
Town Hall - Antony & The Johnsons, CocoRosie
Cake Shop - Other Passengers, The Parlour Scouts, Sonoma Areo
Maxwell's - The Dirtbombs, Knights of the New Crusade
Rothko - Infusion, Steve Porter
The Delancey - The Sexy Magazines, Mikki James, Wussy
Beacon Theatre - Whitesnake, Supagroup
Lambs Theatre - Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players
Prospect Park Bandshell - Milly Quezada, Grupo Aguakate (Latin music) (free)
Wagner Park - Scott Ainslie (free)
South Street Seaport - The Trammps (free)
Castle Clinton - Robert Earl Keen (free)
Von King Park - Zapp Band (free)
Cielo - Gus Gus DJ set
Knitting Factory - Oh No, Diverse CANCELLED
Galapagos - Minamina Goodsong (early show)
Galapagos - Hungry March Band with The Extra Action Marching Band (late show)

SATANICIDE


Friday - 29th

We hope you didn't get home too late from the Whitesnake show at Beacon Theatre last night. Clay Aiken is playing a free show in Bryant Park between 7-9am for Good Morning America.

If you like, or ever liked, Heavy Metal, then do yourself a favor and see the amazing Satanicide both parody and reinvent the genre. (@ Bowery Ballroom)

Rothko - Dance Disaster Movement, Kill Me Tomorrow
Sin-e - The Plus Ones, The Information, The Ashtray Hearts, Scott Simons
Tonic - Oneida, Those Peabodys
Mercury Lounge - Baby Dayliner, Creep Show, Greg Garing, Grant Hart (from Husker Du)
Bowery Ballroom - Satanicide, Upper Crust, Rene Risque, Leslie & the Lys
Cake Shop - Hightower, Walken, 84, Guns Fire Mayhem, Sohn of Beech Sheet
Knitting Factory (Main Space) - The Dirtbombs, The Tralala, The Flesh
Maxwell's - New London Fire, The Valley Arena, The Velocet, The Finals
Northsix - DKT/MC5, Suffrajet
Tonic - Skeletons & The Girl-Faced Boys, Fa She
BB Kings - Savion Glover
Bryant Park (Good Morning America) - Clay Aiken
Irving Plaza - The Comedians of Comedy
MSG - Destiny's Child, Amerie, Mario
Prospect Park Banshell - Slam plays over The Sound of Music (music & movie series)
South Street Seaport - The Tokens (free)
The Hook - Zandelle featuring Z02 / Devils Island

Saturday - 30th

"Newcombe has always maintained that Dig!'s characterization of him as some drug-fried savant who's incapable of success was one-sided and plain wrong. And so, with his head down and back almost turned fully against the crowd, Newcombe and the band barreled through a set that cherry-picked gems from their immense back catalogue." [Chart Attack] (Brian Jonestown Massacre @ Bowery Ballroom Saturday & Sunday)

"Since their late-1990s inception, White Out-- as comprised by multi-instrumentalist Lin Culbertson and drummer Tom Surgal-- have been one of the most consistently absorbing and unpredictable experimental outfits on the grid." [Pitchfork] (@ tonic with Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore )

East River Ampitheater - dj brian turner, extra action marching band, tall firs, oxford collapse, oneida (free)
Central Park Summerstage - DKT/MC5, The Sun Ra Arkestra, Suphala
Mercury Lounge - Beans, Dub Trio, Kabir, Kudu, The Gray Kid
Sin-e - Mirror Mirror, R.U.O.K., Bedouin Thieves
The Delancey - Aloke, Aqui, Wrest, Bravo Silva, Domino, Pants
Tonic - White Out with Thurston Moore and Jim O'Rourke
Scenic - The Choke, Riot A-Go-Go, Twitch Stutter, The Sovietes
Bowery Ballroom - Brian Jonestown Massacre, Hopewell, The Quarter After
Lit - Bellmer Dolls, Dance Disaster Movement, Kill Me Tomorrow
Northsix - Jason Lowenstein (of Sebadoh), The Chris Brokaw Rock Band (ex-Rodan, Come, Karate), Trouble Everyday
Rocks Off Boat Cruise - The Machine
Lambs Theatre - Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players
PNC Bank Arts Center - Duran Duran
Randall's Island - Dave Matthews Band, Barenaked Ladies, Jem, Mike Doughty, Ray LaMontagne, Robert Randolph & The Family Band
Jones Beach - Backstreet Boys
Pianos - Method and Result, Condo, Life In Bed, Titan Moon, Zambri
Prospect Park Bandshell - Morgan Heritage, Don Minott (free) (Reggae/roots)
PS1 - Gus Gus DJ Set

HUNGRY MARCH BAND

Sunday - 31st

Tonic - Louis, Great Lakes, The Instruments
Cake Shop - Shumai, The Specific Heats, My Teenage Stride, Beauty Sleep
Bowery Ballroom - Brian Jonestown Massacre, Mazarin, A Place to Bury Strangers
Maxwell's - Thor, Mighty High
Northsix (Downstairs) - Mixel Pixel, TRS-80, Fashion Flesh
PNC Bank Arts Center - Backstreet Boys
Randall's Island - Dave Matthews Band, Black Eyed Peas, Mike Doughty, Ray LaMontagne, Robert Randolph & The Family Band
Jones Beach - Duran Duran
Central Park Summerstage - Lila Downs, Maria del Mar Bonet, Las Ondas Marteles
Prospect Park Banshell - African Festival
Knitting Factory - Bi-coastal Band Geek Convergence and Swap Meet: Extra Action Marching Band, Hungry March Band, Nervous Cabaret, Slavic Soul Party

What did we miss?