This week with John Zorn, King Khan, Vivian Girls, Zs, Fiasco, Ariel Pink, Chairlift, Nate Wooley, the Beets, Crystal Stilts.

Sans Temps Morts is Nate Dorr’s weekly New York City events guide.

Ugh. Back from a few successive trips and an inadvertent stretch of radio silence. First, down to Baltimore for four days of all-out Whartscape (the third yearly Wham City / Baltimore music festival), and then home to Maine for a few days, which afforded me an opportunity to stop off at another local festival, “Richmond Days”. Richmond is the very small town, a few over from my home of Brunswick, where my Dad grew up, and “Richmond Days”, is their best foot forward: a Miss Richmond Pageant, rock balancing competition, wooden swan race, and live pirates explaining how cannons worked to swimsuit-clad children on the riverbank. The local newspaper called it “Bigger Than Ever” and featured a photo of a guy with a beer gut and fingers like potatoes throwing a horseshoe. A typo/neologism in the caption suggested he was going for a “ringin”. Maine.

And now, an exciting week for shows, but I mean what week isn’t here?

LISTINGS

Wednesday, 30 July :: FREE:

Brooklyn experimental music space Issue Project Room guest-curates a night of the Music Under the Bridge Festival! John Zorn’s “Cobra” played by a 12-piece ensemble (including the likes of Ikue Mori and Okkyung Lee, and lead by Zorn himself), plus the Theremin Society and Jonathan Kane, former drummer of Swans, playing in his current blues project February. At the Tobacco Warhouse, 26 New Dock St at the water beneath the Brooklyn Bridge, DUMBO. Doors at 6pm, FREE.

Pop music, from the strange and unfamiliar to the essentially hook-laden: Ariel Pink, Chairlift, Tickley Feather, Mixel Pixel at the Knitting Factory, 74 Leonard St at Church, Tribeca. 8pm doors, $15.

FREE: Thirteenth Assembly — Jessica Pavone (viola), Taylor Ho Bynum (cornet), Mary Halvorson (guitar), and Tomas Fujiwara (drums), — at Barbes, 6th Ave and 9th Street, Park Slope. 10pm, $10.

+Yellow Fever, Jeffrey Lewis, and Great Lakes at Union Pool, 484 Union Ave at Meeker, Williamsburg. 8pm, $tba.

Thursday, 31 July ::

Strength in Numbers bringing various inide-pop to Death By Audio: from Austin via Yellow Fever, local via She Keeps Bees, and noisily casette manipulated in Chicago via U.S. Girls. 49 South 2nd St btwn Kent and Wythe, Williamsburg. 8pm doors, $tba.

FREE: Textural trumpet-player Nate Wooley at Zebulon, Wythe at Metropolitan, Williamsburg. 11pm.
FREE: Flogging Molly and O’Death at Pier 54 / Hudson River Park (13th Street & Hudson River, Manhattan). 6pm.
FREE: Jukebox the Ghost at Union Square Park. 5:30pm.

+USAISAMONSTER, Genesis Climber, and Attitude Problem at the Chief Bodega, 1089 Broadway, Bushwick, J to Kosciusko. 9pm doors, $6.
+Apples in Stereo, Earlimart, and the Poison Control Center at the Brooklyn Masonic Temple, 317 Clermont Avenue at Lafayette. 7:30 doors, $10.

Friday, 01 August ::

Loft Pop: Catch a selection of NYC’s best lo-fi 60s garage rock revivalists via Todd P and the Silent Barn. With the harmony-laden fuzz-pop of Vivian Girls playing their last set before leaving for tour for a few weeks, Crystal Stilts, Cause Co-Motion , and perennial STM favorites, the Beets , who have a new drummer, lots of new songs (though Myspace sadly does not do them justice), and a new music video. 915 Wyckoff Ave btwn Weirfield and Hancock, Ridgewood. L to Halsey. 7pm doors, $7.

E4E1 noise/jazz/avant excellence: Dan Friel, synth/noise-manipulator extraordinaire of Parts & Labor fame, is finally giving his fuzzily catchy new latest solo effort a release party. All his shows lately have been with jazz-trained violist Karen Waltuch, and this should be no exception, and hence a real treat. Also with a trio performance by Mick Barr + Tim Dahl + Kevin Shea, Dead Herring house noise and rhythm band Necking, Leaders, and Omega Jarden. 141 S. 5th St. #1E, btwn Bedford and Driggs, Williamsburg. 8pm doors, $tba.

“The Best Art Today”, a slide lecture by Nick Stillman w/ Corey D’Augustine and Knyfe Hyts. At Exit Art, 475 10th Ave #1. 7pm.

FREE: Rhymesayer Brother Ali at South Street Seaport. 7pm.

+Yellow Fever, Hologram, Hot Lava, and US Girls at the Cake Shop, 152 Ludlow btwn Stanton and Rivington, LES. 8pm doors, $7.
+We Are Scientists and the Oxford Collapse at Bowery. 8pm doors, $16.
+Great Lakes, Artranker Convoy, Hyena, Hot Cha Cha, and Antn Hrkwk at Death By Audio, 49 South 2nd St btwn Kent and Wythe, Williamsburg. 8pm doors, $tba.

Saturday, 02 August ::

E4E1, ever pulling in further talent from the entire nation and beyond, has a whole bill of Portland, Oregon noise to unleash this weekend. Harnessing “cassette manipulation, 4-track mixer feedback, and a passion for finding the true energy of sound” in an outpouring of “extremely positive noise” (quotes jacked from Cassette Gods), Budweiser Sprite could be amazing, even if Positive Noise does sound dangerously close to Happy Hardcore. Argumentrix, on the other hand, places his caustic textures behind and over electronic babble, dire spoken word, and jazz noodling, while Redglaer sculpts digital feedback to alternately vicious and reflective results. I’m actually getting really excited about the potential amazing of this one. At Death By Audio, 49 South 2nd St btwn Kent and Wythe, Williamsburg. 8pm doors, $tba.

Sleep When Dead: Boston enemy combatant punk rockers the Kominas, Minneapolis lo-fi noise-twangers Bouncer Fighter, Baltimore laptop art-punks Methamphetamines, and Blast Off!. At Silent Barn, 915 Wyckoff Ave btwn Weirfield and Hancock, Ridgewood. L to Halsey. 7pm doors, $tba.

MyOpenBar may be gripping hyperbole by the throat to call their next show “the craziest act we’ve ever seen” at a “venue that’s way more punk than anything you’ve been to ever, probably,” but while this is funny, it doesn’t change the fact that Monotonix are in fact a pretty crazy live band (once you embrace or get past the fact that musically they aren’t shooting much further than Zeppelin) and the Chief Bodega is fairly punk spot to see them. Along with Fiasco and Popo. 1089 Broadway (J to Kosciusko). 10pm, $5, and you gotta RSVP here.

+Air Waves, Begushkin, Riff Raff, The Crayons, and Sediment Club at Glasslands, 289 Kent Avenue btwn S 1st and S 2nd, Williamsburg. 7pm doors, $5.
+Vetiver, Phosphorescent, and Meg Baird at Bowery. 8pm doors, $18.
+Hair Police, Carlos Giffoni, Sixes, and FFH at Rehab, 25 Avenue B, East Village. 8pm doors, $tba.
+King Khan & The Shrines and Live Fast Die at Mercury Lounge. 10:30pm, $12.

Sunday, 03 August ::

Summer Sundays are for big free concerts:

FREE: Black Lips, Deerhunter, King Khan & the Shrines, and Tall Firs at McCarren Pool. 2pm.
FREE: Jamie Lidell, Janelle Monae, Little Jackie, Jose James, and Gilles Peterson at Central Park Summerstage, Rumsey Playfield, 5th Avenue and 69th Street entrance. 3pm.

+Vetiver, Phosphorescent, Meg Baird at Music Hall of Williamsburg. 8pm doors, $18.

Monday, 04 August ::

See the elegantly experimental guitar/viola duo of Mary Halvorson & Pavone one last time before they leave on their fall tour opening for Xiu Xiu (!!) and, if you’re lucky, pick up the brand new Zs release (and final recorded Charlie Looker appearance) the Hard EP, out the next day via the Locust’s own Three One G imprint (!). Exciting things for Brooklyn avant these days, and these are some prime examples of what is so good about it. The show is, in fact also the release party for Good For Cows (Xiu Xiu drumer Ches Smith and double bassist Devin Hoff) and will be at Roulette, 20 Greene St. btwn Canal & Grand. 8:30pm, $tba.

The King Khan and BBQ Show is quite possibly the better King Khan incarnation over his solo work with his usual band the Shrines, and here’s a good chance to catch them at a Crypt Records party at Santos’. After the Vice party with the Muslims, I remain somewhat unconvinced that their souped-up dance-party soundsystem is actually good at rockbands, but this stuff isn’t exactly hi-fi anyway so we should be okay. Plus Andrew WK apparently opened the place, so I’m willing to give them the benefit of the doubt. 100 Lafayette Street, just below Canal, Chinatown. 7pm doors, $10.

+Apollo Sunshine at Union Pool, 484 Union Ave, Williamsburg. 8pm doors, $12.

Tuesday, 05 August ::

I tend to refer to Brooklyn punk rockers Fiasco as up-and-coming, but with a near continuous recent stretch of thrilling shows, a raw but refined sound keeping things interesting with equal parts hardcore and math rock, and a new album on the way (via Impose), I’d say they’re really pretty much here. So catch ‘em while you can, and before they take off for their first two week tour… With, somewhat remarkably, reformed first wave British punks the Homosexuals currently hanging around New York and more active than they’ve been in decades, the seemingly universally loved and always instantly party-inducing rap team Ninjasonik, Pony Pants, the So So Glos, and Bat Attack. At Harket Motel, 1142 Myrtle at Broadway, Bushwick. 8pm doors, $tba.

+Flobots, People Under the Stairs, Busdriver at Bowery. 7pm doors, $15.
+The Electric Tickle Machine, Dinowalrus, Teenage Souls & Ed Schrader, and Hiss Golden Messenger at Cakeshop, 152 Ludlow btwn Stanton and Rivington, LES. 8pm doors, $4.

Wednesday, 06 August ::

Sleep When Dead: US Girls, Pink Reason, Ric Leichtung, and Buckets Of Bile at the Silent Barn. 915 Wyckoff Ave btwn Weirfield and Hancock, Ridgewood. L to Halsey. 7pm, $tba.

FREE: Music Under the Bridge Festival: French Kicks, Headlights, Tiny Masters of Today, The Union Hall Secret Science Club, and Dave Hill (MC). At the Tobacco Warhouse, 26 New Dock St at the water beneath the Brooklyn Bridge, DUMBO. Doors at 6pm, FREE.

+Busdriver at Union Hall, 702 Union Street at 5th Avenue. 11pm, $10.
+Soulwax at the Fillmore (Irving Plaza). 8pm doors, $25.

Thursday, 07 August ::

FREE: On his new record for John Zorn’s Tzadik imprint, In Memory of the Labyrinth System, Jeremiah Cymerman creates alien narratives from refined and manic extended clarinet technique juxtaposed against a sort of kitchen sink musique concrète. Live, he is largely improvisational and rarely dull. Catch him solo at Secret Project Robot, where you can also check out the very intriguing Where the tress Meet the Sky, That’s Where I die: Manana never comes, a photo exhibit “questioning the reality of perception” from Carly Rabalais and Ex-Model Zach Lehrhoff. Metropolitan and River (one street beyond Kent), Williamsburg. 8pm.

Avant-cellist and Metalux member MV Carbon creates inventive drones and sputters by running her strings and voice through assorted electronics and manipulating them instantly through a somewhat baffling reel-to-reel tape rig. This is the sort of thing that is easy to do badly, and very difficult to do as Carbon does it: gracefully and with meticulous focus. At the Stone, E. 2nd St and Avenue C. 8pm, $10.

FREE: Tapes ‘n Tapes at Soundfix Records, 110 Bedford, Williamsburg. 10:30pm.

+Mates of State and Telepathique at the Highline Ballroom, 431 West 16th Street, Meatpacking district. 7pm doors, $28.
+8-bit emo: Depreciation Guild at the Mercury Lounge. 8pm, $10.
+The Black Keys, Tapes ‘n Tapes, and Love as Laughter at McCarren Pool. 6:30 doors, $30.

Friday, 08 August ::

Sleep When Dead: Le Rug record release with the So So Glos, Radiates, and Michael Jordan at the Silent Barn. 915 Wyckoff Ave btwn Weirfield and Hancock, Ridgewood. L to Halsey. 7pm, $tba.

Nat Baldwin, Extra Life, and Movie at Union Pool, 484 Union Ave, Williamsburg. 8pm, $tba.

+Greg Davis and Eric Chenaux at Issue Project Room in the Old American Can Factory, 232 3rd Street at 3rd Ave, 3rd Floor, Gowanus. 8pm, $10.
+Heavy Trash (Jon Spencer and Matt Verta-Ray), Witch Hats, and Woman at Glasslands, 289 Kent Avenue btwn S. 1st and S. 2nd, Williamsburg. 9pm doors, $tba.

Saturday, 09 August ::

Former Dirty Projectors at the Stone: upright bassist Nat Baldwin, then Charlie Looker’s Extra Life in dronier violin/guitar duo format. At 8pm and 10pm respectively. E. 2nd St and Avenue C. $10 each set.

+Growing and Extreme Violence at Death By Audio, 49 South 2nd St btwn Kent and Wythe, Williamsburg. 8pm doors, $tba.

Sunday, 10 August ::

Two promising avant-jazz bills at the Stone, each involving one of the blazing sax players from noise-jazz aggressors Little Women. At E. 2nd St and Avenue C. $10 each:
8pm: Darius Jones (alto sax) and Marty McCavitt (laptop)
10pm: Ghosts For Breakfast, with Jeff Gretz (drums), Travis Laplante (tenor sax), Steve Moore (bass), and Nate Wooley (trumpet)

Secret bonus tracks:

13 Aug :: E4E1: Bears, Ghosty, Pwrfl Power, and more at Death By Audio
14 Aug :: Sleep When Dead: Pterodactyl, the Coke Dares, and Artifact Shore
14 Aug :: E4E1: French Horn Rebellion, Savoir Adore, Alias Pail, Love Like Deloreans, and Hi Red Center TBA
14 Aug :: FREE: Blonde Redhead at Hudson River Park
15 Aug :: E4E1 and Todd P: Fiasco (video release party!), Future Islands, Digital Leather, and EAR PWR at Silent Barn
15 Aug :: FREE: Dirty Projectors and White Williams at South Street Seaport
15 Aug :: Showpaper Benefit at Soundfix
16 Aug :: Eats Tapes, Wood Hands, anf the Apse TBA
16 Aug :: E4E1: Big Fun, Apteka, Uh Oh, Used Kids, and Cheeky TBA
16 Aug :: Japanther at Mercury Lounge
16 Aug :: Strength in Numbers: the Shudders and more TBA at Death By Audio
17 Aug :: FREE: Aesop Rock and Panther at McCarren Pool
19 Aug :: Best Friends Forever, Acht(en), and Puttin’ on the Ritz at the Tank
20 Aug :: Vivian Girls and Best Friends Forever at Death By Audio
20 Aug :: Peter Evans Quartet at Barbes
21 Aug :: E4E1: Jerk Alert at Death By Audio
22 Aug :: E4E1: No One and the Somebodies, Northern Liberties, the Vibration, and Shellshag TBA
22 Aug :: Crystal Stilts at Death By Audio
22 Aug :: Fertile Crescent at the Stone
26 Aug :: FREE: Tom Blancarte’s Liquid Surprise at Zebulon
28 Aug :: Xiu Xiu and Prurient at Bowery
30 Aug :: Parts & Labor and Aa at Harket Motel
30 Aug :: Ninjasonik at the Point (Bronx!)
02 Sep :: Strength in Numbers: Hawnay Troof record release party with Vivian Girls, City Center, and surprise guests at Death By Audio
06 Sep :: East Village Radio Festival with Vivian Girls ++
12 Sep :: Free Bloodand Tussle at Parkit Quotel
18 Sep :: the Pharmacy and the So So Glos TBA
19 Sep :: Julie Doiron and Mount Eerie at Lutheran Church of the Messiah
22 Sep :: E4E1: Eat Skull, Pyschedelic Horseshit, Drunkdriver, and Gold Dust TBA
22 Sep :: Jeremiah Cymerman, Jeff Gretz, Jessica Pavone, and more at the Delancey
02 Oct :: Jeremiah Cymerman and Grey Gersten at the Stone.
04 Oct :: Extra Life at Silent Barn
04 Oct :: Dark Meat and Stars Like Fleas TBA
10 Oct :: Yellow Fever and Daniel Francis Doyle TBA
21 Oct :: Deerhoof at the Spiegeltent
22 Oct :: Deerhoof at Irving
31 Oct :: Todd P / Panache Halloween party: AIDS Wolf, DMBQ (tentative), and the Homosexuals (tentative).

Until next week, live without dead time.

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