Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Music So You're Not at SXSW: It's OK, We'll Get Through This Together, Right Here in the Greatest City in the World
Posted by Mike Conklin on Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 12:40 PM
But listen: We're in New York, after all, and while it's true than there are fewer shows than normal this week, and that the ones that are happening are not exactly going to break the buzz-o-meter, well, there's still a huge amount of good live music for you to enjoy. Let's have a look...
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I don't know exactly what these guys have been up to since their last release, the Pure Moods EP from 2010, but one assumes they're still doing hooky dance-pop with a pleasingly wide variety of influences. No reason to assume, though! Go find out for sure!
Wednesday at Webster Hall, FREE w/ RSVP
A new band featuring Felix Martin and Al Doyle from Hot Chip, as well as producer/engineer Tom Martin. They do the DFA thing, which remains a fine thing to do.
Wednesday at Mercury Lounge, $15
Not a lot of folks talking about this, which I guess makes sense because everyone hates alt-country now, but New Multitudes is a project featuring Jay Farrar (Uncle Tupelo and Son Volt, dummy), Will Johnson (Centro-Matic), Anders Parker (Varnaline) and Jim James from My Morning Jacket, appearing here under his ridiculous Yim Yames pseudonym. They're doing what Billy Bragg and Wilco did all those years ago, putting a bunch of Woody Guthrie lyrics to music for the first time.
Wednesday at Webster Hall, $25
The Weakerthans frontman recently struck out on his own, with a very good solo album called Provincial—presumably, he'll be playing tracks from that this evening, along with selections from the rest of his vast and vastly underrated catalog.
Thursday at Bowery Ballroom, $15
Ms. Faithfull is still out in support of her excellent 2011 album, Horses and High Heels, which was made up primarily of covers, but also featured a handful of very good originals. Not sure what Marc Ribot's been up to, but I sure do bet his guitar playing would sound nice with Marianne Faithfull's voice.
Thursday at City Winery, $70
While this admittedly is not nearly as exciting as a proper live set from Battles would be, it's probably worth your time and money anyway, given all the Night at the Museum jokes you and your friends will probably make.
Friday at The Museum of Natural History, $25
The L's music department remains thoroughly infatuated with Erika M. Anderson's debut full-length, Past Life Martyred Saints, now more than a year since its initial release. And that shit never happens. We are mad fickle.
Friday at Music Hall of Williamsburg, $15
These guys, led by singer-guitarist Jeff Rosenstock, have been writing and releasing (for free) high-energy punk-rock for the better part of a decade, and they've earned one of the most devoted fanbases around. Go see what the fuss is about.
Friday at Death By Audio, $8
Like we said, you're stuck in New York. So you may as well go see perhaps the quintessential New York City indie rock band, the mighty Oneida, who continue to bring so much firepower with them to the stage each night that the young start-ups should be ashamed of themselves.
Saturday at Merkin Concert Hall for the Ecstatic Music Festival, $20
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