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Gig Alerts: The Low Anthem
The Low Anthem"Charlie Darwin"Playing at: Bowery Ballroom (6 Delancey St., L.E.S.)Get: Tickets | DirectionsInfluenced by old-timey Americana and Charles Darwin's ideas of survival of the fittest, Rhode...
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Gig Alerts: Kaki King
Kaki King"Falling Day"Playing FRIDAY at: Bowery Ballroom (6 Delancey St., L.E.S.)Get: Tickets | DirectionsSince she first emerged from the New York City subways to release her debut album seven years...
View ArticleShots You Snapped
It's been a busy week in live music. Natalie Merchant promoted her new album, Leave Your Sleep, at Le Poisson Rouge. Hey Champtreated New Yorkers to their delicious brand of synth pop at Mercury...
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Gig Alerts: Ane Brun
Ane Brun"Rubber & Soul (feat. Teitur)"Playing at: Bowery Ballroom (6 Delancey St., L.E.S.)Get: Tickets | DirectionsTwo years and two releases after debuting on the Swedish and Norwegian music...
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Gig Alerts: Plants and Animals
Plants and Animals"The Mama Papa"Playing at: Bowery Ballroom (6 Delancey St., L.E.S.)Get: Tickets | DirectionsThe guys from Montreal's Plants and Animals have come up with some interesting descriptions...
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Gig Alerts: Garage a Trois
Garage a Trois"Dory's Day Out" (Music Hub Exclusive)Playing at: Bowery Ballroom (6 Delancey St., L.E.S.)Get: Tickets | DirectionsThe four-piece modern jazz outfit Garage a Trois did actually begin as a...
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Gig Alerts: Civil Twilight
Civil Twilight"Letters From the Sky"Playing at: Bowery Ballroom (6 Delancey St., L.E.S.)Get: Tickets | DirectionsThe three members of the alt-rock band Civil Twilight hail from Cape Town, South Africa,...
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Gig Alerts: Peter Wolf Crier
Peter Wolf Crier"Hard as Nails"Playing at: Bowery Ballroom (6 Delancey St., L.E.S.)Get: Tickets | DirectionsThe story of Minneapolis duo Peter Wolf Crier begins on one particularly fruitful night...
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Gig Alert: Admiral Radley
Admiral Radley"I Heart California"Playing FRIDAY at: Bowery Ballroom (6 Delancey St., L.E.S.)Get: Tickets | DirectionsThree years after the indie rock outfit Grandaddy broke up, band members Jason...
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Gig Alert: Autolux
Autolux"Supertoys"Playing at: Bowery Ballroom (6 Delancey St., L.E.S.)Get: Tickets | DirectionsSometimes when bands channel a sound from a bygone era, they sound like outdated simulacrum. But L.A.'s...
View ArticleGig Alert: Sherlocks Daughter
SherlocksDaughter"Reprise"Playing tonight at: Bowery Ballroom (6 Delancey St., L.E.S.)Get: Tickets | DirectionsThis Sydney, Australia outfit recently relocated to New York City after the band had a...
View ArticleGig Alert: Macklemore
Macklemore w/ Ryan Lewis"Otherside"Playing tonight at: Bowery Ballroom (6 Delancey St., L.E.S.)Get: Tickets | DirectionsMacklemore, born Ben Haggerty, burst onto the Seattle hip-hop scene in 2005 with...
View ArticleGig Alert: A.A. Bondy
A.A. Bondy“I Can See the Pines Are Dancing”Playing at: Bowery Ballroom(6 Delancey St., L.E.S.)Get: Tickets ($14)| DirectionsA.A. Bondy is the former lead singer from the rock band Verbana, reborn in...
View ArticleGig Alert: Corin Tucker Band
Corin Tucker Band"Doubt"Playing at: Bowery Ballroom (6 Delancey St., L.E.S.)Info: Tickets ($16) | DirectionsSinger and guitarist Corin Tucker is probably best known for cofounding Sleater-Kinney, the...
View ArticleGig Alert: Hollerado
Hollerado"Fake Drugs"Playing at: Bowery Ballroom (6 Delancey St., L.E.S.)Info: Tickets ($15) | DirectionsHere are four things to know about Hollerado: One, Hollerado has a proven big, loud indie-rock...
View ArticleGig Alert: Assembly of Dust
Assembly of Dust"All That I Am Now" (feat. Richie Havens)Playing tonight at: Bowery Ballroom (6 Delancey St., L.E.S.)Info: Tickets ($16) | DirectionsThe roots-rocking Assembly of Dust recruited a slew...
View ArticleGig Alert: Fitz and the Tantrums
Fitz and the Tantrums“Moneygrabber”Playing at: Bowery Ballroom (6 Delancey St., L.E.S.)Get: Tickets | DirectionsFitz and the Tantrums is yet another rising band that has wooed audiences with references...
View ArticleGig Alert: Friendly Fires
Friendly Fires“Jump In The Pool”Playing at: Bowery Ballroom (6 Delancey St., L.E.S.)Info: Tickets ($20) | DirectionsThe Friendly Fires is a dance-punk inspired English trio from 22 miles north of...
View ArticleGig Alert: Friends
Friends“Friend Crush”Playing SATURDAY at: Bowery Ballroom (6 Delancey St., L.E.S.)Info: Tickets ($13) | DirectionsSaturday night, the Brooklyn quintet Friends wraps up a 29-date U.S. tour with another...
View ArticleGig Alert: Prince Rama
Prince Rama"Land Of The Apocalypse Transcended"Playing FRIDAY at: Bowery Ballroom (6 Delancey St., L.E.S.)Info: Tickets ($13) | DirectionsIf nothing else, Prince Rama is epic. Just check out the name...
View ArticleGig Alert: Delicate Steve
Delicate Steve"Butterfly"Playing SATURDAY at: Bowery Ballroom (6 Delancey St., L.E.S.)Info: Tickets ($15) | Directions"Delicate Steve" may not be the most awe-inspiring band name. But the man behind...
View ArticleGig Alert: Say Hi
Say Hi"Dots on Maps"Playing MONDAY at: Bowery Ballroom (6 Delancey St., L.E.S.)Info: Tickets ($13) | DirectionsEric Elbogen is the man behind the indie band Say Hi. The singer songwriter, who splits...
View ArticleGig Alert: The Mountain Goats
The Mountain Goats“Damn These Vampires”Playing MONDAY at: Bowery Ballroom (6 Delancey Street, LES)Info: Tickets ($25) | DirectionsSongwriter John Darnielle has finely tuned his craft since 1991. In...
View ArticleGig Alert: Thao with The Get Down Stay Down
Thao with The Get Down Stay Down“Know Better Learn Faster”Playing Monday at Bowery Ballroom (6 Delancey Street, LES)Info: Tickets ($25) | Directions“The album is named Know Better Learn Faster because...
View ArticleGig Alert: Adventure
Adventure“Rio”Playing Friday at the Bowery Ballroom (6 Delancey Street, LES)Info: Tickets ($15) | DirectionsBenny Boeldt is the cartographer behind the digital wanderings of the electro-pop band...
View ArticleGig Alert: The Besnard Lakes
The Besnard Lakes“Albatross"”Playing Friday at the Bowery Ballroom (6 Delancey Street, LES)Info: Tickets ($15) | DirectionsThe core of the Montreal, Canada quartet Besnard Lakes is the husband-wife duo...
View ArticleGig Alert: Anna Calvi
Anna Calvi“Jezebel”Playing Wednesday at the Bowery Ballroom (6 Delancey Street, L.E.S.)Info: Tickets ($15) | DirectionsFrom the very first note of Anna Calvi singing “Jezebel,” you get the sense that...
View ArticleGig Alert: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah“Same Mistake”Playing Tuesday at: Bowery Ballroom (6 Delancey St., Lower East Side)*Sold Out* | DirectionsAfter coasting to the big time in 2005 with a self-titled album and a...
View ArticleGig Alert: SBTRKT
SBTRKT“Wildfire” (feat. Little Dragon)Playing Monday at Bowery Ballroom (6 Delancey St., L.E.S.)Get: Tickets ($15) | DirectionsIt takes a lot for an artist from the United Kingdom’s thriving electronic...
View ArticleGig Alert: The Sea and Cake
The Sea and Cake"Up On The North Shore"Playing Tuesday at Bowery Ballroom (6 Delancey St., L.E.S.)Get: Tickets ($18) | DirectionsTheir newest record might be called The Moonlight Butterfly, but the...
View ArticleGig Alert: fun.
fun."We Are Young" (featuring Janelle Monáe)Playing Wednesday at the Bowery Ballroom (6 Delancey St., L.E.S.)Get: Tickets ($15) | DirectionsJanelle Monáe said to watch the New York indie band fun....
View ArticleGig Alert: Buraka Som Sistema
Buraka Som Sistema"Burakaton" (feat. Bomba Estereo)Playing Wednesday at Bowery Ballroom (6 Delancey St., L.E.S.)Get: Tickets ($20) | DirectionsAlthough Portugal’s Buraka Som Sistema is closely...
View ArticleGig Alert: Jonathan Wilson
Jonathan Wilson"Desert Raven"Playing at Thursday at Mercury Lounge (217 E. Houston St., East Village)Get: Tickets ($15) | Directions Roots rocker Jonathan Wilson has been at it for nearly two...
View ArticleGig Alert: Tea Leaf Green
Tea Leaf Green"Honey Bee"Playing on Friday at Bowery Ballroom(6 Delancey St., L.E.S.)Get: Tickets ($22) | Directions After more than a decade of playing together, Tea Leaf Green has its jam band cred...
View ArticleGig Alert: F. Stokes
F. Stokes"My Simple"Playing on Thursday at Bowery Ballroom(6 Delancey St., L.E.S.)Get: Tickets ($15) | Directions Poet and indie hip-hop artist F. Stokes (pronounced “F Dot Stokes”) was born in Chicago...
View ArticleGig Alert: Korallreven
Korallreven"As Young As Yesterday (feat. Victoria Bergsman)"Playing on Sunday at Bowery Ballroom (6 Delancey St., L.E.S.)Get: Tickets ($15) | Directions Swedish duo Korallreven gets its moniker from...
View ArticleGig Alert: The Darcys
The Darcys"Josie (Vol.2)"Playing on Monday at the Bowery Ballroom (6 Delancey St., L.E.S.)Get: Tickets ($20) | Directions If this song sounds familiar, it’s because “Josie (Volume 2)” by Canadian...
View ArticleGig Alert: Ben Howard
Ben Howard"Three Tree Town"Playing on Monday at Bowery Ballroom (6 Delancey St., L.E.S.)Get: Tickets ($15) | Directions It’s not that easy these days in the UK to stand out in the pack of folk-styled...
View ArticleGig Alert: Emily Wells
Emily Wells"Passenger"Playing on Monday at Bowery Ballroom (6 Delancey St., L.E.S.Get: Tickets ($15) | Directions Singer-instrumentalist Emily Wells creates an intriguing melodic concoction that feels...
View ArticleGig Alert: Tanlines
Tanlines"All Of Me"Playing on Thursday at Bowery Ballroom (6 Delancey St., L.E.S.)Get: Tickets ($13) | Directions Brooklyn synth-pop outfit Tanlines released its debut EP, Settings,two years ago. In...
View ArticleGig Alert: Ane Brun
Ane Brun"Do You Remember"Playing on Monday at Bowery Ballroom (6 Delancey St., L.E.S.)Get: Tickets ($15) | Directions The operatic voice of Norwegian singer-songwriter Ane Brun swells and ripples on...
View ArticleGig Alert: Freelance Whales
Freelance Whales"Generator (First Floor)"Playing on Friday at Bowery Ballroom (6 Delancey St., L.E.S.)Get: Tickets ($20) | DirectionsIndie-pop quintet Freelance Whales has a familiar Internet-age...
View ArticleGig Alert: Anais Mitchell
Anais Mitchell"Coming Down"Playing on Monday at Bowery BallroomGet: Tickets ($15) | DirectionsIt’s tempting to call Anais Mitchell a singer–songwriter. In reality, she’s more of a singer-storyteller....
View ArticleGig Alert: Ahleuchatistas
ARTIST: AhleuchatistasDOWNLOAD:"Lighted Stairs"SHOW: Wednesday at Bowery Ballroom ($15)North Carolina band Ahleuchatistas takes the first part of its name from a Charlie Parker song. That doesn’t mean...
View ArticleGig Alert: Psychic Ills
ARTIST: Psychic IllsDOWNLOAD:"Might Take A While"SHOW: Thursday at Bowery Ballroom ($15)Brooklyn band Psychic Ills certainly weren’t afraid of an extended jam session of their first albums...but then...
View ArticleGig Alert: Youth Lagoon
ARTIST: Youth LagoonDOWNLOAD:"Mute"SHOW: Wednesday at Bowery Ballroom ($16)Trevor Powers first introduced the world to the psychedelic sounds of his solo project Youth Lagoon in 2011. On his new album...
View ArticleU.S. Air Guitar Championships: Heavy Metal, No Instruments Required
All the elements of heavy metal bliss will be on view at the Bowery Ballroom on Wednesday — except for the instruments. At the U.S. Air Guitar Championships (U.S.A.G.C.), anyone who pays the $20...
View ArticleGig Alert: Helado Negro at Bowery Ballroom
GIG ALERT: Helado Negro at Bowery BallroomTickets $15, Doors: 8:00 PM, 18 and overRoberto Lange is the artist known as “Helado Negro.” For those of you translating at home, that’s “black ice cream” in...
View ArticleGig Alert: North Mississippi Allstars at Bowery Ballroom
Gig Alert: North Mississippi Allstars at Bowery BallroomTickets: $25, 21+, Show at 9PMLuther and Cody Dickinson founded the North Mississippi Allstars almost 20 years ago, blending blues, Memphis soul...
View ArticleGig Alert: Saint Etienne at Bowery Ballroom on 9.25 / MHOW on 9.26
Gig Alert: Saint Etienne at Bowery Ballroom / Music Hall Of Williamsburg on 9.26Tickets: $30. Doors at 8PM. 21+The British dance-pop group called Saint Etienne celebrates a part of England that usually...
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