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:

Shows of the Week/Special Events:

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

Crossing Brooklyn Ferry Festival @ Brooklyn Academy of Music, 5/3-5/12
NYC Popfest, 5/17-20/12
Electric Daisy New York @ MetLife Stadium, 5/18-20/12
The Great Googa Mooga @ Prospect Park Bandshell, 5/19-20/12
The 78 Project benefit for The Music Maker Relief Foundation @ City Winery, 5/20/12
Dylan Fest @ Irving Plaza, 5/24-25/12
Deli Fest, 5/23-26/12

May '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
Saturday, 5/19/12 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
	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
	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
	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
Wednesday, 5/30/12	Great Lake Swimmers @ Bowery Ballroom
	'New Wild Everywhere' tour
	I Break Horses @ Mercury Lounge
Thursday, 5/31/12	Curren$y @ Webster Hall
	Thurston Moore @ Roulette
	Apparat @ Gramercy Theatre
Thursday, 5/31/12 &	Radiohead, Caribou @ Prudential Center
Friday, 6/1/12

* Free

PREVIOUS MONTHS: 

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

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 Science - canceled 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