Ah, what a crazy week. To recap:
we announced that
Mission of Burma will be playing a free show at the new Beekman Beer Garden on August 7th,
the Descendents are playing Roseland Ballroom on September 23rd,
Radiohead released a new song and
played a surprise set at Glastonbury,
Nirvana announced a 20th anniversary reissue of
Nevermind,
Thurston Moore and
Bob Mould stopped by Jimmy Fallon, and
Dinosaur Jr. played an amazing show at Terminal 5. Shit.
We're checking out the
Archers of Loaf show at Webster Hall tonight and will have a review and full set of photos up tomorrow. Moving on, let's take a look at what's in store for us this week:
Matt & Kim @ Terminal 5
Wednesday, June 29th
I first saw
Matt & Kim at the Lollapalooza festival in 2007, playing to a pretty full crowd at like 1pm. Since then, they've become one of the bigger "indie" acts out there, who are about to go on tour with Blink-182 (wow, really?). If you're into two really smiley people playing silly synth-driven dance-punk, then they should be right up your alley.
Tickets are so very sold out, but I'm sure you can pickup a pair on
craigslist from some guy who was just dumped by the girl he was going to take as his date. Punk band
the Thermals open.
Sloan @ Bowery Ballroom / Knitting Factory
Wednesday, June 29th
/ Thursday, June 30th
Sloan, the Canadian band whose lineup has not changed since forming in 1991, have long struggled to become as big in the US as they have in their home country. Pitchfork
recently gave their latest album,
The Double Cross, an 8.1--a feat most bands this day and age only dream of. You have two chances to catch the band, on
Wednesday at Bowery Ballroom in Manhattan, and
Thursday at the Knitting Factory in Williamsburg. Tickets are still on sale for both.
The Feelies @ Maxwell's
Friday, July 1st / Saturday, July 2nd / Sunday, July 3rd
When I think of Hoboken music venue
Maxwell's, I think of two things:
Yo La Tengo, and
the Feelies. The latter will be playing my favorite venue outside of New York City three nights in a row, still celebrating the release of their first album since reuniting in 2008,
Here Before, which came out in March 2011. As usual with the Feelies (and shows at Maxwell's), you can expect special guests and surprises, and there's still
tickets for Sunday's show (Friday & Saturday are both sold out). Definitely a great way to spend your Fourth of July weekend, so don't miss out on your chance to see this classic underground band.
The (English) Beat @ Irving Plaza
Saturday, July 2nd
I've written before about my waning interest in ska, but if there's one band whose records still stand the test of time, it's
the English Beat. Dave Wakeling, who has recently dubbed himself "the King of Ska," still tours regularly with his band and shows no signs of stopping anytime soon. Last time I caught the Beat was around 1999 or so, and even back then it seemed pretty amazing to still see them live. Saturday's show at Irving Plaza should be no exception.
Tickets are still available. Make sure to say hi to Dave, as from everything I've heard, he's one of the nicest guys out there.
Fucking Nostalgic Presents: A Fucking Nostalgic Saturday Night Out! @ Motor City
Saturday, July 2nd
We here at Fucking Nostalgic are very proud to present our first party in the Lower East Side of Manhattan at Motor City Bar (which will be the first of many events). If you're into drinking on Saturday nights in dive bars and hearing great music blasting on the sound system, than this is the party for you. I will be spinning vinyl along with
DJ Boozy Jo and Fucking Nostalgic contributor
Dana Distortion, who made the event happen. Expect loads of old school punk, garage rock, psychedelia, new wave, no wave, noise rock, indie, and everything awesome. We'll also have some free stuff to take home with you, so be sure to come down this Fourth of July weekend to party your face off.
Motor City is located at 127 Ludlow Street and admission is 100% free. Can't wait to see you there.
Notable mentions:
Radiohead will be performing their latest album
the King of Limbs on Friday, July 1st on Palladia here in the US, though
according to Radiohead fan site At Ease, no air time has been confirmed. We'll be sure to keep you updated on that one. And if it tickles your fancy the same night, my band
the Barrens will be celebrating the release of our self-titled debut album at
Cameo Bar in Williamsburg.
If there are any shows you feel we failed to mention, please let us know about it in the comments section below. Until next week...
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