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For the denizens of the City That Never Sleeps, there's an overabundance places to go, bands to see. To help you sort it out, here are some recommendations:

 


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January '09

Friday, 1/2/09 & Modernboys Moderngirls @ Arlene's Grocery
Saturday, 1/3/09 Modernboys Moderngirls @ Trash Bar
  First two U.S. appearances by this Canadian band
   
Monday, 1/5/09 Glasvegas @ Union Square Virgin Megastore*
  Free performance & signing by much-hyped Scots
   
Tuesday, 1/6/09 Okkervil River @ Bell House
  One-off show, night before they appear on Letterman
   
Friday, 1/9/09 & Camper Van Beethoven @ Bowery Ballroom
Saturday, 1/10/09 25th anniversary tour of seminal act
   
Saturday, 1/10/09 Takka Takka @ BAMCafé*
  Free, but beware of a long line outside...
   
Sunday, 1/11/09 Vivian Girls @ Living Room
  'Kidrockers' afternoon show
   
Wednesday, 1/14/09
Illinois, Drink Up Buttercup, Oceanographer @ Fontana's
  'The Adventures of Kid Catastrophe, Chapter 3' EP release party
  Los Campesinos! @ Sound Fix Records*
  Free in-store before starting 'We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed' tour, but get their early, as it will fill up fast
   
Friday, 1/16/09 The Rosebuds @ Bowery Ballroom
   
Saturday, 1/17/09
Spanish Prisoners, Ghost Front, The Loom @ Highline Ballroom*
  Free alt-folk at the rarely-free Highline Ballroom
  Chase Pagan, Motel Motel @ Sound Fix Records*
  Book release party for 'Scandalabra', including readings by Paul G. Maziar
   
Sunday, 1/18/09 The Forms, Frances, Ford & Fitzroy, Arms @ Bell House
  Benefit for The Sports & Arts In School Foundation - comes out to $2.50 per band (or per 'F')
   
Sunday, 1/18/09 &
Cursive @ Union Hall
Monday, 1/19/09
Cursive @ Mercury Lounge
  Omaha's biggest name in indie-rock play two small, intimate venues
   
Tuesday, 1/20/09 A.C. Newman @ Union Square Virgin Megastore*
  Free performance & signing by New Pornographers frontman, playing his new solo record, 'Get Guilty'
   
Tuesday, 1/20/09 & Animal Collective @ Grand Ballroom
Wedneday, 1/21/09 Animal Collective @ Bowery Ballroom
  'Merriweather Post Pavillion' tour
   
Wedneday, 1/21/09 Colourmusic @ Union Hall
  Another strange, wild act from Oklahoma

Previously on Lost @ Bell House
  'Lost' Season Five Premiere concert/viewing party - "They've gotta go back!!!"
   
Thursday, 1/22/09 Matt & Kim @ Music Hall in Williamsburg
  'Grand' release party - at home in Brooklyn
  Regina Spektor, Ra Ra Riot @ Bowery Ballroom
  3rd Annual Roe on the Rocks benefit for Planned Parenthood
   
Friday, 1/23/09
Freshkills, BM Linx @ Public Assembly
   
Saturday, 1/24/09 The Picture, Ford & Fitzroy @ Mercury Lounge
  'Bluebirds EP' release party
   
Monday, 1/26/09 &
Andrew Bird @ Music Hall in Williamsburg
Wednesday, 1/28/09 Andrew Bird @ Carnegie Hall
  'Noble Beast' tour
   
Tuesday, 1/27/09
The Morning After Girls @ Mercury Lounge
   
Wednesday, 1/28/09 Annuals @ Bowery Ballroom
  More of North Carolina's finest
  Cold War Kids @ Mercury Lounge
  Big band in a small place
   
Thursday, 1/29/09 Kings of Leon, The Whigs @ Madison Square Garden
  'Only By the Night' tour
   
Thursday, 1/29/09, Metallica, The Sword @ Nassau Coliseum
Saturday, 1/31/09 & Metallica, The Sword @ Prudential Center
Sunday, 2/1/09 Metallica, The Sword @ Prudential Center
  'Death Magnetic' tour
   
Friday, 1/30/09 Joseph Arthur, Harper Simon @ Bell House
  All-acoustic show
  Neckbeard Telecaster, Maxi Geill, PlayColt @ South Street Seaport*
  Inaugural 'Seaport on Ice' show, free - if cold...
  The Sword @ Bowery Ballroom
   
Saturday, 1/31/09 They Might Be Giants @ (le) Poisson Rouge
  Afternoon kids show
  Dan Deacon & more @ The 1896
  Brooklyn vs. Baltimore Battle Marathon, brought to you by Todd P (just moved from Danbro Studios)
  Loney, Dear, Arms @ Union Hall
  'Dear John' tour
  Loney, Dear @ Sound Fix Records*
  Free in-store performance - only a few left before the back room bar closes

February '09

Monday, 2/2/09 Frightened Rabbit @ (le) Poisson Rouge
  All-acoustic, all-request show
  Lady Sovereign @ Piano's
  'Jigsaw' preview show
   
Tuesday, 2/3/09
Philip Glass, The National, Patti Smith, Vampire Weekend, @ Carnegie Hall
  Tibet House benefit concert
   
Wednesday, 2/4/09
Illinois @ Fontana's
  'The Adventures of Kid Catastrophe, Chapter 4' EP release party
  Passion Pit, The Paper Route @ Bowery Ballroom
  Beirut @ Music Hall in Williamsburg
   
Thursday, 2/5/09
The Five Deadly Venoms, The Jones Street Station @ Housing Works Used Bookstore*
  The Jones Street Station (formerly J.S. Boys) start their monthly curated & opened free shows at Housing Works
   
Friday, 2/6/09
Murder By Death @ Bowery Ballroom
  Playing 'Red of Tooth and Claw' and 'Who Will Survive and What Will Be Left of Them' in sequence & in their entirety
  Theresa Anderson @ Joe's Pub
  Sweden + New Orleans = one woman orchestra
  Project Jenny, Project Jan @ South Street Seaport*
  'Seaport on Ice'
  Andrew W.K., Cheeseburger @ Santos Party House*
  NY Comic-Con free after party, presented by Adult Swim
   
Friday, 2/6/09 &
These United States, Rural Alberta Advantage @ Union Hall
Saturday, 2/7/09
Rural Alberta Advantage, Alaska In Winter @ 92YTribeca
  Who's next for RAA?  Look Mexico?  Sam Goldberg's (of Broken Social Scene) Hawaii?  Cracker playing 'Greenland' in its entirety?...
  The Black Keys, Heartless Bastards @ Terminal 5
  Cat Power @ Apollo Theatre
  Beirut @ BAM Howard Gillman Opera House
  Final Fantasy @ The Kitchen
  Four big-name acts that draw from the past playing four big venues two nights in a row
   
                             Brooklyn Academy of Music's 'Sounds Like Brooklyn' series:
Friday, 2/6/09 & Beirut @ BAM Howard Gillman Opera House
Saturday, 2/7/09  
Saturday, 2/7/09
Bear In Heaven, Analogue Transit @ BAMCafé*
  Always free at BAMCafé, but there's also always a line...
Thursday, 2/12/09
Action Painters, Mussels, Aa, Fiasco @ Southpaw
  Tally Hall, Wheat, Seth Kalen @ Union Hall
  Tracy Bonham, The Loom, Smokey's Roundup @ Bell House
  ME, Sharon Von Etten @ Monkeytown
Friday, 2/13/09
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Chairlift @ BAM Howard Gilman Opera House
  Quite possibly the last show ever by the hiatus (or more) bound CYHSY
  The Randy Bandits, The Isles @ Bell House
  The Canon Logic, Motel Motel, Holly Miranda (of The Jealous Girlfriends), Ro Agents @ Southpaw
  Scary Mansion @ Monkeytown
  Injoy @ BAMCafé*
  Mattison, A Last Town Chorus @ Pete's Candy Store
Saturday, 2/14/09
Harlem Shakes, Phil & The Osophers @ Southpaw
  'Technicolor Health' preview - and first Shakes NYC show since 2007!
  Japanther, Ninjasonik @ BAMCafé*
  Will BAM's heavy-handed security be able to control the bands' crazy fans at the free, all-ages show?...
  Mia Riddle & Her Band, Frances @ Union Hall 
  A Locomotive, Kaiser Cartel @ Pete's Candy Store
Saturday, 2/28/09
Grizzly Bear, Final Fantasy @ BAM Howard Gilman Opera House
   
   
Sunday, 2/8/09
Jeffrey Lewis, Drink Up Buttercup @ Living Room
  'Kidrockers' afternoon show
   
Tuesday, 2/10/09
Lily Allen, Matt & Kim, Trouble Andrew @ Bowery Ballroom*
  'MySpace Secret Show' - first-come, first-served, all ages, sure to be a massive line
  Eugene Mirman, John Oliver, Kristen Schaal @ Bell House 
  'The Will To Whatev' book release party
  Trouble Andrew @ Burton Snowboards Flagship Store*
  Trouble Andrew @ Santos*
  Two more free album release parties - you think he's appearing enough?
   
Tuesday, 2/10/09
The Morning Benders, The Submarines, Dawn Landes @ Mercury Lounge
Wednesday, 2/11/09
The Morning Benders, The Submarines, Dawn Landes @ Bell House
   
Tuesday, 2/10/09 Gary Lucas @ World Financial Center*
Wednesday, 2/11/09 The BQE Project @ World Financial Center*
Thursday, 2/12/09 The Cinematic Orchestra @ World Financial Center*
  Classic silent films with live scores
   
Tuesday, 2/10/09
Family Time @ Union Hall
Tuesday, 2/17/09 Family Time @ Union Hall
Tuesday, 2/24/09 Family Time @ Union Hall
  From the folks who brought you Previously On Lost comes Family Time - based on the even more-confusing, less-believable musings of Carl Sagan
   
Friday, 2/13/09
The Virgins @ Union Square Virgin Megastore*
  It was only a matter of time before the over-hyped Virgins played their namesake
  The Kiss Off @ South Street Seaport*
   
Friday, 2/13/09 &
Paul Simon @ Beacon Theatre
Saturday, 2/14/09
Legendary singer/songwriter opens the renovated Beacon Theatre
  Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings @ Nokia Theatre
   
Saturday, 2/14/09 &
Los Campesinos!, Titus Andronicus @ Bowery Ballroom
Sunday, 2/15/09
Los Campesinos!, Titus Andronicus @ Bowery Ballroom
  'We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed' tour
   
Sunday, 2/15/09
Chairlift, The Bloodsugars @ 92YTribeca
  'Kidrockers' afternoon show
  Iran, Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson @ Death By Audio
  'Dissolver' release party
  Titus Andronicus (solo sets) @ Sound Fix Records*
   
Monday, 2/16/09
These Are Powers @ Other Music*
   
Tuesday, 2/17/09
Tony Scherr @ Living Room*
   
Wednesday, 2/18/09
The Dig @ Piano's*
  The Dig free at midnight
   
Wednesday, 2/18/09 &
White Rabbits, Holly Miranda (of Jealous Girlfriends) @ Mercury Lounge
Thursday, 2/19/09
White Rabbits @ Mercury Lounge
  First return of the Shakes, then return of the Rabbits...
   
Thursday, 2/19/09
M. Ward, Vivian Girls @ Apollo Theatre
   
Friday, 2/20/09
Heloise & The Savoir Faire @ South Street Seaport*
  The Forms @ Sound Fix Records*
  Semi Precious Weapons @ Studio @ Webster Hall*
   
Saturday, 2/21/09
Matisyahu & Friends @ Bell House
  All ages so-called 'evening of improvisation'
  Matt Keating @ Living Room*
   
Monday, 2/23/09
Jimmy Eat World @ Terminal 5
  Celebrating the tenth anniversary of 'Clarity' by playing the entire record, start-to-finish
   
Wednesday, 2/25/09
Tokyo Police Club, Born Ruffians, Harlem Shakes @ Webster Hall
  Expect the kids to be out for TPC - but get early for the Shakes!
  Semi Precious Weapons, The Cringe, The Orion Experience @ Santos
  After previously holding a surprisingly successful SXSW party, Rachael Ray - yes, that Oprah spin-off - holds a 'prelude' to this year's SXSW party
  Ben Kweller, The Watson Twins, Jones Street Station @ Town Hall
   
Wednesday, 2/25/09
Tapes 'n Tapes, Wild Light, The Subjects @ Bowery Ballroom
& Gringo Star @ Piano's
Thursday, 2/26/09
Tapes 'n Tapes, Wild Light, The Subjects @ Music Hall in Williamsburg
  Gringo Star @ Death By Audio
  Fountains of Wayne (acoustic) @ Joe's Pub
  Thievery Corporation @ Terminal 5
   
Thursday, 2/26/09
Peelander-Z, Noah Chermin (of Sam Champion) @ Piano's*
   
Friday, 2/27/09
Blitzen Trapper, Plants and Animals @ Bowery Ballroom
&
...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead @ Music Hall in Williamsburg 
Saturday, 2/28/09 Blitzen Trapper, Plants and Animals @ Music Hall in Williamsburg 
  ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead @ Bowery Ballroom
  David Byrne @ Madison Square Garden
   
Saturday, 2/28/09 Marissa Nadler @ Sound Fix Records*
  Final show at the free Sound Fix Lounge

 

March '09

Monday, 3/2/09 Limbs, The Interiors @ Cake Shop
  Limbs record release show
   
Tuesday, 3/3/09
Pela @ Mercury Lounge
Tuesday, 3/10/09
Pela, Holly Miranda (of Jealous Girlfriends) @ Mercury Lounge
  Pela's Mercury Lounge residency
   
Wednesday, 3/4/09
Young Galaxy @ Pianos
Friday, 3/6/09
Young Galaxy @ Music Hall in Williamsburg
  Preview of 'Invisible Republic'
   
Thursday, 3/5/09
Ra Ra Riot, A Place To Bury Strangers @ NYU Kimmel Center
  One of those shows where it's impossible to get tickets if you're not a student...
  Jones Street Station, Tall Pines @ Housing Works Used Book Café*
  Monthly series of free shows at charity bookstore, curated by Jones Street Station
  The Picture, The Kiss Off @ Bowery Ballroom
   
Friday, 3/6/09
Handsome Furs, Iran @ Mercury Lounge
  The side-projects/other bands of members of Wolf Parade & TV On the Radio
  Your Nature (formerly Frankpollis) @ Cake Shop 
  After non-Frank, non-Pollis Macolm joined, it was just a matter of time before they changed their often-misspelled name
   
Sunday, 3/8/09
Phil & The Osophers @ Goodbye Blue Monday*
   
Monday, 3/9/09
Cursive @ Music Hall in Williamsburg
&
Black Lips @ Bowery Ballroom
Tuesday, 3/10/09
Cursive, Bear Hands @ Bowery Ballroom
  Black Lips @ Music Hall in Williamsburg
   
Tuesday, 3/10/09
Bishop Allen @ Other Music*
  Tony Scherr @ Living Room*
   
Wednesday, 3/11/09
Bob Mould, Patti Smith, The Apples in Stereo & more @ Carnegie Hall
  'The Music of R.E.M.'
   
Friday, 3/13/09 &
The Pogues @ Roseland Ballroom
Saturday, 3/14/09 The Pogues @ Roseland Ballroom
   
Saturday, 3/14/09
Bell X1, Harlem Shakes @ Highline Ballroom
  Come for the Shakes, stay for the much-improved Bell X1
  Violens @ 92YTribeca*
   
Sunday, 3/15/09
Charles Spearin's 'Happiness Project' @ (le) Poisson Rouge
  Experience one of 2009's most fascinating releases, from Charles Spearin of Broken Social Scene & Do Make Say Think
  Modest Mouse @ Terminal 5
   
Sunday, 3/15/09 &
The Ting Tings @ Music Hall in Williamsburg
Monday, 3/16/09
The Ting Tings @ Terminal 5
   
Monday, 3/16/09
Motley Crüe @ Madison Square Garden
   
Monday, 3/16/09,
Morrissey @ Wellmont Theatre
Saturday, 3/21/09,
Morrissey @ Bowery Ballroom
Wednesday, 3/25/09 & Morrissey @ Webster Hall
Thursday, 3/26/09
Morrissey @ Carnegie Hall
  Because you can't get enough of the ever-emotional Morrissey...
   
Saturday, 3/21/09
Cut Copy, Matt & Kim @ Terminal 5
  Don't you just wanna know how Matt & Kim will handle the massive Terminal 5 - and how will their fans handle being so far away from the band?...
   
Tuesday, 3/24/09 &
Camera Obscura @ Bell House
Wednesday, 3/25/09
Camera Obscura @ Mercury Lounge
  Bloc Party, Longwave @ Terminal 5
   
Thursday, 3/26/09
The Proclaimers @ Joe's Pub
  Prodigy @ Roseland Ballroom
  Two British 'pro's attempting a comeback - who have nothing else at all in common...
  Harlem Shakes @ Music Hall in Williamsburg
  'Technicolor Health' release party
   
Thursday, 3/26/09 &
Friendly Fires, White Lies @ Bowery Ballroom
Friday, 3/27/09
White Lies, Friendly Fires @ Bowery Ballroom
   
Saturday, 3/28/09 &
Say Hi, Telekinesis @ Bell House
Sunday, 3/29/09
Say Hi, Telekinesis, Phil & The Osophers @ Mercury Lounge

 

April '09

Wednesday, 4/1/09
White Hinterland & more @ Bruar Falls
  Bruar Falls - new Brooklyn venue from Cake Shop people - 'soft opening'
   
Thursday, 4/2/09 
Bang On a Can All-Stars, with Lee Renaldo @ Merkin Concert Hall

 
Friday, 4/3/09 Cold War Kids, Amazing Baby @ Terminal 5
  The Presets @ Webster Hall
   
Saturday, 4/4/09
Chairlift, Acrylics @ Bruar Falls*
  Bruar Falls Grand Opening
  Ra Ra Riot, Cut Off Your Hands @ Webster Hall
   
Saturday, 4/5/09 &
Bishop Allen @ Music Hall in Williamsburg
Sunday, 4/6/09
Bishop Allen @ Bowery Ballroom
   
Sunday, 4/6/09 &
Black Kids, Mates of State @ Music Hall in Williamsburg
Monday, 4/7/09
Black Kids, Mates of State @ Webster Hall
  Mom & dad tour with the Kids...
   
Tuesday, 4/7/09,
Youth Group @ Piano's
Tuesday, 4/14/09,
Youth Group @ Piano's
Tuesday, 4/21/09 &
Youth Group @ Piano's
Tuesday, 4/28/09
Youth Group @ Piano's
  Australia's Youth Group hold down a month-long residency at Piano's
   
Wednesday, 4/8/09 &
Bob Mould @ Joe's Pub
Thursday, 4/9/09
Bob Mould @ Joe's Pub
  'Life & Times' solo tour
   
Friday, 4/10/09 &
Ladytron, The Faint @ Webster Hall
Saturday, 4/11/09
The Faint, Ladytron @ Webster Hall
   
Sunday, 4/12/09
Yeah Yeah Yeahs @ Santos
Monday, 4/13/09
Au Revoir Simone @ Union Pool
Tuesday, 4/14/09
St. Vincent @ 92YTribeca*
  Three 'secret shows' by some leading ladies of indie
   
Monday, 4/13/09 &
Neko Case, The Crooked Fingers @ Nokia Theatre
Tuesday, 4/14/09
Neko Case, Joan As Policewoman @ Nokia Theatre
  'Middle Cyclone' tour
   
Tuesday, 4/14/09 &
Flight of the Conchords @ Radio City Music Hall
Wednesday, 4/15/09
Fresh off Season Two finale - but how did Murray get them back in the States?...
   
Wednesday, 4/15/09
Clogs, Laurie Anderson @ World Financial Center*
   
Wednesday, 4/15/09,
of Montreal @ Music Hall in Williamsburg
Thursday, 4/16/09 &
of Montreal @ Music Hall in Williamsburg
Friday, 4/17/09
of Montreal @ Music Hall in Williamsburg
   
Thursday, 4/16/09
The Walkmen @ Webster Hall
  The Rosebuds @ Bell House
  The Morning After Girls @ Santos
   
Friday, 4/17/09
Dead Milkmen @ Warsaw 
  First NYC show in 15 years
  The Felice Brothers @ Webster Hall
  'Yonder Is the Clock' tour
  The Juan MacLean @ (le) Poisson Rouge
  'The Future Will Come' tour
   
Saturday, 4/18/09
Bill Callahan @ Other Music*
  Record Store Day free performance
   
Wednesday, 4/22/09
Shilpa Ray & Her Happy Hookers, Hooray For Earth @ Bell House
  Benefit for the hearing impaired
   
Thursday, 4/23/09
The Subjects @ Cameo
  The Subjects hit up Williamsburg's brand-new Cameo
  Harlem Shakes @ Starr Space
  Shakes play a semi-secret show in honor of the artist who gave them the cover art for 'Technicolor Health'
   
Thursday, 4/23/09 &
The Boxer Rebellion @ Mercury Lounge
Friday, 4/24/09
The Boxer Rebellion @ Mercury Lounge
  U.K. unsigned hit visit the States for the first time
  Metal Machine Trio @ Gramercy Theatre
  Lou Reed's Metal Machine Trio
   
Friday, 4/24/09,
The Dead @ Nassau Coliseum
Saturday, 4/25/09,
The Dead @ Madison Square Garden
Tuesday, 4/28/09 &
The Dead @ Izod Center
Wednesday, 4/29/09
The Dead @ Izod Center
  The Grateful Dead minus Jerry Garcia are still somehow around...
   
Saturday, 4/25/09
Crystal Stilts, WAVVES, These Are Powers @ The Shank*
  Note: one must go to new über-hipster Topshop in SoHo on Friday to get free tickets - and have to produce college ID
  Further note: that's still too much to pay to see These Are Powers, or pretty much any of the bands but Crystal Stilts, who play NYC every other week...
   
Sunday, 4/26/09
WBAR-B-Q @ Barnard College Lehman Lawn*
  Show up early for free BBQ - probably better than any of the actual bands...
   
Monday, 4/27/09 to
Mogwai, The Twilight Sad @ Music Hall in Williamsburg
Wednesday, 4/29/09
What's with Music Hall & the three-day runs?
   
Wednesday, 4/29/09 &
Peter Bjorn & John @ Webster Hall
Thursday, 4/30/09
Peter Bjorn & John @ Music Hall in Williamsburg
  'Living Thing' tour

 

May '09

Friday, 5/1/09
White Rabbits, Motel Motel @ Washington Square Park*
  NYU Spring Fling 'Strawberry Festival'
  The Beets, Wild Yaks, The Subjects, pow wow! @ Red Star Bar
  Some sort of 'communist party' at a sports bar in Greenpoint, but only $4 for fresh-hyped bands, and free Colt .45 9-10 PM
   
Friday, 5/1/09 &
The Dears, Great Northern, Eulogies @ Bell House
Monday, 5/4/09
The Dears, Great Northern, Eulogies @ Bowery Ballroom
   
Saturday, 5/2/09
Fires of Rome, Alex English Danzie @ 92YTribeca*
   
Sunday, 5/3/09
Pete Seeger, Bruce Springsteen, Dave Matthews, Eddie Vedder & more @ Madison Square Garden
  Pete Seeger's 90th birthday celebration
  David Byrne, Feist, The National, Bon Iver, & more @ Radio City Music Hall
  'Dark Was the Night' benefit show
  The Wild Yaks, Pterodactyl & more @ 3rd Ward*
  Free afternoon show at bike store - with free beer...
   
Monday, 5/4/09
Patrick Watson @ City Winery
   
Monday, 5/4/09 &
Electric Six @ Maxwell's
Tuesday, 5/5/09
Electric Six @ Bowery Ballroom
   
Monday, 5/4/09,
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band @ Nassau Coliseum
Thursday, 5/21/09 &
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band @ Izod Center
Saturday, 5/23/09
While The Boss is always at his peak in Jersey, he won't disappoint Long Island, either
   
Monday, 5/4/09,
Jason Anderson, Alden Barton @ Cake Shop*
Monday, 5/11/09,
Jason Anderson, Alden Barton @ Cake Shop*
Monday, 5/18/09 &
Jason Anderson, Alden Barton @ Cake Shop*
Monday, 5/25/09
Jason Anderson, Alden Barton @ Cake Shop*
  Jason Anderson's four-week Monday residency at Cake Shop - and all free
   
Tuesday, 5/5/09
Illinois, Holly Miranda, Kenan Bell @ Mercury Lounge
  'The Adventures of Kid Catastrophe (Deluxe Edition)' release party
  St. Vincent @ Union Square Virgin Megastore*
  'Actor' record release free in-store performance
   
Tuesday, 5/5/09 &
Lady Sovereign @ Highline Ballroom
Wednesday, 5/6/09
Lady Sovereign @ Music Hall in Williamsburg
  'Jigsaw' tour
   
Wednesday, 5/6/09
Harlem Shakes, The Cringe, Sean Bones @ Piano's*
  Free Rachael Ray party - but get their early to get in, and to see Sean Bones (Sean Sullivan of Sam Champion)
   
Wednesday, 5/6/09,
Your Nature @ The Annex
Wednesday, 5/13/09,
Your Nature @ The Annex
Wednesday, 5/20/09 &
Your Nature @ The Annex
Wednesday, 5/27/09
Your Nature @ The Annex
  Your Nature (formerly Frankpollis) have a four-Wednesday residency at The Annex - with open bar, nine-'til nine-thirty
   
Thursday, 5/7/09
Franz Ferdinand @ Roseland Ballroom
  'Tonight: Franz Ferdinand' tour
   
Thursday, 5/7/09 &
Jones Street Station, Salt & Samovar @ Housing Works Used Bookstore*
Friday, 5/8/09
Björk, Dirty Projectors, Ólöf Arnalds @ Housing Works Used Bookstore
  Free Jones Street Station show one night, $100+ Björk show the next...
   
Friday, 5/8/09,
The Thermals, The Shaky Hands @ Bowery Ballroom
Saturday, 5/9/09 &
The Thermals, The Shaky Hands @ Bowery Ballroom
Monday, 5/11/09
The Thermals, The Shaky Hands @ Music Hall in Williamsburg
  'Now We Can See' tour
   
Saturday, 5/9/09
Fastball @ City Winery
  'Little White Lies' tour
  The Subjects, Asa Ransom & more @ Glasslands Gallery
  Five Eyes Festival to benefit Cystic Fibrosis - and free Sixpoint Beer after nine!
   
Monday, 5/11/09
The White Rabbits @ Other Music*
  The Noisettes @ Piano's*
   
Monday, 5/11/09,
XYZ Affair @ Piano's
Monday 5/18/09 &
XYZ Affair @ Piano's
Monday, 5/25/09
XYZ Affair @ Piano's
  XYZ Affair Monday residency at Piano's - but up against Jason Anderson's at a few doors down Cake Shop, and not free like Anderson's, or the early Noisettes show on the first night...
   
Tuesday, 5/12/09
Prefuse 73 & more @ Baryshnikov Arts Center*
  Free w/ online RSVP for 'Catalan Days: SonarSound NY'
  Phenomenal Handclap Band, Golden Triangles @ Southpaw*
  Lame band playing free show, thanks to Colt .45 - but will there be free beer?  And Golden Triangles did win SXSW's 'Battle of the Bands'
   
Wednesday, 5/13/09
Family Time @ Bell House
  'Previously On Lost' Season Five finale party
  Matt Keating @ Living Room*
   
                                              Local Correspondents Festival @ Bar 4*
Wednesday, 5/13/09 Night One*
Thursday, 5/14/09 Night Two*
Friday, 5/15/09 Night Three*
Saturday, 5/16/09 Night Four*
Sunday, 5/17/09 Night Five* 
Monday, 5/18/09 Night Six* 
Tuesday, 5/19/09 Night Seven* 
  Seven nights of singer/songwriters you don't know playing free sets on the half hours at Bar 4
   
Friday, 5/15/09 &
Dan Deacon @ 979 Broadway Backyard
Saturday, 5/16/09
Dan Deacon @ Bowery Ballroom (early show)
  Dan Deacon @ Bowery Ballroom (late show)
  'Bromst' tour, including outdoor Todd P venue on Friday & two shows at Bowery on Saturday
   
Friday, 5/15/09,
No Fun Fest @ Music Hall in Williamsburg
Saturday, 5/16/09 &
No Fun Fest @ Music Hall in Williamsburg
Sunday, 5/17/09
No Fun Fest @ Music Hall in Williamsburg
  Noise-punk 'No Fun Fest' at Music Hall - Sonic Youth headlining Saturday, no one else you've ever heard of playing the rest
   
Saturday, 5/16/09
Peaches, Drums of Death @ Webster Hall
   
Sunday, 5/17/09
The Shackletons @ Living Room
  'Kidrockers' all-ages afternoon show
   
Sunday, 5/17/09 &
The Vaselines @ Bowery Ballroom
Monday, 5/18/09
The Vaselines @ Music Hall in Williamsburg
  Kurt Cobain's favorite alt-pop band is back
   
Sunday, 5/17/09,
The Shins, Delta Spirit @ Wellmont Theatre
Monday, 5/18/09 &
The Shins, Delta Spirit @ Terminal 5
Thursday, 5/21/09
The Shins, Delta Spirit @ Terminal 5
   
Monday, 5/18/09 Busta Rhymes @ Santos Party House*
  Secret, free, Busta Rhymes show
  Passion Pit @ Rocks Off Concert Cruise (The Temptress) 
  'Manners' release party aboard 'The Temptress'
  Au Revoir Simone @ Other Music*
   
Monday, 5/18/09,
Green Day @ Bowery Ballroom
Tuesday, 5/19/09,
Green Day @ Webster Hall
Wednesday, 5/20/09 &
Green Day @ P.C. Richard & Son's Theater
Friday, 5/22/09
Green Day @ Central Park Summerstage*
  Big-name pop-punkers are doing a full-court NYC press for the release of '21st Century Breakdown', starting with a fan club-only show at the small-for-them Bowery Ballroom, then a pseudo-secret show at the still-small-for-them Webster Hall through MySpace, then a win tickets-only show at an appliance store's new theater (?), and finishes it off by appearing on 'Good Morning America' at Central Park's Rumsey Playfield
   
Tuesday, 5/19/09
Iron & Wine @ Other Music*
   
Wednesday, 5/20/09
St. Vincent @ Webster Hall
  'Actor' tour
   
Thursday, 5/21/09
White Rabbits @ Bowery Ballroom
  'It's Frightening' tour
  Chris Garneau @ Bargemusic
  First-ever non-classical performance aboard Brooklyn's actual floating barge
  These Are Powers, Pterodactyls @ Glasslands*
  Free Colt 45, 9-10 PM - the only reason to get anywhere near the god-awful These Are Powers
   
Friday, 5/22/09
Crocodiles, Japanese Motors @ Studio B*
   
Friday, 5/22/09 & Golden Triangle, Sisters, Little Girls @ Littlefield*
Saturday, 5/23/09
The Hundred In the Hands, Cruel Black Dove @ Littlefield*
  New venue in Brooklyn opens with a pair of free shows
   
Sunday, 5/24/09
Golden Error, pow wow! & more @ Shea Stadium
  No, not the late home of The Mets, but a yet another new venue in Brooklyn (also with a 'Golden' opening...), this one holding Sunday all-ages shows where they record the event
   
Tuesday, 5/26/09
Here We Go Magic @ Union Pool*
  Free, secret-ish show before they go on tour with Grizzly Bear
  A Camp, Gentleman Reg @ Bowery Ballroom
  Loxsly @ Union Hall
   
Tuesday, 5/26/09 &
Spinal Tap @ Beacon Theatre
Wednesday, 5/27/09
'Unwigged & Unplugged' tour by the loudest band in rock 'n' roll
   
Thursday, 5/28/09
US Air Guitar Championships - NYC Regional @ Bowery Ballroom
  Yes, you read that right
   
Thursday, 5/28/09,
Grizzly Bear, Here We Go Magic @ Town Hall
Friday, 5/28/09 &
Grizzly Bear, Here We Go Magic @ Town Hall
Sunday, 5/31/09
Grizzly Bear, Here We Go Magic @ Music Hall in Williamsburg
  'Veckatimest' tour
   
Friday, 5/29/09
Au Revoir Simone @ Music Hall in Williamsburg
  'Still Night, Still Light' tour starts
   
Friday, 5/29/09 &
Nate Mars & more @ Beauty Bar Brooklyn*
Saturday, 5/30/09
Jotto & more @ Beauty Bar Brooklyn*
  Manhattan's Beauty Bar comes to Bushwick, with a DJ/dance night on Friday, then indie-rock on Saturday
   
Friday, 5/29/09 &
Grant Hart @ Cake Shop
Monday, 6/1/09
Grant Hart @ Bell House
  Hüsker Dü veteran returns to the road
   
Sunday, 5/31/09
Bang On a Can Marathon @ World Financial Center*
  Free 12-hour percussion marathon once again kicks off downtown Manhattan's summertime River-to-River Festival
  The Morning After Girls @ Living Room

 

June '09

Monday, 6/1/09,
Art Brut @ Mercury Lounge
Tuesday, 6/2/09,
Art Brut @ Mercury Lounge
Wednesday, 6/3/09,
Art Brut @ Mercury Lounge
Thursday, 6/4/09 &
Art Brut @ Mercury Lounge
Friday, 6/5/09
Art Brut @ Mercury Lounge
  Five straight nights of Art Brut on the 'Art Brut Vs. Satan' tour
   
Thursday, 6/4/09
The Doves, Wild Light @ Terminal 5
  'Kingdom of Rust' tour
  IAMX @ Bowery Ballroom
  'Kingdom of Welcome Addiction' tour
  Care Bears On Fire @ Brooklyn Public Library*
  note: be prepared for creepy looks if you're a guy old enough to vote, being at a free show by this band made up of three girls, 12-14 years-old
   
Friday, 6/5/09
TV On the Radio, Dirty Projectors @ Central Park Summerstage
  Sold-out benefit show to kick-off Summerstage
  Princeton, Stephen Palton Dance Company @ Lincoln Center at Fordham University
  Sunny indie-pop boys we called a while ago are performing their EP 'Bloomsbury', about the famed literary circle, for Fordham's 'Woolf & The City'
   
                                                   Hillstock DIY Festival in Brooklyn
Friday, 6/5/09,
Day One
Saturday, 6/6/09 & Day Two
Sunday, 6/7/09 Day Three
  Three nights, over 40 Brooklyn bands at DIY venues for $15 total
   
Saturday, 6/6/09
Dean & Britta @ (le) Poisson Rouge
   
Saturday, 6/6/09 &
Nine Inch Nails, Jane's Addiction @ PNC Bank Arts Center
Sunday, 6/7/09
Nine Inch Nails, Jane's Addiction @ Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
  NIN/JA tour
   
Saturday, 6/6/09 & Previously on Lost @ Public Assembly
Thursday, 6/11/09 Previously on Lost @ Maxwell's
  Last off-season for Lost...
   
Monday, 6/8/09
David Byrne @ Prospect Park Bandshell*
  Celebrate Brooklyn! kicks off with a free show by the legendary David Byrne
   
Monday, 6/8/09,
The Hold Steady @ Bowery Ballroom
Tuesday, 6/9/09,
The Hold Steady @ Bowery Ballroom
Wednesday, 6/10/09 &
The Hold Steady @ Music Hall in Wiliamsburg
Thursday, 6/11/09
The Hold Steady @ Music Hall in Wiliamsburg
  Four straight nights of the over-rated Hold Steady (last night as part of the Northside Festival - see below)
   
Tuesday, 6/9/09
Sonic Youth @ Apple Store Soho*
  Have to pick up free tix - already gone by the time you're reading this...
  Santigold, Amanda Blank, Trouble Andrew @ Terminal 5
  Jenny Lewis, Deer Tick @ Music Hall in Williamsburg
  Golden Filter @ Hudson River Terrace*
   
Wednesday, 6/10/09
The Decemberists @ Radio City Music Hall
  'The Hazards of Love' tour
  Budos Band @ Stuyvesant Town Oval*
  Start of free shows at Stuyvesant Town Oval
   
Wednesday, 6/10/09 &
Apostle of Hustle @ Bowery Ballroom
Saturday, 6/13/09
Apostle of Hustle @ Maxwell's
  'Eats Darkness' tour
   
Thursday, 6/11/09 Andrew W.K., Girl Talk @ Santos Party House*
   
Thursday, 6/11/09 &
Meat Puppets @ Mercury Lounge
Friday, 6/12/09
Meat Puppets @ Mercury Lounge
  'Sewn Together' tour
   
   
                           Northside Festival @ venues across Williamsburg & Greenpoint
Thursday, 6/11/09 to QRO Northside 2009 Preview
Sunday, 6/14/09
 
  Highlights include:
Thursday, 6/11/09 Brightblack Morning Light @ Studio B
  Northside kick-off party
  The Hold Steady @ Music Hall in Wiliamsburg
Friday, 6/12/09
Sunset Rubdown @ Studio B
  John Vanderslice, The Tallest Man on Earth @ Music Hall in Williamsburg
Saturday 6/13/09 O'Death @ Music Hall in Williamsburg
  Special afternoon show at Music Hall
  Bishop Allen @ Studio B
  Asobi Seksu @ Music Hall in Williamsburg
Sunday, 6/14/09
The Dodos, Phil & The Osophers @ Studio B
   
   
Thursday, 6/12/09
Josh Ritter & The New York Pops @ Central Park Summerstage*
  Free Summerstage kicks off with Josh Ritter - backed up by the New York Pops
   
Saturday, 6/13/09 &
Big Apple BBQ @ Madison Square Park*
Sunday, 6/14/09 Todd P acoustic BBQ @ Fort Tilden Park*
  Good eatin' weekend
   
Tuesday, 6/16/09
Jesse Klein, Jill Hennessy @ Living Room*
  Comedian Jesse Klein & actress Jill Hennessy try their hands at music
   
Wednesday, 6/17/09
Metric, Sebastien Grainger & The Mountains @ Terminal 5
  'Fantasies' tour
  Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, The Teenagers @ South Street Seaport*
  Bicycle Film Festival kick-off party
  Loudon Wainwright III, Sloan Wainwright & Lucy Wainwright Loche @ Madison Square Park*
  Three Wainrights - and none of them are the famous one?...
  Phenomenal Handclap Band @ Stuyvesant Town Oval*
  Still too much to pay to see the un-Phenomenal Handclap Band - especially when there's better free options available
   
Thursday, 6/18/09
Crystal Stilts, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Hatcham Social, caUSE co-MOTION! @ Cake Shop
  Brooklyn garage-rock stars convene at the small Cake Shop
  +/-, Versus @ Mercury Lounge
  Vs meets spin-off side-project +/- determine once and for all who has the coolest name in all of indietronica
   
Thursday, 6/18/09 &
Phoenix @ Terminal 5
Friday, 6/19/09
Phoenix @ Music Hall in Williamsburg
  'Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix' tour
  The Rest @ Piano's*
  The Rest @ Monster Island Basement
  First U.S. appearance by Ontario boys we called early...
   
Friday, 6/19/09
Dirty Projectors @ Other Music*
  Free with purchase of 'Bitter Orca'
  Paul & The Patients, Hooray For Earth @ Cake Shop
  'To The Lions' EP release party
  Phil & The Osophers @ Goodbye Blue Monday*
  BM Linx @ Studio @ Webster Hall*
   
Friday, 6/19/09 &
Passion Pit, Bear Hands @ Bowery Ballroom
Saturday, 6/20/09
Passion Pit @ Bowery Ballroom
  'Manners' tour
  OJ All Day Fest: Day One
  OJ All Day Fest: Day Two
  A festival celebrating experimental music - headlined by overrated locals Shilpa Ray & Trachtenburg Family
   
Saturday, 6/20/09
Frances, Fabulous Entourage @ Roosevelt Island*
   
Sunday, 6/21/09
Make Music New York
  Reagan Youth, Blanks 77 & more @ Governor's Island*
  The Depreciation Guild, Soundpool, Elika & more @ Sackett St. Block Party*
  Boombox Repair Kit & more @ Orchard Beach*
  Tryptics & more @ Bushwick Music Studios*
  Willie Breeding Band, Chris Cubeta & The Liars Club, Dinosaur Feathers & more @ Bar Matchless
  Cinema, Cinema, Blues Control & more @ Goodbye Blue Monday*
  All-day, all-free shows, all around New York City
   
Thursday, 6/25/09
Dinosaur Jr. @ Music Hall in Williamsburg
  Cracker @ Highline Ballroom
  The Lemonheads @ Bowery Ballroom
  Lovers of nineties alt-rock are faced with the toughest of decisions...
  St. Vincent @ Bell House
  ...but they could all be beaten out by the divine Annie Clark
  A.C. Newman @ Santos Party House*
  Femi Kuti @ Prospect Park Bandshell*
   
Thursday, 6/25/09 &
The Most Serene Republic @ Cake Shop
Saturday, 6/27/09 The Most Serene Republic @ Union Hall
  Special preview of '...And the Ever Expanding Universe' - but didn't they say they didn't play new material before it had been released?...
   
Friday, 6/26/09
Blonde Redhead, Ólöf Arnalds @ Prospect Park Bandshell*
  Kid Cudi, Chester French @ South Street Seaport*
  Nicole Atkins @ Jet Blue's Terminal 5 @ JFK Airport*
  The Feelies @ Whitney Museum*
  So much free goodness on the first official Friday of summer
   
Saturday, 6/27/09
Au Revoir Simone @ Bowery Ballroom
  'Still Night, Still Light' tour ends (almost) right where it started
  Dr. Dog, Phosphorescent, These United States @ Prospect Park Bandshell*
   
Tuesday, 6/30/09
Explosions In the Sky, Constantines @ Central Park Summerstage
  10th anniversary tour for post-rock pioneers

 

July '09

Wednesday, 7/1/09
MGMT @ Prospect Park Bandshell
  Harlem Shakes, Motel Motel @ Bowery Ballroom
  Fake Problems, Kiss Kiss @ Mercury Lounge
  Tift Merritt @ Rockefeller Park*
  Jay Reatard @ Stuyvesant Town Oval*
   
Wednesday, 7/1/09,
Phonograph @ Living Room*
Wednesday, 7/15/09,
Phonograph @ Living Room*
Wednesday, 7/22/09 &
Phonograph @ Living Room*
Wednesday, 7/31/09
Phonograph @ Living Room*
  Free residency at Living Room
   
Friday, 7/3/09
Sonic Youth @ United Palace Theatre
  'The Eternal' tour - with Ibold!
  Here We Go Magic, Bachelorette @ South Street Seaport*
  Another sweet season of Seaport Music kicks off
   
Friday, 7/3/09 &
Woodsist/Captured Tracks Festival: Day One
Saturday, 7/4/09
Woodsist/Captured Tracks Festival: Day Two
  All the Todd P bands you can shake a stick at & more
   
Saturday, 7/4/09
Conor Oberst & The Mystic Valley Band, Jenny Lewis @ Battery Park*
  River-to-River 4th of July event is completely free this year - no tickets, so show up early...
   
Monday, 7/6/09
Right On Dynamite, Deleted Scenes, Deep Sea River, Michael Runion @ Union Hall
  'Johnny Leather Presents'
   
Tuesday, 7/7/09 &
Handsome Furs @ Bowery Ballroom
Wednesday, 7/8/09
Handsome Furs @ Music Hall in Williamsburg
  'Face Control' tour
   
Wednesday, 7/8/09
Juana Molina, Curumin @ Central Park Summerstage*
  Brian Birdwell, Hunter Cross & The Strays @ Sidewalk Café*
  Forro In the Dark @ Stuyvesant Town Oval*
  Three interesting, free options to get you over Hump Day
   
Thursday, 7/9/09
Matt & Kim, Flossstradamus, Team Robespierre @ Hudson River Park*
  Things gonna get crazy at first RiverRocks show of the summer
  Titus Andronicus, So So Glos @ Glasslands Gallery*
   
Friday, 7/10/09
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart @ South Street Seaport*
  Be prepared to have your Fridays booked all summer, thanks to Seaport Music
  Steve Schiffman & The Land of No @ Pete's Candy Sotre*
   
Saturday, 7/11/09
CitySol @ Stuyvesant Cove Park*
  Underwhelming acts at a 'park' between the highway & the river - but bring your own mug for $1 off beer!
   
Sunday, 7/12/09
Mission of Burma, Fucked Up, Ponytail @ Williamsburg Waterfront*
  Free Pool Parties move (actually closer to any water) to Williamsburg Waterfront - dodgeball is still on!
  Love As Laughter @ Music Hall in Williamsburg*
   
Monday, 7/13/09
Wilco, Yo La Tengo @ KeySpan Ballpark
  Wilco & Yo La Tengo at the home of the Brooklyn Cyclones?  Doesn't get much more American than that - now where's the beer guy?
   
Tuesday, 7/14/09
Sugar Hill Gang @ Queensbridge Park*
  Anthony Gonzalez (of M83) @ World Financial Center*
  Tony Scherr @ Living Room*
   
Wednesday, 7/15/09,
The Grates @ Pianos
Wednesday, 7/22/09 &
The Grates @ Pianos
Wednesday, 7/29/09 The Grates @ Pianos
  Residency for Australian hit
   
Thursday, 7/16/09
stellastarr*, Wild Light, The Postmarks @ Highline Ballroom
  'Civilized' release party
  Morning After Girls @ Mercury Lounge
  'Alone' release party
  Man Man @ East River Park Amphitheatre*
  Jones Street Station @ Housing Works Used Bookstore*
   
Thursday, 7/16/09 &
The Dead Weather, Screaming Females @ Terminal 5
Friday, 7/17/09
1/2 of White Stripes + 1/2 of The Kills = The Dead Weather
   
Thursday, 7/16/09,
'Tribute to Sly Stone' @ Castle Clinton*
Thursday, 7/23/09, Richie Havens @ Castle Clinton*
Thursday, 7/30/09 &
Arlo Guthrie @ Castle Clinton*
Thursday,8/6/09 'John Kelly Sings the Joni Mitchell Songbook' @ Castle Clinton*
  'Four Days of Peace, Love & Music: A Castle Clinton Tribute to Woodstock' - but don't let Ranger Rick catch you smokin' weed on a national monument!
   
Friday, 7/17/09
Superchunk, Vs. @ South Street Seaport*
  Two great reunions, one low, low price
   
Saturday, 7/18/09
Siren Music Festival @ Coney Island*
  QRO Siren Festival Preview
  It's back from the dead...
  Francis & The Lights, Gordon Voidwell @ Music Hall in Williamsburg
  Siren after-party
  Tortoise @ Other Music*
  Free with purchase of 'Beacons of Ancestorship'
  Q-Tip, Chester French @ Central Park Summerstage*
   
Sunday, 7/19/09
Dirty Projectors, Magnolia Electric Company, White Denim @ Williamsburg Waterfront*
  'Bitte Orca' tour
   
Tuesday, 7/21/09
The Mighty Boosh @ Bowery Ballroom*
  Free MySpace Secret Show by hit British comedy troupe
   
Wednesday, 7/22/09
KRS-One @ Crotona Park*
  My Teenage Stride, The Drums, Paul & The Patients, New Numbers @ Bell House
  Benefit for Empty Cages
   
Thursday, 7/23/09
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists, Radio 4, Extra Golden @ Hudson River Park*
   
Friday, 7/24/09
Black Moth Super Rainbow, Blank Dogs, Dan Friel @ South Street Seaport*
  Regina Spektor @ Apple Store SoHo*
   
Saturday, 7/25/09
Jones Street Station, Diane Birch @ Roosevelt Island*
  Your Nature, Wild Yaks @ Union Pool*
   
Sunday, 7/26/09
...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead, The Black Lips, HEALTH, Grupo Fantasma @ Williamsburg Waterfront*
  Pretty much something for everyone
   
Monday, 7/27/09 &
Green Day, Kaiser Chiefs @ Madison Square Garden
Tuesday, 7/28/09
'21st Century Breakdown' tour
   
Tuesday, 7/28/09
YACHT @ Santos Party House
   
Thursday, 7/30/09 &
The Builders & The Butchers, Illinois, Arms @ Bell House
Friday, 7/31/09
The Builders & The Butchers, Illinois @ Pianos
  'Salvation Is a Deep, Dark Well' tour

 

                                                           All Points West Festival
Friday, 7/31/09,
Day One: Jay-Z & more
Saturday, 8/1/09 &
Day Two: Tool & more
Sunday, 8/2/09
Day Three: Coldplay & more
  Three-day festival at Liberty State Park
   
                                              What To Do Instead of Going To APW
Because if there's no Radiohead, not worth paying the $$$ and taking the long trip to & from Jersey - especially when there's so much free goodness going on:
Friday, 7/31/09
Polvo, Obits @ South Street Seaport*
  Vivian Girls, These Are Powers @ Whitney Museum*
  The Picture @ Living Room*
  Ben Sollee, Holly Miranda @ Music Hall in Williamsburg*
Saturday, 8/1/09
Dean & Britta's '13 Most Beautiful', Crystal Stilts @ Prospect Park Bandshell*
  M. Ward, Mike Watt & Nels Cline @ Central Park Summerstage*
  Plant Music @ Governor's Island*
  No Age, Deerhunter, Dan Deacon @ Flying W Airport
Sunday, 8/2/09 No Age, Deerhunter, Dan Deacon @ Williamsburg Waterfront*
  Do have to wonder why someone would schelp out to Flying W Airport (also in Jersey) for the No Age/Deerhunter/Dan Deacon 'Round Robin' show, when they're playing for free in Brooklyn the next day...

 

August '09

Monday, 8/3/09
Arctic Monkeys @ Highline Ballroom
  Peter Bjorn and John @ Cake Shop*
  Invite/list-only 'intimate' secret show at super-small venue
   
Monday, 8/3/09 & Los Campesinos! @ Union Pool
  Better, not-only secret show at intimate venue - how are they all going to fit on stage?
Tuesday, 8/4/09
Los Campesinos! @ Webster Hall
  And last tour with Aleks Campesinos!!
  Depeche Mode, Peter Bjorn & John @ Madison Square Garden
   
Tuesday, 8/4/09
Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit @ City Winery*
  Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit @ City Winery
  Weirdly playing a free daytime show & paid evening one at the same place...
  The Rural Alberta Advantage, The Dig, Hollerado @ Music Hall in Williamsburg
   
Wednesday, 8/5/09
Alberta Cross, Phonograph @ Brooklyn Bowl*
   
Thursday, 8/6/09
Felice Brothers & more @ Beacon Theatre
  'The Big Surpise Tour'
  Cursive @ Maxwell's
   
Friday, 8/7/09
Casiokids, The Wave Picture, Slow Club @ South Street Seaport*
  Grace Potter & The Nocturnals, Deer Tick, Jones Street Station @ Prospect Park Bandshell*
  River-to-River vs. Celebrate Brooklyn!...
   
Saturday, 8/8/09
Brooklyn Electronic Music Fest @ The Old American Can Factory
  Twelve hours of electronic music, over two stages
  Harvey Danger @ Bell House 
  Harvey Danger farewell tour - wait, they're still around?!?
   
Sunday, 8/9/09
Simian Mobile Disco @ Williamsburg Waterfront*
  Akron/Family @ Other Music*
   
Tuesday, 8/11/09
TV On the Radio @ Prospect Park Bandshell
  Other Lives, Middle Distance Runner @ Union Hall
  Budos Band @ City Winery*
   
Thursday, 8/13/09
Blondie, Pat Benetar, The Donnas @ Coney Island*
  Yeasayer, Amazing Baby @ Hudson River Park*
  Tori Amons, One Eskimo @ Radio City Music Hall
   
Thursday, 8/13/09 &
Drug Rug, Your Nature @ Union Pool
Friday, 8/14/09
ArpLine, Drug Rug @ Mercury Lounge
  'Paint the Invisible Fence' tour
   
Friday, 8/14/09
School of Seven Bells, The XX @ South Street Seaport*
  Final Seaport Music show of the summer
  The Walkmen, High Places @ Guggenheim
  'It Came From Brooklyn' inaugural event
   
Friday, 8/14/09 &
The Warlocks, The Morning After Girls @ Bowery Ballroom
  Animal Collective @ Prospect Park Bandshell
Saturday, 8/15/09
The Warlocks, The Morning After Girls @ Maxwell's
  Animal Collective @ Prospect Park Bandshell
   
Sunday, 8/16/09
Dinosaur Jr., The Walkmen, Savoirs @ Central Park SummerStage*
  Del tha Funkee Homosapien, Gravytrain!!!, DD/MM/YYYY, Kenan Bell @ Williamsburg Waterfront*
  SummerStage vs. Pool Parties...
   
Monday, 8/17/09 &
Ambulance LTD @ Union Hall
Tuesday, 8/18/09
Ambulance LTD, The Picture @ Mercury Lounge
  Marcus Congelton finally returns to the stage...
   
Tuesday, 8/18/09
Mugison @ Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art*
  Mugison @ Silent Barn*
  Mugison @ Bronx River Art Center*
  Mugison @ City Winery*
  Mugison @ Pete's Candy Store*
  Amnesty International & Iceland's Mugison are doing five free shows in all five boroughs!  And all for free!
  The B-52s @ Governor's Island
   
Tuesday, 8/18/09 &
The Breeders @ Bowery Ballroom
Wednesday, 8/19/09
The Breeders @ Bowery Ballroom
   
Wednesday, 8/19/09 &
Electric Six @ Maxwell's
Thursday, 8/20/09
Electric Six @ Rocks Off Concert Cruise
   
Thursday, 8/20/09
Steve Schiffman & The Land of No, The Dead Trees @ Cake Shop
   
Friday, 8/21/09 &
Vulture Whale @ Maxwell's
Saturday, 8/22/09
Vulture Whale @ Piano's
   
Saturday, 8/22/09
The Death Set, Team Robespierre & more @ 979 Broadway Backyard
  Noon to 10:00 PM Bikes In the Kitchen show
   
Saturday, 8/22/09,
Nine Inch Nails @ Bowery Ballroom
Sunday, 8/23/09,
Nine Inch Nails @ Webster Hall
Tuesday, 8/25/09 &
Nine Inch Nails @ Terminal 5
Wednesday, 8/26/09
Nine Inch Nails @ Terminal 5
  Farewell tour - for real?...
   
Sunday, 8/23/09
Girl Talk, Max Tundra @ Williamsburg Waterfront*
  Expect this to be the most-packed Pool Party of the summer
   
Monday, 8/24/09
Mew @ Music Hall in Williamsburg
   
Wednesday, 8/26/09
The Bravery @ Webster Hall*
  Free RSVP show w/ free Amstel Light - but show up early, as The Bravery might be over-the-hill, but still can draw
   
Thursday, 8/27/09 &
These United States, Motel Motel @ Mercury Lounge
Friday, 8/28/09
These United States @ Union Hall
  These United State, Motel Motel @ Union Hall
  Early & late show @ Union Hall
   
Friday, 8/28/09,
Dinosaur Feathers, My Teenage Stride, Holiday Shores & more @ Littlefield
Saturday, 8/29/09 &
Wild Yaks, Drink Up Buttercup, Talk Normal, Free Energy & more @ Littlefield
Sunday, 8/30/09
Blood Warrior, Acrylics, Hospitality, I'm Turning Into & more @ Littlefield
  After the Jump Fest
   
Sunday, 8/30/09
Grizzly Bear, Beach House @ Williamsburg Waterfront*
  Final Pool Party of the summer...
  Das Racist @ Public Assembly*
  Mother Mother, Arms @ Union Hall

 

September '09

Tuesday, 9/1/09 &
The Killers, Wolfmother @ Nikon at Jones Beach
Wednesday, 9/2/09
The Killers, Wolfmother @ PNC Bank Arts Center
  Pet Shop Boys @ Hammerstein Ballroom
   
Wednesday, 9/2/09 John Fogerty @ South Street Seaport*
  Former Creedence Clearwater Revivalist plays free show
  Shudder To Think @ Bowery Ballroom
  Their last show for a while - possibly forever...
  Elvis Perkins @ Housing Works Used Bookstore
  Benefit for Yellowbird Project - with Ra Ra Riot DJing (not playing, though...)
  Kid Rock @ Terminal 5
  Benefit for the Institute for Music and Neurologic Function
  The Black Crowes @ Central Park SummerStage
For some reason, Wednesdays in September are packed with great shows - and the rest of the weeks lies fallow...
   
Thursday, 9/3/09
Jones Street Station, The Feed @ Housing Works Used Bookstore*
   
Friday, 9/4/09 &
Battles, !!!, Flying Lotus, Pivot @ Terminal 5
Saturday, 9/5/09
Jamie Lidell, Born Ruffians, Hundred In the Hands @ (le) Poisson Rouge
  Warp20 Celebration of 20 years of Warp Records
   
Saturday, 9/5/09
These Are Powers & more @ 'Under the Tracks*
  Says free BBQ & open bar w/ RSVP, under the Highline - better be, to have to endure being anywhere near the worst band in New York
  Hip-Hop Howl @ Tompkins' Square Park*
  Benjy Ferree, The Black Hollies @ Mercury Lounge
   
Saturday, 9/5/09 &
Armin van Buuren & more @ Randall's Island Park
Sunday, 9/6/09
David Guetta & more @ Randall's Island Park
  Electric Zoo
   
Wednesday, 9/9/09
Les Savy Fav @ Knitting Factory
  Grand opening of new Knitting Factory, now in Brooklyn, on site of old 'new' Luna Lounge
  Boredoms: Boadrum 9
  9/9/09 gets 99 drummers from Boredoms - though this is the first Boadrum you have to pay for
  Jay-Z @ Gramercy Theatre
  MySpace Secret Show - so if you're finding out about it reading this, you're not going...
  Princeton, Phil & The Osophers @ Union Hall
  Catch Princeton before they tour with Ra Ra Riot - which doesn't go through NYC...
  A.A. Bondy @ Mercury Lounge
  'When The Devil's Loose' release party
  Motörhead, Reverend Horton Heat @ Roseland Ballroom
  Circulatory System @ (le) Poisson Rouge
   
Friday, 9/11/09 &
Super Furry Animals @ Highline Ballroom
Saturday, 9/12/09
Super Furry Animals @ Maxwells
   
Saturday, 9/12/09
Phoenix, Kid Cudi @ Terminal 5
  Benefit for LIFEBEAT
  Mos Def @ Governor's Island
  Hymns @ Living Room*
   
Saturday, 9/12/09 &
Mucca Pazza @ Knitting Factory
Sunday, 9/13/09
Mucca Pazza @ Mercury Lounge
   
Saturday, 9/12/09 &
Kings of Leon, Glasvegas @ Izod Center
Monday, 9/14/09
Kings of Leon, Glasvegas @ Nassau Coliseum
  Kings of Leon just keep getting bigger...
   
Monday, 9/14/09
Nick Cave @ Union Square Barnes & Nobles*
  'Upstairs at the Square' with reading & music
  Fruit Bats, Iran @ Music Hall in Williamsburg
  'The Ruminant Band' tour
   
Tuesday, 9/15/09
Ladyhawke @ Apple Store SoHo*
   
Tuesday, 9/15/09,
Jack Peñate, Miike Snow @ Mercury Lounge
Wednesday, 9/16/09 & Miike Snow, Jack Peñate, Phil & The Osophers @ Mercury Lounge
Saturday, 9/19/09 Miike Snow, Jack Peñate @ Maxwells
   
Wednesday, 9/16/09
It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia @ Beacon Theatre
  Performing 'The Nightman Cometh' in its entirety
  Rhett Miller & The Serial Killers @ Bell House
  Bell House 1st Anniversary
  Ladyhawke @ Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza
  'Perez Hilton Presents'
  Ingrid Michaelson @ Webster Hall
  'Everybody' tour
  Rodrigo y Gabriela @ Terminal 5 
  Asobi Seksu @ Joe's Pub
  Little Boots, Yes Giantess @ Bowery Ballroom
   
Thursday, 9/17/09
The Sounds @ Roseland Ballroom
  'Crossing the Rubicon' tour
   
Friday, 9/18/09
of Montreal, Janelle Monae @ Terminal 5
  Bell X1, Wild Light @ Maxwells
  Stryper @ Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza
  To Hell with The Devil!
   
Friday, 9/18/09 &
...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead, Secret Machines @ Webster Hall
Saturday, 9/19/09
...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead, Secret Machines, Freshkills @ Music Hall in Williamsburg
   
Saturday, 9/19/09
Division Day, Bad Veins @ Union Hall
  'Visitations' tour
  Damon & Naomi @ Sound Fix Records*
  First in-store at Sound Fix's new location - around the corner from the old one...
  Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson @ Bruar Falls*
   
Saturday, 9/19/09 &
The Decemberists @ Terminal 5
Monday, 9/21/09
The Decemberists @ Wellmont Theatre
   
Monday, 9/21/09
Rain Machine @ Bell House
  New solo project from Kyp Malone (TV On the Radio, Iran)
   
Monday, 9/21/09 &
Moby @ Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza
Wednesday, 9/23/09
Moby @ Music Hall in Williamsburg
   
Wednesday, 9/23/09 Counting Crows, Augustana @ Central Park East Meadow*
  Free show by Ken Burns & more, celebrating America's national parks
  Morningwood @ Public Assembly*
  Secret, free afternoon show
  She Wants Revenge, Kill Hannah, Paper Route @ Webster Hall
  Mark Mallman @ Fontana's 
   
Wednesday, 9/23/09 &
Yeah Yeah Yeahs @ Radio City Music Hall
Tuesday, 9/29/09
Yeah Yeah Yeahs @ Music Hall in Williamsburg
  'It's Blitz!' tour finally comes to New York - at one venue where you can't dance, and another where you can't get in...
   
Thursday, 9/24/09, Phoenix @ Apple Store SoHo*
Friday, 9/25/09 & Phoenix, Passion Pit @ Central Park SummerStage
Saturday, 9/26/09 Maybe the last outdoor show of '09 might just be the best
   
Friday, 9/25/09
Julian Plenti @ Guggenheim
  Inaugural show by Paul Banks of Interpol, at 'It Came From Brooklyn'
  Yo La Tengo, The Black Lips @ Roseland Ballroom
  'Popular Songs' tour
  Gonzales w/ Jamie Lidell @ Joe's Pub
  Gonzales w/ Jamie Lidell @ Joe's Pub
  Early & late performances of 'Piano Songs'
  Jupiter One, The Subjects, Demander @ Music Hall in Williamsburg
  White Lies, Violens @ Webster Hall
  Savoir Adore @ Permanent Records*
Seriously, why are all the best September shows all on the same day?!?
   
Friday, 9/25/09 &
Bear Hands @ Cake Shop
Saturday, 9/26/09
Bear Hands @ Bruar Falls
   
Saturday, 9/26/09
Electric Tickle Machine @ Market Hotel
  The Giraffes, Goes Cube @ Studio @ Webster Hall
  Trachetenburg Family Slideshow Players, Shilpa Ray, Kendrick Strauch, Your Nature @ Kidd Yellin
  Benefit for 'Showpaper' - featuring QRO favorites Your Nature & Kendrick Strauch (of hopefully not-late Harlem Shakes), but also non-fave Shilpa Ray...
  WHY? @ (le) Poisson Rouge
  that's how we felt after hearing Harlem Shakes broke up
  Himalaya @ Littlefield*
   
Sunday, 9/27/09
Sunny Day Real Estate @ Terminal 5
  Highly anticipated reunion
   
Tuesday, 9/29/09 
Langhorne Slim @ Cameo*
  'Be Set Free' release party - free with purchase of the album at Sound Fix
  Turkuaz, Licorice, London Souls @ Brooklyn Bowl*
  Phil & The Osophers, The Courtesy Tier @ Monkeytown
   
Wednesday, 9/30/09
Gov't Mule @ Brooklyn Bowl*
  'By a Thread' pre-release event
  Ghostface Killah @ Hiro Ballroom
  MySpace Secret Show

 

October '09

Thursday, 10/1/09
Polyphonic Spree @ Webster Hall*
  Free with text to 68405
   
Friday, 10/2/09 Love Automatic, BM Linx & more @ Crash Mansion*
   
Friday, 10/2/09 &
The Twilight Sad, brakesbrakesbrakes, We Were Promised Jetpacks @ Southpaw
Tuesday, 10/6/09
The Twilight Sad, brakesbrakesbrakes, We Were Promised Jetpacks @ Bowery Ballroom
  Three of Scotland's finest - but no Frightened Rabbit, unfortunately...
   
Saturday, 10/3/09
Bling Kong, Motel Motel, Arms, Noel Heroux & Paul Holmes and more @ Bell House*
  Johnny Leather's 'What's Good For You's Good For Me' one-year anniversary
  Hooray For Earth @ Monkeytown
  And then hit up Noel Heroux's Hooray For Earth at Monkeytown, playing live & debuting a new video
  The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, The Depreciation Guild, Cymbals Eat Guitars @ Webster Hall
  Wallpaper, Mystery Roar, Bodega Girls, Das Racist @ Cameo
  The Antlers, Holly Miranda @ Maxwell's
   
Sunday, 10/4/09
Blink-182, Fall Out Boy, All-American Rejects @ Madison Square Garden
  That much emo might cause MSG to explode...
  Maps & Atlases, Princeton @ Knitting Factory
   
Sunday, 10/4/09,
Sufjan Stevens, Cryptacize @ Bowery Ballroom
Monday, 10/5/09,
Sufjan Stevens, Cryptacize @ Bowery Ballroom
Tuesday, 10/6/09 &
Sufjan Stevens, Cryptacize @ Music Hall in Williamsburg
Wednesday, 10/7/09
Sufjan Stevens, Cryptacize @ Music Hall in Williamsburg
  Famed alt-folk artist playing four nights in (relatively) intimate settings
   
Monday, 10/5/09 Home Video, ArpLine, The Naked Hearts @ Studio @ Webster Hall*
  Finally, a nice line-up of acts at Studio @ Webster Hall's 'No Cover Mondays'
  Pink, The Ting Tings @ Madison Square Garden
   
Tuesday, 10/6/09
Lou Barlow @ Mercury Lounge
  'Goodnight Unknown' record release party, from your second-favorite member of Dinosaur Jr. (after Murph...)
   
Wednesday, 10/7/09 &
Still Life Still @ Mercury Lounge
Thursday, 10/8/09
Still Life Still @ Mercury Lounge
Friday, 10/9/09 &
Timber Timbre @ Union Hall
Saturday, 10/10/09
Timber Timbre @ Mercury Lounge
  First-ever NYC appearances for these two Arts & Crafts acts from Canada
   
Thursday, 10/8/09
Bob Mould Band, Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson @ Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza
  The Bravery @ Terminal 5
   
Thursday, 10/8/09 &
Grand Archives, The Most Serene Republic @ (le) Poisson Rouge
Friday, 10/9/09
Grand Archives, The Most Serene Republic @ Southpaw
  'Keep In Mind Frankenstein' & '...And the Ever-Expanding Universe' tours
   
Friday, 10/9/09
Gossip @ Terminal 5
  'Music For Men' tour - free drink with each ticket, starting at 6:00 PM, at Bar Nine, 807 9th Avenue between 54th & 55th Streets
  The Psychedelic Furs, Happy Mondays, Islands @ Roseland Ballroom
  Gonna be an old crowd at Roseland...
  Bell X1, Wild Light @ Highline Ballroom
  Zambri, Hooray For Earth, Mystery Roar @ Studio @ Webster Hall
   
Sunday, 10/11/09
White Rabbits, Glass Ghost, The Dig @ Maxwell's
  Blitzen Trapper, Wye Oak @ Bowery Ballroom
   
Sunday, 10/11/09,
Lenny Kravitz @ Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza
Monday, 10/12/09,
Lenny Kravitz @ Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza
Wednesday, 10/14/09,
Lenny Kravitz @ Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza
Thursday, 10/15/09 &
Lenny Kravitz @ Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza
Sunday, 10/18/09
Lenny Kravitz @ Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza
  To quote Electric Six's Dick Valentine, "Why the hell does anyone like Lenny Kravitz?!?"
   
Tuesday, 10/13/09 &
The Dodos @ Music Hall in Williamsburg
Wednesday, 10/14/09
The Dodos @ Bowery Ballroom
  'Time To Die' tour
   
Wednesday, 10/14/09
Regina Spektor, Jupiter One @ Radio City Music Hall
  Daniel Johnston @ Highline Ballroom
   
Thursday, 10/15/09
Port O'Brien @ Sound Fix Records*
   
Thursday, 10/15/09 &
The Gaslight Anthem, Murder By Death @ Terminal 5
  Asobi Seksu, Loney, Dear @ Maxwell's
Friday, 10/16/09
Asobi Seksu, Loney, Dear, Anna Ternheim @ Bowery Ballroom
  The Gaslight Anthem, Murder By Death @ Brooklyn Bowl
   
Friday, 10/16/09
Sunset Rubdown @ Grand Ballroom
  'Dragonslayer' tour
  Dirty Projectors & more @ Bell House
  Part of the 'New Yorker' Festival
   
Friday, 10/16/09 &
Electric Six @ Hiro Ballroom
Sunday, 10/18/09
Electric Six @ Southpaw
  'Evil' tour - coming to NYC just in time to catch Lenny Kravitz
   
Saturday, 10/17/09
Echo & The Bunnymen @ Mercury Lounge
  Famed eighties New Wave act playing super-small (for them, even now) place
  The Avett Brothers @ Terminal 5
  Art Brut, Princeton @ Maxwell's
   
   
                                                              CMJ Music Marathon
Tuesday, 10/20/09 to
CMJ 2009 Preview
Saturday, 10/24/09
Way, way too many shows & bands to list here - go to CMJ 2009 Preview above
   
   
Sunday, 10/25/09
Neon Indian, Real Estate @ Living Room
  'Kidrockers'
   
Wednesday, 10/28/09
Weezer @ tba
  Enter to win to see Weezer play a private show at a secret location here
  Benjamin Gibbard & Jay Farrar @ Webster Hall
  'One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Music From Kerouc's Big Sur' by leaders of Death Cab for Cutie & Son Volt
  The Dear Hunter, Annuals @ Bowery Ballroom
  What are Annuals doing opening at Bowery - and for The Dear Hunter?!?
  Charles Bissel (of The Wrens), They Might Be Giants, Nada Surf @ Music Hall in Williamsburg
  Acoustic benefit for Northside Town Hall Community & Cultural Center
   
Thursday, 10/29/09
A Place To Bury Strangers @ Bowery Ballroom
   
Thursday, 10/29/09 &
Bruce Springsteen & E. Street Band, Simon & Garfuknel, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Stevie Wonder, Sting & more @ Madison Square Garden
Friday, 10/30/09
Eric Clapton, Aretha Franklin, Metallica, U2 & more @ Madison Square Garden 
  Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 25th Anniversary celebration with all-star of all-stars line-up

 

                                                              Halloween Weekend
What to do in New York on All Hollow's Eve - and All Hollow's Eve Eve
   
Friday, 10/30/09
Yeasayer, Tanlines @ Guggenheim
  Previewing new material from 2010's 'Odd Blood' in the third 'It Came From Brooklyn'
  Simian Mobile Disco, The Phenomenal Handclap Band @ Webster Hall
  Future of the Left, Freshkills @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
  The Subjects, Bad Veins @ Southpaw
  Pinback, Obits @ Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza
  Appomattox, Hypernova, ArpLine @ Cameo
  Living Colour @ Highline Ballroom
   
Friday, 10/30/09
Tegan & Sara @ Town Hall
&
King Khan & BBQ Show, Dum Dum Girls @ Bowery Ballroom
Saturday, 10/31/09
Tegan & Sara @ Town Hall
  King Khan & BBQ Show, Dum Dum Girls @ Bell House
   
Saturday, 10/31/09
Weezer, Matt & Kim @ Hammerstein Ballroom
  If you don't win a ticket for the 28th, celebrate 'Halloweezer' (not to mention another Halloween with Matt & Kim)
  Bad Brains, The Jesus Lizard & more @ tba
  Viceland's 15th anniversary - party like it's 1994!
  The Very Best & more @ Brooklyn Masonic Temple
  Flavorpill's Halloween party - with open bar!
  Mike Doughty @ (le) Poisson Rouge
  Mike Doughty's annual NYC-area Halloween show
  Deer Tick @ Brooklyn Bowl
  Playing the songs of The Sex Pistols
  Wooden Shjips, Vivian Girls, Crystal Stilts @ 171 Lombardy
  Todd P's Halloween show - though Matt & Kim have other plans this year (see above)
  World/Inferno Friendship Society, O'Death @ Webster Hall
  Expect a ton of costumes at Webster Hall
  Talib Kweli @ Hiro Ballroom
  Cymbals Eat Guitars, Mystery Roar @ 14 Steuben Street
  Tim Fite @ Union Hall
  Thievery Corporation @ Terminal 5
  Junior Boys @ Bell House
  Lemonade, Jessica 6 @ Tribeca Grand*

 

November '09

Monday, 11/2/09
Fuck Buttons @ Bowery Ballroom
  'Tarot Sport' tour
   
Monday, 11/2/09
Noah & The Whale, Robert Francis @ Mercury Lounge
to
Noah & The Whale, Robert Francis @ Mercury Lounge
Wednesday, 11/4/09
Noah & The Whale, Robert Francis @ Mercury Lounge
   
Tuesday, 11/3/09
Athlete @ Bowery Ballroom
  'The Getaway EP' release party
   
Wednesday, 11/4/09
Thao & The Get Down Stay Down @ Bowery Ballroom
  'Know. Better. Learn. Faster.' tour
   
Wedneday, 11/4/09 &
Hidden Cameras, Gentleman Reg @ (le) Poisson Rouge
Friday, 11/6/09 Hidden Cameras, Gentleman Reg @ Union Hall
   
Wedneday, 11/4/09, The Mary Onettes @ Union Hall
Friday, 11/6/09 &
The Mary Onettes @ Studio @ Webster Hall
Sunday, 11/8/09
The Mary Onettes @ Mercury Lounge
  'Islands' release parties
   
Thursday, 11/5/09
Fucked Up @ Brooklyn Masonic Temple
  Playing all of Polaris Prize-winning 'The Chemistry of Common Life'
  Limbs @ Bruar Falls*
   
Thursday, 11/5/09 &
Jeremy Jay @ Union Hall
Friday, 11/6/09
Jeremy Jay @ Cake Shop
   
Thursday, 11/5/09,
Ray LaMontagne @ Beacon Theatre
Monday, 11/9/09 &
Ray LaMontagne @ Beacon Theatre
Tuesday, 11/10/09
Ray LaMontagne @ Beacon Theatre
   
Friday, 11/6/09
The Jones Street Boys @ Mercury Lounge
   
Friday, 11/6/09 &
Monsters of Folk @ United Palace Theater
Sunday, 11/8/09
Monsters of Folk @ Beacon Theatre
  'Monsters of Folk' tour
   
Saturday, 11/7/09
Basement Jaxx @ Santos Party House
  'Scars' release party
  The Heavy, Illinois @ 92YTribeca
  'The House That Dirt Built' tour
  Crystal Stilts @ Brooklyn Museum*
   
Sunday, 11/8/09 &
Wolfmother, Heartless Bastards @ Terminal 5
Monday, 11/9/09
Wolfmother, Heartless Bastards @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
  'Cosmic Egg' tour
   
Monday, 11/9/09
Peter Björn & John, El Perro Del Mar @ Webster Hall
  Bumped down from Terminal 5...
   
Wednesday, 11/11/09
The xx @ Bowery Ballroom
  Bumped up from Mercury Lounge...
   
Thursday, 11/12/09
White Denim, Brazos @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
  'Fits' & 'Phosphorescent tours
  Arms, Dave Monks (of Tokyo Police Club) @ Pianos
  'Kids Aflame' U.S. release party
  ArpLine, Aeroplane Pageant @ Brooklyn Bowl*
   
Thursday, 11/12/09 &
The Cribs @ Bowery Ballroom
Friday, 11/13/09
'Ignore the Ignorant' tour
   
Thursday, 11/12/09 &
The Asteroids Galaxy Tour @ Mercury Lounge
Saturday, 11/14/09
The Asteroids Galaxy Tour @ Tribeca Grand*
   
Friday, 11/13/09 &
Art Brut @ Brooklyn Bowl
Sunday, 11/15/09
Art Brut @ Bowery Ballroom
  "Modern art! Makes me! Want to... bowl?"
   
Saturday, 11/14/09
Crystal Stilts & more @ Bell House
  Slumberland Records 20th anniversary
  Peaches, Amanda Blank, Jessica 6 @ Terminal 5
  2 AM Club, Bon Savants @ Bell House
   
Saturday, 11/14/09 &
Metallica @ Madison Square Garden
Sunday, 11/15/09
Listen to the music used to torture inmates at Guantanamo Bay!
   
Saturday, 11/14/09 &
Shonen Knife @ Maxwell's
Tuesday, 11/17/09
Shonen Knife @ Brooklyn Bowl
  'Super Group' tour
   
Sunday, 11/15/09 &
Neko Case @ Wellmont Theatre
Monday, 11/16/09
Neko Case @ Beacon Theatre
   
Monday, 11/16/09
John Mayer @ Music Hall in Williamsburg*
  'MySpace Secret Show'
  Sholi, At Sea @ Studio @ Webster Hall*
   
Monday, 11/16/09 &
The Jesus Lizard @ Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza
Tuesday, 11/17/09
The Jesus Lizard @ Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza
   
Tuesday, 11/17/09
The Dead Weather @ Music Hall in Williamsburg
  Special pre-'MTV Woodie Awards' performance
   
Tuesday, 11/17/09 to
Bob Dylan & His Band @ United Palace Theatre 
Thursday, 11/19/09
'Christmas In the Heart' tour
   
Wednesday, 11/18/09
Evangelicals, Holiday Shores @ Union Hall
   
Wednesday, 11/18/09 &
Grant-Lee Phillips @ DROM
Thursday, 11/19/09 Grant-Lee Phillips @ Union Hall
  'Little Moon' tour
   
Wednesday, 11/18/09,
Dirty Projectors @ Bowery Ballroom
Thursday, 11/19/09,
Dirty Projectors @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Saturday, 11/21/09 &
Dirty Projectors @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Sunday, 11/22/09
Dirty Projectors @ Bowery Ballroom
  Four sold-out shows by Dirty Projectors
   
Thursday, 11/19/09
Dr. Dre, will.i.am, Major Lazer (featuring Diplo), David Guetta @ Best Buy Union Square*
  And the head of Interscope Records, Jimmy Iovine, at the new Union Square Best Buy (used to be Circuit City, before they folded)
  The Dig @ Mercury Lounge
   
Thursday, 11/19/09 &
Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson, These United States @ Bell House
Friday, 11/20/09
Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson, These United States @ Mercury Lounge
  'Summer of Fear' & 'Everything Touches Everything' tours
   
Friday, 11/20/09
The Honorary Title, Robert Francis @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
  Last The Honorary Title show ever
  Shoney Lamar & The Equal Rights @ Bruar Falls*
   
Friday, 11/20/09
Bishop Allen @ Union Hall
&
Devo @ Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza
Saturday, 11/21/09
Bishop Allen @ Bell House
  Devo @ Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza
   
Saturday, 11/21/09
Yo Gabba Gabba Live! @ Beacon Theatre
  Yo Gabba Gabba Live! @ Beacon Theatre
  Yo Gabba Gabba Live! @ Beacon Theatre
  Three shows, at 11:00 AM, 2:00 PM & 5:00 PM
  Land of Talk @ Mercury Lounge
  Lizzie Powell, it's been too long...
  Boy Crisis @ Tribeca Grand*
   
Saturday, 11/21/09,
Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr. @ Terminal 5
  Punk rock doesn't get any more iconic - will Terminal 5's walls still be standing afterwards?
Tuesday, 11/25/09 &
Sonic Youth @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Wednesday, 11/26/09
Sonic Youth @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
  Or catch Sonic Youth at the more 'intimate' Music Hall in Williamsburg - but can you ever put 'Sonic Youth' & 'intimate' in the same sentence?...
   
Sunday, 11/22/09 Camera Obscura, Papercuts @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
  Camera Obscura @ Other Music*
   
Sunday, 11/22/09 &
Devendra Banhart @ Town Hall
Monday, 11/23/09
Devendra Banhart @ Music Hall in Williamsburg
  'What Will Be, Will Be' tour
   
Monday, 11/23/09 Blacklist @ Studio @ Webster Hall*
  pow wow! @ Bruar Falls*
   
Monday, 11/23/09 &
Röyskopp @ Webster Hall
Tuesday, 11/24/09
'Junior/Senior' tour
   
Monday, 11/23/09
The Pixies, Black Gold @ Hammerstein Ballroom
to
The Pixies, Jay Reatard @ Hammerstein Ballroom
Wednesday, 11/25/09
The Pixies, Rain Machine @ Hammerstein Ballroom
  The Pixies @ Hammerstein Ballroom
  'Doolittle' 20th anniversary tour - including a second late-night show on Wednesday!
   
Tuesday, 11/24/09 &
Julian Plenti @ Bowery Ballroom
Wednesday, 11/25/09
Julian Plenti @ Brooklyn Bowl
   
Wednesday, 11/25/09
deadmau5 @ Terminal 5
   
Thursday, 11/27/09
Teddy Thompson @ Rockwood Music Hall*
   
Saturday, 11/28/09 Brand New, Thrice, Glassjaw, Manchester Orchestra @ Nassau Coliseum
  Special, massive Thanksgiving Day Weekend show on Long Island
  Mike Doughtly @ (le) Poisson Rouge
  Returns less than a month after playing the same place...
  Greg Holden @ Rockwood Music Hall*
   
Saturday, 11/28/09 &
Do Make Say Think, Happiness Project @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Sunday, 11/29/09
Do Make Say Think, Happiness Project @ Bowery Ballroom
   
Sunday, 11/29/09
ArpLine @ Death by Audio
   
Monday, 11/30/09
The Subjects & more @ Studio @ Webster Hall*

 

December '09

Tuesday, 12/1/09
Manchester Orchestra @ Apple Store SoHo*
  Kurt Vile, Small Black @ Brooklyn Bowl*
  The Seedy Seeds @ Piano's
   
Tuesday, 12/1/09 &
The Mountain Goats, Final Fantasy @ Webster Hall
Wedneday, 12/2/09
The Mountain Goats, Final Fantasy @ Bell House
  'The Life of the World To Come' tour
   
Wednesday, 12/2/09
Phoenix, Passion Pit, Jack's Mannequin, Manchester Orchestra @ Hammerstein Ballroom
  Matt Pinfeld Holiday Bash
  Aeroplane Pageant @ Public Assembly*
  The Suzan @ Cake Shop*
  Jaguar Love @ Mercury Lounge 
   
Wednesday, 12/2/09 to
Phish @ Madison Square Garden
Friday, 12/4/09
Three nights of the didn't-break-up-after-all Phish at MSG
   
Thursday, 12/3/09
Rihanna @ Hammerstein Ballroom*
  MySpace Music's 'The Release' urban music concert series
  Bear In Heaven @ Sound Fix Records*
  Pablo @ Spike Hill*
  Dan Friel, Dinowalrus, Electric Tickle Machine @ Union Pool
   
Thursday, 12/3/09
The Wrens @ Maxwell's
&
Ian McCulloch (of Echo & The Bunnymen) @ Other Music*
Friday, 12/4/09 Ian McCulloch (of Echo & The Bunnymen) @ Studio @ Webster Hall*
  The Wrens @ Maxwell's
  The Wrens @ Maxwell's
  early & late shows for The Wrens
   
Friday, 12/4/09 Mew @ Webster Hall
  The Big Pink @ Music Hall in Williamsburg
  Teddy Thompson @ Rockwood Music Hall*
   
Friday, 12/4/09 & Elvis Perkins In Dearland, Bowerbirds @ Bowery Ballroom
Saturday, 12/5/09 Elvis Perkins In Dearland @ Music Hall in Williamsburg
  Bowerbirds @ Union Pool
   
Saturday, 12/5/09 Sam Champion, Matt Trowbridge @ Union Hall
  After more than a year off, Sam Champion returns - for likely their last show ever...
  Friendly Fires, The xx @ Webster Hall
  Two of Beggar's Group's best
  Heloise & The Savoir Faire @ Brooklyn Bowl*
  Yes, Giantess @ Tribeca Grand*
   
Sunday, 12/6/09
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists @ Bowery Ballroom
   
Tuesday, 12/8/09
Parts & Labor @ Brooklyn Bowl*
  La Strada @ Bell House*
   
Wednesday, 12/9/09 The Ting Tings @ M2 Ultra Lounge*
  Paper Magazine's 5th Annual Nightlife Awards
  A.A. Bondy @ Bowery Ballroom
  Jones Street Station @ Housing Works Used Bookstore*
  The Young Republic @ Living Room*
   
Thursday, 12/10/09
Xylos, Zambri @ Union Hall
  Benefit for St. Christopher's Inn Drug Rehabilitation Center
  Bear Hands @ Littlefield
  In Cadeo @ Spike Hill*
   
Thursday, 12/10/09 &
Arctic Monkeys, Screaming Femals @ Terminal 5
Friday, 12/11/09
'Humbug' tour
   
Friday, 12/11/09
Dr. Dog @ Brooklyn Bowl
  'July In Christmas'
  The Whigs, The Features, Mean Creek @ Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza
  The Woes, Previously On Lost @ Death By Audio
   
Friday, 12/11/09 &
The Fiery Furnaces, Shilpa Ray & Her Happy Hookers @ Music Hall in Williamsburg
Saturday, 12/12/09
The Fiery Furnaces, Shilpa Ray & Her Happy Hookers @ Bowery Ballroom
   
Saturday, 12/12/09
The Lights Out, Teddy Blanks & more @ Brooklyn Bowl*
  TheMusicSlut.com Holiday party
  Eye Candy For Strangers, Toro y Moi @ Brooklyn Bowl*
   
Saturday, 12/12/09 &
A Sunny Day In Glasgow, Frances, Jaguar Club @ Union Hall
Sunday, 12/13/09
A Sunny Day In Glasgow @ (le) Poisson Rouge
   
Sunday, 12/13/09
Saadi, The Octagon @ Living Room
  'Kidrockers'
  Steve Aoki, Holy Ghost! @ Webster Hall*
   
Tuesday, 12/15/09 Cold Cave, Small Black @ Music Hall in Williamsburg*
   
Tuesday, 12/15/09
Neon indian, Toro y Moi, Electric Tickle Machine @ Mercury Lounge
to
Neon indian, Toro y Moi @ Mercury Lounge
Thursday, 12/17/09
Neon Indian @ Brooklyn Bowl
  Two sold-out nights at Mercury Lounge means $5 ticket price Brooklyn Bowl is going to be packed
   
Wednesday, 12/16/09
stellastarr* @ Bowery Ballroom
  'Civilized' tour
   
Thursday, 12/17/09
Bluebrain @ Monkeytown*
  Formerly The Epochs
   
Friday, 12/18/09
Fanfarlo, Freelance Whales @ Webster Hall
  'Reservoir' tour
  Goes Cube, Takka Takka @ Spike Hill*
  Ear Farm holiday party
   
Saturday, 12/19/09
Grant Hart, Shilpa Ray @ 92YTribeca
  How come the unwanted Shilpa Ray keeps getting booked with great acts, like Hüsker Dü's Grant Hart?...
  Phantogram, Class Actress @ Brooklyn Bowl*
  Zambri, Mystery Roar @ Cameo
   
Monday, 12/21/09
Hank & Cupcake @ Studio @ Webster Hall*
   
Wednesday, 12/23/09
BM Linx & more @ Studio @ Webster Hall*
   
Sunday, 12/27/09
Gogol Bordello @ Webster Hall
to Gogol Bordello @ Webster Hall
Tuesday, 12/29/09
Gogol Bordello @ Webster Hall
  Gogol Bordello's annual year-end, multi-night NYC bash
   
Wednesday, 12/30/09
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings @ Brooklyn Bowl
   
Tuesday, 12/29/09
Patti Smith & Her Band @ Bowery Ballroom
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Patti Smith & Her Band @ Bowery Ballroom
Thursday, 12/31/09
Patti Smith & Her Band @ Bowery Ballroom
  Of course, the New Year's Eve show costs way more $$$...

 

                                                                  New Year's Eve
What you can do to say out of Times Square & say goodbye to this decade we never named...
   
Thursday, 12/31/09
Dean & Britta @ Southpaw
  Early show from the most beautiful people in alt-rock
  The Felice Brothers @ Southpaw
  Late show from the go-to roots-revival act - but their annoying fans will be out in force on the 31st...
  Obits @ Bell House
  $40 for the mediocre Obits?!?
  The London Souls @ (le) Poisson Rouge
  But not as bad as $95 for The London Souls - no matter what else is included
  Surfer Blood @ Cameo
  Someone who is going to blow up in 2010 (whether you like it or not) playing a tiny space
  Talk Normal, Screaming Females, Frankie & The Outs @ Cake Shop
  The ladies (of varying musical ability) rock in the new year
  Golden Triangle, Electric Tickle Machine @ Glasslands
  Electric Tickle Machine should know how to ring in the new year right
  Yes Giantess @ Piano's
  Also featuring Passion Pit... DJ set
  Patti Smith & Her Band @ Bowery Ballroom
  The Detroit Cobras @ Mercury Lounge
  Fischerspooner @ Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza
  Q-Tip @ Brooklyn Bowl
  Project Jenny Project Jan @ Union Hall
  Team Robespierre @ Bruar Falls
  Excepter @ Monkeytown
  Titus Andronicus, The So So Glos @ Mercury Lounge
  Special 1:30 AM show
  MSTRKRFT @ Webster Hall
  Special 3:00 AM show

*Free

 

 

 


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