The lineup for the first half of this week left a little to be desired, but the city is more than making up for it this weekend. There are at least two worthy shows to see each night Thursday-Saturday, so if midterms are starting to get you down, here are some reasons to be coaxed out of the library.
THURSDAY
Peewonder-Z at Death By Audio
8:00 p.m., $8 All Ages
Yes folks, Peewonder-Z is indeed related to the Kaiju big Battel-style Japanese punk band Peelander-Z. In fact, Peewonder is Peelander’s sister band. Ostensibly, that means Peewonder also wears crazy costumes and that the band’s live shows must involve screaming, Kaiju-like characters and human bowling. YES YES YES.
EMEFE at Glasslands
8:00 p.m., $10 21+
Don’t know how many more ways we can say “feel-good vibes” about the NYU students currently killing it as EMEFE. Just so you know, they’re playing at Glasslands tomorrow.
FRIDAY
Ital, Slava and Laurel Halo at 285 Kent
8:00 p.m., $10 All Ages
There are six people on this three-hour bill, so that probably means each of the spaced-out abstract headlining producers will get one song in each. That goes for rising rockhead-turned-house producer Ital and trippy head-in-the-clouds beatmaker Laurel Halo more than Slava. Oh and it’s some kind of benefit.
Matthew Dear, Blondes at Bowery Ballroom
8:30 p.m., $15 18+
The acts before and after DJ and bandleader Matthew Dear at his record release party this Friday might be more exciting than Dear himself. Light, airy house duo Blondes will be playing HARD at Terminal 5 later this month (wait, what??), so if you don’t want to, you know, go to HARD and/or Terminal 5, Bowery Ballroom is your chance. The show will be followed up by an after party at Glasslands DJed by Dabyre and Jonwayne.
SATURDAY
Kim Ann Foxman at Public Assembly
10:00 p.m., $12a/$15d 21+
In case you didn’t get enough dance music on Friday, swing by Hercules and Love Affair member Kim Ann Foxman‘s set at Public Assembly.
Amy Klein and the Blue Star Band at the Hive
8:30 p.m., Free All Ages
Amy Klein, former member of the intense and beloved Titus Andronicus, will be playing some feminist benefit. Amy Klein is one of those people who can be all bra-burning and feminist, but not annoying about it. The show is technically free ($5-10 suggested donation) so there’s really no reason not go.
first of all, thanks for listing our show. we appreciate that. my name’s heidi and i play cello in amy klein and the blue star band.
however, we do not appreciate the following:
-implying that sliding scale = free. that is not what it means. sliding scale is a way of accommodating folks who may not have a lot of cash but don’t want to miss the show. if someone is broke as a joke, yes, we’ll let them in, but by announcing it as free, that disrespects our good will.
-referring to our show as “some feminist benefit” when it is uh, not a benefit. which you would know if you read the facebook invite you linked to in your own article. but if it WAS a benefit, that would make your insinuation that the show is free even more troubling.
-equating feminism with being “bra-burning” and “annoying.” cutting down feminism with tired cliches doesn’t make you appear ironic or witty – it just makes you appear ignorant.
@Heidi,
-Contrary to your assertion, a show with only a suggested donation is in fact a free show because there is no obligation to pay. If you don’t want it to be labeled as such, then determine an admission price, or a sliding scale that doesn’t start at $0, which still wouldn’t limit you from letting people “broke as a joke” to enter at the door.
-The author never equated feminism with being “bra burning” or “annoying”. Describing something as both A and B does not mean A=B. Even more obviously, the author described Klein as a feminist and not annoying. If something is A and not B, then A cannot equal B.
-Writing with tired cliched lack of punctuation doesn’t make you appear ironic or witty – it just makes you appear ignorant.