Friday 8/31 @ Randall's Island Park
One of the highlights of the festival season, the fourth-annual Electric Zoo returns to Randall's Island with a vengeance. With the headliners dedicated to electric, dubstep, and house music (David Guetta, Axwell, and Tiësto respectively), the three-day phenomenon should sate music lovers from New York City and beyond. The vast list of performing artists and DJs also includes Benny Benassi, Bloody Beetroots, Steve Aoki, and Boys Noize.
Coming Up
Ty Segall / White Fence @ Webster Hall
Today @ The Bowery Presents
From his lowly(ish) beginnings in 2008 as a (eponymous) man and his guitar, Ty Segall has quickly established himself as a forerunner in the Bay Area garage scene, standing tall alongside bands like Thee Oh Sees and Shannon and the Clams. His 2011 release, Goodbye Bread (Drag City), was a slower lurch than his previous three albums, more Iggy Pop than the Seeds, but just as kick-ass in the way that only real rock 'n' roll can be. He's back in 2012 with the White Fence-assisted Hair, perhaps his most fully realized effort yet.
Today @ Don Pedro's
Far be it from us to try and make amendments to the iconic history of late 1970s Lower East Side punk rock, Please Kill Me, but there was one huge thing missing from Legs McNeil's almost totally comprehesive history, and that's Sonny Vincent and his band the Testors. Vincent is a true underground legend whose brand of rock has influenced a generation of bands that understand being "garage" and "punk" go hand in hand. Here's a pretty good chance to catch him in a small space that is almost equally as raw as Vincent himself (we mean that in the nicest way possible), and the drinks are cheap and plentiful.
Today @ Marquee
Consider the Webutante Ball the ultimate revenge of the nerds: For one night, online media and web kingpins both imagined and actual take over Meatpacking mainstay Marquee to celebrate the best of our online world, IRL. A three-hour open bar (provided by Macallan Scotch, Tiger Beer, and Brugal Rum) should be incentive enough for most, but tunes from DJ Frankenmack, the crowning of a "king and queen" of the Internet, and requisite hobnobbing with the rich and webby are additional perks. Buy your tickets early; admission price increases as the event date approaches.
Today @ The Mercury Lounge
Despite losing partner-in-crime Jona Bechtolt (who departed to pursue his YACHT project), Portland's Khaela Maricich has decided to soldier on as the Blow, paring her live sound down to the sparser, less-polished electro-pop that marked her first stint as a solo act.
