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This week requires you to make some very important decisions. It all starts on Wednesday with the question, "will it be SPIN or Summerstage?" SPIN is celebrating their 20th anniversary at Webster Hall with an incredible lineup that includes Public Enemy, Death Cab for Cutie, LCD Soundsystem, Drive-By Truckers, Lady Sovereign, Diplo, and Afrika Bambaataa. All that can be yours for only $10 more than it'll cost you to see just Death Cab in a venue twice the size a few weeks later. BUT WAIT, Summerstage had to go ahead and mess everything up by planning a Katrina-related benefit show on the very same day. Strangely, this benefit featuring Lou Reed of the Velvet Underground and J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr. is free, though we doubt you'll be able to live with yourself if you enter the premises without paying at least the $25 "suggested donation." Can't decide which show? You can try to hit both. That's what the Drive By Truckers are doing. They're listed on both bills (and they're at Warsaw in Brooklyn the next day).
Move to Saturday and Sunday. Move to Brooklyn or Staten Island. You'll have to pick a borough when planning your "Across the Narrows" schedule. The giant indie/ex-indie rock festival features two simultaneous concerts each day in two different boroughs. Four shows total; you can only go to two. Saturday forces you to decide between Pixies and Killers...Gang of Four and Interpol...Built to Spill and New York Dolls. Sunday offers the option of Liam & Noel or Belle & Sebastian...Jet or Beck...Doves or Raveonettes. Choose wisely, and consider that The Killers & British Sea Power are also at Jones Beach on Friday, Interpol are playing a relatively small show at Webster Hall on Sunday, and Beck has a pair of shows coming up soon at Hammerstein Ballroom. Good luck.
And now the day by day...
AU REVOIR SIMONE
Monday - 26th
Read the Gothamist interview with Au Revoir Simone. (@ Knitting Factory)
Ace of Clubs - Circus Contraption, Guignol
Irving Plaza - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Mark Gardner
Knitting Factory (Tap Bar) - Jason Anderson, The French Explosion, Tigersaw, Nat Baldwin
Knitting Factory (Main Space) - Au Revoir Simone, Argentine, Melomane
Maxwell's - Electric Six, Outrageous Cherry, Dudes of Doom
Mercury Lounge - Elkland, Marjorie Fair, Bona Roba, Blondfire (Formerly Astaire)
Tuesday - 27th
Now that Black Mountain are done opening for Coldplay and worked out their visa problems, they'll headline Maxwell's tonight and Mercury Lounge tomorrow.
Five of New York City's finest local bands get together for a good cause tonight at Rothko. DJ Nora K mans the decks.
Rothko - Nicole Atkins, Other Passengers, The Diggs, The GoStation, The Upwelling (Hurricane Benefit)
Bowery Ballroom - Supergrass
Webster Hall - Our Lady Peace, Danko Jones, Pedestrian
Irving Plaza - Helmet, Fight of Your Life
Knitting Factory(Main Space) - VICIOUS presents Trick & The Heartstrings, The Head Set, Saints and Lovers, Lolita Bras
Maxwell's - Black Mountain, Blood Meridian, Ladyhawk
Scenic - Phosphorescent, Frances, A Million Billion
The Hook - Weird War, Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds, The Assault
Mercury Lounge - Warren Suicide, Noisettes, Crosstide, Evermore
Tonic - Tony Conrad
Pianos (upstairs) - Cross Pollination w/ Rachel Losak & John Dyer (free)
SOB's - Smif n' Wessun
Pianos - Craig Wedren
Wednesday - 28th
CBGB benefit shows are few and far between now. If you missed Helmet last night at Irving Plaza, you can try to catch them tonight at the much smaller, and almost extinct, club.
Bowery Ballroom - Joseph Arthur, Jeff Klein
Central Park Summerstage - - Soul To Soul" New Orleans Musicians Clinic Ben." with Allen Toussaint, Angelique Kidjo, Bettye LaVette, Cassandra Wilson, Charlie Hunter, Christian McBride, Corey Glover, DJ Logic, Dar Williams, Dr. John, Drive-By Truckers, Hubert Sumlin, Ivan Neville, J Mascis, Lou Reed, Rob Wasserman, Rock'n Dropsie, Vernon Reid
Webster Hall - SPIN's 25th anniversary w/ Public Enemy, Death Cab For Cutie, LCD Soundsystem, Drive-By Truckers, Lady Soveriegn, Diplo, Afrika Bambaataa, the Living Things, Nightmare of You, and more
CBGB - Helmet
Knitting Factory(Main Space) - The Ex-Caminos, Les Sans Cullottes, The Dansettes, La Laque
Knitting Factory(Tap Bar) - Medications, Blue Velvet, The Five Maseratis, General Miggs
Maxwell's - The Posies, Oranger, The Deathray Davies
Mercury Lounge - Black Mountain, Black Meridian, Ladyhawk, Soldiers of Fortune
Northsix - Deerhoof, Flying, Stars Like Fleas
Pianos - Mistakes, The Glass, Microdot
Sin-e - Bells Bells Bells, Mussels, Goldstreets, Emma La Reina, The Trews
Soundfix Records - Saxon Shore (free)
Trash - AIREOKE, Drag Citizen, Balthus
Supper Club - Ashlee Simpson
Irving Plaza - Dwight Yoakam
The Continental - Alien Ant Farm
Virgin Megastore Times Square - Sheryl Crow
SOB's - Dwele
Thursday - 29th
RANA continue their month-long residency at Tribeca Rock tonight. They've been accused of being NYC's best kept secret. Check out their music page for a sample.
"Parisian future rappers" TTC are at Knitting Factory. It looks like a show not to be missed.
Ric Ocasek (former frontman of the Cars) plays a CBGB benefit. Here's how you can get tickets.
Joe's Pub - Allen Toussaint (early & late shows)
Bowery Ballroom - The Posies, Oranger, The Deathray Davies
Webster Hall - Aqualung, The Perishers
Magnetic Field - Trembling Blue Stars, The Sharp Things, Annie Hayden, Kawaii
Maxwell's - Doug Gillard (ex-GBV), The Celebrity Pilots, Hero Pattern
Mercury Lounge (early) - Earlimart, Nicole Atkins & The Sea
Mercury Lounge (late) - Earlimart, Richard Swift, Pablo
Northsix - Medications, Gospel (ex-Helen of Troy)
Pete's Candy Store - Arms, Guignol, Heather & The Barbarians
Pianos - Locksley, The Fame, New Rags, The Spies
Rothko - Nine Black Alps, Kid Casanova, Warren Suicide
Tonic - Cordero, Hope for Agoldensummer
Trash - Pretty Flowers, The Break-Up, Violator, Heideroosjes, Johnny Casino's Easy Action, Dearly Beloved
Warsaw - Drive-By Truckers
Irving Plaza - Alejandro Escovedo Orchestra with Special Guests Lenny Kaye and John Dee Graham
Knitting Factory - Knitting Factory, Big Dada, The Fader, & Turntable Lab present TTC & Blockhead
Blue Note - Bebel Gilberto
CBGB - Ric Ocasek
Toys R Us Times Square - Lifehouse
Tribeca Rock Club - RANA
SOB's - Joe Vasconcellos & Coral
SOB's - Sidestepper
Friday - 30th
If you missed him opening for the White Stripes in Coney Island this weekend, you have another chance to catch Brendan Benson at Irving Plaza tonight.
The positive reviews of Doveman came rolling in after their last show at Tonic. Catch them tonight at Mo Pitkins.
Bowery Ballroom - Electric Six, Morningwood, Outrageous Cherry, Peelander Z
Cake Shop - Federation X, Battleship, Calistoga Kid, Hunchback, Team Robespierre
Irving Plaza - Brendan Benson
Jones Beach - The Killers, British Sea Power
Knitting Factory(Main Space) - Holopaw, The Lilys, Daedelus
Knitting Factory(tap bar) - Indie Music For Life concert to put toward cancer research. Denise Barbarita & Band, Noam Wenstein & Band, Vicki Blankenship & Band, Project Mercury (Trio), Jen Ed poetry slam artist based in NY City
Maxwell's - The Hold Steady, The Oranges Band, Foreign Islands
Mercury Lounge - The Heartless Bastards, We Are Wolves, Margot and The Nuclear So & So's
Mo Pitkins - Doveman
Rockys - Numbers, Limited Express (Has Gone?), Child Abuse
Rothko - Trembling Blue Stars, Sprites, Pas/Cal, Kawaii
Scenic - Heroine Sheiks, Easy Action, Black Helicopter
Sin-e - Morex Optimo, The Art of Shooting, Campaign for Real Time, Fires, NV
The Hook - The Slackers, Scorchers
Trash - Checkbook Biography, Dayglow, Modena Vox, Jessie Diamond and The Thousand, Arizona
MSG - Paul McCartney
Southpaw - New Model Army
Apollo Theater - George Clinton & Parliament / Funkadelic
Blue Note - Bebel Gilberto
SOCIAL DISTORTION PLAYING NOKIA THEATER
Saturday - 1st
ACROSS THE NARROWS
KeySpan Park (Brooklyn) - Pixies, Gang of Four, Built To Spill, Rilo Kiley, Death From Above 1979, Mando Diao, Nine Black Alps
Richmond County Ballpark (Staten Island) - The Killers, New York Dolls, Interpol, British Sea Power, Tegan & Sara, Ordinary Boys, Lake Trout
Bowery Ballroom - The Honey Brothers, Have Her Home By Ten, The Midnight Show
Knitting Factory(Main Space) - The Oranges Band, Rahim, NYC Smoke
Maxwell's - Gefkens, The Redwalls, Marjorie Fair
Pete's Candy Store - Wooden Wand, I Feel Tractor, So L'il, Dedelectric, Boobonik, Theartheart
Pianos - Mega, Spielerfrau, The Hard Tomorrows, Mr. Move
Rothko - Bling Kong
Scenic - (The Deli Magazine presents) Kudu, Gym Class, Ezra Reich (Deli Magazine Party)
Town Hall - Porcupine Tree, Robert Fripp
Trash - Kevin Devine & His Damn Band, The Natural History, Attractive, Snakes and Music, Ryan Stratton
Mercury Lounge - New Model Army, Tara Angell
Blue Note - Bebel Gilberto
Nokia Theater - Social Distortion, Mest
Sunday - 2nd
ACROSS THE NARROWS
KeySpan Park (Brooklyn) - Beck, Belle & Sebastian, The Polyphonic Spree, The Raveonettes, Gang Gang Dance, Whirlwind Heat
Richmond County Ballpark (Staten Island) - Oasis, Jet, Doves, The Lemonheads, Kasabian, Jesse Malin, The Redwalls
Webster Hall - Interpol, Boom Bip, The Childs Ballads
Pete's Candy Store - The French Explosion, Hope for Agoldensummer, Jenny Owen Youngs
Pianos(Upstairs) - Hartley Goldstein
Rothko - Project Skyward, Bleep, Autumn Thieves, Skydivers, If When
Tonic - Jennifer O'Connor, Kahoots, People
Bowery Ballroom - Boomish
Blue Note - Bebel Gilberto
Nokia Theater - Social Distortion, Mest
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Those band shot & group poses are so STUPID looking!
Supergrass - yes. "Road to Rouen" is one of the best albums of '05. Not a day too soon...
the interpol show was good, possibly the best one i've seen (and i've seen a few). pictures were hard to get, but i posted a few, as well as an overview of them and the show:
http://echoplex.blogspot.com/2005/10/home-spun-desperation.html