This Week's Nostalgia (5/15-5/20)

Taken at the Bell House. Hall & Oates headline the Great Googa Mooga Festival on Sunday.

By Trista Hou (Binshu Hou) & Chris

Trista is being a good student and preparing for finals, so while she did send over her picks for This Week's Nostalgia, she didn't have time to write about any of them. That's why I'm chiming in to highlight what's going on this week in New York City because, holy shit, there are a lot of great shows to check out. 

EULA (who played FN's 1st Anniversary Concert) will be performing twice this week. Tonight you can catch them at The Studio at Webster Hall and then again on Thursday at Death By Audio. What's that? You haven't seen EULA yet? Well then you're slacking. Get out to one of these shows, because they're one hell of a live act. Other more intimate shows worth noting are instrumental psychedelic weirdos Delicate Steve, who will headline Mercury Lounge on Thursday and lo-fi connoisseur R. Stevie Moore, who will play 285 Kent on Friday.

On the bigger side of things, Beach House will be playing a small show at Bowery Ballroom before heading off on tour. They'll be back to play SummerStage on July 23. Their (very good) new album Bloom is out today.

On Thursday, Legendary reggae producer and dub master Lee "Scratch" Perry plays Gramercy Theatre. We also have the two-day Great Googa Mooga Festival this weekend at Prospect Park to look forward to, which will feature The Roots headlining on Saturday and then mother-fucking Hall & Oates on Sunday. Don't worry, they won't actually harm any of your mothers.

...or will they?

Check out the rest of the week's shows below...

Tuesday, May 15

Beach House @ Webster Hall last year

Beach House @ Bowery Ballroom

EULA @ The Studio at Webster Hall

Doe Paoro @ Cameo
CHAPPO @ Dominion

Regina Spektor @ United Palace Theatre

Beth Orton @ Joe's Pub
Man Forever+Nymph @ (Le) Poisson Rouge
The Hundred in the Hands+Erika Spring @ The Glasslands Gallery
Imaginary Cities @ The Mercury Lounge

Wednesday, May 16

Foxy Shazam @ Music Hall of Williamsburg in 2010

Ty Segall+White Fence @ Webster Hall

The Barr Brothers @ (Le) Poisson Rouge
Foxy Shazam @ Bowery Ballroom
The Gaslight Anthem @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
The Blow @ The Mercury Lounge
Violens @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

Ava Luna @ Knitting Factory

Thursday, May 17

EULA @ FN's 1st Anniversary Concert at Fontanas last month

EULA @ Death By Audio

Cecil Taylor @ Harlem Stage
Justin Townes Earle @ Webster Hall
Ingrid Michaelson @ Terminal 5
Dorian Concept+Archie Pelago @ The Glasslands Gallery
VHS or Beta @ Bowery Ballroom
Delicate Steve+People Get Ready @ The Mercury Lounge

Lee Scratch Perry @ Gramercy Theatre

Big Freedia @ Santos Party House

Alex Bleeker & The Freaks @ Shea Stadium

Friday, May 18

Chavez @ ATP IBYM last September

Chavez @Bowery Ballroom

Father John Misty @ The Mercury Lounge
Jonathan Wilson+Jenny O @ The Mercury Lounge
Game Rebellion+Pants Velour+Shinobi Ninja @Music Hall of Williamsburg

Mike Doughty @ Maxwell's

R. Stevie Moore @ 285 Kent

Saturday, May 19

The Roots @ Highline Ballroom in November

The Roots @ Prospect Park (The Great Googa Mooga Festival)

Father John Misty @ Knitting Factory Brooklyn
Damien Jurado @ The Mercury Lounge
The Whispers+Valerie Simpson @ Beacon Theatre
Maps & Atlases+Zechs Marquise @ The Glasslands Gallery

The Babies @ Maxwell's

Sunday, May 20

Reggie Watts @ ATP IBYM in September

Reggie Watts @ Webster Hall

Black Box Revelation+Pillow Theory @ The Mercury Lounge
The Promise Ring @ Irving Plaza

Hall & Oates @ Prospect Park (The Great Googa Mooga Festival)