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of Montreal+Wild Moccasins Music Hall of Williamsburg : 9:00 p.m. May 22
Once upon a time of Montreal was a psychedelic twee pop band with Beatles-inspired melodies. Over the years, however, frontman Kevin Barnes has repeatedly flipped the script both on the band’s sound—from whimsical vaudeville to coquettish glam funk—and his own... More >>
Brooklyn	Rock

Afrika Bambaataa+Egyptian Lover+DJ Magic Mike+DJ Assault+DJ Funk+Scottie B+DJ Rashad+DJ Spinn+Big Freedia+Salva+Drop the Lime+ Branko+Krampfhaft Santos Party House : 9:00 p.m. May 23
Is it possible for a lineup to be too good? Actually, yes. Crowd a night with too many DJs, no matter how good they might be, and they’ll often have trouble connecting with the crowd, playing hits rather than developing a rhythm. But that’s a risk you’re going to have to take... More >>
Chinatown	DJ

Friend Roulette+EULA+Matty Fasano The Mercury Lounge : 9:00 p.m. May 23
This Brooklyn six-piece make orchestral, sweeping compositions sound as simple as lullabies. Chamber pop riddled with baroque elements and unlikely rhythms, their sonics swing from ghostly croons straight into robotic bleeps. Throughout it all—strings, brass, two drummers and two... More >>
Lower East Side	Rock

Medeski, Mali, Mercurio, & Moore Le Poisson Rouge : 10:30 p.m. May 23
Medeski Martin & Wood's sci-fi keyboard traditionalist John Medeski, 7 Walkers' gris-gris growler Papa Mali, and Galactic's rhythm section—Robert Mercurio (bass) and Stanton Moore (drums)—are the M&Ms. The promising New Orleans-oriented supergroup is heralding its debut gigs with the... More >>
Greenwich Village	Jazz

Mariah Carey Central Park, Rumsey Playfield : 7:00 a.m. May 24
Is it that Mariah Carey's abnormally lucky, or that she's got a career mojo that just won't quit? Neither, I'd argue: Her career longevity is directly connected to her collaborative savvy, ability to nimbly surf pop trends, and the best cosmologists and stylists Daydream royalties can buy. Even... More >>
West 70s	R&B

Skream+Mala+Plastician+Hatcha SRB Brooklyn : 10:00 p.m. May 24
Before Skrillex, Justin Bieber, and Taylor Swift, before HARD Fest in L.A., Electric Zoo in New York, and Electric Daisy in Las Vegas, there were artists like Skream, Mala, Plastician, and Hatcha midwifing the genre that would be called dubstep in small clubs in South London’s Croydon... More >>
Brooklyn	DJ

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Noah Preminger Jazz Standard : 7:30 p.m. daily until May 22
The young tenor titan gigged a lot before hitting the studio to cut the new Haymaker, and that preparation shows: There's an easy balance between Preminger's horn and guitarist Ben Monder's unusually fluid attack strategies, and it gives everything else extra poise and additional punch. On... More >>
Murray Hill	Jazz

Wayne Horvitz The Stone : 8:00 p.m. daily until May 26
The wise keyboardist is also an inviting composer—the variety of groups he's led in the past three decades have all arrived with hip charts in front of them. This East Coast residency finds him grooming a throng of improvisers from his Seattle stomping ground, the Royal Room Collective... More >>
East Village	Jazz

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

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Greenwich Village	DJ

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West 40s	Tribute, Rock