The New Yorker describes Blank Tapes "like Archie if Lou Reed had written their songs." Upbeat and easy to bob your head to. Song Preservation Society's acoustic yearnings make you wanna love the thing you love a little more. Check them out at Knitting Factory.
Who doesn't like a good hotel show? Oh My Rockness gives a strong argument for the doubters: "Sometimes you just want to listen to someone with a pretty voice. That's Doe Paoro. Sometimes you want to listen to someone with a pretty voice who's also kind of weird. That's Doe Paoro, too.
"A lavish night of NY's most sonically daring and emotionally charged young bands." -Facebook event page.
Brooklyn Nude takes over Bunnycutlet Gallery for a figure drawing session every other Wednesday evening. RSVP at BKNude@bunnycutlet.com.
"Sebastian Pringle, Gilbert Vierich, and Graham Dickson... seem passionate about creating music that can make people dance, but that is equally adept at finding its way beneath a listener’s skin." - The Bowery Presents
Conveyor, Twin Peaks, Bad Cop and Empty Chairs
Low works with Jeff Tweedy to produce "slow, quiet, sometimes melancholy, and, we hope, sometimes pretty" albums. Mike Doughty is an ex-member of Soul Coughing, who most recently released an album of covers by John Denver and Cheap trick, among others.
Come hang out at the unmarked and sparse 285 Kent for a night of Post Rock with North America, Doom Squad and Tiers.
Why not take in a mellow night of folk and alt country music at tucked away Cameo Gallery with Balto and Bird Courage. Stare at amorphous ceiling art, drink a bud and get introspective.
"Bella's Dream follows the true story of Bella and Raymond Boll, who, heeding the advice of a dream, left Gombin, Poland in 1939, mere weeks before the Nazis invaded. The play juxtaposes scenes from their journey with the present day experiences of their grown son, Ronny, fighting prejudices he thought long gone." - CVS Center