NYC Show Preview 2012

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It’s here: the Mayan Apocalypse – plus it’s an election year.  So here’s what to do in NYC before the ball drops on the Big Apple, America, & the world:

 

January ’12

Sunday, 1/8/12: Andrew W.K. & The Calder Quartet @ (le) Poisson Rouge
Thursday, 1/12/12: Jonathan Toubin benefit @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Saturday, 1/14/12: Cracker, Camper Van Beethoven @ Highline Ballroom
Thursday, 1/19/12: Ellie Goulding @ JFK Airport, Terminal 5
Saturday, 1/21/12: ‘Where’s the Band?’ tour at Music Hall of Williamsburg
Tuesday, 1/24/12: Nada Surf @ Bowery Ballroom
Friday, 1/27/12: 120dB @ Fort Useless
Tuesday, 1/31/12: The Asteroids Galaxy Tour @ Irving Plaza

American Songbook Festival @ Lincoln Center Allen Room, 1/11 – 2/12/12
Jonathan Toubin benefit @ Music Hall of Williamsburg, 1/12/12
120dB gallery opening show @ Fort Useless, 1/27/12

 

Sunday, 1/8/12 Andrew W.K. & The Calder Quartet @ (le) Poisson Rouge
Party classical style – Show of the Week
Monday, 1/9/12, Liam Finn @ Rock Shop
Monday, 1/16/12, Liam Finn @ Rock Shop
Monday, 1/23/12 & Liam Finn @ Rock Shop
Monday, 1/30/12 Liam Finn @ Rock Shop
New Zealand transplant’s New York residency
Tuesday, 1/10/12 Basement Batman, The Courtesy Tier & more @ Brooklyn Bowl
3rd Annual ‘Music Video Film Festival + Band Battle’
Tuesday, 1/10/12 & Johnny Winter @ BB King’s
Tuesday, 1/24/12 ‘Roots’ tour
Wednesday, 1/11/12 The Lemonheads @ Knitting Factory
Performing ‘It’s a Shame About Ray’
Kevin Hearn @ Rockwood Music Hall*
Wednesday, 1/11/12, Lin-Manuel Miranda @ Lincoln Center Allen Room
Thursday. 1/12/12, Chris Thile & Michael Daves @ Lincoln Center Allen Room
Friday, 1/13/12 & JD Souther @ Lincoln Center Allen Room
Saturday, 1/14/12 William Finn @ Lincoln Center Allen Room
American Songbook Festival at Lincoln Center Allen Room, Week 1
Thursday, 1/12/12 Chain & The Gang, Eleonor Friedberger, Nicole Atkins & more @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Jonathan Toubin benefit – Show of the Week
Notar, Snow Chase @ Canal Room
The Juan MacLean, Com Truise, Justin Miller @ Public Assembly*
Friday, 1/13/12 Radical Dads, Backwords, Shark? @ Cameo
Saturday, 1/14/12 Girls, Real Estate, King Krule @ Terminal 5
Cracker, Camper Van Beethoven @ Highline Ballroom
Annual early January ‘Cracker Van Beethoven’ tour – Show of the Week
Sunday, 1/15/12 Nat Baldwin @ Manhattan Inn*
Tuesday, 1/17/12 Taylor Berrett @ Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 2*
Tuesday, 1/17/12, Howler @ Other Music*
Wednesday, 1/18/12, Phone Home, Howler @ Pianos
Thursday, 1/19/12, Howler, Grooms @ Death by Audio
Friday, 1/20/12 & Howler, St. Lucia @ Cameo
Saturday, 1/21/12 Howler, Dear Lions @ Pianos
Howler playes everywhere in NYC for ‘America Give Up’
Wednesday, 1/18/12, Jonatha Brooke @ Lincoln Center Allen Room
Thursday, 1/19/12, La Chanze @ Lincoln Center Allen Room
Friday, 1/20/12 & Ozomatli @ Lincoln Center Allen Room
Saturday, 1/21/12 Michael Cerveris @ Lincoln Center Allen Room
American Songbook at Lincoln Center Allen Room, Week Two
Thursday, 1/19/12 Ellie Goulding @ JFK Airport, Terminal 5*
Ellie Goulding plays in JFK Airport!?! – Show of the Week
Cults @ Webster Hall
Mission of Burma, EULA, The Static Jacks @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Richard Bruckner @ Symphony Space
‘Rebels + Reds’ Event
Fujiya & Miyagi, Zambri, Rarechild @ Glasslands
Storm Large @ (le) Poisson Rouge
‘Crazy Enough’ autobiography release party, with Q&A
Midnight Magic, The Suzan @ Santos*
Violens, Headless Horseman @ Public Assembly*
Buried Beds @ Rock Shop
Thursday, 1/19/12 to Jeff Mangum @ Brooklyn Academy of Music
Saturday, 1/21/12 Neutral Milk Hotel frontman comes to BAM
Friday, 1/20/12 Caveman @ Bowery Ballroom
Portugal. The Man @ Brooklyn Bowl
Saturday, 1/21/12 Matt Pryor, Chris Conley & more @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
‘Where’s the Band?’ tour with frontmen for emo acts The Get Up Kids, Saves the Day, and more – Show of the Week
Blondes @ MoMA
Tuesday, 1/24/12 Nada Surf, Palomar @ Bowery Ballroom
‘The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy’ release party – Show of the Week
Wednesday, 1/25/12 Cass McCombs @ Bowery Ballroom
Wintersleep, ARMS @ Glasslands
Thursday, 1/26/12 Stephen Merritt @ American Museum of Natural History
Debut of Magnetic Fields’ main man Merritt’s ‘Space Cruiser’
Antony & The Johnsons @ Radio City Music Hall
Shark?, I’m Turning Into @ Big Snow
Holy Ghost (DJ set), Jacques Renault @ Public Assembly*
Friday, 1/27/12 120dB @ Fort Useless
Gallery show opening of concert photography from some of NYC’s best photogs – Show of the Week
Aimee Mann, John Roderick @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Saturday, 1/28/12 Bryan Scary, Conveyor @ (le) Poisson Rouge
Secret Music @ Cameo
The Front Bottoms @ Maxwell’s
John Roderick, Todd Goldstein @ Mercury Lounge
Tuesday, 1/31/12 Smith Westerns, Bleached, Porcelain Raft @ Webster Hall
The Asteroids Galaxy Tour, Vacationer @ Irving Plaza – Show of the Week
‘Out of Frequency’ tour
Jóhan Jóhannsson @ World Financial Center Plaza*
Dan Friel @ Zebulon*
Tuesday, 1/31/12, Skrillex, AC Slater @ Webster Hall
Wednesday, 2/1/12, Skrillex, Zedd, Sazon Booya @ Pacha
Friday, 2/3/12 & Skrillex, Spank Rock, Zane Lowe @ Roseland Ballroom
Saturday, 2/4/12 Skrillex, Skream & Benga, KOAN Sound, Tokimonsta @ Terminal 5
Four nights of today’s king of dubstep

 

February ’12

Friday, 2/3/12: Hospitality @ Glasslands
Tuesday, 2/7/12: Scars On 45, Anya Marina @ Joe’s Pub
Saturday, 2/11/12: The Kills, JEFF: The Brotherhood @ Terminal 5
Friday, 2/17/12: Saul Williams @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Saturday, 2/18/12: Christopher Paul Stelling @ Rockwood Music Hall, Stage #2
Thursday, 2/23/12: Zeus, Eight and a Half @ Mercury Lounge
Saturday-Sunday, 2/25-26/12: Sharon Van Etten @ Bowery Ballroom
Tuesday, 2/28/12: School of Seven Bells @ Mercury Lounge

American Songbook Festival @ Lincoln Center Allen Room, 1/11 – 2/12/12
Ecstatic Music Festival @ Merkin Concert Hall, 2/1 – 3/28/12
‘An evening with Primus’ benefit concerts, 2/8-9/12
‘A Party & Concert Benefiting Autism Speaks’ @ Bowery Electric, 2/9/12
Tibet House benefit concert @ Carnegie Hall, 2/13/12
HIAS benefit concert @ Rose Theater at Time Warner Center, 2/23/12

 

 

Wednesday, 2/1/12, Keren Ann @ Lincoln Center Allen Room
Thursday, 2/2/12, Thurston Moore @ Lincoln Center Allen Room
Friday, 2/3/12 & Leslie Kriter @ Lincoln Center Allen Room
Saturday, 2/4/12 Gaven Creel & Stephen Oremus @ Lincoln Center Allen Room
American Songbook at Lincoln Center Allen Room, Week Three
Wednesday, 2/1/12, Jason Treuting, Angélica Negrón, Jherek Bischoff @ Greene Space
Ecstatic Music Festival kick-off
Thursday, 2/2/12, Thurston Moore @ Lincoln Center Allen Room
Friday, 2/3/12 Thurston Moore @ Maxwells
Thursday, 2/2/12, Snowmine, Spanish Prisoners, Field Mouse @ Pianos
Thursday, 2/9/12, Snowmine, Viao Audio, Sea of Bees @ Pianos
Thursday, 2/16/12 &
Snowmine, Psychobuildings @ Pianos
Thursday, 2/23/12 Snowmine, Tiny Victories @ Pianos
Friday, 2/3/12 Hospitality @ Glasslands
‘Hospitality’ release party – Show of the Week
Friday, 2/3/12, Björk @ New York Hall of Science
Monday, 2/6/12, Björk @ New York Hall of Science
Thursday, 2/9/12, Björk @ New York Hall of Sciencecanceled due to illness
Sunday, 2/12/12, Björk @ New York Hall of Science
Wednesday, 2/15/12 & Björk @ New York Hall of Science
Saturday, 2/18/12 Björk @ New York Hall of Science
Wednesday, 2/22/12, Björk @ Roseland Ballroom
Saturday, 2/25/12, Björk @ Roseland Ballroom
Tuesday, 2/28/12 Björk @ Roseland Ballroom
Friday, 3/2/12 & Björk @ Roseland Ballroom
Monday, 3/5/12 Björk @ Roseland Ballroom – added make-up date
Ten-count ’em-TEN nights of Björk
Saturday, 2/4/12, Jhrerek Bischoff & The Wordless Music Orchestra @ Merkin Concert Hall
Tuesday, 2/7/12, Sxip Shirey, Angélica Negrón @ Merkin Concert Hall
Wednesday, 2/8/12 & Richard Reed Parry, Son Lux, yMusic @ Merkin Concert Hall
Thursday, 2/9/12 This Will Destroy You, Slow Six, A Far Cry @ Merkin Concert Hall
Ecstatic Music Festival
Monday, 2/6/12 Dierks Bentley @ iHeartRadio Theater*
Gotye, Sea of Bees @ Bowery Ballroom
‘Making Mirrors’ tour
Cate Le Bon @ Other Music*
Monday, 2/6/12, Thieving Irons, Bandana Splits @ Rock Shop
Monday, 2/13/12, Thieving Irons, Kelli Scarr, First Nature @ Rock Shop
Monday, 2/20/12 &
Thieving Irons, The Famous Winters @ Rock Shop
Monday, 2/27/12 Thieving Irons, Sean Bones @ Rock Shop
Tuesday, 2/7/12 Mark Lanegan @ Bowery Ballroom
Scars On 45, Anya Marina @ Joe’s Pub – Show of the Week
Tuesday, 2/7/12, St. Lucia @ Pianos
Tuesday, 2/14/12 & St. Lucia @ Pianos
Tuesday, 2/21/12 St. Lucia @ Pianos
Tuesday, 2/7/12 & Savoir Adore @ Pianos
Friday, 2/24/12 Savoir Adore @ Cameo
Wednesday, 2/8/12 & Primus @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Thursday, 2/9/12 Primus @ Gramercy Theatre
‘An evening with…’ benefit for Les Claypool’s nephew Matthew
Wednesday, 2/8/12,
Bill Callahan @ Lincoln Center Allen Room
Thursday, 2/9/12, tUnE-yArDs @ Lincoln Center Allen Room
Friday, 2/10/12, Elaine Paige @ Lincoln Center Allen Room
Saturday, 2/11/12 & Laura Benanti @ Lincoln Center Allen Room
Sunday, 2/12/12 Elaine Paige @ Lincoln Center Allen Room
American Songbook at Lincoln Center Allen Room, Week Four
Thursday, 2/9/12 Bob Mould @ City Winery
Theophilus London @ Webster Hall
Burka Queen & The Very Handsome Terrorists, MiniBoone & more @ Bowery Electric
‘A Party & Concert Benefiting Autism Speaks’
JEFF: The Brotherhood @ Maxwell’s
Veronica Falls @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Thursday, 2/9/12 & Snowden @ Mercury Lounge
Friday, 2/10/12 Snowden @ Glasslands
Friday, 2/10/12 Zambri @ Cameo
Friday, 2/10/12, Guns N’ Roses @ Roseland Ballroom
Sunday, 2/12/12 & Guns N’ Roses @ Terminal 5
Wednesday, 2/15/12 Guns N’ Roses @ Webster Hall (The Ritz)
G N’ F N’ R play club dates, including temporarily back-to-its-old-name ‘The Ritz’
Friday, 2/10/12 & Notar @ (le) Poisson Rouge
Thursday, 2/16/12 Notar @ SOB’s
Saturday, 2/11/12 The Kills, JEFF: The Brotherhood @ Terminal 5 – Show of the Week
Die Antwoord @ Irving Plaza
Bleached, Bleeding Rainbow @ Knitting Factory
Beach Fossils @ Tribeca Grand*
Saadi @ Zebulon*
Expensive Looks, Phonetag, TEEN @ Cameo*
Monday, 2/13/12 Philip Glass, Laurie Anderson, James Blake, Das Racist & more @ Carnegie Hall
Tibet House Benefit
Thursday, 2/16/12 Doomtree, F. Stokes @ Bowery Ballroom
Friday, 2/17/12 Sleigh Bells @ Terminal 5
Tayisha Busay @ Glasslands
Liam Bailey, The London Souls, Lindsay Fuller @ Bowery Hotel*
Friday, 2/17/12 & Saul Williams @ Music Hall of Williamsburg – Show of the Week
Monday, 2/20/12 Saul Williams @ Maxwell’s
Saturday, 2/18/12 Zola Jesus, Liturgy, Talk Normal @ Webster Hall
World/Inferno Friendship Socity @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Slow Club @ The Bell House
EULA, Shark? @ Shea Stadium
The Lost Patrol @ The Delancey
Christopher Paul Stelling @ Rockwood Music Hall, Stage #2*
‘Songs of Praise & Scorn’ release party – Show of the Week
Sunday, 2/19/12 DJ Krush @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Robin Bacior @ Mercury Lounge
Monday, 2/20/12 Barry Adamson @ Other Music*
Wednesday, 2/22/12 Norah Jones, Adam Green, Jesse Malin, Nicole Atkins, and more @ Webster Hall
‘Stones Fest 2012’
Small Black, Phone Tag @ Brooklyn Bowl*
Sarah Jaffe @ Mercury Lounge
Wednesday, 2/22/12 &
Twi the Humble Feather @ Manhattan Inn*
Wednesday, 2/29/12
Thursday, 2/23/12 Regina Spektor @ Rose Theater at Time Warner Center
HIAS benefit concert
Au Revoir Simone @ The Gap*
Thursday, 2/23/12 & Zeus, Eight and a Half @ Mercury Lounge – Show of the Week
Friday, 2/24/12 Zeus, Eight and a Half @ Glasslands
New band from members of Broken Social Scene & The Stills
Thursday, 2/23/12, Nick Zammuto, Jason Treuting, Daisy Press, Grey McMurray @ Merkin Concert Hall
Saturday, 2/25/12 & Glasser, Roomful of Teeth @ Merkin Concert Hall
Thursday, 3/1/12 Mariam Wallentin, Mikael Karlsson, ACME @ Merkin Concert Hall
Ecstatic Music Festival
Friday, 2/24/12 Heartless Bastards @ Webster Hall
‘Arrow’ tour
Parts & Labor @ 285 Kent Avenue
10 year anniversary/goodbye for Parts & Labor
Caspian @ Studio at Webster Hall
Friday, 2/24/12, Sharon Van Etten, Shearwater @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Saturday, 2/25/12 & Sharon Van Etten, Shearwater @ Bowery Ballroom
Sunday, 2/26/12 Sharon Van Etten, Carter Tanton, Glass Ghost @ Bowery Ballroom
‘Tramp’ release parties – Show of the Week
Saturday, 2/25/12 Galactic @ Terminal 5
The Twilight Sad @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
‘No One Will Ever Know’ tour
Islands @ (le) Poisson Rouge
Sunday, 2/26/12 YACHT @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Monday, 2/27/12 Matt Pryor, The Front Bottoms @ Studio at Webster Hall
Tuesday, 2/28/12 Lyle Lovett @ Concert Hall
‘Rescue Me’ acoustic tour
Fort Lean, Stepdad @ Santos
ARMS @ Mercury Lounge
Tuesday, 2/28/12 & School of Seven Bells @ Mercury Lounge
Thursday, 3/1/12 ‘Ghostory’ tour – Show of the Week

 

 

March ’12

Saturday, 3/3/12: Bombay Bicycle Club, The Darcys @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Tuesday, 3/6/12: Fanfarlo @ Webster Hall
Wednesday, 3/7/12: Neon Indian @ Museum of Modern Art
Monday, 3/12/12: Django Django @ Santos
Friday & Saturday, 3/16-17/12: Justice @ Terminal 5
Wednesday, 3/21/12: Oberhofer @ Bowery Ballroom
Sunday, 3/25/12: L’Arc-en-Sein @ Madison Square Garden
Monday, 3/26/12: Tribes @ Mercury Lounge
Saturday, 3/31/12: Nero @ Roseland Ballroom

Ecstatic Music Festival @ Merkin Concert Hall, 2/1 – 3/28/12
Secret Policeman’s Ball’ benefit for Amnesty International @ Radio City Music Hall, 3/4/12
Sound City conference/festival, 3/12/12

 

 

 

Friday, 3/2/12 Cults, Mrs. Magician @ Maxwell’s
Saturday, 3/3/12 Mike Doughty @ City Winery
Robbers On Hight Street @ Union Hall
Versus @ Cake Shop
Black Taxi, Courtesy Tier, The Wicked Tomorrow @ Bowery Electric
Saturday, 3/3/12, Bombay Bicycle Club, The Darcys @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Monday, 3/5/12 & Bombay Bicycle Club, The Darcys @ Bowery Ballroom
Thursday, 3/9/12 Bombay Bicycle Club, The Darcys @ Maxwell’s
‘A Different Kind of Fix’ tour – Show of the Week
Sunday, 3/4/12 Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Coldplay, Mumford & Sons, and many more @ Radio City Music Hall
‘Secret Policeman’s Ball’ benefit for Amnesty International
Jesse Elliott (of These United States) @ Public Assembly
The Shivers @ Manhattan Inn*
Sunday, 3/4/12 & Jane’s Addiction, Black Box Revelation @ Paramount Theatre
Tuesday, 3/6/12 Jane’s Addiction, Black Box Revelation @ Wellmont Theatre
Monday, 3/5/12 Jozéf Wissem & Jim Jarmusch @ (le) Poisson Rouge
Tuesday, 3/6/12 Fanfarlo @ Webster Hall
‘Rooms Filled With Light’ tour – Show of the Week
The So So Glos, Dinowalrus @ Mercury Lounge
Oneontrix Point Never @ Studio at Webster Hall*
Red Bull Music Academy Session
Wednesday, 3/7/12 The Kooks @ Terminal 5
Neon Indian @ Museum of Modern Art – Show of the Week
Matthew Good @ Mercury Lounge
Rubbing Alcohol @ Glasslands
Val Lopez from Bear Hands
Thursday, 3/8/12 Kaiser Chiefs, Transfer @ Roseland Ballroom
‘Start the Revolution Without Me’ tour
Theresa Anderson @ Joe’s Pub
Wormburner @ Mercury Lounge
I’m Turning Into @ The Delancey
Friday, 3/9/12 Young the Giant, Grouplove @ Terminal 5
Freshkills @ Pianos
‘Raise Up the Sheets’ tour
Saturday, 3/10/12 They Might Be Giants, Jonathan Coulton @ Terminal 5
Saturday, 3/10/12 & Django Django @ Glasslands
Monday, 3/12/12 Django Django @ Santos – Show of the Week
Sunday, 3/11/12 Dropkick Murphys @ The Paramount Theatre
Earthquake Party! @ Cake Shop
Monday, 3/12/12 The Black Keys, Arctic Monkeys @ Madison Square Garden
Dutch Uncles @ Studio at Webster Hall
‘Sound City’ conference/festival heads from Liverpool to NYC
Monday, 3/12/12 & The Lemonheads @ Maxwell’s
Tuesday, 3/13/12 Performing ‘It’s a Shame About Ray’
Tuesday, 3/13/12 & New Build @ Mercury Lounge
Wednesday, 3/14/12 New band with members of Hot Chip & LCD Soundsystem
Wednesday, 3/14/12 Jay Farrar, Anders Parker, Yim Yames & Bobby Bare Jr. @ Webster Hall
‘The New Multitudes’ tribute to Woody Guthrie
Lemonade @ Brooklyn Bowl*
Friday, 3/16/12 & Justice @ Terminal 5
Saturday, 3/17/12 ‘Audio, Video, Disco’ tour by electro-dance kings – Show of the Week
Saturday, 3/17/12, Oneida, Rhys Chatham @ Merkin Concert Hall
Tuesday, 3/20/12, Dan Deacon with NOW Ensemble, The Calder Quartet @ Merkin Concert Hall
Saturday, 3/24/12 & The Mountain Goats, Anonymous 4 @ Merkin Concert Hall
Wednesday, 3/28/12 Music From China, Music From Copland House @ Merkin Concert Hall
Ecstatic Music Festival
Sunday, 3/18/12 EULA, I’m Turning Into @ Cake Shop
Tuesday, 3/20/12 Odd Future @ Hammerstein Ballroom
‘Odd Future Tape 2’ tour
Lee Renaldo @ Other Music*
Wednesday, 3/21/12 Oberhofer @ Bowery Ballroom
‘Time Capsules II’ tour – Show of the Week
Wednesday, 3/21/12 & The Wedding Present @ Bell House
Thursday, 3/22/12 The Wedding Present @ (le) Poisson Rouge
Friday, 3/23/12 & Fiona Apple @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Monday, 3/26/12 Fiona Apple @ Bowery Ballroom
BrooklynVegan presents the return of Fiona Apple
Saturday, 3/24/12 Ben Kweller, Sleeper Agent, The Dig @ Irving Plaza
‘Go Fly a Kite’ tour
Sunday, 3/25/12 L’Arc-en-Sein @ Madison Square Garden – Show of the Week
Big Scary, Bonfire Nights & many more @ Bell House
The Aussie BBQ New York
Geographer, Miniature Tigers, The Chain Gang of 1974 @ Bowery Ballroom
Psychedelic Furs @ Maxwell’s
Sunday, 3/25/12 & Gotye, Kimbra @ Terminal 5
Tuesday, 3/27/12 Gotye, Kimbra @ Webster Hall
Monday, 3/26/12 Tribes @ Mercury Lounge
‘Tribes’ tour – Show of the Week
Tuesday, 3/27/12 Youth Lagoon @ Bowery Ballroom
Wednesday, 3/28/12 The Joy Formidable, A Place To Bury Strangers @ Terminal 5
First Aid Kit @ Webster Hall
‘The Lion’s Roar’ tour
Simone Felice @ Mercury lounge
‘Simone Felice’ tour
Wednesday, 3/28/12, The Temper Trap @ Bowery Ballroom
Thursday, 3/29/12 & The Temper Trap @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Friday, 3/30/12 The Temper Trap @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Thursday, 3/29/12 Delta Spirit, WATERS @ Webster Hall
‘Delta Spirit’ tour
The Courtesy Tier @ Knitting Factory
Thursday, 3/29/12 & Metronomy, Friends @ Irving Plaza
Friday, 3/30/12
Friday, 3/30/12 Chuck Ragan, Dan Andriano, Tommy Gabel & Cory Brannan @ Bowery Ballroom
‘Revival Tour’
Friday, 3/30/12 & of Montreal, Computer Magic, Hard Nipsi @ Webster Hall
Saturday, 3/31/12 of Montreal, Loney Dear, Kishi Bashi @ Webster Hall
‘Paralytic Stalks’ tour
Saturday, 3/31/12 NERO @ Roseland Ballroom
‘Second Reality’ tour – Show of the Week
Neckbeard Telecaster, Grooms, Tim Harrington @ Death by Audio
5th anniversary of Death by Audio

 

 

April ’12

Tuesday-Wednesday, 4/3-4/12: Magnetic Fields, DeVotchKa @ Beacon Theatre
Saturday, 4/7/12: Jones Street Station, The Girls @ (le) Poisson Rouge
Tuesday-Tuesday, 4/10-17/12: Kraftwerk @ Museum of Modern Art
Thursday, 4/12/12: White Rabbits @ Webster Hall
Wednesday, 4/18/12: Bad Brains, GZA @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Wednesday, 4/25/12: We Are Scientists @ Brooklyn Bowl
Friday-Sunday, 4/27-29/12: Death Cab for Cutie @ Beacon Theatre

Brain-Cave Festival @ Bell House, 4/5 & 7/12
Chickfactor Festival @ Bell House, 4/10-12/12
Planned Parenthood Benefit @ Highline Ballroom, 4/16/12
Record Store Day, 4/21/12
WBAR-B-Q @ Barnard College, 4/28/12
Benefit for Lucinda’s Kids @ Bowery Electric, 4/29-30/12

 

 

 

Sunday, 4/1/12 Wild Flag, Hospitality @ Webster Hall
Monday, 4/2/12 Andrew W.K. @ Webster Hall
Playing ‘I Get Wet’ in its entirety
Friends @ Le Baron*
Tuesday, 4/3/12 Now, Now @ Cameo
‘Threads’ tour
Tuesday, 4/3/12 & Magnetic Fields, DeVotchKa @ Beacon Theatre
Wednesday, 4/4/12 ‘Love At the Bottom of the Sea’ tour – Show of the Week
Wednesday, 4/4/12 The Naked & Famous, Vacationer, Now, Now @ Terminal 5
Arthur’s Landing, The Forms, First Nature & more @ (le) Poisson Rouge
Walk the Moon, We Barbarians @ Santos Party House
Thursday, 4/5/12 Yuksek @ Santos Party House
Thursday, 4/5/12 & Of Monsters and Men @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Friday, 4/6/12 Of Monsters and Men @ Webster Hall
Thursday, 4/5/12 & Screaming Females @ Maxwell’s
Friday, 4/6/12 Screaming Females @ Bell House
Thursday, 4/5/12 & Shilpa Ray, She Keeps Bees, EULA & more @ Bell House
Saturday, 4/7/12 Monogold, Caged Animals, Quiet Loudly & more @ Bell House
Brain-Cave Festival
Friday, 4/6/12 Bush Tetras @ (le) Poisson Rouge
Friday, 4/6/12 &
The Rapture @ Bowery Ballroom
Saturday, 4/7/12 The Rapture @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Friday, 4/6/12 & The War On Drugs @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Sunday, 4/8/12 The War On Drugs @ Bowery Ballroom
Saturday, 4/7/12 Jones Street Station, The Girls @ (le) Poisson Rouge
‘The Girls’ includes Alison Brie of NBC’s ‘Community’ – JSS have gone so Hollywood… – Show of the Week
Grant Hart, Freshkills @ Union Pool
Saturday, 4/7/12 & Nada Surf, An Horse @ Webster Hall
Sunday, 4/8/12 Nada Surf, An Horse @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
‘The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy’ tour
Tuesday, 4/10/12 & Pulp @ Radio City Music Hall
Wednesday, 4/11/12
Tuesday, 4/10/12, Black Tambourine, Versus & more @ Bell House
Wednesday, 4/11/12 & The Aisler Set, Pipas & more @ Bell House
Thursday, 4/12/12 Stevie Jackson, Honey Bunch & more @ Bell House
Chickfactor Festival
Tuesday, 4/10/12 to Kraftwerk @ Museum of Modern Art
Tuesday, 4/17/12 Iconic inventors of electronic music play an album each night – so mach schnell, as you must get back to MoMA in time to see Kraftwerk – Show of the Week
Wednesday, 4/11/12 Mastodon, Opeth @ Roseland Ballroom
The Ting Tings @ Webster Hall
‘Sound From Nowheresville’ tour
Javelin, Psychobuildings @ Brooklyn Bowl*
Thursday, 4/12/12 White Rabbits @ Webster Hall
‘Milk Famous’ tour – Show of the Week
Tanlines @ Bowery Ballroom
Friday, 4/13/12 Doveman w/ Aaron & Bryce Dessner @ (le) Poisson Rouge
‘The Burgundy Stain Sessions’
The Cribs @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Grouper, Julianna Barwick @ Guggenheim Museum
DOM, Zambri @ Glasslands
Friday, 4/13/12 & Snow Patrol, Ed Sheeran, Jonquil @ Terminal 5
Saturday, 4/14/12 Snow Patrol, Ed Sheeran @ Terminal 5
‘Fallen Empires’ tour
Saturday, 4/14/12 Dawn Landes, Cheyenne Marie Mize, Donora @ Cameo
White Mystery, EULA @ Public Assembly
Erika Spring @ Shea Stadium
Jonquil, Xylos, Darlings @ Union Pool*
Monday, 4/16/12 Asobi Seksu @ Highline Ballroom
Benefit for Planned Parenthood
Tuesday, 4/17/12 These United States, Trampled By Turtles @ Webster Hall
White Mystery, EULA, Wojcik @ Public Assembly
Whatever blog party
Tuesday, 4/17/12 & Bad Brains, H20 @ Irving Plaza
Wednesday, 4/18/12 Bad Brains, GZA @ Music Hall of Williamsburg – Show of the Week
Wednesday, 4/18/12 Eleanor Friedberger, Hospitality @ Bell House
The Yes Way, Beast Make Bomb @ Knitting Factory
Thursday. 4/19/12 Tobacco @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Friday, 4/20/12 Rodrigo y Gabriela @ Radio City Music Hall
‘Area 52’ tour
Lucero @ Webster Hall
‘Women & Work’ tour
Portugal. The Man, The Lonely Forest @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Friday, 4/20/12 & Chilly Gonzales @ Bell House
Saturday, 4/21/12 Chilly Gonzales @ (le) Poisson Rouge
‘Piano talk’ shows
Saturday, 4/21/12 Wild Nothing, The Men, Psychic Ills & more @ Other Music*
Mike Doughty, Yann Tiersen, Everest @ J&R Music World*
The Paul Collins Beat, Supertouch, Night Birds, Joyce Manor @ Generation Records*
Memoryhouse, Mattison @ Permanent Records*
Woodsman, Mike Wexler @ Kim’s Video & Music*
Portugal. The Man @ Vintage Vinyl*
Mates of State @ Sound Fix Records*
Grace Reed, The Lumineers & more @ Looney Tunes Records*
Record Store Day
Esperanza Spalding @ Webster Hall
Dirty Beaches, Widowspeak & more @ Shea Stadium
NewtownRadio.com launch party
Mike Doughty @ City Winery
Robbers On High Street, Diamond Doves @ Mercury Lounge
EULA @ Fontana’s
Via Audio @ Rockwood Music Hall*
Saturday, 4/21/12, Memoryhouse @ Public Assembly
Memoryhouse, Mattison @ Permanent Records*
‘The Slideshow Effect’ tour
Sunday, 4/22/12 & Washed Out, Memoryhouse @ Highline Ballroom
Monday, 4/23/12 Washed Out @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Sunday, 4/22/12 The Drums @ Webster Hall
Monday, 4/23/12 & fun. @ iHeartRadio Theater*
Wednesday, 4/25/12 Daughtry @ iHeartRadio Theater*
Tuesday, 4/24/12 to Miike Snow, Penguin Prison @ Terminal 5
Thursday, 4/26/12 ‘Happy To You’ tour
Wednesday, 4/25/12 We Are Scientists @ Brooklyn Bowl* – Show of the Week
Wednesday, 4/25/12 & Suzanne Vega, Duncan Sheik @ Highline Ballroom
Thursday, 4/26/12
Thursday, 4/26/12 The Hives @ Studio at Webster Hall
The Wombats @ Webster Hall
Twin Shadow @ Glasslands
Friday, 4/27/12 Jack White @ Webster Hall
‘Blunderbuss’ release party that sold out before it was announced…
The Boxer Rebellion, Canon Blue @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
WU LYF @ Bowery Ballroom
Cold Cave @ Guggenheim Museum
Friday, 4/27/12 to Death Cab for Cutie, Youth Lagoon @ Beacon Theatre
Sunday, 4/29/12 Indie big-shots go orchestral – Show of the Week
Saturday, 4/28/12 Squeeze, English Beat @ Roseland Ballroom
Dâm-FunK, Bush Tetras, Widowspeak & more @ Barnard College*
WBAR-B-Q
The Features @ Knitting Factory
The Lost Patrol @ Uncle Mike’s
Sunday. 4/29/12 Tall Tall Trees @ Manhattan Inn*
Sunday, 4/29/12 & Marah, Jesse Malin & more @ Bowery Electric
Monday, 4/30/12 HR, Tommy Stinson & more @ Bowery Electric
Benefit for the children of the recently departed Lucinda Gallagher
Sunday, 4/29/12 to The Shins @ Terminal 5
Tuesday, 5/1/12 ‘Port of Morrow’ tour

 

 

May ‘12

Friday, 5/4/12: Andrew Bird, Patrick Watson @ Beacon Theatre
Saturday, 5/5/12: School of Seven Bells, EXITMUSIC @ (le) Poisson Rouge
Tuesday-Wednesday, 5/8-9/12: Bear In Heaven @ Bowery Ballroom & Music Hall of Williamsburg
Thursday, 5/10/12: Zola Jesus @ Guggenheim
Tuesday, 5/15/12: Beach House @ Bowery Ballroom
Wednesday, 5/16/12: Violens @ (le) Poisson Rouge
Monday, 5/21/12: El-P @ Santos Party House
Wednesday, 5/23/12: The Afghan Whigs @ Bowery Ballroom
Tuesday, 5/29-30/12: Foster the People, The Kooks, Kimbra @ Central Park SummerStage

‘Occupy Guitarmy’ @ Union Square Park, 5/1/12
Crossing Brooklyn Ferry @ Brooklyn Academy of Music. 5/3-5/12
NYC Popfest, 5/17-20/12
Electric Daisy New York @ MetLife Stadium, 5/18-20/12
Great Googa Mooga @ Prospect Park Bandshell, 5/19-20/12
The 78 Project benefit for The Music Makes Relief Foundation @ City Winery, 5/20/12
Deli Fest, 5/23-26/12
DylandFest @ Irving Plaza, 5/24-25/12

 

 

Tuesday, 5/1/12 Dan Deacon, Das Racist & more @ Union Square Park*
‘Occupy Guitarmy’
Tuesday, 5/1/12 & Carrie Underwood @ iHeartRadio Theater*
Thursday, 5/3/12 B.o.B. @ iHeartRadio Theater*
Tuesday, 5/1/12, Doe Paoro, Rewards @ Cameo
Tuesday, 5/8/12 & Doe Paoro @ Cameo
Tuesday, 5/15/12 Doe Paoro @ Cameo
Wednesday, 5/2/12 Marilyn Manson, The Pretty Recekless @ Wellmont Theatre
‘Born Villain’ tour
Electric Guest @ Bowery Ballroom
Mike Watt w/ J Mascis & Murph @ (le) Poisson Rouge
special concert & reading by iconic bassman – backed up by 2/3 of Dinosaur Jr.
Emanuel & The Fear @ Mercury Lounge
Thursday, 5/3/12 Light Asylum @ (le) Poisson Rouge
Little Dragon @ Le Baron*
Dinosaur Features, I’m Turning Into, The Hairs @ Shea Stadium
Thursday, 5/3/12 & We Were Promised Jetpacks, Breton, Fort Lean @ Bowery Ballroom
Wednesday, 5/4/12 We Were Promised Jetpacks, Breton, Fort Lean @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Thursday, 5/3/12 to Crossing Brooklyn Ferry
Saturday, 5/5/12 St. Vincent, Beirut, The Walkmen, My Brightest Diamond, Sharon Van Etten, Buke and Gase & many more @ Brooklyn Academy of Music
Thursday, 5/3/12, The Spinto Band, Via Audio @ The Rock Shop
Thursday, 5/10/12, The Spinto Band, backwords @ The Rock Shop
Thursday, 5/17/12 & The Spinto Band, Sea of Bees @ The Rock Shop
Thursday, 5/24/12 The Spinto Band @ The Rock Shop
‘Shy Pursuit’ residency
Friday, 5/4/12 Xiu Xiu @ Bowery Ballroom
‘Always’ tour
Spectrals @ Glasslands
Friday, 5/4/12 & Andrew Bird, Patrick Watson @ Beacon Theatre
Saturday, 5/5/12 Andrew Bird, Tift Merritt @ Beacon Theatre
‘Break It Yourself’ tour – Show of the Week
Friday, 5/4/12 & Andrew Bird, Patrick Watson @ Beacon Theatre
Saturday, 5/5/12 Patrick Watson @ Manhattan Inn*
‘Adventures In Your Own Backyard’ tour – Show of the Week
Saturday, 5/5/12 Feist, Timber Timbre @ Radio City Music Hall
School of Seven Bells, EXITMUSIC @ (le) Poisson Rouge
‘Ghostory’ & ‘Passage’ tours – Show of the Week
K-Holes, Kid Congo Powers & more @ Brooklyn Bowl*
‘Welcome Back Toubin’
Sunday, 5/6/12 Scissor Sisters @ Bowery Ballroom
‘Magic Hour’ tour
Shearwater, Dawn Landes, Ray Rizzo @ (le) Poisson Rouge
‘Animal Joy’ tour
Monday, 5/7/12 Spiritualized, Nikki Lane @ Terminal 5
Tuesday, 5/8/12 Florence & The Machine, Blood Orange @ Radio City Music Hall
Sean Bones @ Rock Shop
‘Buzzards Boy’ release party
Amelia Gray, Hospitality @ Public Assembly*
Tuesday, 5/8/12 & Edward Sharpe @ The Magnetic Zeros @ Roseland Ballroom
Wednesday, 5/9/12 ‘Here’ tour
Tuesday, 5/8/12 & Bear In Heaven @ Bowery Ballroom
Wednesday, 5/9/12 Bear In Heaven @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
‘I Love You, It’s Cool’ tour – Show of the Week
Wednesday, 5/9/12 Rufus Wainwright @ Brooklyn Academy of Music
‘Out of the Game’ tour
The Avett Brothers @ Terminal 5
Wednesday, 5/9/12 & We Are Serenades @ Mercury Lounge
Friday, 5/11/12 We Are Serenades @ Knitting Factory
‘Criminal Heaven’ tour by side-project of Adam Olenius of Shout Out Louds
Thursday, 5/10/12 M83, I Break Horses @ Terminal 5
First of three massive, sold-out NYC shows this summer by blowin’ up M83
Mark Lanegan @ Webster Hall
Zola Jesus @ Guggenheim
special show at Guggenheim – Show of the Week
Zambri, Computer Magic @ Public Assembly
‘House of Baasa’ tour
American Royalty, Rubbing Alcohol @ Mercury Lounge
Friday, 5/11/12 M. Ward, Lee Renaldo @ Webster Hall
‘A Wasteland Companion’ tour
Norah Jones @ Bell House
Saturday, 5/12/12 Neon Indian @ Terminal 5
Sunday, 5/13/12 Patti Smith, Lucy Wainwright Roche @ City Winery
special acoustic Mother’s Day show
Rusko @ Terminal 5
Tuesday, 5/15/12 Beach House @ Bowery Ballroom
‘Bloom’ release party – Show of the Week
Hundred In the Hands, Erika Spring @ Glasslands
CHAPPO @ Dominion
‘Moonwater’ release party
Wednesday, 5/16/12 The Gaslight Anthem @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Violens @ (le) Poisson Rouge
‘True’ release party – Show of the Week
Wednesday, 5/16/12 & Willie Nelson & Family @ The Wellmont Theatre
Thursday, 5/17/12 ‘Heroes’ tour
Thursday, 5/17/12 Ingrid Michaelson, Scars on 45 @ Terminal 5
Caveman, NewVillager @ Brooklyn Museum
‘AudioPhile’
VHS or Beta @ Bowery Ballroom
NYC Popfest
Thursday, 5/17/12, The Marshmallows, Heaven’s Gate & more @ Cake Shop
Friday, 5/18/12, Saturday Looks Good To Me, The Wild Moccasins @ Knitting Factory
Saturday, 5/19/12 & Habibi, Pale Lights & more @ Spike Hill*
Comet Gain, Seapony & more @ Public Assembly
Sunday, 5/20/12 Allo Darlin, Ladybug Transistor, The Wave Picture & more @ Littlefield
Friday, 5/18/12 & Paul Weller @ Best Buy Theater
Saturday, 5/19/12 ‘Sonic Kicks’ tour
Friday, 5/18/12 to Electric Daisy New York
Sunday, 5/20/12 Armin van Buuren, Avicii, Afrojack, Bassnectar, Calvin Harris & many more @ MetLife Stadium
Friday, 5/18/12 & Mike Doughty @ Maxwell’s
Friday, 5/25/12 Mike Doughty @ City Winery
reading & concert
Saturday, 5/19/12 Primus @ The Paramount
Saturday, 5/19/12 Great Googa Mooga
Sunday, 5/20/12 Hall & Oates, The Roots, Fitz & The Tantrums, Holy Ghost! & many more @ Prospect Park Bandshell*see more in our preview here
Saturday, 5/19/12 & Maps & Atlases @ Glasslands
Monday, 5/21/12 Maps & Atlaes, The Big Sleep @ Studio at Webster Hall
‘Beware and Be Grateful’ tour
Sunday, 5/20/12 David Lynch/Angelo Badalamenti tribute @ (le) Poisson Rouge
Dawn Landes, Vandaveer & more @ City Winery
The 78 Project benefit for The Music Maker Relief Foundation
Monday, 5/21/12 El-P @ Santos Party House
‘Cancer4Cure’ release party – Show of the Week
Dry the River @ Mercury Lounge
Monday, 5/21/12 & Jack White, Alabama Shakes @ Roseland Ballroom
Tuesday, 5/22/12 ‘Blunderbuss’ tour
Tuesday, 5/22/12 Gossip @ Terminal 5
‘A Joyful Noise’ tour
Garbage @ Webster Hall
‘Not Your Kind of People’ tour
Santigold @ Museum of Modern Art
MoMA Garden Party
Wednesday, 5/23/12 The Polyphonic Spree @ Webster Hall
Crystal Fighters, Is Tropical @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
The Afghan Whigs @ Bowery Ballroom
First show in thirteen years by The Afghan Whigs – Show of the Week
Deli Fest
Wednesday, 5/23/12, Zambri, Caged Animals & more @ Brooklyn Bowl
Grace Weber, Robin Bacio & more @ Spike Hill
Thursday, 5/24/12, Steel Phantoms, Futurist & more @ Public Assembly (front room)
Wazu, Ohnomoon & more @ Public Assembly (back room)
Tall Tall Trees, Hurrah! A Bolt of Light! & more @ Spike Hill
Friday, 5/25/12 & The Can’t Tells, The Denzels & more @ Spike Hill
Saturday, 5/26/12 Lucius, ARMS & more @ Cameo
Saturday, 5/26/12 Apollo Run, Hurrah! A Bolt of Light! & more @ Spike Hill
Thursday, 5/24/12 Hooray For Earth @ Glasslands
Thursday, 5/24/12 & Adam Green, Fabrizio Moretti, Nicole Atkins & more @ Irving Plaza
Friday, 5/25/12 DylanFest
Thursday, 5/24/12 & that dog., Fred Armisen @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Friday, 5/25/12 that dog., Kurt Braunohler @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Friday, 5/25/12 Simian Mobile Disco, Lindstrøm @ Webster Hall
‘Unpatterns’ tour
The Dig @ Glasslands
‘Midnight Flowers’ release party
The Static Jacks, Beast Make Bomb & more @ Shea Stadium
Friday, 5/25/12 & P.S. I Love You @ Mercury Lounge
Saturday, 5/26/12 P.S. I Love You @ Glasslands
‘Death Dreams’ tour
Tuesday, 5/29/12 & Foster the People, The Kooks, Kimbra @ Central Park SummerStage
Wednesday, 5/30/12 Two sold-out dates of highly-anticipated tour – Show of the Week
Wednesday, 5/30/12 Great Lake Swimmers @ Bowery Ballroom
‘New Wild Everywhere’ tour
OFF!, The Bronx @ Bell House*
I Break Horses @ Mercury Lounge
Thursday, 5/31/12 Regina Spektor @ (le) Poisson Rouge
Special show streamed by NPR
Amanda Palmer @ 55 9th St.*
Mrs. Neil Gaiman celebrates record-breaking Kickstarter campaign
Thurston Moore @ Roulette
Apparat @ Gramercy Theatre
Thursday, 5/31/12 & Radiohead, Caribou @ Prudential Center
Friday, 6/1/12

 

 

June ’12

Saturday, 6/2/12: Gogol Bordello, Two Gallants @ The Wellmont Theatre
Friday, 6/8/12: The Cult, Against Me! @ Terminal 5
Satuday, 6/9/12: Thieving Irons @ Mercury Lounge
Wednesday, 6/13/12: Metric @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Thursday-Friday, 6/14-15/12: Mogwai @ Webster Hall
Thursday-Friday, 6/28-29/12: Tenavious D @ Hammerstein Ballroom
Saturday, 6/30/12: White Rabbits, We Barbarians @ Music Hall of Williamsburg

Hot 97 Summer Jam @ MetLife Stadiu, 6/3/12
Black Music Month @ Apple Stores, 6/5-30/12
Celebrate Brooklyn! @ Prospect Park Bandshell, 6/5 – 8/11/12
SummerStage, 6/5 – 8/30/12
Gowanus Canal Conservancy fundraiser @ Green Building, 6/6/12
Zombie Prom @ Irving Plaza, 6/9/12
Madison Square BBQ @ Madison Square Park, 6/9-10/12
Northside Festival, 6/14-17/12
River-to-River Festival, 6/17 – 7/15/12
Vans House Parties @ House of Vans, 6/20 – 8/29/12
Hillstock Festival, 6/22-24/12
Governors Ball @ Randall’s Island, 6/23-24/12
Punk Island @ Governors Island, 6/24/12
Spy Music Festival, 6/29 – 7/15/12
Benefit for South Street Seaport, 6/30/12

 

Friday, 6/1/12 tUnE-yArDs, Micachu & The Shapes, Delicate Steve @ Terminal 5
The Mystery Lights @ Skipper’s Bar*
Saturday, 6/2/12 Gogol Bordello, Two Gallants @ The Wellmont Theatre – Show of the Week
Sunday, 6/3/12 Hot 97 Summer Jam
Nicki Minaj, Nas, Lauryn Hill, Rick Ross and more at MetLife Stadium
Azealia Banks @ Bowery Ballroom
Monday, 6/4/12 Kendrick Lamar @ Santos Party House*
Dionysos @ (le) Poisson Rouge*
Micachu & The Shapes, Zambri @ Glasslands
Tuesday, 6/5/12 Jimmy Cliff @ Prospect Park Bandshell*
Kick-off of Celebrate Brooklyn! concert season at Prospect Park Bandshell
Wyclef Jean, Karl Denson, G. Love & Special Sauce & many more @ Central Park SummerStage
Kickoff benefit for SummerStage – honoring the music of Jimi Hendrix
The Temper Trap, School of Seven Bells @ Terminal 5
‘The Temper Trap’ tour
Man Man, Diamond Doves @ Brooklyn Bowl*
Blind Pilot, Dan Mangan @ Webster Hall
Tuesday, 6/5/12 & The Dandy Warhols @ Irving Plaza
Wednesday, 6/6/12 The Dandy Warhols @ The Bell House
‘This Machine’ tour
Tuesday, 6/5/12, Apollo the Great, Freeway, Sean Price @ Apple Store SoHo*
Thursday, 6/7/12, Big K.R.I.T. @ Apple Store West 14th Street*
Monday, 6/11/12, Harry Belafonte @ Apple Store Upper West Side*
Monday, 6/18/12, Ryan Show @ Apple Store SoHo*
Ziggy Marley @ Apple Store Upper West Side*
Tuesday, 6/19/12, Beanie Sigel @ Apple Store SoHo*
Trip Lee @ Apple Store West 14th Street*
Thursday, 6/21/12, Robert Glasper @ Apple Store West 14th Street*
Tuesday, 6/26/12 & Jesse Boykins III @ Apple Store West 14th Street*
Sautrday, 6/30/12 Slaughterhouse @ Apple Store West 14th Street*
‘Black Music Month’ at Apple Stores around the country
Wednesday, 6/6/12 Dawn Landes, Diamond Doves @ Green Building
Gowanus Canal Conservacy fundraiser
The Walkmen @ Bowery Ballroom
‘Heaven’ release party
The Cribs @ Santos Party House
‘Belly of the Beast’ tour – note: just moved to Santos
Dada Life @ secret location*
Thursday, 6/7/12 ESG, Ava Luna @ (le) Poisson Rouge
Thursday, 6/7/12, Jayne County & The Electric Chairs and more @ Bowery Electric
Friday, 6/8/12, Billy Rath’s Street Pirates and more @ Bowery Electric
Saturday, 6/9/12 The Nihilistics and more @ Bowery Electric
& Band of Outsiders and more @ Arlene’s Grocery
Sunday, 6/10/12 Eddie Clendening & The Blue Ribbon Boys and more @ Bowery Electric
Alumni Reunion for legendary club Max’s Kansas City
Friday, 6/8/12 The Cult, Against Me!, The Icarus Line @ Terminal 5
‘Choice of Weapon’ tour – Show of the Week
Saturday, 6/9/12 GWAR @ Irving Plaza
‘Zombie Prom’
Thieving Irons @ Mercury Lounge
‘Behold, the Dreamer’ release party – Show of the Week
Rain Machine, Eric Copeland @ Union Pool*
Saturday, 6/9/12 & Southern Cultura On the Skids, JC Brooks & more @ Madison Square Park*
Sunday, 6/10/12 Alejandro Escovedo, The Revelations & more @ Madison Square Park*
Madison Square BBQ party
Sunday, 6/10/12 Idle Warship @ Herbert Von King Park*
Bad Girlfriend @ Manhattan Inn*
Sunday, 6/10/12 & Tokyo Police Club, Hollerado @ Bowery Ballroom
Monday, 6/11/12 Foster the People, Tokyo Police Club, Kimbra @ Central Park SummerStage
Third helping of FTP for NYC at CSS
Monday, 6/11/12 & Mystery Jets @ Brooklyn Bowl
Friday, 6/15/12 Keane, Mystery Jets @ Beacon Theatre
‘Strangeland’ & ‘Radland’ tours
Tuesday. 6/12/12 New York Pops with Ozomatli @ Central Park SummerStage*
Jonathan Richman @ Bowery Ballroom
Tuesday, 6/12/12 & Dave Matthews Band, Fitz & The Tantrums @ Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
Wednesday, 6/13/12
Wednesday, 6/13/12 Metric @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Special fans-only ‘Synthetica’ release party – Show of the Week
The Maccabees, Wild Belle @ Webster Hall
Wavves @ Bowery Hotel*
1800 Tequila launch party
Alkaline Trio @ The Bell House
EULA, Beast Make Bomb @ Public Assembly (back room)
Thursday, 6/14/12 Laura Marling, Michael Kiwanuka, Willy Mason @ Prospect Park Bandshell*
Lisa Marie Presley @ Irving Plaza
Langhorne Slim @ Bowery Ballroom
Theresa Andersson, Lucius @ The Bell House
‘Street Parade’ tour
With Lions, Via Audio @ (le) Poisson Rouge
Thursday, 6/14/12 & Mogwai, Balam Acab @ Webster Hall
Friday, 6/15/12 Thrice-delayed East Coast tour – Show of the Week
Thursday, 6/14/12 & Lisa Hannigan @ Highline Ballroom
Friday, 6/15/12
Thursday, 6/14/12 to Northside Festival
Sunday, 6/17/12 L Magazine’s festival at venues across Williamsburg & Greenpoint – QRO preview
Friday, 6/15/12 Niki & The Dove @ Tribeca Grand*
Saturday, 6/16/12 Dawes, Kurt Vile & The Violators @ Central Perk SummerStage*
Balkan Beat Box @ Prospect Park Bandshell*
Saturday, 6/16/12 & fun., Now, Now @ Terminal 5
Sunday, 6/17/12 ‘Some Nights’ tour
Sunday, 6/17/12 Bang On a Can Marathon @ World Financial Center Plaza*
Thurston Moore, David Longstreeth, Steve Reich, Kaki King & many more at annual twelve-hour kick-off to River-to-River Festival
Blue Note Jazz Festival @ Central Park SummerStage*
Monday, 6/18/12 & Future of the Left @ Saint Vitus
Tuesday, 6/19/12 Future of the Left @ Generation Records*
Tuesday, 6/19/12 Smashing Pumpkins @ iHeartRadio Theater*
Intimate release party for ‘Oceania’ – Show of the Week
Ani DiFranco @ Bowery Ballroom
Wintersleep @ Knitting Factory
Walk the Moon @ Mercury Lounge
AraabMUSIK, Das Racist @ Red Hook Park*
Hooray For Earth @ Tammany Hall
Tuesday, 6/19/12 & The Tallest Man On Earth @ Town Hall
Wednesday, 6/20/12
Wednesday, 6/20/12 The Rapture, Tanlines @ House of Vans*
Kick off of second Vans House Parties summer season – Show of the Week
Comedy Central in the Park @ Central Park SummerStage*
Liars @ Webster Hall
‘WIXIW’ tour
Wednesday, 6/20/12 & Bonnie Raitt @ Beacon Theatre
Thursday, 6/21/12 ‘Slipstream’ tour
Thursday, 6/21/12 Deer Tick, Johnny Corndawg @ Red Hook Park*
Lemonade, Small Black @ Brooklyn Museum
Thursday, 6/21/12 & Like Pioneers, Future of What @ Cameo
Friday, 6/22/12 Like Pioneers @ Pianos
‘Oh, Magic’ tour by ex-Bound Stems
Thursday, 6/21/12, Los Campesinos!, Yellow Ostrich @ Maxwell’s
Friday, 6/22/12 & Los Campesinos!, Yellow Ostrich @ (le) Poisson Rouge
Saturday, 6/23/12 Los Campesinos!, Yellow Ostrich @ Brooklyn Bowl
Three nights of Los Camp! – it’s never enough!
Friday, 6/22/12 Hot Chelle Rae @ PNC Bank Arts Center
The Hives @ Terminal 5
‘Lex Hives’ tour
Keb’ Mo’ @ Prospect Park Bandshell*
The Miracles Club @ South Street Seaport*
Kick-off to Seaport Music season
Slowdance, Weeknight @ Skipper’s*
Seaport after-party
Hillstock Festival
Friday, 6/22/12, Math the Band, Ava Luna & many more @ Free Candy
Saturday, 6/23/12 & The Suzan, The Honey Dos & many more @ 106 Emerson Place*
Sunday, 6/24/12 Archipelago, Emilyn Brodsky & many more @ 402 Park Avenue*
Saturday, 6/23/12 Ministry @ Best Buy Theatre
Ghostface Killah @ Prospect Park Bandshell*
Doveman, Alexi Murdoch @ Bryant Park*
Turing Machine, Midnight Magic, Violent Bullshit @ Union Pool*
Saturday, 6/23/12 & Governors Ball
Sunday, 6/24/12 Beck, Passion Pit, Fiona Apple & many more on Randall’s Island – QRO preview
Saturday, 6/23/12 & Nobody Beats the Drum, Cubic Zirconia @ Brooklyn Bowl
Sunday, 6/24/12 Penguin Prison, Art Vs. Science @ Brooklyn Bowl
Official Governors Ball after-parties
Sunday, 6/24/12 ‘Punk Island’ @ Governors Island*
Alabama Shakes, Diamond Rugs, Robert Ellis @ Central Park SummerStage*
Body Language @ South Street Seaport*
Tuesday, 6/26/12 Childish Gambino @ Prospect Park Bandshell
Portland Cello Project @ City Winery*
Wednesday, 6/27/12 & Japandroids, Cadence Weapon @ Bowery Ballroom
Thursday, 6/28/12 ‘Celebration Rock’ tour
Thursday, 6/28/12 Fishbone @ Metrotech Commons*
Ra Ra Riot, Lissy Trullie @ The Box
Launch party for ThrillCall mobile app
EXITMUSIC @ Mercury Lounge
The Lost Patrol @ Tammany Hall
Sam Prekop @ BAMcafé*
Thursday, 6/28/12 & Tenacious D, The Sights @ Hammerstein Ballroom
Friday, 6/29/12 ‘Rise of the Fenix’ tour – Show of the Week
Friday, 6/29/12 Veronica Falls, The People’s Temple @ South Street Seaport*
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue @ Prospect Park Bandshell*
Akron/Family @ Brooklyn Bowl*
Snowden @ Glasslands
Saturday, 6/30/12 White Rabbits, We Barbarians @ Music Hall of Williamsburg*
‘Converse Rubber Tracks Live’ – Show of the Week
Amanda Palmer @ South Street Seaport
Benefit for South Street Seaport
Ecstatic Summer @ World Financial Center Plaza*
The Big Sleep @ Mercury Lounge

 

Friday, 6/29/12 to
Spy Music Festival
Sunday, 7/15/12 Rhys Chatham, Eugene Chadbourne & more @ venues across the city

 

 

July ’12

Friday, 7/6/12: Patrick Watson, Loney, Dear @ South Street Seaport
Saturday, 7/7/12: Scissor Sisters, Rye Rye @ Terminal 5
Thursday, 7/12/12: George Clinton & Parliament/Funkadelic @ South Street Seaport
Friday, 7/13/12: El-P @ Irving Plaza
Thursday, 7/19/12: OK Go, Eugene Mirman & Friends @ Williamsburg Park
Saturday, 7/21/12: Sleigh Bells @ Pier 63
Monday, 7/23/12: The Dirty Heads, Matisyahu @ The Paramount
Thursday, 7/26/12: Oberhofer, The Soft Pack @ Pier 84 – cancelled
Tuesday, 7/31/12: Sigur Rós, Perfume Genius @ Prospect Park Bandshell

Celebrate Brooklyn! @ Prospect Park Bandshell, 6/5 – 8/11/12
SummerStage, 6/5 – 8/30/12
River-to-River Festival, 6/17 – 7/15/12
Vans House Parties @ House of Vans, 6/20 – 8/29/12
Spy Music Festival, 6/29 – 7/15/12
CBGB Festival, 7/5-8/12
Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival, 7/9-14/12
Lowdown Hudson Blues Festival @ World Financial Center Plaza, 7/11-12/12
RiverRocks @ Pier 84, 7/12 – 8/9/12
Bushwick Walkabout @ Brooklyn Fireproof, 7/13-14/12
4knots Festival @ South Street Seaport, 7/14/12
Cake Shop benefit shows @ Cake Shop, 7/14 & 19/12
Benefit for ‘More Than Me’ Foundation @ Brooklyn Bowl, 7/15/12
Converse Rubber Tracks, 7/21 – 8/23/12
Catalpa Festival @ Randall’s Island, 7/28-29/12

 

Tuesday, 7/3/12 Norah Jones @ Central Park SummerStage
Wednesday, 7/4/12 Lil Jon, Wyclef Jean & more @ Times Square*
Wednesday, 7/4/12, Railbird @ Pete’s Candy Store*
Wednesday, 7/11/12, Railbird @ Pete’s Candy Store*
Wednesday, 7/18/12 & Railbird @ Pete’s Candy Store*
Wednesday, 7/25/12 Railbird @ Pete’s Candy Store*
Thursday, 7/5/12 Beat Connection, White Arrows @ Webster Hall
Thursday, 7/5/12 to CBGB Festival
Sunday, 7/8/12 Guided by Voices, Cro-Mags, Glen Matlock and more play venues across the Big Apple to celebrate the classic one that ain’t there any more – QRO preview
Friday, 7/6/12 Roger Waters’ The Wall @ Yankee Stadium
Patrick Watson, Loney, Dear @ South Street Seaport – Show of the Week
Friday, 7/6/12 & Scissor Sisters, Rye Rye @ Terminal 5
Saturday, 7/7/12 ‘Magic Hour’ tour – Show of the Week
Saturday, 7/7/12 Plastiq Passion, Mon Khmer @ Brooklyn Museum*
Sunday, 7/8/12 House of Blondes @ Spike Hill
Monday, 7/9/12 & Dirty Projectors @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Tuesday, 7/10/12 Dirty Projectors, Wye Oak, Purity Ring @ Prospect Park Bandshell
‘Swing Lo Magellan’ release parties
Monday, 7/9/12 to Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival
Saturday, 7/14/12 Busta Rhymes & Friends, Freeway, and more celebrate hip hop from… Brooklyn!
Tuesday, 7/10/12 Marco Benevento @ City Winery*
Tuesday, 7/10/12 & Kate Miller-Heidke @ Rockwood Music Hall*
Tuesday, 7/17/12 Kate Miller-Heidke @ Rockwood Music Hall*
Wednesday, 7/11/12 Allies For Everyone @ Le Baron*
Scavenger EP release party
Wednesday, 7/11/12 & Buddy Guy, Quinn Sullivan, John Mayall @ World Financial Center Plaza*
Thursday, 7/12/12 Neko Case, Charles Bradley, He’s My Brother/She’s My Sister @ World Financial Center Plaza*
Lowdown Hudson Blues Festival @ World Financial Center Plaza
Thursday, 7/12/12 George Clinton & Parliament/Funkadelic @ Rockefeller Park*
Make my funk the P-Funk – but shouldn’t this River-to-River show be at Castle Clinton?… – Show of the Week
Dan Deacon, John Maus @ Pier 84*
Hudson RiverRocks season kicks off at new pier
Gloria Gaynor, The Village People @ Coney Island*
Tribute to Donna Summer
H2O, 7 Seconds @ House of Vans*
Erika Spring @ Ivana Helsinki Space
EP release party
The English Beat @ Bell House
Rachel Brown @ Chelsea Market*
Friday, 7/13/12 El-P @ Irving Plaza
‘Cancer4Cure’ tour – Show of the Week
Eleanor Friedberger, Ex Cops, Zambri @ South Street Seaport*
Ladies rule at South Street Seaport
Doveman @ (le) Poisson Rouge
‘The Burgundy Stain Sessions’
Bushwick Walkabout
Friday, 7/13/12 & Beast Make Bomb, Team Spirit & many more @ Brooklyn Fireproof
Saturday, 7/14/12 Xylos, Ravens & Chimes and many more @ Brooklyn Fireproof
ReThinkPopMusic puts on its second annual Bushwick Walkabout, with some of Brooklyn’s best undiscovered acts
Friday, 7/13/12 & Alex Winston, Mr. Little Jeans @ Santos Party House
Saturday, 7/14/12 Mr. Little Jeans, Foxes @ Brooklyn Bowl
Saturday, 7/14/12 4knots Festival*
Archers of Loaf, The Drums, Crocodiles, and more play The Village Voice‘s second 4knots Festival at South Street Seaport
The Black Lips @ Beekman Beer Garden
4knots afterparty
Cam’ron, Flatbush Zombies @ The Well
Grand opening for new venue in Bushwick
Tycho @ Webster Hall
Pharoahe Monch @ Brooklyn Bowl
Benefit for ‘More Than Me’ Foundation
Ben Kweller, Blitzen Trapper @ Stuveysant Town Oval*
Ecstatic Summer @ World Financial Center Plaza*
Saturday, 7/14/12 &
Shilpa Ray, The Immaculates @ Cake Shop
Thursday, 7/19/12 Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Grand Rapids @ Cake Shop
Cake Shop benefit shows
Sunday, 7/15/12 Guthrie Family Reunion @ Central Park SummerStage
Monday, 7/16/12 Best Coast, Those Darlins @ Terminal 5
‘The Only Place’ tour
Young the Giant @ Central Park SummerStage
Bootsy Collins, SOS Band @ Wingate Field*
Citizen Cope @ Barnes & Noble Union Square*
Tuesday, 7/17/12 Counting Crows, We Are Augustines, Field Report @ Williamsburg Park
Wednesday, 7/18/12 Refused, OFF! @ Williamsburg Park Europa*
Moved to smaller, free venue due to rain
JEFF The Brotherhood @ Santos*
Wednesday, 7/18/12 & Electric Six @ Maxwell’s
Thursday, 7/19/12 Electric Six @ Rocks Off Concert Cruise (Harbor Lights)
Wednesday, 7/18/12 & Hot Chip, Gang Gang Dance @ Prospect Park Bandshell
Friday, 7/20/12 Hot Chip, Chromatics @ Terminal 5
‘In Our Heads’ tour
Thursday, 7/19/12 Death Cab for Cutie, Surfer Blood @ Wellmont Theatre
OK Go, Eugene Mirman & Friends @ Williamsburg Park* – Show of the Week
Langhorne Slim @ Bell House
Javelin, MNDR, Delicate Steve aboard The Intrepid*
Moved from Wednesday due to storm
Friday, 7/20/12 Squeeze, The Romantics @ Coney Island*
Modest Mouse @ Wellmont Theatre
Dean Wareham @ (le) Poisson Rouge
Plays Galaxie 500
Bear Hands, Fort Lean @ Knitting Factory
ARMS, Port St. Willow, Brazos @ Union Pool
Saturday, 7/21/12 Sleigh Bells, Jel, Mr. Dream @ Pier 63* – Show of the Week
Converse Rubber Tracks
Dum Dum Girls, Widowspeak @ House of Vans*
Belel Gilberto @ Central Park SummerStage*
The War On Drugs, Dean & Britta, Wormburner @ Mulcahy’s Pub
Quiet Loudly, backwords, MiniBoone, EULA @ Big Snow
Saturday, 7/21/12 &
Shonen Knife, White Mystery, FLOWN @ Bell House
Sunday, 7/22/12 Shonen Knife, White Mystery @ Maxwell’s
‘Pop Tune’ tour
Sunday, 7/22/12 Chromatics, Blondes @ South Street Seaport*
B.o.B. @ Highline Ballroom*
MySpace Secret Show
POP ETC., Delta Rae @ Bowery Hotel*
Monday, 7/23/12 The Dirty Heads, Matisyahu @ The Paramount
‘Cabin By the Sea’ & ‘Spark Seeker’ co-headline tour – Show of the Week
Beach House @ Central Park SummerStage
‘Bloom’ tour
The Killers @ Webster Hall
Special intimate show
Ron Carter, Rachel Brown @ Chelsea Market*
Monday, 7/23/12, Wilco, Lee Fields @ Prospect Park Bandshell
Tuesday, 7/24/12 & Wilco, Lee Renaldo @ Prospect Park Bandshell
Wednesday, 7/25/12 Wilco @ Terminal 5
Wilco loves NYC three times
Tuesday, 7/24/12 The Gaslight Anthem @ Webster Hall
‘Handwritten’ release party
Shabazz Palaces, THEEsatisfaction @ Fort Green Park*
Snowden, Warm Ghost @ Mercury Lounge
Wednesday, 7/25/12 Animal Kingdom @ Mercury Lounge
‘The Looking Away’ tour
Shark?, Darlings, Celestial Shore @ 285 Kent Avenue*
Thursday, 7/26/12 Oberhofer, The Soft Pack @ Pier 84* – Show of the Week
Unfortunately cancelled due to storm
King Khan & The Shrines, Nicky Da B, The Everymen @ House of Vans*
Allen Stone @ JFK Airport, Terminal 5*
JetBlue’s ‘Live From T5’
Soul Asylum, Joseph Arthur @ Bowery Ballroom
Scars On 45 @ Studio at Webster Hall
Of Monsters and Men @ undisclosed location*
Intel presents: The Music Experiment
Friday, 7/27/12 The Head and the Heart, Lost In the Trees @ Prospect Park Bandshell*
A Place To Bury Strangers, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Hunters @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
‘Worship’ tour
Saturday, 7/28/12 Gary Clark Jr., Givers @ Central Park SummerStage*
Charli XCX, St. Lucia @ Bowery Ballroom
Alejandro Escovedo, Kat Edmondson @ Stuveysant Town Oval*
Caveman @ Brooklyn Bowl*
The Gay Blades, The Click Clack Boom, Cold Fronts @ Mercury Lounge
Saturday, 7/28/12 & Catalpa Festival
Sunday, 7/29/12 The Black Keys, Snoop Dogg, TV On the Radio and more play Randall’s Island – QRO preview
Sunday, 7/29/12 Hallways, Zambri @ Ace Hotel*
Monday, 7/30/12 Public Enemy, Salt-n-Pepa @ Wingate Field*
Team Spirit, The Static Jacks, Beast Make Bomb @ Studio at Webster Hall
Tuesday, 7/31/12 Sigur Ros, Perfume Genius @ Prospect Park Bandshell
‘Valtari’ tour – Show of the Week

 

 

August ’12

Friday, 8/3/12: Mission of Burma, Wild Flag, Ted Leo @ Prospect Park Bandshell
Monday, 8/6/12: M83 @ Central Park SummerStage
Saturday, 8/11/12: Lyle Lovett @ Prospect Park Bandshell
Wednesday, 8/15/12: Yeasayer @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Saturday, 8/18/12: The Kills @ Hudson River Park
Wednesday, 8/22/12: The Drums, Chairlift @ Brooklyn Bowl
Thursday, 8/23/12: Action Bronson @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
ednesday, 8/29/12: Turbonegro, Doomriders @ House of Vans
Thursday, 8/30/12: The Heavy @ Irving Plaza

Celebrate Brooklyn! @ Prospect Park Bandshell, 6/5 – 8/11/12
SummerStage, 6/5 – 8/30/12
Vans House Parties @ House of Vans, 6/20 – 8/29/12
RiverRocks @ Pier 84, 7/12 – 8/9/12
Converse Rubber Tracks, 7/21 – 8/23/12
Mad Decent Block Party @ Williamsburg Park, 8/5/12
Colbchella ‘012 aboard The Intrepid, 8/10/12
Lackawanna Festival @ Pier A, 8/18/12
Afro-Punk Festival @ Commodore Barry Park, 8/25-26/12
Electric Zoo @ Randall’s Island, 8/31 – 9/2/12

 

 

Wednesday, 8/1/12 Mumford & Sons, Dawes @ Pier A Park
Thursday, 8/2/12 The xx @ Terminal 5
‘Coexist’ tour
Washed Out, Chairlift, Lemonade @ House of Vans*
Toadies, Helmet, Ume @ Webster Hall
‘PLAY.ROCK.MUSIC’ tour
Dpony, Pegasus Warning @ Cake Shop
The Bad Plus, Brandt Brauer Frick Ensemble @ Damrosch Bandshell*
Blitz the Ambassador @ Brooklyn Academy of Music*
Friday, 8/3/12 Mission of Burma, Wild Flag, Ted Leo @ Prospect Park Bandshell*
‘Unsound’ tour – Show of the Week
Zeus, ARMS @ Mercury Lounge
Saturday, 8/4/12 Amadou & Mariam, Theophilus London @ Central Park SummerStage*
Jamie xx, Miguel @ MOMA
Sunday, 8/5/12 Deftones, System of a Down@ Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
Major Lazer, Erol Aikan, Bonde do Role & more @ Williamsburg Park*
Mad Decent Block Party
Sunday, 8/5/12 & The Zombies @ Highline Ballroom
Monday, 8/6/12
Monday, 8/6/12 M83 @ Central Park SummerStage – Show of the Week
Bobby Brown, Johnny Gill, Ralph Tresvant @ Wingate Field*
Tuesday, 8/7/12 M. Ward, Yo La Tengo @ Prospect Park Bandshell
Tame Impala @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Tuesday, 8/7/12 to Bloc Party, The Drums @ Terminal 5
Thursday, 8/9/12 ‘Four’ tour
Wednesday, 8/8/12 Bright Light Social Hour, Black Taxi @ Bowery Ballroom
Thursday, 8/9/12 Wild Nothing, Grimes, DIIV @ Pier 84*
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts @ Coney Island*
!!!, Lenny Williams @ Damrosch Bandshell*
The B-52s @ Irving Plaza
Friday, 8/10/12 Colbchella ‘012*
The Flaming Lips, Grizzly Bear, Santigold, fun. & more aboard The Intrepid – all thanks to Dr. Stephen T. Colbert, DFA (though tickets were all snapped up in a matter of minutes…)
CAKE @ Williamsburg Park
Little Dragon, Frankie Rose @ Prospect Park Bandshell*
The So So Glos @ Union Hall
Saturday, 8/11/12 Lyle Lovett @ Prospect Park Bandshell* – Show of the Week
Carolina Chocolate Drops, Buckwheat Zydeco @ Central Park SummerStage*
Real Estate, R. Stevie Moore @ Webster Hall
Sunday, 8/12/12 Yerba Buena @ Marcus Garvey Park*
Eternal Summers @ Fulton Stall Market*
Monday, 8/13/12 Nude Beach @ Other Music*
Tuesday, 8/14/12 Goapele, Yolanda Zama @ Central Park SummerStage*
Wednesday, 8/15/12 Incubus, Linkin Park, MUTEMATH @ Nikon at Jones Beach
‘Incubus HQ Live’ & ‘Living Things’ tour
Yeasayer @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
‘Fragrant World’ release party – Show of the Week
Erika Spring @ Mercury Lounge
The Dunnie Bobos, I’m Turning Into @ Glasslands
Wednesday, 8/17/12 2NE1 @ Prudential Center
K-Pop sensation comes to New Jersey
Thursday, 8/18/12 Gladys Knight, The Commodores @ Coney Island*
Cursive, Titus Andronicus, Love as Laughter @ House of Vans*
Friday, 8/17/12 Jane’s Addiction, Die Antwoord @ Williamsburg Park
Tan Vampires, The Yes Way, Viva Mayday @ Rock Shop
Big Black Delta @ Piano’s
Saturday, 8/18/12 The Kills, Black Bananas, Viva Viva @ Hudson River Park*
Converse Rubber Tracks – Show of the Week
Tokyo Police Club, Vacationer, We Barbarians & more @ Pier A*
Lackawanna Festival in Hoboken
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Antibalas @ Williamsburg Park*
Airiel @ Cake Shop
Sunday, 8/19/12 My Morning Jacket, Shabazz Palaces @ Williamsburg Park
Boom Said Thunder @ Trash Bar
Monday, 8/20/12 AraabMUZIK, Flosstradamus, Teengirl Fantasy @ East River Park*
Red Bull Music Academy presents
Tuesday, 8/21/12 Kelly Clarkson, The Fray, Carolina Liar @ Nikon at Jones Beach
Toubab Krewe @ City Winery*
Wednesday, 8/22/12 The Drums, Chairlift @ Brooklyn Bowl* – Show of the Week
Sebadoh @ Bowery Ballroom
Conveyor @ Glasslands
Thursday, 8/23/12 Action Bronson, Tanya Morgan @ Music Hall of Williamsburg*
Converse Rubber Tracks – Show of the Week
Sierre Leone Refugee All-Stars & more @ Central Park SummerStage*
Two Boots Pizza 25th anniversary
Saturday, 8/25/12 The Lost Patrol @ Rock Shop
Saturday, 8/25/12 & Afro-Punk Festival
Sunday, 8/26/12 TV On the Radio, Erykah Badu, Janelle Monae, Gym Class Heroes, Das Racist @ Commodore Barry Park – for free!
Sunday, 8/26/12 Peter Murphy, Crystal Stilts, Small Black @ The Well
Wednesday, 8/29/12 Beirut @ Central Park SummerStage
Turbonegro, Doomriders @ House of Vans* – Show of the Week
Filo & Perri, David Dann, George Garcia @ Arena
Cosmic Opera Management party
Thursday, 8/30/12 The Heavy @ Irving Plaza
‘The Glorious Dead’ tour – Show of the Week
YACHT, Sneaky Soundsystem @ Beekman Beer Garden
‘Full Moon’
The Vaselines @ Bell House
Y La Bamba @ Mercury Lounge
Thieving Irons @ Piano’s
Friday, 8/31/12 The Meatmen @ Europa
“We’re The Meatmen and you suck!”
AM with Shawn Lee @ Knitting Factory
Zambri, The Suzan @ Mercury Lounge
Hospitality, ARMS @ Brooklyn Bowl*

 

 

September ’12

Tuesday, 9/4/12: Bob Dylan @ The Capitol Theatre
Friday, 9/7/12: Bob Mould Band, Cymbals Eat Guitars @ Williamsburg Park
Wednesday, 9/12/12: Yeasayer @ Central Park SummerStage
Friday, 9/14/12: Ben Folds Five, Kate Miller-Heidke @ Central Park SummerStage
Tuesday, 9/18/12: Band of Horses @ House of Vans
Sunday, 9/23/12: Metric, Half Moon Run @ Radio City Music Hall
Monday, 9/24/12: Bon Iver, Frank Ocean @ Angel Orensanz
Thursday, 9/27/12: Gotye, Zammuto @ Williamsburg Park

Electric Zoo @ Randall’s Island, 8/31 – 9/2/12

Fool’s Gold Day Off party @ City Winery, 9/3/12

Fashion’s Night Out, 9/6/12

Riot Fest Brooklyn @ Williamsburg Park, 9/8/12

Tinderbox Music Festival Fall Fundraiser @ The Lounge at WeWork, 9/13/12

Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival @ The Bell House & Union Hall, 9/13-16/12

Six Strings East Festival @ DROM, 9/21/12
All Tomorrow’s Parties New York @ Pier 36, 9/21-23/12

Global Citizen Festival @ Great Lawn at Central Park, 9/29/12

Red Bull Music Academy, 9/30-11/2/12

 

 

Friday, 8/31/12 to Electric Zoo
Sunday, 9/2/12 David Guetta, Tiësto, Rusko, Dada Life, Skrillex & more @ Randall’s Island
Monday, 9/3/12 Danny Brown, Flosstradamus & many more @ City Winery*
Fool’s Gold Day Off party
Tuesday, 9/4/12 Bob Dylan @ The Capitol Theatre
Port Chester’s iconic Capitol Theatre reopens, refurbished, with the ultra-iconic Dylan – Show of the Week
Odd Future @ The Paramount
Wednesday, 9/5/12 Sondre Lerche @ Bowery Ballroom
‘Bootlegs’ tour
Chromatics, Oneohtrix Point Never @ New Museum*
Cold Fronts @ Cameo
Wednesday, 9/5/12 to The Rapture @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Friday, 9/7/12 Three nights of The Rapture
Thursday, 9/6/12 Yoko Ono @ Swarovski Crystallized*
Cyndi Lauper @ Manolo Blahnik*
St. Vincent @ Rag & Bone*
We Were Promised Jetpacks, The Lonely Forest @ Rockefeller Center*
Azealia Banks @ M.A.C.*
Theophilus London @ The Rose Bar*
Chairlift @ Prada*
Albert Hammond, Jr. @ Bloomingdale’s SoHo*
A$AP Rocky @ Adidas Original SoHo*
Three 6 Mafia @ Supreme*
POP ETC @ Morgane Le Fay*
Frankie Rose & Alex Winston @ Theory*
Wild Belle @ Mulberry*
La Sera @ Helmut Lang*
Haim @ TopShop*
Jamie Woon @ Ben Sherman SoHo*
Poolside @ Moods of Norway*
‘Fashion’s Night Out’ – where SoHo’s packed and everything either has a huge line to get in or turns out to be invite-only…
MiniBoone @ Cake Shop
Thursday, 9/6/12 & Earthquake Party @ Glasslands
Friday, 9/7/12 Earthquake Party @ Piano’s
Friday, 9/7/12 Bob Mould Band, Cymbals Eat Guitars @ Williamsburg Park*
Iconic musician plays Sugar’s seminal ‘Copper Blue’ – Show of the Week
Patrick Watson, Great Lake Swimmers @ Bowery Ballroom
Saturday, 9/8/12 Riot Fest Brooklyn
Gogol Bordello, Descendents & more @ Williamsburg Park
Ladyhawke @ Bowery Ballroom
Ladyhawke @ Tribeca Grand*
‘This Is New York’ Fashion Week party
EXITMUSIC, Zambri @ Maxwell’s
Saturday, 9/8/12 & Hugh Laurie @ The Capitol Theatre
Monday, 9/10/12 Hugh Laurie @ Grand Ballroom
Sunday, 9/9/12 Divine Fits @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
New band from Britt Daniel (Spoon) & Dan Boeckner (Wolf Parade/Handsome Furs)
The Shivers @ Manhattan Inn
Monday, 9/10/12 Wild Belle @ Le Baron*
Monday, 9/10/12 & The Vaccines @ Bowery Ballroom
Tuesday, 9/11/12 The Vaccines @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
‘Come of Age’ tour
Tuesday, 9/11/12 Kaki King @ Rockwood Music Hall
Intimate, fans-only preview of ‘GLOW’
Wednesday, 9/12/12 Yeasayer, Tanlines @ Central Park SummerStage
‘Fragrant World’ tour– Show of the Week
Dragonette @ Webster Hall
‘Dragonette’ tour
Brazlian Girls @ Bell House
Icona Pop @ Santos Party House
Dawn Landes @ Rock Shop
Thursday, 9/13/12 Maxïmo Park, Zambri @ Webster Hall
‘The National Health’ tour
Nellie McKay, Alyson Greenfield, The Bandana Splits @ The Lounge at WeWork
Tinderbox Music Festival Fall Fundraiser
Alberta Cross @ Bowery Ballroom
WHY? @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
‘Mumps, etc.’ tour
Thursday, 9/13/12 &
The Jesus and Mary Chain @ Irving Plaza
Friday, 9/14/12 Return of New Wave legends
Thursday, 9/13/12, Win Win @ Pianos
Thursday, 9/20/12 &
Win Win, Slam Donahue @ Pianos
Thursday, 9/27/12 Win Win @ Pianos
Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival
Thursday, 9/13/12, Eugene Mirman, Todd Barry & more @ The Bell House
Friday, 9/14/12, Neil Degrasse Tyson, Sara Silverman & more @ The Bell House
Nick Turner, Brent Sullivan & more @ Union Hall
Saturday, 9/15/12 Kevin Townley, Elna Baker, Eugene Mirman @ The Bell House
& Jared Logan, Jena Friedman & more @ Union Hall
Sunday, 9/16/12 Eugene Mirman, Bobby Tisdale & more @ The Bell House
film festival @ Union Hall
Friday, 9/14/12 Ben Folds Five, Kate Miller-Heidke @ Central Park SummerStage
Ben Folds Five reunion tour – Show of the Week
Circa Survive @ Terminal 5
‘Violent Waves’ tour
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti @ Webster Hall
‘Mature Themes’ tour
Wormburner @ Mercury Lounge
Friday, 9/14/12 White Hils, Dan Friel & more @ Death by Audio
Tortoise, Future Islands & more @ Webster Hall
Thrill Jockey Records 20th anniversary
Saturday, 9/15/12 Florence & The Machine, The Maccabees @ Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
Last chance to catch Flo & Mech before Ms. Welch takes a year-long break
Green Day @ Irving Plaza
Pop-punksters playing special intimate show
The Jayhawks, Nicole Atkins & Chris Lee @ Williamsburg Park*
Mark Mallman, Dick Valentine, The Hood Internet, MNDR @ Marathon 4 Van*
The indefatigueable Mark Mallman comes to NYC in his ‘Marathon 4 Van’ – 150 hours of non-stop music
The Spring Standards @ Mercury Lounge
Jody Porter, The Gypsy West @ The Bowery Electric
Monday, 9/17/12 Ghostface Killah, Sheek Louch, Saigon @ Highline Ballroom
Wu-Block Pary
World Party @ City Winery
Deerhoof, Buke and Gase @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
‘Break Up Song’ tour
Tuesday, 9/18/12 Slash @ Hammerstein Ballroom
The Killers @ Paradise Theater
Band of Horses @ House of Vans
‘Mirage Rock’ release party – Show of the Week
Mike Doughty @ City Winery
Bobby Womack & Damon Albarn @ Apple Store SoHo*
Thieving Irons @ Mercury Lounge
Here We Go Magic, High Highs @ Brooklyn Bowl*
Tuesday, 9/18/12 & Blood Red Shoes, DZ Deathrays @ Mercury Lounge
Wednesday, 9/19/12 Blood Red Shoes, DZ Deathrays, Freshkills @ Glasslands
Wednesday, 9/19/12 The Offspring, Neon Trees, Dead Sara @ Termnal 5
‘Days Gone By’ tour
All-American Rejects, Boys Like Girls @ The Paramount
Ben Howard @ Webster Hall
The Whigs @ Bowery Ballroom
‘Enjoy the Company’ tour
Jason Collett, Bahamas @ The Bell House
Wednesday, 9/19/12, Bon Iver, Anais Mitchell @ Radio City Music Hall
Thursday, 9/20/12, Bon Iver, Anais Mitchell @ Radio City Music Hall
Friday, 9/21/12 & Bon Iver, Doug Paisley @ Radio City Music Hall
Saturday, 9/22/12 Bon Iver, Poliça @ Radio City Music Hall
Four-count-’em-four nights of Justin Verson at Radio City Music Hall – remember when he was just the touring guitarist for The Rosebuds?…
Thursday, 9/20/12 NoBunny @ Otto’s Shrunken Head
Thursday, 9/20/12 & Patrick Wolf, Woodpigeon @ Joe’s Pub
Friday, 9/21/12 Patrick Wolf @ Joe’s Pub
‘Sundark & Riverlight’ tour
Friday, 9/21/12 Michael Kiwanuka @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
John Hammond, Jim Campilogo & more @ DROM
Six Strings East Festival
Friday, 9/21/12 & Purity Ring @ Bowery Ballroom
Saturday, 9/22/12 Purity Ring @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
‘Shrines’ tour
Friday, 9/21/12 & Joe Jackson @ Town Hall
Saturday, 9/22/12 ‘The Duke’ tour
Friday, 9/21/12 to All Tomorrow’s Parties New York
Sunday, 9/23/12 The Afghan Whigs, Frank Ocean & more @ Pier 36
Saturday, 9/22/12 Efterklang @ Metropolitan Museum of Art
Special party for new ‘Piramida’, with orchestra, for only U.S. show this year
Stars, California Wives @ Webster Hall
Stars, Savoir Adore @ Mercury Lounge*
‘North’ tour – with special intimate late-night show through Thrillcall
Saturday, 9/22/12 & Ty Segall, Thee Oh Sees, K-Holes @ The Well
Monday, 9/24/12 Ty Segall, Thee Oh Sees @ Death By Audio
Sunday, 9/23/12 Metric, Half Moon Run @ Radio City Music Hall
‘Synthetica’ tour – Show of the Week
Peter Gabriel, Ane Brun @ Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Snowmine, ARMS @ Pianos
EULA @ Shea Stadium
Monday, 9/24/12 Grizzly Bear, Unknown Mortal Orchestra @ Radio City Music Hall
‘Shields’ tour
The Avett Brothers @ Central Park SummerStage
‘The Carpenter’ tour – rescheduled from 9/18 due to tornado warning
Bon Iver, Frank Ocean @ Angel Orensanz*
FADER’s Unzipped comes to NYC at converted synogague – Show of the Week
Tuesday, 9/25/12 Dirty Projectors @ Capitol Theatre
Tuesday, 9/25/12 Gotye, Missy Higgins @ Radio City Music Hall
Thursday, 9/27/12 Gotye, Zammuto @ Williamsburg Park – Show of the Week
Tuesday, 9/25/12, David Byrne & St. Vincent @ Beacon Theater
Wednesday, 9/26/12 & David Byrne & St. Vincent @ Beacon Theater
Saturday, 9/29/12 David Byrne & St. Vincent @ Williamsburg Park
‘Love This Giant’ tour by newest team-up
Wednesday, 9/26/12 Bell X1, Duke Special @ Bowery Ballroom
Widowspeak @ Brooklyn Bowl*
Alberta Cross @ Bowery Hotel*
Wednesday, 9/26/12 & Avicii @ Radio City Music Hall
Thursday, 9/27/12
Thursday, 9/27/12 Gossip @ Brooklyn Bowl
Thursday, 9/27/12 & Twin Shadow, Niki & The Dove @ Webster Hall
Friday, 9/28/12 Twin Shadow, Niki & The Dove @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Confess’ tour
Thursday, 9/27/12 & Two Door Cinema Club @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Friday, 9/28/12 Two Door Cinema Club @ Central Park SummerStage
‘Beacon’ tour
Emanuel & The Fear @ Mercury Lounge
Friday, 9/28/12 to Jay-Z @ Barclays Center
Monday, 10/1/12 & The new home of The (now) Brooklyn Nets opens –
Wednesday, 10/3/12 to With over a week of shows by .15% owner Jay-Z
Saturday, 10/6/12
Saturday, 9/29/12 Global Citizen Festival*
Neil Young, Foo Fighters & more @ Great Lawn at Central Park – for (ticketed) free
Minus the Bear, Cursive, Caspian @ Best Buy Theater
‘Infinity Overhead’ tour
Mark Kozelek @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Anamanaguchi, Delicate Steve @ Glasslands*
PopGun Booking 4th anniversary party
Pictureplane @ P.S. 1*
New York Art Book Fair
Gold Streets, pow wow!, MiniBoone, Alyson Greenfield @ Muchmore’s
The Whatever Blog & Dingus Music
Saturday, 9/29/12 & First Aid Kit, Dylan LeBlanc @ Irving Plaza
Sunday, 9/30/12 First Aid Kit, Dylan LeBlanc @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Saturday, 9/29/12 & Jack White @ Radio City Music Hall
Sunday, 9/30/12 ‘Blunderbuss’ tour
Sunday, 9/30/12 Paper Route @ Maxwell’s
Monday, 10/1/12 Paper Route @ Mercury Lounge
‘The Peace of Wild Things’ tour

 

 

October ’12

Tuesday-Wednesday, 10/2-3/12: M83, Sun Airway @ Hammerstein Ballroom
Wednesday, 10/3/12: ‘Love for Levon: A Benefit To Save the Barn’ @ IZOD Center
Tuesday, 10/9/12: Ben Folds Five, Kate Miller-Heidke @ Capitol Theatre
Friday, 10/12/12: Menomena, PVT @ Music Hall of WIlliamsburg
Tuesday, 10/16/12: ‘Little Kids Rock’ @ Grand Ballroom
Sunday, 10/21/12: Psychedelic Furs, The Lemonheads @ Best Buy Theatre
Wednesday, 10/24/12: ‘Petty Fest’ @ Webster Hall
Saturday, 10/27/12: John McCauley & more @ Carnegie Hall
Wednesday, 10/31/12: Smashing Pumpkins @ Barclays Center

Red Bull Music Academy, 9/30-11/2/12
‘Baracklyn’ Obama fundraiser @ Brooklyn Bowl, 10/1/12
Save the I.S. 171 benefit @ Bell House, 10/2/12
Love for Levon: A Benefit To Save the Barn @ IZOD Center, 10/3/12
Stand Up for 826NYC benefit @ Bell House, 10/2/12
Save the Village benefit @ (le) Poisson Rouge, 10/10/12
Little Kids Rock @ Grand Ballroom, 10/16/12
CMJ Music Marathon, 10/16-20/12
Petty Fest @ Webster Hall, 10/24/12
Wu-Block party @ Highline Ballroom, 10/28/12
‘Freedom To Love Now!’ concert for marriage equality @ Beacon Theatre, 10/30/12

 

 

Monday, 10/1/12 Steve Earle @ Brooklyn Bowl
‘Baracklyn’ Obama fundraiser
Tuesday, 10/2/12 Eugene Mirman, Dave Hill @ Bell House
‘Save the I.S. 171 Middle School Band’ benefit
Tuesday, 10/2/12 & M83, Sun Airway @ Hammerstein Ballroom
Wednesday, 10/3/12 latest massive venue taken by France’s M83 this year – Show of the Week
Tuesday, 10/2/12, Tennis, Wild Belle @ Maxwell’s
Wednesday, 10/4/12 Tennis, Wild Belle @ Bowery Ballroom
Thursday, 10/4/12 & Tennis, Wild Belle @ Bowery Ballroom
Friday, 10/5/12 Wild Belle @ Zebulon*
Wednesday, 10/3/12 John Mayer, My Morning Jacket & more @ IZOD Center
‘Love for Levon: A Benefit To Save the Barn’ – Show of the Week
Crystal Castles, HEALTH @ Roseland Ballroom
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion @ Bowery Ballroom
Glen Phillips, Grant-Lee Philips @ City Winery
Caveman @ Ace Hotel*
Thursday. 10/4/12 Melvins (Lite), Tweak Bird
Melvins’ ’51 shows, 51 States, 51 Days’ tour comes to NY
Roomful of Teeth @ Lincoln Center*
Thursday, 10/4/12 & Family of the Year, White Arrows @ Mercury Lounge
Friday, 10/5/12 White Arrows, Family of the Year, New Cassettes @ Glasslands
Friday, 10/5/12 Animal Collective, Micachu & The Shapes @ Williamsburg Park
‘Centipede Hz’ tour – this date cancelled due to illness
Sleigh Bells, AraabMUZIK @ The Capitol Theatre
The Raveonettes, Melody’s Echo Chamber @ Webster Hall
Friday, 10/5/12 & The Afghan Whigs, Eagles of Death Metal @ Terminal 5
Saturday, 10/6/12 The Afghan Whigs @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Friday, 10/5/12 &
James Iha, Milagres @ Mercury Lounge
Saturday, 10/6/12 James Iha, Milagres @ Maxwell’s
Guitarist of Smashing Pumpkins
Saturday, 10/6/12 Craig Ferguson @ Radio City Music Hall
But will Geoff Peterson or Secretariat be there?…
Dean & Britta @ Museum of Modern Art
’13 Most Beautiful… Songs for Andy Warhol’
The Dig @ Cameo
Sunday. 10/7/12 Johnny Hallyday @ Beacon Theatre
The ‘French Elvis’ comes to NYC
Monday, 10/8/12 Jens Lekman, Taken By Trees @ Terminal 5
‘I Know What Love Isn’t’ & ‘Other Worlds’ tour
Eugene Mirman, Sarah Silverman & more @ Bell House
‘Standup for 826NYC’ benefit
MNDR @ Le Baron*
‘ENCORE Sessions’
Flying Lotus, ?uestlove & more @ Boiler Room
Red Bull Music Academy
Tuesday, 10/9/12 Savoir Adore @ Knitting Factory
‘Our Nature’ release party
Hannah Georgas @ Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 2
Tuesday, 10/9/12 & Ben Folds Five, Kate Miller-Heidke @ Capitol Theatre – Show of the Week
Thursday, 10/11/12 Ben Folds Five @ IGN Theater
BF5 reunion comes to New York Comic-Con
Kate Miller-Heidke @ Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 2
Tuesday, 10/9/12 & Lord Huron @ Mercury Lounge
Friday, 10/12/12 Lord Huron @ Glasslands
Wednesday, 10/10/12 John Zorn, Thurston Moore & more @ (le) Poisson Rouge
Save The Village benefit
The Gaslamp Killer, Martyn & more @ Villain
Red Bull Music Academy
Jason Collett @ Joe’s Pub
‘Reckon’ tour
Swans @ Bowery Ballroom
‘The Seer’ tour
Wednesday, 10/10/12 &
Martha Wainwright, AroarA @ Littlefield
Thursday, 10/11/12 Martha Wainwright, AroarA @ (le) Poisson Rouge
‘Come Home To Mama’ tour
Wednesday, 10/10/12, Morrissey @ Radio City Music Hall
Friday, 10/12/12 & Morrissey @ Terminal 5
Saturday, 10/13/12 Morrissey @ Terminal 5
Thursday, 10/11/12 SBTRKT, kilo kish @ Terminal 5
Red Bull Music Academy
Thursday, 10/11/12 &
Menomena, PVT @ Bowery Ballroom
Friday, 10/12/12 Menomena, PVT @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
‘Moms’ tour – Show of the Week
Friday, 10/12/12 The Temper Trap @ Roseland Ballroom
Doveman @ (le) Poisson Rouge
‘The Burgundy Statin Sessions’
Mike Doughty @ City Winery
Cold Fronts @ Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 1*
Buke & Gass, Glass Ghost @ Mercury Lounge
‘Function Falls EP’ tour
Lazy Eyes, The Can’t Tells @ Delinquency BLVD*
Heloise & The Savoir Faire @ BAMCafé*
EULA, Quiet Loudly @ Shea Stadium
Saturday, 10/13/12 Tilly & The Wall, Nicky da B @ Bowery Ballroom
‘Heavy Mood’ tour – first Tilly & The Wall tour in four years
Sunday, 10/14/12 Alicia Witt @ Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 2
Sunday, 10/14/12 & Silversun Pickups, Cloud Nothings, Atlas Genius @ Terminal 5
Monday, 10/15/12
Monday, 10/15/12 Andrew W.K., Savoir Adore & more @ Rebel*
Annual pre-CMJ ‘Conflict of Interest’ party at Rebel
MiniBoone, Slothbear @ Delinquency BLVD
King Brit @ The Standard*
Monday, 10/15/12 & Mika @ Webster Hall
Tuesday, 10/16/12
Tuesday, 10/16/12 Elvis Costello, Dion, Tom Morello, Darlene Love, Kris Allen & many more @ Grand Ballroom
‘Little Kids Rock’ benefit honoring Steven Van Zandt with ‘Big Man of the Year Award’ – Show of the Week
GWAR @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Tuesday, 10/16/12 & Fiona Apple, Blake Mills @ Terminal 5
Wednesday, 10/17/12 Two nights of that jailbird Fiona Apple
Tuesday, 10/16 to CMJ Music Marathon
Saturday, 10/20/12 A million shows at venues across the city – QRO’s big preview
Wednesday, 10/17/12 Rod Zombie, Marilyn Manson @ Hammerstein Ballroom
‘Twins of Evil Tour’
Friday, 10/19/12 Miike Snow, Niki & The Dove @ United Palace Theatre
Primus @ Hammerstein Ballroom
‘The 3-D tour’
Sunday, 10/21/12 Justice @ Hammerstein Ballroom
The Darkness @ Terminal 5
Divine Fits, Cold Cave @ Webster Hall
‘A Thing Called Divine Fits’ tour
Psychedelic Furs, The Lemonheads @ Best Buy Theatre
Juliana Hatfield rejoins The Lemonheads! – Show of the Week
WHY? @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
‘Mumps, etc.’ tour
Ringo Deathstarr @ Shea Stadium
‘Mauve’ tour
Sunday, 10/21/12 & The Sea & Cake, Matthew Friedberger @ Littlefield
Monday, 10/22/12 The Sea & Cake, Matthew Friedberger @ (le) Poisson Rouge
‘Runner’ tour
Monday, 10/22/12 Rush @ Barclays Center
Alanis Morissette @ Terminal 5
‘havoc and bright lights’ tour
Tuesday, 10/23/12 Cat Power @ Hammerstein Ballroom
‘Sun’ tour
Sinkane @ Brooklyn Bowl*
Tuesday, 10/23/12 & Father John Misty, La Sera, Jeffertitt’s Nile @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Wednesday, 10/24/12 Father John Misty, La Sera, Jeffertitt’s Nile @ Bowery Ballroom
‘Fear Fun’ tour
Wednesday, 10/24/12 Justin Townes Earle, Father John Misty, Devendra Banhart & more @ Webster Hall
‘Petty Fest’ – Show of the Week
Class Actress @ Brooklyn Bowl*
Ultraísta, Zammuto @ (le) Poisson Rouge
2:54, Zambri @ Knitting Factory
Thursday, 10/25/12 Nouvelle Vague @ Irving Plaza
Thursday, 10/25/12 & The Weeknd @ Palace Theater
Friday, 10/26/12 ‘Trilogy’ tour
Thursday, 10/25/12, Grimes @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Friday, 10/26/12 , Grimes @ Bowery Ballroom
Saturday, 10/27/12 & Grimes @ Bowery Ballroom
Sunday, 10/28/12 Grimes @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
That’s a whole lotta Grimes – but did you see the line at her Pier 84 show?…
Friday, 10/26/12 Trey Anastasio @ Beacon Theatre
Social Distortion @ Roseland Ballroom
Friday, 10/26/12 &
Electric Six, Little Hurricane @ Mercury Lounge
Saturday, 10/27/12
Friday, 10/26/12 & Sensation @ Barclays Center
Saturday, 10/27/12
Friday, 10/26/12 & The xx, Chairlift @ Paradise Theater
Sunday, 10/28/12 ‘Coexist’ tour comes to new venue… in The Bronx?
Saturday, 10/27/12 Grace Jones @ Roseland Ballroom
Red Bull Music Academy
John McCauley & more @ Carnegie Hall
Deer Tick frontman plays Carnegie Hall?!? – Show of the Week
Heartless Bastards @ Irving Plaza
Sunday. 10/28/12 Ghostface Killah & more @ Highline Ballroom
Wu-Block Party – cancelled due to Hurricane Sandy
Sunday. 10/28/12 & Brandi Carlile, Blitzen Trapper @ Beacon Theater
Monday. 10/29/12 Cancelled due to Hurricane Sandy
Monday. 10/29/12 Phone Home @ Glasslands
Tuesday, 10/30/12 Doveman, Rufus Wainwright, fun., The National, Beth Orton, TheY Might Be Giants & more @ Beacon Theatre
‘Freedom To Love Now!’ concert for marriage equality – cancelled due to Hurricane Sandy
The Deftones @ Terminal 5
‘Koi No Yokan’ tour – cancelled due to Hurricane Sandy
fun. @ Irving Plaza – cancelled due to Hurricane Sandy
Wednesday, 10/31/12 Smashing Pumpkings, Morning Parade @ Barclays Center – Show of the Week – cancelled due to Hurricane Sandy
Andrew W.K. @ Autumn Bowl – cancelled due to Hurricane Sandy

 

November ’12

Friday, 11/2/12: Grouplove @ Terminal 5
Monday, 11/5/12: Benjamin Gibbard @ Town Hall
Wednesday, 11/7/12: Chilly Gonzales @ Lincoln Center
Wednesday, 11/14/12: The Who @ Barclay’s Center
Thursday, 11/15/12: Matt & Kim, Oberhofer @ Terminal 5
Tuesday, 11/20/12: Of Monsters & Men, Sóley @ Terminal 5
Wednesday, 11/21/12: Conor Oberst @ Carnegie Hall
Tuesday, 11/27/12: Delta Spirit, JEFF: The Brotherhood, FIDLAR @ Irving Plaza
Thursday, 11/29/12: Bush Tetras @ (le) Poisson Rouge

‘Rock For Light’ benefit @ Bowery Electric, 11/6/12
Hurricane Sandy benefit @ Brooklyn Bowl, 11/6/12
Hurricane Sandy benefit @ Knitting Factory, 11/8/12
Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival, 11/9-10/12
Hurricane Sandy benefit @ Saint Vitus, 11/10/12
Tinderbox Music Festival @ Webster Hall, 11/11/12
Hurricane Sandy benefit @ Bowery Ballroom, 11/12/12
Hurricane Sandy benefit @ Piano’s, 11/12/12
Hurricane Sandy benefit @ Knitting Factory, 11/13/12
Hurricane Sandy benefit @ Cameo, 11/13/12

‘Help Heal New York’ benefit @ Pacha, 11/14/12
‘The People’s Bailout’ benefit @ (le) Poisson Rouge, 11/15/12
‘Occupy Sandy!’ benefit @ St. Ann & The Holy Trinity, 11/17/12
Hurricane Sandy benefit @ Public Assembly, 11/18/12
‘From Brooklyn With Love’ Sandy benefit @ Public Assembly, 11/18/12
‘EDM for Sandy’ benefit @ Gramercy Theatre, 11/19/12
Brooklyn Night Bazaar, 11/23 – 12/22/12
‘A Very Funny “Fuck You” to Sandy’ benefit @ Bell House, 11/25/12
Nick Honachefsky benefit @ The Saint, 11/28/12
Hurricane Sandy benefit @ Pianos, 11/29/12

 

Thursday, 11/1/12 Chilly Gonzales @ Lincoln Center*
Two shows: 7:30pm & 9:30pm – for free! – cancelled due to Hurricane Sandy
Freelance Whales, Geographer @ Webster Hall
‘Diluvia’ tour – cancelled due to Hurricane Sandy
Roomrunner, Sleepies, EULA @ Death by Audio
Friday, 11/2/12 Chris Isaak @ Beacon Theatre
Grouplove, MS MR @ Terminal 5 – Show of the Week
Die Antwoord, Azari & II, and more @ Roseland Ballroom
Sonar Festival Tour
Saturday, 11/3/12 Citizen Cope @ Terminal 5
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Ava Luna @ Bowery Ballroom
Savoire Adore, Jarana Beat, Slowdance @ Brooklyn Museum*
The Luyas @ Cake Shop*
Pretty & Nice, MiniBoone, Grooms, Earthquake Party! @ Delinquency BLVD*
Landlady @ Pine Box Rock Shop*
Get out of Manhattan and check out great Brooklyn bands like Savoire Adore, MiniBoone, Earthquake Party!, or Landlady for free
Monday, 11/5/12 Benjamin Gibbard @ Town Hall
Death Cab for Cutie frontman goes solo on ‘Former Lives’ tour – Show of the Week
Tuesday, 11/6/12 Motion City Soundtrack, Jukebox the Ghost, Now, Now @ Irving Plaza
Steve Earle, H.R., Kyp Malone, Jesse Malin & more @ Bowery Electric
‘Rock For Light’ benefit/Bad Brains celebration
Gary Clark Jr. @ Brooklyn Bowl
Hurricane Sandy benefit
Wednesday, 11/7/12 fun. @ Irving Plaza
Rescheduled post-Sandy date
Chilly Gonzales @ Lincoln Center*
Rescheduled post-Sandy date – now re-rescheduled to 1/11/13 – Show of the Week
Thureday, 11/8/12 Will Sheff, Jennifer O’Connor, Holly Miranda & more @ Knitting Factory
Hurricane Sandy benefit
Quiet Loudly, pow wow!, MiniBoone @ Big Snow
Thursday, 11/8/12 & The Joy Formidable @ Bowery Hotel*
Sunday, 11/11/12 The Joy Formidable @ Littlefield
Friday, 11/9/12 & Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival
Saturday, 11/10/12 Nicolas Jaar, Gold Panda & more
Friday, 11/9/12 & Dredg, The Big Sleep @ Bowery Ballroom
Saturday, 11/10/12 Playing ‘El Cielo’ on 9th, ‘Catch Without Arms’ on 10th
Monday, 11/12/12 The Big Sleep @ Brooklyn Bowl
Saturday, 11/10/12 Buke & Gase, Walter Schreifels @ Saint Vitus
Hurricane Sandy beneift
Sunday. 11/11/12 Chris Isaak @ Beacon Theatre
CocoRosie, Jean Grae & more @ Webster Hall
Tinderbox Music Festival
The Wallflowers, My Jeruslame @ The Paramount
‘Glad All Over’ tour
The Asteroids Galaxy Tour, MillionYoung @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Converge, Torche @ Highline Ballroom
Monday, 11/12/12 Pinback @ Irving Plaza
‘Information Retrieved’ tour
millionyoung, Cameron McGill @ Pianos
Hurricane Sandy benefit
Monday, 11/12/12 Chris Cornell @ Bowery Ballroom
& Hurricane Sandy benefit by Soundgarden frontman
Tuesday, 11/13/12 Soundgarden @ Irving Plaza
Soundgarden returns with a few intimate shows
Tuesday, 11/13/12 Paul Banks @ Webster Hall
‘Banks’ tour by Interpol frontman/ex-Julian Plenti – rescheduled to 12/13
Yeasayer, Sinkane @ Capitol Theatre
The Babies @ Knitting Factory
‘Our House On the Hill’ release party & Hurricane Sandy benefit
Moon Hooch, Emil & Friends, Erika Spring @ Cameo
Hurricane Sandy benefit
Tuesday, 11/13/12 & Christopher Owens @ (le) Poisson Rouge
Wednesday, 11/14/12 The guy behind Girls goes solo
Wednesday, 11/14/12 The Who, Vintage Trouble @ Barclay’s Center
Playing seminal ‘Quadrephenia’ – Show of the Week
The Sword @ Webster Hall
‘Apocryphon’ tour
Cymbals Eat Guitars, Zambri @ Brooklyn Bowl*
Afrojack, Erick Morillo & more @ Pacha
‘Help Heal New York’ benefit
Wednesday, 11/14/12 & Dan Deacon @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Friday, 11/16/12 Dan Deacon @ Bowery Ballroom
Proceeds to benefit Hurricane Sandy victims
Thursday, 11/15/12 Sharon Van Etten @ Town Hall
Jeff Mangum, Lee Renaldo & more @ (le) Poisson Rouge
‘The People’s Bailout’ benefit for Occupy Wall Street
Thursday, 11/15/12 & Matt & Kim, Oberhofer @ Terminal 5 – Show of the Week
Saturday, 11/17/12 Matt & Kim, Oberhofer @ The Wellmont Theatre
‘Lightning’ tour
Friday, 11/16/12 …And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead @ Irving Plaza
‘Lost Songs’ tour
Friday, 11/16/12 &
Ash @ Knitting Factory
Tuesday, 11/20/12 Ash @ Bowery Ballroom
Saturday, 11/16/12, Taking Back Sunday, Bayside @ Starland Ballroom Best Buy Theatre
Wednesday, 11/21/12, Taking Back Sunday, Bayside @ The Paramount
Friday, 11/23/12, Taking Back Sunday, Bayside @ Terminal 5
Saturday, 11/24/12 & Taking Back Sunday, Bayside @ Terminal 5
Saturday, 11/25/12 Taking Back Sunday, Bayside @ Starland Ballroom Pine Belt Arena
TBS performing ‘Tell All Your Friends’ – moved shows benefits for Hurricane Sandy
Saturday, 11/17/12 Real Estate, Vampire Weekend, Devendra Banhart, The Walkmen, Cass McCombs & Dirty Projectors @ St. Ann & Holy Trinity
‘Occupy Sandy!’ acoustic benefit
Saturday, 11/17/12 & Rubblebucket, Reptar @ Bowery Ballroom
Sunday, 11/18/12 Rubblebucket, Reptar @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Sunday, 11/18/12 A Place To Bury Strangers, Bleeding Rainbow @ Bowery Ballroom
Slowdance, Ski Lodge, backwords & many more @ Public Assembly
Hurricane Sandy daytime benefit
Wild Yaks, Free Blood, Field Mouse & more @ Union Pool
‘From Brooklyn With Love’ Sandy benefit
Monday, 11/19/12 Tegan & Sara @ Bowery Ballroom
Special intimate show
Crystal Method & more @ Gramercy Theatre
‘EDM for Sandy’ benefit
Tuesday, 11/20/12, Of Monsters and Men, Sóley @ Terminal 5 – Show of the Week
Wednesday, 11/21/12 &
Icelandic nights at T5
Sóley @ Rockwood Music Hall*
Tuesday, 11/20/12 & Macklemore @ Irving Plaza
Wednesday, 11/21/12
Wednesday, 11/21/12 Bob Dylan @ Barclays Center
Conor Oberst @ Carnegie Hall – Show of the Week
Friday, 11/23/12 Duncan Sheik @ Gramercy Theatre
Peelander-Z @ Knitting Factory
Final show with Peelander Red band member
Phone Home @ Piano’s
Friday, 11/23/12 & Kyp Malone, Pictureplane & more @ Brooklyn Night Bazaar*
Saturday, 11/24/12 French Horn Rebellion & more @ Brooklyn Night Bazaar*
Saturday, 11/24/12 Citizen Cope @ Beacon Theatre
Mike Doughty @ City Winery
Sunday, 11/25/12 Eugene Mirman, Jon Glaser, Wyatt Cenac & more @ Bell House
‘A Very Funny “Fuck You” to Sandy’ benefit
Monday, 11/26/12 Scott Weiland @ Highline Ballroom
Nite Jewel @ Brooklyn Bowl*
Tuesday, 11/27/12 Neil Young & Crazy Horse @ Madison Square Garden
‘Americana’ tour
Delta Spirit, JEFF: The Brotherhood, FIDLAR @ Irving Plaza – Show of the Week
People’s Champs, Johanna Samuels, Mrs. Adam Schatz @ Bowery Electric
Wednesday, 11/28/12 Benzos, Happy People, Dinowalrus @ Mercury Lounge
Dean Ween @ The Saint
Benefit for Hurricane Sandy victim Nick Honachefsky in Asburg Park
Wednesday, 11/28/12 to The Gaslight Anthem, Matthew Ryan @ Terminal 5
Friday, 11/30/12 ‘Handwritten’ tour
Thursday, 11/29/12 Public Enemy @ Irving Plaza
Bush Tetras @ (le) Poisson Rouge
‘Happy’ release party – Show of the Week
Cymbals Eat Guitars, Hooray For Earth, Zambri, Grooms @ Piano’s
Hurricane Sandy benefit
Friday, 11/30/12 Jessica 6 @ Webster Hall
VHS or Beta @ Mercury Lounge*
Walter Schreifels @ Bar Matchless
James Chance, Household, Midnight Magic @ Barnard College*
Friday, 11/30/12 & Ashay & more @ Brooklyn Night Bazaar*
Saturday, 12/1/12 TBA @ Brooklyn Night Bazaar*
Friday, 11/30/12 & X, Reverend Horton Heat, Not In the Face! @ Irving Plaza
Saturday, 12/1/12

 

December ’12

Saturday, 12/1/12: Dinosaur Jr. @ Terminal 5
Tuesday-Wednesday, 12/4-5/12: Animal Collective @ Terminal 5
Friday, 12/7/12: Real Estate @ Crest Hardware
Wednesday, 12/12/12: ‘121212’ benefit @ Madison Square Garden
Friday, 12/14/12: ‘4 Artists 1 Cause’ benefit @ Terminal 5
Thursday, 12/20/12: The Roots @ Brooklyn Bowl
Friday-Saturday, 12/21-22/12: Sufjan Stevens @ Bowery Ballroom
Saturday, 12/29/12: They Might Be Giants @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Monday, 12/31/12: Blonde Redhead, Beach Fossils @ Irving Plaza

Brooklyn Night Bazaar, 11/23 – 12/22/12
Hurricane Sandy benefit @ 285 Kent, 12/1/12
Hurricane Sandy benefit @ Sullivan Hall, 12/3/12
Hamilton College benefit @ Best Buy Theater, 12/5/12
Hurricane Sandy benefit @ Borgata Hotel & Casino, 12/6/12

Sandy Relief benefit @ Bell House, 12/7/12
Hurricane Sandy benefit @ Union Pool, 12/8/12
‘121212’ benefit @ Madison Square Garden, 12/12/12
Impose Magazine Photo Show @ Secret Project Robot, 12/13/12

Occupy Sandy benefit @ Saint Vitus, 12/14/12

‘4 Artists 1 Cause’ benefit @ Terminal 5, 12/14/12
Hurricane Sandy benefit @ Glasslands, 12/17/12

Coalition for the Homeless benefit @ Music Hall of Williamsburg, 12/20/12

 

Saturday, 12/1/12 Dinosaur Jr., Kurt Vile @ Terminal 5
Playing ‘You’re Living All Over Me’ in its entirety – Show of the Week
Emanuel & The Fear @ Joe’s Pub
A Place To Bury Strangers, Liturgy @ 285 Kent
Hurricane Sandy benefit
Six Organs of Admittance @ Mercury Lounge
Saturday, 12/1/12 & Titus Andronicus, Ceremony @ Maxwell’s
Sunday, 12/2/12 Titus Andronicus, Ceremony @ Webster Hall
Monday, 12/3/12 Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Patti Smith @ Barclays Center
Celtic Thunder @ Sullivan Hall
Hurricane Sandy benefit
Tuesday, 12/4/12 &
Japandroids, DIIV @ Webster Hall
Wednesday, 12/5/12 ‘Celebration Rock’ tour
Tuesday, 12/4/12 & Animal Collective @ Terminal 5
Wednesday, 12/5/12 Back-to-back make-up nights for locals on ‘Centipede Hz’ tour Show of the Week
Wednesday, 12/5/12 Jon Bon Jovi @ Best Buy Theatre
Benefit for Hamilton College
Bear In Heaven @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Wednesday, 12/5/12 &
Black Moth Super Rainbow @ Bowery Ballroom
Thursday, 12/6/12 Black Moth Super Rainbow @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
‘Cobra Juicy’ tour
Wednesday, 12/5/12 & The Who @ Madison Square Garden
Thursday, 12/6/12 The Who @ Prudential Center
Special ‘Quadrephenia’ tour
Wednesday, 12/5/12,
Marina & Diamonds, Icona Pop @ Terminal 5
Thursday, 12/6/12 & Marina & Diamonds, Icona Pop @ Terminal 5
Friday, 12/7/12 Marina & Diamonds, Icona Pop @ The Paramount
Wednesday, 12/5/12, Foxygen, Izzy & The Catastrophics @ Etsy Holiday Shop*
Thursday, 12/6/12, Eric Harvey, The Maybelles @ Etsy Holiday Shop*
Friday, 12/7/12 & Way Yes, Gem Club @ Etsy Holiday Shop*
Saturday, 12/8/12 Reggie Watts @ Etsy Holiday Shop*
Free shows at Etsy’s holiday pop-up store
Wednesday, 12/5/12, Deer Tick @ Brooklyn Bowl
Wednesday, 12/12/12, Deer Tick @ Brooklyn Bowl
Wednesday, 12/19/12, Deer Tick @ Brooklyn Bowl
Thursday, 12/27/12 & My Morning Jacket, Deer Tick @ The Capitol Theatre
Friday, 12/28/12 Deer Tick @ Maxwell’s
Brooklyn Bowl residency & more
Thursday, 12/6/12 Neil Young & Crazy Horse @ Borgata Hotel & Casino
‘Special Evening with Neil Young & Crazy Horse’ Hurricane Sandy benefit
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah @ Brooklyn Bowl
Hospitality @ WIRED Store*
Colin Stetson, Sarah Neufeld, Holly Miranda @ Zebulon*
One of the final shows before Zebulon closes its doors for good
Fort Lean @ Glasslands
‘Change Your Nature EP’ release party
Friday, 12/7/12 The Faint, Trust, Icky Blossums @ Terminal 5
Playing ‘Danse Macabre’
Jon Stewart & Stephen Colbert @ Wellmont Theatre
Is it too early to say ‘Indecision 2016’?
Chris Elliot, Andrew W.K., Ted Leo & more @ Bell House
Sandy Relief Benefit
Real Estate @ Crest Hardware*
MINI’s ‘Not Normal’ series of shows comes to NYC Show of the Week
Emily Wells, Devin @ Brooklyn Night Bazaar*
Saturday, 12/8/12 The Yeah Yeah Yeahs @ Union Pool
Hurricane Sandy benefit for big band in tiny venue
State Radio @ Webster Hall
Saturday, 12/8/12 & Os Mutantes, Pedro Moraes @ (le) Poisson Rouge
Sunday, 12/9/12
Saturday, 12/8/12, The Rolling Stones @ Barclays Center
Thursday, 12/13/12 & The Rolling Stones @ Prudential Center
Saturday, 12/15/12 The Rolling Stones @ Prudential Center
Yes, The Rollings Stones are on their umpeetnth tour…
Saturday, 12/8/12 to Yo La Tengo @ Maxwell’s
Saturday, 12/15/12 Annual Hannuakah shows
Monday, 12/10/12 The Smashing Pumpkins @ Barclays Center
Rescheduled ‘Oceania’ tour date
Tuesday, 12/11/12 of Montreal, Foxygen @ Webster Hall
Band of Horses @ Hammerstein Ballroom
Band of Horses (acoustic) @ Grand Ballroom
Two shows – electric & acoustic
Tuesday, 12/11/12 & Thurston Moore & John Moloney @ Union Pool
Thursday, 12/17/12 Lydia Lunch’s Big Sexy Noise, Thurston Moore & John Moloney @ Bowery Electric
Wednesday, 12/12/12 Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, The Who, Kanye West, Billy Joel, Eddie Vedder, Dave Grohl & more @ Madison Square Garden
‘121212’ benefit for Hurricane Sandy with an unbelievable line up – Show of the Week
Judah Friedlander & more @ Studio at Webster Hall
Thursday, 12/13/12 Doveman with Sandra Bernhard, Craig Finn & more @ (le) Poisson Rouge
‘The Burgundy Stain Sessions’
!!!, Sinkane @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Bear Hands, Slam Donahue @ Glasslands
Alan Watts @ Secret Project Robot*
Impose Magazine Photo Show
Friday, 12/14/12 The Killers, Tegan & Sara @ Madison Square Garden
‘Battle Born’ tour – date cancelled due to illness
Sleigh Bells, Grizzly Bear, The Antlers, Cults @ Terminal 5
‘4 Artists 1 Cause’ benefit for Sandy relief efforts – Show of the Week
Paul Banks, Ex Cops @ Webster Hall
Rescheduled ‘Banks’ tour date
The Men, Widowspeak @ Saint Vitus
Occupy Sandy benefit
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart @ Brooklyn Bazaar*
Friday, 12/14/12 & Nada Surf @ Bowery Ballroom
Saturday, 12/15/12
Saturday, 12/15/12 Black Dice, Eternal Summers, Bleeding Rainbow @ Brooklyn Night Bazaar*
Saturday, 12/15/12 & Matisyahu @ Terminal 5
Sunday, 12/16/12 Matisyahu (acoustic) @ The Capitol Theatre
‘Festival of Lights’
Monday, 12/17/12 Chairlift, Twin Sister @ Glasslands
Hurricane Sandy benefit
Blood Orange @ Sony Store*
Ben Taylor, Menahan Street Band @ Bowery Hotel*
Tuesday, 12/18/12 METZ @ Generation Records*
Tuesday, 12/18/12 &
Leonard Cohen @ Madison Square Garden
Thursday, 12/20/12 Leonard Cohen @ Barclays Center
Wednesday, 12/19/12 King Tuff, METZ, Sean Bones, Devin @ Music Hall of Williamsburg*
‘Converse Rubber Tracks’
Stephen A. Clark @ WIRED Store*
Don Deligo @ Bowery Electric
‘Don Deligo’s Extravaganza Extraveganza’
Thursday, 12/20/12 Ghost Beach @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Coalition for the Homeless benefit
The Lumineers @ iHeartRadio Theater*
The Roots @ Brooklyn Bowl*
Okayplayer Holiday Jam – Show of the Week
Friday, 12/21/12 JD Samson & Men @ Brooklyn Night Bazaar*
Friday, 12/21/12 &
Sufjan Stevens @ Bowery Ballroom
Saturday, 12/22/12 The Sufjan Stevens Christmas Sing-A-Long – Show of the Week
Saturday, 12/22/12 Fucked Up @ Brooklyn Night Bazaar*
Thursday, 12/27/12 Alberta Cross @ Brooklyn Bowl*
Thursday, 12/27/12, My Morning Jacket, Deer Tick @ The Capitol Theatre
Friday, 12/28/12, My Morning Jacket, Antibalas @ The Capitol Theatre
Saturday, 12/29/12, My Morning Jacket, Floating Action @ The Capitol Theatre
Thursday, 12/27/12 David Berkeley @ Lincoln Center*
Friday, 12/28/12 Junior Sanchez aboard The Zephyr
Friday, 12/28/12 & Lucero @ Brooklyn Bowl
Saturday, 12/29/12
Saturday, 12/29/12 Jane’s Addiction @ Terminal 5
Saturday, 12/29/12 to They Might Be Giants @ Music Hall of Williamsburg – Show of the Week
Monday, 12/31/12
Saturday, 12/29/12 to The Punch Brothers @ Bowery Ballroom
Monday, 12/31/12
Sunday, 12/30/12 & The Felice Brothers @ Maxwell’s
Monday, 12/31/12 The Felice Brothers @ Mercury Lounge
Sunday, 12/30/12 & Coldplay @ Barclays Center
Monday, 12/31/12 Coldplay & Jay-Z @ Barclays Center
Sunday, 12/30/12 & Pretty Lights @ Roseland Ballroom
Monday, 12/31/12
Monday, 12/31/12 Amanda Palmer @ Terminal 5
Nas @ Radio City Music Hall
Disco Biscuits @ Theater at MSG
The Hold Steady, Lucero @ Wellmont Theatre
Blonde Redhead, Beach Fossils @ Irving Plaza – Show of the Week
RJD2, Com Truise @ Gramercy Theatre
Sander Van Doorn @ Pacha
Onra, Nick Catchdubs, Samo Sound Boy @ Villain
Titus Andronicus @ Glasslands
Holy Ghost! @ Brooklyn Bowl

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