The Pita's Weekly Music Picks, Buried Edition

Gothamist is feeling a bit under the weather today, literally and figuratively, so we'll just get straight to it, if you don't mind:

Monday it's singer-songwriter night at Bowery Ballroom, with Vic Chesnutt, David Bazan (of Pedro The Lion), Mark Eitzel, and Will Johnson (of Centro-Matic) all playing each other's songs together, as the Undertow Orchestra. That's a lot of emoting on one stage, folks. For the ultimate in lameness, check out INXS at Avery Fisher Hall, sporting new sensation J.D. Fortune, who won a reality-show contest to get the lead-singer gig.

Ah, Valentine's Day. You thought you had it all lined up. You were going to see Cat Power at Town Hall. And then the scaredy cat went and canceled her tour. Perhaps that is for the best — at a recent Paris show, she could barely stop apologizing long enough to get through an entire song. How embarrassing. But praise Big Baby Jesus (RIP), the reunited Wu-Tang Clan (at left) is performing at Hammerstein Ballroom! How romantic. Or you may want to investigate Report Suspicious Activity at the Knitting Factory Tap Bar, featuring J. Robbins of Burning Airlines and Jawbox.

On Wednesday, if we feel like being hip, we'll hit up the Black Wire and Foreign Islands show at the Mercury Lounge. Word is the Kaiser Chiefs wrote "I Predict a Riot" after a Black Wire gig. If we're feeling more mellow, Gothamist will probably be at the Living Room with the Autumn Defense, featuring Wilco's John Stirratt.

Thursday, thanks to multiple corrections sent in by eagle-eyed readers (post yours in the comments!) we can only recommend the dramatic postpunk of Celebration (at right) with the Hong Kong at Rothko. No decisions necessary!

On Friday (and Saturday), Wilderness bring their bombastic art rock to Cake Shop. This band is good. Too good to be playing basements, really. Meanwhile, Dirty on Purpose headline Northsix, and bring along country rockers Oakley Hall.

Saturday we're all about the spastic punk of We Are Wolves. At Northsix. You should be too.

Sunday you can rest as God intended. Or you could brave the scene at Motherfucker to see the New York Dolls. But we don't think God would like that too much.

God likes free and legal mp3s, though. Just like everyone does.

The Hong Kong, "Not Getting Better"
Foreign Islands, "Ghost Story"
Wilderness, "Emergency"
We Are Wolves, "La Nature"

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By Catherine Hopkinson in Arts and Events on February 13, 2006 12:07 PM

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cat

i'm guessing yeah.

J.D. Fortune

does smoking really good shit help enhance autoerotic asphyxiation?

cat

jesus, i guess i was smoking some really good shit.

tones

hey, there's a mistake here - enon is not playing at the delancey on thursday. thursday's lineup for the soulpusher party at the delancey is:

10pm ivy league

11pm the glass

12am the shapes

i'm mean too!

I think that the world would be a better place if all of INXS would have died in a terrible circle jerk gone wrong.

I suggest that INXS fans unite! Please do us a favor - grab a rope, some lube and experience Michael Hutchence's last sensation. Wanker.

WWWhatsup

For Valentine's it's between Diamanda at the Knit, and Syd Straw's annual Heartwreck at Tonic. Syd gets my vote.

And Thursday? Enon without a doubt.

Friday. Hard to pick between Oakley Hall at North Six, and Devendra at Club Exit, but one has to go with Devendra as it's likely the only time he'll ever play a Polish disco.

But gig of the week, without question, is the Manhattan debut of Detroit's Sirens at Fontanas on Saturday.

joly

layne

Do you always diss a band before you have seen them...shame, shame, double shame...

INXS in concert, with the uber-hot JD Fortune, is amazing and fun....and isn't that what a good concert is all about.

Nothing lame about it!

bryan

um, i have to correct my correction. MiG / UH @ Southpaw next thursday, 2/23. not this thursday, also not next saturday. right.

pastoralia

How could you forget Saint Etienne at Irving Plaza tonight? Londonist would be very disappointed.

you're just mean

"The ultimate in lameness"? Unnecessary, Gothamist! INXS have always been a great live band, and they are doing very well for themselves these days with JD. Arguably, without INXS, Depeche Mode, and the Cure, you wouldn't have most of the hipster bands of today... stinky, mean Gothamist, shame on you!!! :P

shindigs

and how about getting back B.Vegan...those were by far better reviews without the infantile tone.

...as God intended

Bryan

Man in Gray and Unsacred Hearts at Southpaw is next Saturday, the 23rd! (though Undisputed Heavyweights are there this thursday, so if you're really set on going this week as well then it's definitely worth it).