ABOVE: If you’re lucky, maybe they won’t play this awful movie soundtrack ballad. Aerosmith hasn’t been cool since the ’70s, and the band is finally admitting it. See the guys play their classic album Toys in the Attic in its entirety during their upcoming tour. Find out where, below.
Each weekend in NYC there are so many concerts that it’s hard to decide which ones to attend.
So, to help you decide where to go, we’ve assembled a list of the weekend’s best concerts based on some interesting categories, including:
Best Place to See if Rock Bands and Priceless Art Collections are a Bad Combination.
Best place to See a Band We Sort of Thought was Invented for a Credit Card Commercial.
Best Place to Be Slightly Disappointed That There are No Pancakes.
Best Place to See Sexagenarians Out-Rock Youngsters. Seriously.
Best Place to Wish You’d Never Heard “Stacy’s Mom,” Unplugged.
And More!
So, what concerts are on our list for this week? Let’s find out…
Top 10 Concerts this Weekend: June 26, 2009
1. Best Place to See Sexagenarians Rock. Seriously:
Fri, 06/26/09 @ The Chance (Poughkeepsie, NY)
New York Dolls, Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears, White Knuckle
ABOVE: Fans of ’80s music know him as party goof Buster “Hot Hot Hot” Poindexter, but serious rock fans know David Johansen as a glam legend. See Johansen and the recently re-united New York Dolls in New York this weekend with Black Joe Lewis(!) and White Knuckle.
2. Best Place to Debate Whether Steven Tyler and Megan Fox have the Same Lips:
Fri, 6/26 @ Nikon at Jones Beach Theater (Wantagh, NY)
Aerosmith, ZZ Top
3. Best Place to See if Rock Bands and Priceless Art Collections are a Bad Combination:
Fri 6/26 @ Whitney Museum
The Feelies
4. Best Place to Wish You Had a Translator:
http://www.briconline.org/celebrate/2009/week3.asp#0626
Fri 6/26 @ Prospect Park $Free
Blonde Redhead, Ólöf Arnalds (Icelandic folk singer)
ABOVE: Celebrate Brooklyn’s summer concert series gets the weekend rockin’ with some international flair as Italian twins Simone and Amadeo Pace and Japanese frontwoman Kazu Makino (and whichever bassist is part of the band at the moment) bring multi-lingual indie faves Blonde Redhead to Prospect Park for a free show. Icelandic singer Ólöf Arnalds opens. Her new album is being produced by Sigur Rós’ Kjartan Sveinsson.
5. Best Place to Wish You’d Never Heard “Stacy’s Mom,” Unplugged:
Fri 6/26 @ Maxwell’s
Fountains of Wayne (acoustic)
6. Best Place to Really Hope the Band is Better than its Name:
Fri 6/26 @ Don Pedro
Lubricated Goat, Shining Path
7. Best place to See a Band We Sort of Thought was Invented for a Credit Card Commercial:
Fri 6/26 @ Jet Blue’s Terminal 5 JFK free
Nicole Atkins
ABOVE: We sort of thought American Express invented this band for the TV ad. We were wrong, but they’re still boring.
8. Best Place to Be Slightly Disappointed that There are No Pancakes:
Sat 6/27 @ Union Pool
Bob Evans (not the old timey breakfast sausage guy), The Matt Krefting Band, Pink Noise, My Perfect Heartbreak
ABOVE: Not the Bob Evans playing at Union Pool.
9. Best Place to Find out if Putting Drunk Punks on a Boat is a Good Idea:
Sun 6/28 @ Rocks Off Concert Cruises $19.99
The Queers
10. CANCELLED: Best place to remember that one song by that one band you dug in the ’80s/’90s.
Fri 6/26 @ Bell House $Refunds at point of purchase
The Smithereens
ABOVE: The Smithereens’ 1990 hit “A Girl Like You.” The band’s other hits included “Behind the Wall of Sleep” and “Blood and Roses.” Listen to their tunes at home, because this show is cancelled.
