This Week's Music Picks

Monday - 15th

"hey, don't forget to come to this show tomorrow night (today). even if you are sick of my boring old shenanigans you should come to this because it will probably be akida's last new york show before he moves to seattle. and it is jack's first show with all this new stuff he has been working on. and even i have some new songs. and i had this dream you were dancing in the front row during my set wearing a hoop skirt tucked under your boobs and no blouse. see you there. love kimya" (@ Scenic)

169 Bar - Chris Richards (of Q and not U), Prewar Yardsale, Daniel Martin-McCormick (ex-Black Eyes), Earthen Sea (ex Black Eyes), Bananas
Arlene's Grocery - The GoStation
Pianos - The Harlem Shakes (free early show)
Pianos - APSCI, Brian J & the Pimps of Joytime, Apollo Heights
Rothko - The Bamboo Kids, The Hitchers, Schoolyard Heroes
Scenic - Kimya Dawson, Akida Junglefoot Dawson, Only Son
Sin-e - Radio Vago, Diamonds Under Fire
Odea - Jaymay, Undisputed Heavyweights, jeremiah vancans
Sputnik - Braille, Those Transatlantics
Tommy's Tavern - La Otracina, Lazy Magnet, Amil is Personal, Blue Shift, Ren Schofield, Colin (of USAISAMONSTER)
Knitting Factory (main space) - Mike Peters of the Alarm
Joe's Pub - Leslie Gore
CBGB - Raw Power, Eye Hate God, Uppercut
Other Music (free instore) - Colleen
Tonic - festival of Trumpet music
Wingate Field - Chaka Khan (free)

Tuesday - 16th

Tickets available for tonight's CBGB Offspring show at the CBGB Benefit auction.

Bowery Ballroom - Eisley (free w/ printed tix)
Cake Shop - Trouble Dolls, The Isles, High Strung
CBGB - The Offspring
Glasshouse Gallery - Colleen, A Hawk and a Hacksaw, Dirty Projectors
Northsix - Holly Golightly, Tom Heinl
Pianos - Elk City, Amis Amie, Channing Cope
Pianos (upstairs) - Cross Pollination w/ John Flor & Greg Fine (free)
Rothko - Eiffel Tower, The Swedes, Mesmer, Darling Waste
The Delancey - Child Abuse, Vaz, La Otracina, Paper Legs, Pyroscope
Scenic - Stiffed, The Trouble, Sad Little Stars
Irving Plaza - Alpha Blondy w/ special guests
Jones Beach - Motley Crue with Sum 41, The Exies and Silvertide

DREDG

Wednesday - 17th

Group Sounds kicks off their Wednesday night residency at Pianos tonight. "Group Sounds put a slightly modern spin on the Davies brothers' no-nonsense hookology and 90% of what I've heard so far sounds pretty flippin' good (10% being the falsetto chorus on "Business Before Pleasure")." [Download MP3s at 3Hive] Watch their humorous video. (not sure if Madison is the "VERY SPECIAL GUEST" playing this show...may have been a lineup change)

Bowery Ballroom - Dredg, Mewithoutyou, Veda
Cake Shop - North 5 (members of Blue Sparks, dufus), Unipidgeon
Hiro Ballroom - David J. DJ Set (of Bauhaus, Love and Rockets), Madison Strays
Knitting Factory (Main Space) - KCRW presents Smoosh, Dynasty, Narchitect
Pianos - Madison, Group Sounds, The Head Set, The Blue Scene
Scenic - Coma, Stellarscope, The Velocet, Sleeping Kings of Iona, Goldstreets
The Delancey - Nemo, Riot on Red, My Victoria, Ilash, The Krylls, Milk for Cats
Trash - R.U.O.K., Lolita Bras, Pasha, Cndition K
Joe's Pub - Raul Malo of The Mavericks (acoustic solo)
Irving Plaza - Chimaira w/ Six Feet Under; All That Remains; 3 Inches of Blood
Jones Beach - Tori Amos with The Ditty Bops and The Like
South Street Seaport - Chuck Prophet with Teddy Thompson (free)

Thursday - 18th

It's hype night at The Delancey, and it's free, and it's full of sponsors and free alcohol and a famous actor fronting a rock band and a local band recently signed to a major label, etc, etc... (no advanced tickets)

Cake Shop - Dragons of Zinth, Milk for Cats, Drake, Red Pony Clock, The Smittens, Fishboy
Central Park Summerstage - Death Cab For Cutie, The Decemberists, Stars
Knitting Factory (main space) - Hidden in Plain View, Spitalfield, New Atlantic, The Perfect Mistake
Knitting Factory (Tap Bar) - Bottom of the Hudson, Ants in Japan
Mercury Lounge - Holly Golightly, Tom Heinl, The Tralala, Syd Matters
Northsix - The Aquabats, The Eyeliners, The Phenomenauts, Time Again
Sin-e - The Octagon, The Diggs, Beat Radio, Benny Girl
Southpaw - Magnolia Electric Co., Grand Buffet, King of France
The Delancey - Elkland, Madison, Chin Chin, The Living Things, Blackmail, Aloke, Pagoda
Irving Plaza - Puffy AmiYumi w/ special guests
Rocks Off Boat Cruse - Antibalas
MSG - Neil Diamond
Radio City - Dolly Parton

Friday - 19th

"Like many bands lumped into the post-rock genre (Tortoise, the Rachels, Kinski), the music of Tarantula AD (the AD was added after a tiff about the moniker) isn’t easy to describe. The group has thrown lyrics to the wayside and decided to fuse John Coltrane with classical set-ups and distortion. Not exactly Phillip Glass, but something Phillip Glass would yearn for if he idolized the Decemberists’ mariner style of songwriting and Iggy Pop’s punk sensibilities." [Prefix] (free @ South Street Seaport)

"stars like fleas is a band who deserve more attention than they've been getting. while several avant-folk artists such as the excellent akron/family and devendra banhart have been more widely discussed, stars like fleas have garnered some serious respect by setting themselves apart from the pack. their music draws extensively from jazz and experimental improvisation, yet utilizes and contains electronics that would put off most purists. [echoplex] (@ Tonic)

Bowery Ballroom - Sufjan Stevens, Smoosh, Half-Handed Cloud
Cake Shop - Wooden Wand and The Vanishing Voice, PG Six, Viking Moses, Cabinet of Natural Curiosities
Knitting Factory (Main Space) - Planes Mistaken for Stars, None More Black, Smoke on Fire, Glass and Ashes
Knitting Factory (Main Space) - Magnolia Electric Co., Grand Buffet
Lit - Glass Candy, Deneva, J+J+J
Mercury Lounge - Enon, The Notekillers, Gene Dreamy, Gary Sincere & The Pets
Sin-e - Dopo Yume, Flaco/Opti-Grab, Unisex Salon, The Cancellations
South Street Seaport - Tarantula A.D., Hockey Night (free)
Southpaw - Reigning Sound, Mystery Girls, Billy Filo
Tonic - Stars Like Fleas, Mark Morgan (of Sightings), Panicsville, Flying, Damon Holzborn
Warsaw - Juliana Hatfield, The Natural History, The Hong Kong
Jones Beach - 50 Cent with special guests Ludacris, Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz, Ciara and Mike Jones with special performances by G-Unit
PNC Bank Arts Center - Tori Amos with The Ditty Bops and The Like
CBGB - Living Colour
Bryant Park (Good Morning America) - Hilary Duff
MSG - Neil Diamond

Bootsy Collins will be at Amsterjam

Saturday - 20th

"RebbeSoul is world beat and Jewish roots music on the cutting edge. A versatile musician with an innate gift for telling a story, RebbeSoul brings a new voice to the sometimes-stagnant realm of Jewish music. His records have struck a chord with young and old listeners alike, bringing his latest release to #1 on the CMJ (college radio) world music charts" [Joe's Pub]

"A fresh breeze from Knoxville, Tennessee (for the time being, he says), James Toth aka Wooden Wand plays somber folk with smoky, chicken-coop ambiance. Sticking with the basics, his unadorned sound consists of guitar and voice: Singing into your ear, he whispers and caws over splintery strums. Now and again, his voice lifts like a hillbilly choir or a candlelit revival presided over by David Crosby. He mumbles. He exorcises and laments. He goes Bill Callahan on us." [Pitchfork] (free @ The East River with other good bands)

If you like festivals, check out the crazy lineup of Amsterjam on Randall's Island today.

Bowery Ballroom - Sufjan Stevens, Castanets
Cake Shop - Mahi Mahi, Print, Services (ex Flux Information Sciences), Goodnight Gunfight, San Serac
East River Ampitheater (East River Music Project) - Akron/Family, David Grubbs, Wooden Wand and The Vanishing Voice, Mountains of Matallama (free)
Maxwell's - Reigning Sound
Mercury Lounge - Hockey Night, The Jim Yoshii Pile-Up, Hopewell, The High Dials, Syd Matters
Northsix - Prince Paul, Si Se, Ge-ology, Outernational, Jeannie Hopper
Princess Nathalie Glass Palace - Glass Candy & The Shattered Theatre, Vietnam, Meneguar, Psychic Ills, Danava
Southpaw - Gil Mantera's Party Dream, The Forms, Shade, The nsg
Tonic - Mighty Flashlight, Mike Wexler, Pure Horsehair, Miguel Mendez
Trash - The Classifieds, My Victoria, Pop Wheelies, Death of Fashion, Americans
Jones Beach - KTU's Beatstock 2005
PNC Bank Arts Center - 50 Cent with Ludacris, Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz, Ciara and Mike Jones with special performances by G-Unit
CBGB - The Vandals, Jerry's Kids
Culture Club - Tiffany
MSG - Neil Diamond
PS1 - Tortured Soul, Jerome Sydenham, Ben Cook
Randalls Island - Amsterjam w/ 311, Antibalas, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bootsy Collins, Diplo, Fat Joe, Fishbone, Garbage, Peaches, Gogol Bordello, Grandmaster Flash, Hector El Bambino, Mos Def, Princess Superstar, Snoop Dogg, Something for Rockets, The Brought Low, The Giraffes, Vic Thrill, Wyclef Jean, and Yerba Buena
Central Park - Paul Van Dyk

Sunday - 21st

"I was looking at pictures of a recent show you played in Boston, and they look pretty interesting to say the least...lots of blood and nudity even. What is a Bunny Brains show like?" [Brooklynvegan interview with bunnybrains] (@ Cake Shop)

The Delancey - Theo & more - Howl! festival Opening night party
Bowery Ballroom - Sufjan Stevens, Bunky, Liz Janes
Cake Shop - Bunnybrains, King Capital Punishment (members of Isle of Citadel), Slink Moss, Aleister
Tonic - Kevin Devine, Brian Bonz, The Winter Blanket, Pablo
Trash - Electric Shadows, The Stalkers, The Time Flys
Mercury Lounge - Cory Branan, Ursula Points, Rebel Saints
PNC Bank Arts Center - KTUs Beatstock 2005
CBGB - Battalion of Saints

COMING SOON
* Gothamist presents Movable Hype 4.0 featuring Bravo Silva, Raising the Fawn (feat John Crossingham of Broken Social Scene), Langhorne Slim, and Doveman @ Knitting Factory on Monday August 22. Tickets.
* Brooklynvegan presents BMJ featuring Cloud Cult, Doveman, comedian Aziz Ansari & musical guest TBA @ Tonic on Tuesday Sept. 13. Tickets.

What did we miss?