Above: Guided by Voices “Teenage FBI.” Which weekend show might make you wish GbV’d reunite? Find out!
There’s a lot of rockin’ going on in the big city this weekend.
So, we’re breaking down your options based on some unique categories, including:
Best place to blow $100 on Icelandic music (for a good cause)
Best place to reminisce about the Minutemen
Best place to lose some more hearing
Best place to see the reunion of a weirdo garage noise band
Best place to hope the bands are better than their names
Best place to wish Guided by Voices would reunite already
Best place to see over a dozen bands for FREE
Best place to have a ’90s flashback and get “The Way” stuck in your head, again
Best place to see a band Break Up onstage
And more!
What shows are on our list this weekend? Let’s find out…
1. Best place to blow $100 on Icelandic music (for a good cause):
Fri 5/08 @ Housing Works Used Book Café. All Ages $100
Bjork, Dirty Projectors
2. Best place to reminisce about the Minutemen:
Fri 5/08 @Mercury Lounge 21+ $15
Mike Watt & The Missing Men, Lite, Kahoots
Above: Minutemen: rock, BBQ and guns. Amen.
3. Best place to see the reunion of a weirdo garage noise band:
Fri 5/08 @ Santos Party House. 18+ $15
Chrome Cranks, The Friggs
4. Best place to hope the bands are better than their names:
Fri 5/08 @ rabbitholestudio. All Ages tba
Lubricated Goat, Junk Science, Mr. Meatpockets
5. Best place to be an aloof hipster:
Fri 5/08 @ The Bell House. 18+ $12
Crystal Stilts, Blank Dogs, Religious Knives, Dinowalrus
6. Best place to lose some more hearing:
Sat 5/09 @ The Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza. All Ages tba
Mastodon, Kylesa, Intronaut
Above: Mastodon reminds you that earplugs are important, and clowns are scary.
7. Best Place to wish Guided by Voices would reunite already:
Sat 5/09 @ Cake Shop. 21+
Doug Gillard (ex-GBV), Mannequin Men, Steve Shiffman & The Land of No,
Karl Blau, Painted Cakes
8. Best Place to have a ’90s flashback and get “The Way” stuck in your head, again:
Sat 5/09 @ City Winery. 21+ $15
Fastball
9. Best Place to see a band Break Up onstage:
Sat 5/09 @ Market Hotel. All Ages tba
Awesome Color, Juiceboxxx, Eloe Omoe, Tunnel of Love, USAISAMONSTER (last show ever), Bow Ribbons, Jason Crumer, Animental, Hot Box, Buck Gooter
10. Best Place to see over a dozen bands for FREE:
Sat 5/09 @ The Yard All. Ages FREE.
Drew Torres, H. Wood, Psychedelic Disco Angels, Fall Of The Albatross, Jonny On The Rocks, Just A Lil Bit, The Sheppard Brothers, KMBS, Neuronautas, Tayisha Busay
Don’t forget to come back on Monday and tell us which shows you went to!
