this week in music

NYC PRIDE

Even dogs can get in on the action at the inaugural PetPride festivities, part of the PrideFest street fair on Sunday at 12:30 (photo by twi-ny/mdr)


Multiple venues
Saturday, June 26, and Sunday, June 27
Free – $100
www.nycpride.org

The annual Gay Pride celebration shifts into high gear this weekend with several of its signature events. On Saturday night, the seventh annual “Rapture on the River: A Women’s Dance” takes place at Pier 54, featuring music by Susan Morabito ($25 in advance, $35 day of show). The 2010 NYC LGBT Pride March gets under way Sunday at noon, beginning at 36th St. & Fifth Ave. This year’s grand marshals are Dan Choi, Judy Shepard, and Constance McMillen, with Frank DeCaro, Bruce Vilanch, and Romaine Patterson among the reviewing stand judges. The PrideFest street fair, on Hudson St. between Abingdon Sq. & West Fourteenth on Sunday, includes emcees Hedda Lettuce, Vanessa Valtre, and Kiiara Monteiro, with a special performance by Antigone Rising in addition to Nikki Exotika, Justin Utley, London Bridgez, Sprio, Melinda Hansen, and many others. And things come to a rousing conclusion Sunday night with “Dance on Pier: Dance 24,” a hot party on Pier 54 with DJs Steven Oliveri and Freemasons ($100).

NORTHSIDE FESTIVAL: FRIDAY FINEST

Brother and sister act should pack Brooklyn Bowl on night two of Northside Festival (photo by twi-ny/mdr)

Multiple venues
Thursday, June 24
Admission: free – $19, badges $50
Northside Festival Friday Schedule

Day two of the Northside Festival sees more than a hundred bands on the schedule, with the lineups getting better and better. Here are our selections for some of Friday’s best.

Whooping Crane, Trash Bar, 8:00: Brooklyn psychedelic trio deals the straight dope in guitar-heavy Woodstock-influenced blues rock.

Echostream, Spike Hill, 9:00: Echostream’s ethereal pop is led by Japanese singer-songwriter Ryoko’s dreamy vocals.

The Fiery Furnaces, Brooklyn Bowl, 10:20: You never quite know what siblings Eleanor and Matt Friedberger are going to do live, but it’s almost always fascinating and compelling.

Woods, Music Hall of Williamsburg, 11:15: Brooklyn band expands lilting folk into 1960s-style jams.

We Are Country Mice, Cameo Gallery, 12:30: Local alt rockers, a favorite of ours at last year’s CMJ, will be holding good old-fashioned barn raisings at Cameo Gallery on Friday and Spike Hill on Sunday.

KIM ROSE

Kim Rose and band endured much personal hardship during making of debut album

Don Hill’s
511 Greenwich St. at Spring St.
Friday, June 25, 10:30
212-219-2850
www.myspace.com/kimrose
www.donhills.com

Not all of the happening music scene will be taking place in Brooklyn this weekend at the Northside Festival. New York-based musician Kim Rose will unleash her crunching hard rock and epic power ballads Friday night at 10:30 at Don Hill’s, celebrating the release of her debut CD, YEAR OF SEVERED TIES, twelve tunes about struggling to find one’s identity in a world gone wrong, filled with personal crisis and decrying the lack of real communication so prevalent in today’s society. “The soul won’t shake / Your worst mistakes / Hearts dissolve / Without resolve / Still I cannot see / The person I should be / How many promises can you break?” Rose asks in “Broken Frames.” Singer-guitarist Rose, bassist Nate Stevens, drummer Anthony DeVizio, and guitarist and co-songwriter Geoff Barone will be at Don Hill’s anchoring “Friends of Enemies: Unsigned VIP Tour,” which also features Hot in the City (6:00), the Narrative (6:45), My Arcadia (7:30), With the Punches (8:15), Barely Blind (9:00), and Set It Off (9:45).

NORTHSIDE FESTIVAL: THURSDAY TIPS

The Sundelles will be at Spike Hill on opening night of the Northside Festival (photo by twi-ny/mdr)

Multiple venues
Thursday, June 24
Admission: free – $19, badges $50
Northside Festival Thursday Schedule

The opening night of the Northside Festival features some ninety bands playing eighteen venues, so we’ve filtered through the madness to single out five shows that we think stand out from the crowd.

The Sundelles, Spike Hill, 8:00: Brooklyn trio opened last weekend’s Crest Fest with a solid set of semi-psychedelic indie pop (also Friday at 9:00 at Public Assembly).

The New Deal, Brooklyn Bowl, 9:00: Canadian threesome play funky electronica that Ray Parker would be proud of.

These United States, Music Hall of Williamsburg, 9:45: Jesse Elliott’s quirky voice leads the way through intelligent indie alt-country from DC.

Au Revoir Simone, Warsaw, 11:00: Keyboardists Heather D’Angelo, Erika Foster, and Annie Hart offer delightful pop minimalism on infectious ditties.

Mr. Dream, Coco 66, 12 midnight: Brooklyn trio melds techno, Brit pop, and power chords while offering up knick knacks, knuckle sandwiches, and other fancy things.

NEW YORK EXPO

Two tickets to see Eddie Money in a Bronx paradise will cost only ten bucks

Yankee Stadium
Saturday, June 26, $5, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
www.cbsradioexpo.com

Frustrated by the price of tickets to Yankees games? Tired of all the hype associated with hip indie bands? In the mood for some good old-fashioned entertainment? On Saturday, June 26, the New York Expo comes to Yankee Stadium, an all-day festival of sports and music that costs a mere five bucks (parking is only five dollars more). WFAN and WCBS-FM will be broadcasting live from the Stadium, with such radio personalities as Joe Benigno, Steve Somers, Mr. G, Craig Allen, Ed Randall, Bob Shannon, and others on hand to meet and greet fans. There will also be free autograph sessions with such local heroes as Darryl Strawberry, Carl Banks, Doc Gooden, Luis Tiant, Sean Landeta, Graig Nettles, John Starks, John Franco, Ron Blomberg, Kris Jenkins, and Mark Gastineau. Exhibiting booths will be giving out information about home improvement, colleges, and more. And the live music roster includes AMERICAN IDOL’s Kris Allen, Kat DeLuna, Macy Gray, and the one and only Eddie Money, offering up very inexpensive tickets to a Bronx paradise.

CAREFUSION JAZZ FESTIVAL NEW YORK

McCoy Tyner will lead his quartet in a free performance on June 23 at SummerStage as part of the CareFusion Jazz Festival

Multiple venues
Through June 26
Admission: free – $100
www.nycjazzfestival.com

The CareFusion Jazz Festival heads into its final days with some of its best programs still ahead. At SummerStage on Wednesday, June 23, the McCoy Tyner Quartet, featuring Ravi Coltrane, Esperanza Spalding, and Francisco Mela, will be headlining a stellar free evening of jazz in Central Park along with the Stanley Clarke Band, with special guest Hiromi. On Thursday, Herbie Hancock will be celebrating his seventieth birthday at Carnegie Hall with such friends as Joe Lovano, Bill Cosby, Terence Blanchard, Wayne Shorter, Derek Trucks, Jack DeJohnette, Dave Holland, and others ($35-$100). Also on Thursday, James Cotton will host a Blues Summit at Frederick P. Rose Hall with Taj Mahal, Pinetop Perkins, Shemekia Copeland, and others ($35-$100). On Friday night, “Habana/Harlem” at the Harlem Stage Gatehouse presents pianists Henry Butler and Osmany Paredes in “Cultural Fusion: Past, Present, and Future,” followed on Saturday night with the Pedro Martinez Project’s “Uptown Nights” ($15 each). Other events are scheduled for the Jazz Standard, Symphony Space, Zebulon, (le) poisson rouge, and the Jazz Gallery.

NORTHSIDE FESTIVAL

We Are Country Mice are among the growing lineup of excellent bands hitting Williamsburg this week for the Northside Festival (photo by twi-ny/mdr)

Multiple locations throughout Williamsburg & Greenpoint
June 24-27
Admission: free – $19, badges $50
www.thelmagazine.com/blogs/NorthsideFestivalNews

The second annual Northside Festival is like a mini-CMJ, featuring a great lineup of mostly local bands — including the Fiery Furnaces, Takka Takka, Au Revoir Simone, Savoir Adore, Pillow Theory, Grooms, We Are Country Mice, Wavves, White Hills, High Places, Titus Andronicus, Ribbons, the Black Hollies, Les Savy Fav, Elvis Perkins in Dearland, Harper Blynn, and Islands, among dozens of others — packing them in at Coco 66, Europa, Glasslands Gallery, the Knitting Factory, Music Hall of Williamsburg, Pete’s Candy Store, Public Assembly, Red Star Barn, Shea Stadium, Spike Hill, the Trash Bar, Union Pool, and Warsaw. In addition, Northside Film at IndieScreen will show such works as Zeina Durra’s THE IMPERIALISTS ARE STILL ALIVE, Ry Russo-Young’s YOU WON’T MISS ME, Todd Solondz’s LIFE DURING WARTIME, James Franco’s THE FEAST OF STEPHEN, and Neil Marshall’s CENTURION as well as host an animation block party, shorts programs, and more. And Arts at Northside includes exhibitions and special events, including Conrad Ventur’s “Screen Tests Revisited” at Momenta Art, Rob List’s collaborative dance at Parker’s Box, and live music by Party of Virgins and Live Footage at the opening of Liubo Borissov’s “Crowdsource” at Eye Level BQE. Expect massive crowds, an unusually high hipster quotient even for Williamsburg, and lots of awesome music. Keep watching twi-ny for specific recommendations and must-sees over the next few days.