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B.A.L.L.+The Upper Crust+Lord Classic+New York Junk Bowery Electric : 7:30 p.m. May 25
As surreal and potentially volatile a reunion as you'll stumble upon this year, B.A.L.L. was the troubled and troubling late '80s slop-rock assemblage of the Velvet Monkey's Don Fleming and Jay Spiegal, Shimmy Disc proprietor-bassist Kramer, and Bongwater drummer David Licht. Original Sonic... More >>
Noho	Rock

Robert Fripp and the Orchestra of Crafty Guitarists St. Mark's Church-in-the-Bowery : 4:00 p.m. May 26
And you thought Amanda Palmer was ambitious. Guitarists versed in meditation and the Fripp's Guitar Craft technique will pay $1000 for the privilege of training with and performing alongside the King Crimson leader during a few East Coast gigs. The fee includes room, board, transportation, and... More >>
East Village	Rock

The Shins+Man Man Williamsburg Park : 5:30 p.m. May 26
"This song will change your life,” said Natalie Portman's Sam to Zach Braff's Andrew as she played “New Slang” for him in 2004's quintessential indie classic Garden State. A more accurate statement would've been that Sam and Andrew would change the Shins' lives, as a spot on... More >>
Williamsburg	Rock

So So Glos\|Crystal Stilts Knitting Factory Brooklyn : 7:30 p.m. May 26
Punk rockers, Shea Stadium-proprietors, and men about town the So So Glos have made Bay Ridge proud. Tonight, the band that toured with post-hardcore heroes  . . . And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead in Europe and like-minded New  Jersey natives Titus Andronicus in the U.S.... More >>
Williamsburg	Alternative

'Oh! You Pretty Things' w/ Alison Clancy+Hypernova+Michael T. and the Vanities+This Ambitious Orchestra Le Poisson Rouge : 9:00 p.m. May 26
Now in its third year, the New Romantic Ball is one of the best excuses in town to get glammed up. Tonight’s party, hosted by Chi Chi Valenti, features live performances by the 22-piece ensemble This Ambitious Orchestra, downtown hip boy Michael T and the Vanities, live sets by Hypernova... More >>
Greenwich Village	Rock

Laura Marling Roulette Brooklyn : 8:00 p.m. May 28
Laura Marling rose to fame in her teenage years, and after working with indie darlings Noah and the Whale, her debut solo full-length garnered a nomination for England's coveted Mercury Prize. Now, embarking on tour in support of her fourth, Marling is barely 23 but feels like a scion in the... More >>
Park Slope	Singer-Songwriter

Marina and the Diamonds+Charli XCX Central Park, Rumsey Playfield : 6:00 p.m. May 29
Looking to break some hearts this summer? Let the “Primadonna” extraordinaire Marina Diamandis teach you with her bubbly electro-pop. But don’t let the heart on her cheek and her pink closet fool you—the UK pop star has a tendency to get a little dark in her reflections... More >>
West 70s	Pop

Fall Out Boy Terminal 5 : 8:00 p.m. May 29
Patrick Stump's ferocious, proto-Glambert shriek, Pete Wentz's lacerating text-message bon mots, exhausting song titles: The mid-00s emo-punk answer to hair-metal pomp is back in business. Glossy and lupine, Fall Out Boy have long felt like a clash of contradictory forces. Vital, hungry,... More >>
West 50s	Rock

Kelly Rowland+The-Dream Best Buy Theater : 8:00 p.m. May 30
With creeping singles like “Motivation” and “Kisses Down Low” and an  appearance on Future’s recent rap-radio love song “Neva End,” Kelly Rowland’s  recent output has rivaled even that of  former bandmate Beyoncé.... More >>
West 40s	R&B

Mika Yoshida Stoltman Carnegie Hall : 8:00 p.m. May 30
The excellent jazz marimbist and her clarinetist husband Richard Stoltzman premiere eight works written just for them, including "The Nymphs for Solo Marimba" by John Zorn, "Burning Bright" by William Thomas McKinley, and several new arrangements of works by Chick Corea, including "Mozart Goes... More >>
Flatiron	Classical

'NYC in Dub' Le Poisson Rouge : 9:00 p.m. May 30
Dub demigods collide when madcap  Jamaican dub pioneer Lee “Scratch” Perry, backed by the local Subatomic Sound System, meets British On-U Sounds mixmaster Adrian Sherwood in what could be the classiest clash of the Red Bull Music Academy’s entire month-long electronic... More >>
Greenwich Village	Dub

Groundislava+Fur The Glasslands Gallery : 11:45 p.m. May 30
Groundislava is the mellow member of the WeDidIt crew, a collective of LA-based DJs whose M.O. involves flipping regional bass thuds into bouncy club bangers that deftly (and often, just barely) sidestep the traps of festival mosh pit glut. No, give this guy some room to work. He'll sneak... More >>
Brooklyn	DJ

Charli XCX+Little Daylight The Glasslands Gallery : 8:30 p.m. May 31
Sang Icona Pop, on last year’s “I Love It,” the dance hit co-written by Charli XCX: “You’re from the ’70s, but I’m a ’90s bitch.” Charli, though, can barely claim that. Only 20 years old, the British singer-songwriter knows the ’00s... More >>
Brooklyn	Pop

Futurebirds+The Doorbells Bowery Ballroom : 9:00 p.m. May 31
If you like your Southern rock thick, syrupy, and dreamlike, look no further than this Athens, Georgia, quintet's new Baba Yaga, which captures a Robitussin vibe vaguely, but oh so pleasantly, reminiscent of Chicago's long, lost Souled American. Laconic three-part harmonies, pleading... More >>
Lower East Side	Rock

Claudia Acuna Brooklyn Museum : 5:00 p.m. June 1
Steeped in the bossa tradition and the folkloric culture of her native Santiago, Chile, Claudia Acuna ushers in the change of season with her Latin flair and honeyed alto hues. Before becoming one of the elite voices in jazz, the singer, songwriter, and arranger cut her teeth in the late '90s... More >>
Prospect Heights	Jazz

New Kids on the Block+98 Degrees+Boyz II Men Nassau Coliseum : 7:30 p.m. June 1
If you can’t make the Backstreet Boys’ 20th Anniversary Cruise, then this 3-for-1 boy band tour (appropriately titled “The Package”) is for you. Special guests 98 Degrees and Boyz II Men will be joining Donnie, Danny, Jordan, Jonathan, and Joey for to entertain nostalgic... More >>
Long Island	Pop

The Uncluded Knitting Factory Brooklyn : 8:00 p.m. June 1
If you dug the sloe-eyed undie-rap science Aesop Rock dropped over Kimya Dawson's hyperactive folk plaints on the latter's Thunder Thighs, the Uncluded is right up your alley. What the pair fosters, for better or worse, is the experience of two strong creative minds brainstorming... More >>
Williamsburg	Rap

Michael Blake Band Cornelia Street Café : 10:30 p.m. June 1
The saxophonist was a lieutenant in Lurie's Lounge Lizards and knows all the nuances of his old pal's book. Whether re-spinning North African gnaw or sweeping a little dust off the blues, that book contains some of the most enchanting music around. Saxophonist Blake will make tonight’s... More >>
West Village	Jazz

Tonya Pinkins Joe's Pub : 7:30 p.m. June 3
The show is called “Tonya Pinkins Unplugged,” as if the singer hasn’t always performed that way. Who knows. The songs are from Broadway, and it seem she’s going to use them to make any number of autobiographical points, just as she did in her book Get Over Yourself: How... More >>
East Village	Cabaret

New Kids on the Block+98 Degrees+Boyz II Men Barclays Center : 7:30 p.m. June 16
If you can’t make the Backstreet Boys’ 20th Anniversary Cruise, then this 3-for-1 boy band tour (appropriately titled “The Package”) is for you. Special guests 98 Degrees and Boyz II Men will be joining Donnie, Danny, Jordan, Jonathan, and Joey for to entertain nostalgic... More >>
Brooklyn	Pop

Fleetwood Mac Nikon at Jones Beach Theater : 8:00 p.m. June 22
Sure, Fleetwood Mac recently reissued their 1977 mega-hit album Rumours in hundred-dollar deluxe configurations with T-shirts and posters and a couple droplets of the witch juju Stevie Nicks used to withstand the rise of punk. And sure, the Big Mac has served up over 100 million LPs in sales... More >>
Allerton	Rock

The Village Voice's 4Knots Music Festival South Street Seaport, Pier 17 : 1:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. June 29
Financial District	Rock

Joe Lovano Nonet Village Vanguard : 9:00 p.m. daily from May 28 until June 2
They started years ago by tipping the hat to Gunther Schuller, but the charts that guide their action always find a way to give the maestro's third stream approach a bit of extra heat. That's because Lovano hangs with a naturally feisty bunch that enjoy a bit of delirium in with their decorum.... More >>
West Village	Jazz

The Thermals Bowery Ballroom : 9:00 p.m. May 28; 9:00 p.m. May 29
Although their eight studio albums (and one documentary) have brought them far more recognition, I can’t help but associate the Dandy Warhols with Veronica Mars, the cult TV show that benefited greatly from their falsetto-and-synth-heavy “We Used to Be Friends.” Most of their... More >>
Lower East Side	Rock

Gerald Cleaver's Black Host Seeds::Brooklyn : 8:30 p.m. daily from May 29 until May 30
The drummer-composer's marvelous quintet marks the release of their volcanic debut, Life In the Sugar Candle Mines, with a short run that should put them on the jazz community's radar for a long while to come. Every member of this group—that’s Darius Jones (alto sax), Cooper-Moore... More >>
Brooklyn	Jazz