MicWreck's Golden Era Classics: Slick Rick the Ruler and Nice & Smooth

Music: Hip-Hop

MicWreck

Today @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

MicWreck teams up with Direct Drive to bring some of hip hop's legendary acts to Le Poisson Rouge, celebrating the aptly... 

From Good Homes

Music

From Good Homes

Tomorrow @ Brooklyn Bowl

 The genesis of From Good Homes dates back to a high school band, when childhood friends Todd Sheaffer, Brady Rymer, and... 

Dark Star Orchestra: Continuing the Grateful Dead Concert Experience

Music: Rock

Dark Star Orchestra: Continuing the Grateful Dead Concert Experience

Tuesday 5/29 @ Brooklyn Bowl

Using entire shows from the Grateful Dead's 30 years of extensive touring as a launching pad, Dark Star Orchestra recreates the... 

Galactic

Music

Galactic

Wednesday 5/30 @ Brooklyn Bowl

  It’s shaping up to be a stellar year for celebrated New Orleans outfit GALACTIC. On February 9th the band will... 

Lettuce

Music

Lettuce

Wednesday 6/ 6 @ Brooklyn Bowl

 Lettuce, the seven-person all-star collective originally formed in 1992, returns to the funk jazz forefront with its third album, RAGE!, a... 

Jan Jelinek & Andrew Pekler perform Ursula Bogner: "Sonne = Blackbox"

Music

Jan Jelinek & Andrew Pekler perform Ursula Bogner: "Sonne = Blackbox"

Friday 6/ 8 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

Jan Jelinek’s approach is all about the transformation of sound, about translating parameters of popular music into abstract, reduced and textural... 

With Lions w/ Via Audio

Music: Indie

With Lions w/ Via Audio

Thursday 6/14 @ (Le) Poisson Rouge

Experimental. Electronic. Classical. Jazz. Post-punk. Genres are ubiquitous in music. Artists are defined by a literal sound or musical genus. Some... 

Northside Festival presents: Kool Keith

Music: Hip-Hop

Northside Festival presents: Kool Keith

Thursday 6/14 @ Brooklyn Bowl

 After single-handedly redefining "warped" as the mind and mouth behind the Bronx-based Ultramagnetic MCs, "Kool" Keith Thornton -- aka Rhythm X,... 

Northside Fest Presents: The Felice Brothers w/ Husky

Music

Northside Fest Presents: The Felice Brothers w/ Husky

Friday 6/15 @ Brooklyn Bowl

 THE FELICE BROTHERS: "…what separates The Felices' mud-stomping folk from that of their peers is their no-winking honesty – the sense... 

Northside Festival Presents: Dam-Funk

Music

Northside Festival Presents: Dam-Funk

Sunday 6/17 @ Brooklyn Bowl

 Known as Los Angeles’ “Ambassador of Boogie Funk,” Dâm-Funk represents the citizens of the Funkmosphere. Headquartered in the Culver City section... 

Brazilian Girls

Music

Brazilian Girls

Tuesday 6/19 @ Brooklyn Bowl

  Over the course of two previous studio albums and countless all-nighters at their East Village clubhouse, Nublu, Brazilian Girls have... 

Los Campesinos

Music

Los Campesinos

Saturday 6/23 @ Brooklyn Bowl

  'Hello Sadness' is the fourth record by Los Campesinos!, and if 2009's 'Romance Is Boring' marked a giant step on... 

Fishbone

Music

Fishbone

Sunday 7/ 8 @ Brooklyn Bowl

Celebrating 25 groundbreaking years, FISHBONE has been trailblazing their way through the history of American Ska, Rock Fusion and (so-called) Black... 

Yonder Mountain String Band

Music

Yonder Mountain String Band

Wednesday 7/18 @ Brooklyn Bowl

 Yonder Mountain String Band has always played music by its own set of rules. Bending bluegrass, rock and countless other influences... 

Dick Dale (King of the Surf Guitar)

Music

Dick Dale (King of the Surf Guitar)

Saturday 7/21 @ Brooklyn Bowl

Dick Dale wasn't nicknamed "King of the Surf Guitar" for nothing: he pretty much invented the style single-handedly, and no matter...