FRIDAY, JULY 18

THE BUNKER FEAT: JAMES T. COTTON (a/k/a DABRYE) @ Public Assembly: North 6th Street (between Wythe and Kent) Williamsburg, Brooklyn
11PM-4AM / $10 / 21+
No, the Bunker party hasn’t moved again, it’s at the same location, just a new name for Galapagos, Public Assembly. While it’s been a long time since residents Spinoza and Derek Plaslaiko were steering the steel wheels in Tonic’s Sub-Tonic basement, one of the city’s best techno parties is still going strong as ever. (All that’s missing is a couple of giant wine casks to chill out in.) This week the crew welcomes one of Michigan’s finest, James T. Cotton a/k/a Dabrye (Spectral, Ghostly).

SATURDAY, JULY 19

SIC ALPS + METH TEETH + RELIGIOUS KNIVES + caUSE co-MOTION! @ Death by Audio: 49 South Second Street Brooklyn btwn Wythe & Kent Williamsburg, Brooklyn
8PM / $TBA /AA
First of a couple NY dates by Oakland psych-noise-pop duo Sic Alps, who are on tour promoting their new Siltbreeze release effort, US E.Z.. Great openers too, including OM favorites cause co-MOTION! Guaranteed to be a hot show, by all definitions, so if you prefer a little air conditioning with your rock, you can catch Sic Alps the following night in the “cooler” confines of Union Pool.

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Underground hip-hop legends Antipop Consortium will always be close to our hearts at Other Music, as they are one of the many amazing bands that have sprung from the minds of OM employees. Beans worked at the shop for several years as Antipop came together and found its sound. We’ve probably sold more of their records than any store in the world, and some of their best shows were at Other Music events, like the Frying Pan party in 2001 with Handsome Boy Modeling School, Squarepusher, Alec Empire and the rest, where APC debuted their amazing live/improv set. Fans always hate to see their favorite groups break up, but when APC imploded, I think a lot of people felt they had been robbed of the surely groundbreaking music that the band’s evolution had promised. Now back together after several years, this film shows Antipop Consortium living up to all the expectations and more, with some of the best new songs of their career and a dynamic, explosive stage show. Call me biased, but APC are one of the best hip-hop groups around and they are on the move!

-Josh Madell

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THURSDAY, JULY 10

CRYSTAL STILTS @ Glasslands: 289 Kent Avenue Williamsburg, Brooklyn
8PM / 21+

VALHALLA NIGHTS WITH CHOUETTE @ K&M Bar : 225 N. 8th Street Williamsburg, Brooklyn
10PM / 21+
So this will be the debut of Valhalla- featuring dj sets of psych, pop, country, and other 60s and 70s gems. Chouette is my DJ guise by the way… [Amanda Colbenson]

FRIDAY, JULY 11

THE BREEDERS @ Other Music: 15 East 4th Street NYC
9:00PM / TICKET WINNERS ONLY

NO AGE + TELEPATHE + ABE VIGODA @ South Street Seaport: Fulton and South Street Pier 17 NYC
7PM / AA / FREE

ELF POWER + CUT OFF YOUR HANDS + HERMIT @ Cakeshop: 152 Ludlow NYC
8PM / 21+ / $7

SUCKERS + HOPEWELL + MILES BENJAMIN ANTHONY ROBINSON @ Glasslands: 289 Kent Avenue Williamsburg, Brooklyn
9PM / 21+
This is a release party for Quinn Walker of Suckers new video! Quinn has a solo project on voodo-Eros but apparently Suckers plays some of his material in their live sets. Opening band Hopewell promises to be captivating as well. Lots of surprises in the works for this show.

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THURSDAY, JULY 3

LIGHTS + JEFF + IT LIVES @ Union Pool: 484 Union Avenue Williamsburg, Brooklyn
8PM / 21+ /$TBA
If you have missed the past two Lights shows, which were the past two Saturdays at Glasslands, you should definitely plan on going to tonight’s show. Their live sets captivate and illuminate in ways that reach beyond anything else going on in Brooklyn music. Calling forth lost sounds of the ‘70s — Comus, Buckingham Nicks and Randy Holden — Lights bring beautiful music to a psychedelically inclined audience.

SILVER SUMMIT RELEASE PARTY w/ ANITMAGIC + WHITE WILLS + SILVER SUMMIT & THE DUST DIVE @ Glasslands: 289 Kent Avenue Williamsburg, Brooklyn
9PM / 21+ /$TBA

FRIDAY, JULY 4

PHOSPHORESCENT + VIRGIN FOREST @ Glasslands: 289 Kent Avenue Williamsburg, Brooklyn
9PM / 21+ /$TBA

PSYCHEDELIC HORSESHIT + CRYSTAL STILTS + FABULOUS DIAMONDS + PINK REASON @ Death by Audio: 49 South Second Street Brooklyn btwn Wythe & Kent Williamsburg, Brooklyn
10PM / AA / $6

PONYTAIL + THE APES + INDIAN JEWELRY + MARNIE STERN + DOUBLE DAGGER + POWER DOUGLS @ The Yard: 388-400 Carroll Street Brooklyn
1PM / AA / $10

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Detroit’s Dirtbombs are a two bass, two drum set squall of a rock and roll band, fronted by Mick Collins who’s not only one of the best voices in rock, but also a stellar songwriter and an all-around musical iconoclast. The group has spent a long career shrugging off the “garage rock” moniker that lazy critics always try to pin on them, with a series of adrenaline-fueled singles and albums of furious soul, punk, R&B and yes, even raw (garage) rock. But their live show has always been where their legend was made, so we were thrilled when the band agreed to stop by the store when the passed through NYC touring behind their dark new album We Have You Surrounded, on In the Red. They played the record from start to finish, climbed on the racks and swung from the light fixtures…really! Afterwards, Collins sat down to talk about the album, his belated entry into the Detroit Techno scene, and a few other things that were brewing behind those wrap-around shades. Check it out!

-Josh Madell

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THURSDAY, JUNE 26

THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART + BEARS + AFTERNOON NAPS W/ FRED THOMAS DJ SET @ Cakeshop

DEVO + TOM TOM CLUB + DAN DEACON McCARREN PARK POOL: Williamsburg, Brooklyn @ Lorimer Street (Driggs Ave & Bayard Street)
6PM / AA / $52

STARS LIKE FLEAS + JOSEF OCH ERIKA + INLETS + FREE TIME @ Union Hall: 702 Union Street Park Slope, Brooklyn
7:30 / 21+ / $8

FRIDAY, JUNE 27

TITUS ANDRONICUS + DEVON WILLIAMS @ Knitting Factory: 74 Leonard Street NYC

7PM / AA / $10

THE WARLOCKS + BLACKLIST @ Mercury Lounge: 217 East Houston Street NYC
10PM / 21+ / $15

A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS + KING KHAN & HIS SHRINES + BLACK ACID @ South Street Seaport: Fulton and South Street Pier 17 NYC
7PM / AA / FREE

RELIGIOUS KNIVES + WOODS + POCAHAUNTED + ROBEDOOR + CAR COMMERCIALS @ 66 Hope Street: 66 Hope Street Williamsburg, Brooklyn
8PM / AA / $7

INDIAN JEWELRY + MAZING VIDS + S.S. PYRAMID SNAKE @ Glasslands: 289 Kent Avenue Williamsburg, Brooklyn
9PM / 21+ / $TBA

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It was a No Wave weekend here in New York, with some fun events to celebrate the release of Thurston Moore and Byron Coley’s great new book entitled No Wave. Post-Punk. Underground. New York. 1976-1980. on Abrams Image (available for sale at the shop and off our website.) It’s a highly entertaining and beautiful oral history/photo essay of some great New York bands, centering on Teenage Jesus and the Jerks (who did a one-off reunion at the Knitting Factory on Friday), James Chance and the Contortions, Mars, DNA and a handful of other weirdos. On Saturday evening we had a signing in the store with Moore and Coley, and I interviewed the two of them on stage about the book, the bands, and life in New York City.

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18

WILDBIRDS AND PEACEDRUMS + JACOB GOLDEN + THE BATTLE OF LAND AND SEA @ Union Hall: 702 Union Street Park Slope, Brooklyn
8PM / 21+ / $8

THURSDAY, JUNE 19

SHEARWATER + FROG EYES + EVANGELICALS @ Music Hall of Williamsburg: 66 North Sixth Street Williamsburg, Brooklyn
8PM / 18+ / $15

FRIDAY, JUNE 20

ENDLESS BOOGIE RECORD RELEASE PARTY PART II WITH LIGHTS & COCONUTS @ Glasslands: 289 Kent Avenue Williamsburg, Brooklyn
9PM / TBA
This could possibly my favorite show of the year. Endless Boogie have been playing out and about New York for years now, and I have never seen a bad set from these swamp rock ambassadors. To help celebrate the release of their new full-length Focus Level on No Quarter Records for the Brooklyn fans, Boogie have invited psychedelic folk sweethearts Lights, whose live set has gotten amazing with the addition of Andy Macleod on bass guitar and of course Sophia Knapp and Linnea Vedder’s amazing harmonies. [Amanda Colbenson]

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Shara Worden first came to the attention of the masses as a collaborator of Sufjan Stevens on his Illinoise album and tour, but in her own right this classically-trained singer and talented multi-instrumentalist has gotten much acclaim as My Brightest Diamond, a shifting orchestral-pop experiment revolving around her intensely personal songs and stunning voice. During a record-breaking heat wave this week, and on the eve of the release of MBD’s second full-length, A Thousand Shark’s Teeth (out next Tuesday, June 17 on Asthmatic Kitty), Shara performed a set of the new songs with just her guitar, voice, and string quartet, and we were mesmerized.

-Josh Madell

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THURSDAY, JUNE 12

BLOODY PANDA + EXTRA LIFE + LITTLE WOMEN + LITURGY@ Death by Audio: 49 South Second Street Brooklyn btwn Wythe & Kent Williamsburg, Brooklyn
8PM / AA / $TBA

MV&EE + CRYPTACIZE + UNITED BIBLE STUDIES + SHARRON KRAUS + IGNATZ @ Knitting Factory: 74 Leonard Street NYC
7PM /AA / $12

FRIDAY, JUNE 13

THE BUNKER FEAT: CARLOS SOUFFRONT (INTERDIMENSIONAL TRANSMISSIONS | ANN ARBOR) @ Galapagos: North 6th Street (between Wythe and Kent) Williamsburg, Brooklyn
11PM-4AM / 21+ / $10

ONEIDA PERFORM “THE WEDDING” @ The Kitchen: 512 West 19th Street NYC
8PM / $15

TEENAGE JESUS & THE JERKS @ Knitting Factory: 74 Leonard Street NYC
8PM & 11PM / AA / $25

FRIDAY THE 13TH ZOMBIE PARTY: PTERODACTYL + FIASCO + BAT ATTACK + PUTTIN’ ON THE RITZ + LIONSHARE + 1/2 OF BEST FWENDS SOLO COUNTRY SESSION@ Death by Audio: 49 South Second Street Brooklyn btwn Wythe & Kent Williamsburg, Brooklyn
8PM / AA / $8 - $2 less for zombies!

POPFEST: TULLYCRAFT + THE BESTIES + PANTS YELL + FROM BUBBLEGUM TO SKY @ Pianos: 158 Ludlow Street NYC
6PM / $10

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