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Thursday March 8th

Trust, DZ Deathrays & Black Marble
Thurs 9:30pm.
Mercury Lounge
217 E Houston St.
New York, NY
Aussie party rock ‘n roll duo DZ Deathrays play with headliners Trust from Toronto and supporting band Black Marble who both do a depressing minimalist electro coldwave thing that makes you want to tuck it between your legs and dance in the mirror in secondhand lingerie. They do the whole thing again Friday at the Glasslands

Spanking of the Lower East Side
Thurs 9:45pm
Nurse Bettie
106 Norfolk St (between Delancey and Rivington Sts)
New York, NY
Free burlesque show produced by Honi Harlow and “Asian sexation” Calamity Chang. Six or seven acts as well as go-go dancers. Alls you gotta do is spend your money on their delicious cocktails.
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Pharoahe Monch plus Maya Azucena, Loud Apartment, & Mr. Complex
Thurs 9:30
Drom
85 Ave A
New York, NY
Justifiably angry black man Pharoahe Monch spits his lyrical flow at Ms Maya’s regular Thursday get together. Loud Apartment and Mr. Complex along for the ride.

Corruption at Tammany Hall
Thurs 9pm
Tammany Hall
152 Orchard Street,
Manhattan, NY
$10
Magician and sideshow veteran Albert Cadabra entertain with his crew of burlesque superstars: Apathy Angel, Mary Cyn, Nasty Canasta, Nikki le Villain, Topher Bousquet, etc

Anti-Flag, The Flatliners & Have Nots
Thurs 8pm
The Studio at Webster Hall
125 E 11th St (between Third and Fourth Aves)
New York, NY
Still fighting the good fight, political-post-punkers Anti-Flag promote their new albumn “The General Strike”.

Happy Hour with Pat Pervert
Thurs 6Pm
Otto’s Shrunken Head
538 E 14th St (between Aves A and B)
New York, NY
Pat Pervert spinning punk, psychobilly, goth, new wave and industrial at the never-ordinary Otto’s.
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Friday March 9th

Pop. 1280, Metz, Vaz, Teenager
Fri 9pm
Death by Audio
49 South 2nd St (between Kent and Wythe Aves)
Brooklyn, NY
$7
Local industrialesque horror punkers Pop. 1280 (who take their name from a crime novel about a killer cop) play with Toronto post-hardcore group Metz, noise rocker’s Vaz, and Aussie electro-punk duo Teenager.

Room 69
Fri 9PM
Hotel Chantelle
92 Ludlow St (between Broome and Delancey Sts)
New York, NY
No Cover
The Amazing Asian hotness that is Calamity Chang hosts of this weekly burlesque show. Delicious fancy old-school cocktails at the bar. Not to mention… it’s FREE bitches, check it out.
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Hate Eternal, Cerebral Bore, Pyrrhon, Gang Signs, Humanity Falls
Fri 8pm
Saint Vitus
1120 Manhattan Ave (between Box and Clay Sts)
New York, NY
$12
Death metal outfit Hate Eternal plays with locals Pyrrhon and others.

Rock ’Em Sock ’Em
Fri 10PM
Otto’s Shrunken Head
538 E 14th St (between Aves A and B)
New York, NY
DJ UltraV and DJ Omega play Tag Team style from 10pm-4am. 80′s/Electro/Indie/Punk-funk/Geek Rock.

A Burlesque Affaire
Fri 8pm
Affaire Bistro & Lounge
50 Avenue B
New York, NY
$10
Doc Wasabassco does his weekly burlesque show. Wasabassco regulars, GiGi La Femme, Gal Friday, Nikki Le Villain, etc performing.

Narrows, All Pigs Must Die, Cleanteeth
Fri 8PM
Knitting Factory Brooklyn
361 Metropolitan Ave
Brooklyn, NY
Advance $10, at the door $12
Narrows, a noisecore/post-Hardcore supergroup formed by members of Botch, These Arms Are Snakes and Unbroken playing with “the Slayerish” All Pigs Must Die.
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The Wild Ones
Fri 11PM
White Noise
225 Ave B (at 13th St)
New York
Dirty hair metal rock & roll party featuring go-go dancers and booze specials. Late-night wet T-shirt contest. Titties yo.
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Saturday March 10th

Symphony X, Iced Earth, Warbringer
Sat 7pm.
Best Buy Theater
1515 Broadway
New York, NY
$36 Advance, Door $40
Holy shit. If you like your metal full of cheesy theatrical passion (like I do) you shell out the pricey $40 for some Symphony X. Thrashier and slighlty more agressive Warbringer and Iced Earth also on the bill.

You see that fucking angel? BADASS!

Bonaparte
Sat 8pm
Cameo Gallery
93 North 6th Street
Brooklyn, NY
$10
Fun silly Electro-pop-punk Berliner’s Bonaparte party at Cameo Saturday night. Also doing a gig at the Mercury on Sunday.

Feeling Gloomy
Sat 11pm
Fontana’s
105 Eldridge St (between Broome and Grand Sts)
New York, NY
$6
It’s Saturday, nobody loves you, but you just don’t have the will to jump in front of a train. Well there’s always ‘Feeling Gloomy’ British Sap-Pop for the depressed set. Smiths, Cure and other sensitive crooners will be played.

Masters of the Universe
Sat 10:15pm
92YTribeca
200 Hudson St
New York, Ny
We’re not saying you have to get really really high to enjoy Dolph Lundgren as He-man in his seminal masterpiece ‘Masters of the Universe’, but it couldn’t hurt.

Ward 6
Sat 11pm
Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery
New York, NY
$10
You know that goth/new wave/postpunk/synth-pop/industrial party that’s lasted forever and a day? Well it’s back once again.

Coup de Grace Burlesque
Sat 10pm.
The Triad
158 W 72nd St
New York, NY
$25, advance $20 (with 2 drink min.)
Grace Gotham, and company get semi-naked and entertain the hell out of you for $25 bucks.
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Sunday March 10th

“Hero, Villain, Yeti: Tibet in Comics”
Sun 11am
Rubin Museum of Art
150 W 17th St
New York, NY
From Batman to Doctor Strange this exhibit highlights treks made by comic book characters to the mystical Himalayas. Dope.
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FUCT UNDERGROUND
Sat Midnight
The Peoples Improv Theater
123 East 24th Street
New York, NY
Often inappropriate (fuct) sketch comedy.
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SpeakTeasey
Sun 6:30pm
Hotel Chantelle
92 Ludlow St (between Broome and Delancey Sts)
New York, NY
$85
Got money to burn, player? $85 bucks will get your fancy pants a four-course dinner, booze and a detective-esque themed nudie show.
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Rhinestone Gorilla Burlesque
Sun 9:30pm
The Triad
158 W 72nd St
New York, NY
$10 plus two-drink minimum.
A completely different set of lovely ladies taking off their clothes and performing than the one’s of Rhinestone Follies. An affordable $10 bucks makes it worth it.
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Justin Vivian Bond
Sun 9:30pm
Joe’s Pub
425 Lafayette Street
New York, NY 10003
$25
Tranny Villianess song spinner Justin Vivian Bond does his/her fantastically bizarre thing.

Last Week

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