Go Underground NYC
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Thursday September 1st
HASTA LA VISTA, BABY: SCHWARZENEGGER BURLESQUE!
9:00 Pm
Sideshows By The Seashore
1208 Surf Ave.
Brooklyn, NY
$12
The world’s first burlesque tribute…to the movies of everyone’s favorite philandering former Governor of California. It’s HASTA LA VISTA, BABY: Schwarzenegger Burlesque. Join an all-star cast: ANITA COOKIE, CLAMS CASINO, CREAMY STEVENS, HARD COREY, LIL MISS LIXX, LITTLE BROOKLYN and RUBY VALENTINE, with your host NEIL O’FORTUNE!
MOVE YOUR MULE
10:00 Pm
Otto’s Shrunken Head
538 E 14th St (between Aves A and B)
New York, NY
DJ Agent Jay (Slackers) and Johnny Metro hosts an evening of First, Second wave and New Ska, Reggae, Dub and Rock Steady. Guest Djs every week as well as the occasional live performance by local & national Ska acts!
Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe w/Kung Fu
Brooklyn Bowl
61 Wythe Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
$15
From a pressure cooker of rhythm, Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe brings forth the most delicious variety of grooves ever sampled by a listener’s feet. The menu has been expanding since its inception in 1998. Led by Karl Denson, who over the past 15 years has collaborated with such luminaries as Lenny Kravitz, Fred Wesley and The Greyboy Allstars, the Tiny Universe creates a dynamic sound.
DJ Questlove presents: Bowl Train
10:30 Pm
Brooklyn Bowl
61 Wythe Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
$5 adv $8 dos
DJ Questlove presents: Bowl Train American music legend ?uestlove is continuing his Thursday night residency at Brooklyn Bowl, accompanied by throwback Soul Train videos! His vinyl collection contains more than 50,000 records giving him the ability to tear up the dance floor with the most eclectic sets of hip-hop, house, 80?s, rare grooves and a mix of everything in between.
LIVE BAND KARAOKE WITH BUNNIE ENGLAND & THE NEW ORIGINALS
9:00 Pm
The Bell House
149 7th St
Brooklyn, NY
$5
Get ready to be a rock star for real! Join Bunnie England and the New Originals for Live Band Karaoke. You chose your favorite song out of the 200 we know, we’ll give you the lyrics and a mic and then back you up as you live your rock and roll fantasy on stage in The Frontier Room at the Bell House.
Wise Blood, D’eon, Cities Aviv, late night party w/ Supreme Cuts
8:30
Glasslands Gallery
289 kent avenue
Brooklyn, NY
$10
Created out of the lack of interest for breathing. Ultra distorted rhythms. You don’t need to know more.
Diamond Head
B.B. King Blues Club & Grill
7:00 Pm
237 West 42 St
New York, NY
$16 Adv $20 dos
Diamond Head are probably most famous among heavy metal fans for their influence on Metallica. Metallica openly acknowledge them as an important early influence and have covered Diamond Head songs at gigs.
Happy Hour with Pat Pervert
6:00 Pm
538 E 14th St
New York, NY
free
Pat Pervert spinning punk, psychobilly, goth, new wave and industrial at the never-ordinary Otto’s.
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Nintendo Wars
9:00 Pm
Sweet Ups
277 Graham Ave
Brooklyn, NY
free
3 NES systems, 2 SNES systems hooked up to the TVs at each end of the Bar, (and also have a 7 foot projector screen) and we Play Old School Games all night. Each game is a competition, so you can win prizes and whatnot just for playing old games you love.
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Spanking the Lower East Side
10:00 Pm
Nurse Betty
106 Norfolk Street
New York, NY
free
Every wedneday we are giving you a good smack! This Weeks Bettie Girls: Amber Ray, Deity Delgado “wednesday nights resident spanker,” Lady Zombie, Velocity Chyaldd, The Maine Araction and Lady Scoutington as always your mistress for the evening Honi Harlow!(the Birthday Girl!!)
The Morning After Girls w/The Rassle
9:30 Pm
Mercury Lounge
217 E Houston St # A
New York, NY
$10
After six years of constant global touring with appearances including the reading and latitude festivals to name a few, plus tours with the black rebel motorcycle club, muse, the church, and the black keys, the morning after girls are finally back doing what they have been deprived of for so long; playing blistering, moving, epic shows to audiences starved of the girls’ unique sonic experience.
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IL ABANICO w/YOUR SISTER’S CANARY, OMG
7:30 Pm
Union Hall
702 Union St
Brooklyn, Ny
$8
Il abanico is a native Colombian duo, formed in November 2010 by Juliana Ronderos and Nicolás Losada. With extremely different tastes in music and similar personalities, they started writing songs and experimenting with new sounds and the art of composition.
Friday Sept 2nd
Go Go Gorilla
10:00 Pm
Otto’s Shrunken Head
538 E 14th St (between Aves A and B)
New York, NY
DJ Kick of Japanese rockabilly dance party Rebel Night and his guests spin garage rock, punk and psychobilly for the bar’s boozers and cruisers, with live bands adding to the decibel
ottosshrunkenhead
Trash!
10:00 pm
Webster Hall Studio
125 E 11th St
New York, NY
$10
NYC’s best indie, electro, new wave, & disco party. Trashy go-gos, kookie club kids, & the infamous late night cabaret! Hosted by DJ Jess, plus Alex Malfunction, Twig the Wonderkid, Brendon James, & a cast of wild characters from the NYC underground.
Vinyl & Twist & Shout Dance Party
5:00 pm
The Bowery Electric
327 Bowery
New York, NY
It all starts with the 5 p.m.-9 p.m. happy hour, but soon evolves into a boogie bash as DJ Gina Bon Jersey offers up all sort of danceable rock goodness down in the basement. Meanwhile, DJ Mesh works upstairs in the Main Bar with classic rock tracks for those more concerned with sipping than strutting.
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The 2011 Coney Island Cockabilly Roadshow
10:00 Pm
Sideshows By The Seashore
1208 Surf Ave.
Brooklyn, NY
$15
From the dazzling sword-swallowing and sideshow performance of Viola LaLa Mia and Chelsea NoPants to the sensuous burlesque romp of New Orleans’ Bebe Baker, Marigny Boheme and Hazel Mae to the ass-kicking, foot-stomping rock ‘n’ roll that Cockabilly Records has become renowned, come bid them farewell as they take to the highways of America for 4 months of touring demanding enough to make the ghost of Johnny Cash sit up and take notice.
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RJD2
10:00 pm
Webster Hall
125 E 11th St
New York, NY
$15
Ramble originally began his career in Columbus, Ohio, DJing in 1993 with a pair of turntables bought from a friend. He went to high school at Fort Hayes Metropolitan Education Center and graduated in 1994. He claims his name originates from another friend who referred to him as “Rjd2″ in his raps, and the name stuck.[2] Originally working the role of DJ in the Columbus rap group MHz, he later signed to Bobbito Garcia’s Fondle ‘Em label, releasing the self-proclaimed “mix CD” Your Face or Your Kneecaps. A year later he signed to El-P’s record label Definitive Jux and released his solo debut album Deadringer to much acclaim.
Mike Dehnert w/Delta Funktionen, Morphosis, Jan Krueger
10:00 Pm
The Bunker at Public Assembly
70 North 6th Street
Brooklyn NY
$15 adv $20 dos
Since 2007, Berlin native Mike Dehnert has co-run raw techno label Fachwerk, which is deeply respected by in-the-know, serious techno fans the world over. Dehnert’s own productions (often informed by his grubby, dub infused and textured live techno sets at institutions like Berghain and Tresor) have also been unleashed on the world via other respected imprints including Clone Basement Series, Echochord Colour and Deeply Rooted House.
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Obsene Diary
Opens 10:00 Am
Museum of Sex (MoSex),
233 Fifth Ave
New York, NY
$17.50
the rich sexual documentation of one remarkable individual, a professor, tattoo artist, pornographer and sexual record keeper, Samuel Steward will be unveiled.
Prom Night of the Living Dead
8:00 Pm
Players Theatre
115 MacDougal St
New York NY
$28
A 1960s high-school prom is ruined by flesh-hungry monsters.A three-dimensional, interactive horror play equal parts George Romero and John Hughes.
Room 69 with Calamity Chang
8:00 Pm
Hotel Chantelle
92 Ludlow St
New York, NY
free
Burlesque babe Calamity Chang is the host of this weekly featuring Melody Sweets, Miss Ekaterina, Tansy, Lil’ Miss Lixx & Broadway Brassy.
The Business w/The Krays, Broken Heroes, Dirty Spiders
8:00 Pm
Mercury Lounge
217 E Houston St
New York, Ny
$15
UK old School punk legends The Business in NYC along with a solid lineup of killer bands. What else do you need to know?The Guvnor will be spinning between sets.
The Return of Nick Zedd
7:30
Anthology Film Archives
32 Second Avenue
New York, NY
$7
Zedd, once known as the “First Minister of Protocol” for the Cinema of Transgression, the New York filmmakers movement he spearheaded 25 years ago, returns to the city (he now lives in Mexico City) for a rare appearance.
El Diablo Robotico w/Denton, Thomas Bryan Eaton
8:00 Pm
Union Hall
702 Union Street
Brooklyn, NY
$10
El Diablo Robotico are a country, noise, soul, post-rock band from Brooklyn, NY and they swear that makes sense.
Stacked Decks Featuring DJ Matt Heat Spade
Midnignt
Union Hall
702 Union Street
Brooklyn, NY
free
Matt runs A Heart Is A Spade – a Brooklyn based music blog launched in September 2010 that hosts a swarm of exclusive tracks, interviews & contests. He’ll be spinning indie rock, electronic, pop, 80s and more!
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Stranded IV: Rescued
10:00 pm
RSVP for Address
stranded]at]wandbnyc.com
$21.67
Featuring 40-foot ceilings, outdoor space, a dozen nautical and tropical theme art installations, hundreds of costumed revelers, a live calypso band and tiki lounge music, dub and heavy beats, house, techno, dubstep, and late night eclectica.
Hinge Figures: A Sculptural Sound Installation
McCarren Park
Inside the park, at North 12th Street
Brooklyn, NY
free
Hinge Figures is a public installation that explores the complex, layered histories of North Brooklyn through sculpture — doors, rescued from junk stores in the community — and sound — found, historical, and original.
Saturday September 3rd
Grave W/Blood Red Throne, Pathology, Gigan
7:00 Pm
Gramercy Theatre
127 E 23rd St
New York, NY
$20
Swedish death metal? Yes please. This is some hardcore straight up old school doom and gloom madness from the land of the beautiful blonde. Metal is as metal does and Grave does it heavy.
Karma to Burn w/Black Pyramid, Bezoar
8:00 Pm
Saint Vitus
1120 Manhattan Avenue
Brooklyn NY
$10
This is the good shit, the heavy shit. Sick stoner rock blisters out with Karma To Burn at one of the coolest venues in Brooklyn. Metal Dj’s all night inbetween sets.
Theater of the Arcade: Five Classic Video Games Adapted for the Stage
7:45 Pm
Bleecker Theatre
45 Bleecker Street
New York, NY
$15
Encore you say? Well ok. This NYC Fringe hit written by Jeff Lewonczyk and directed by Gyda Arber hits the stage one last time. An apelike brute holds a young woman captive and hurls obstacles at anyone who dares approach. Classic video game or modernist drama? What happens when arcade stories are given the high literary respect and dramaturgical rigor they deserve? (Fringe Fest)
Spoons, Toons, & Booze
noon
Brooklyn Knitting Factory
361 Metropolitan Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
free
Every Saturday at noon, the front bar here at KFBK will run retro ‘toons from the ’60s, ’70s, ’80s and ’90s while offering a free buffet of the best teeth-rotting Loops, Crunches, Pops and Jacks. Put on your footsie PJs and set up the wiskey shots.
The Awesome 80′s Prom
7:30 Pm
Webster Hall
125 E 11th St
New York, NY
$15
All your favorite characters from your favorite ’80s movies are at THE PROM, from the Captain of the Football Team to the Asian Exchange Student, from the Geek to the hottie Head Cheerleader, and they’re all competing for Prom King and Queen. And just like on “American Idol”, the audience decides who wins, all while moonwalking to retro hits.
White Hills w/Psychic Paramount Pictureplane
7:00 Pm
The Morgan
25 Bogart St
New York, NY
A label like “space-rock” deserves music that’s as nuanced and limitless-feeling as space, and space-rock deserves a band like White Hills. This is Psychedelic at its best. They are playing with Denver’s gothy beatmaker Pictureplane, not one to be missed.
Warm Up
9:00 Pm
MoMA PS1
22-25 Jackson Ave. at the intersection of 46th Ave.
Long Island City, NY
Now celebrating its 14th year, the museum’s highly anticipated outdoor series will continue its tradition of introducing audiences to the best in experimental live music, sound, performance, and DJs. The annual series is held in MoMA PS1′s courtyard, which this year features Holding Pattern by Interboro Partners, an immersive environment that is the winning design of MoMA PS1′s 12th annual Young Architects Program.
Horse Meat Disco / Strut / Midnight Magic / Midnight Sun / Justin Miller / DFA / BICEP / Throne of Blood
CONEY ISLAND FILM SOCIETY: DOUBLE FEATURE: TRUE STORIES & BOB DYLAN: DON’T LOOK BACK
Coney Island Museum
8:30 Pm (True) 10:10 (Bob)
1208 Surf Ave.
Brooklyn, NY
$6 (buy one, see both)
Just months before Bob Dylan’s controversial sound-switch from folk to electric guitar, D.A. Pennebaker documented the musician’s British concert tour. The result is one of the most acclaimed music films of all time. Shot with a handheld camera in black-and-white, the film follows Dylan from limo to hotel room as he relaxes with friends, antagonizes the press and deals with managers. Joan Baez, Donovan and Alan Price make appearances. Starring: Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Donovan, Alan Price.
Coney Island Girlie Freakshow
10:00 Pm
Sideshows By The Seashore
1208 Surf Ave.
Brooklyn, NY
$15
The Coney Island Girlie Freakshow is: Insectavora, Serpentinam, Kryssy Kocktai Special Guests: Nasty Canasta, Miss Saturn. Special Boylesque by Alfonso! Special Appearance by Baron Von Geiger! Beads for Everyone! Come Celebrate Fat Tuesday early, Coney Island Style!
Circus Saturday
10:00 pm
Webster Hall
125 E 11th St
New York, NY
$30
The Greatest Party On Earth with the flying trapeze, fire Breathers, snake charmers, Go Go Girls. 4 Levels of Adventure, 6 Dancefloors. In the Grand ballroom – house, electronic, DJ Mike chach + DJ Tengo, in the Marlin Room – top 40 mash ups, DJ Ray Roc, in the balcony lounge – hiphop, Sean Sharp + D.L.O.
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QxBxRx (Queers, Beers & Rears)
10:00 Pm
Public Assembly
70 North 6th Street (Backroom)
Brooklyn, NY
$8 before midnight, $5 after
FRIENDS,DECADES, SICK CELL & Special Guest DJs Ella Fintitus and Sharon Stoned of ACTION HERO Resident DJs/Hosts A.MARTINI, GO-KARFF & SIR LOINS, QBR Gogo Boys! Frontroom @ Public Assembly: SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO (DJ set)
Gotham Burlesque
9:00 Pm
The Triad
158 W 72nd St
New York, NY
$30 adv $40 dos
This month’s headliner is the veteran peformer Tigger (the very first Mr. Exotic World), with Veronica Varlow, Ms.Tickle, Harvest Moon, and BB Heart. We love these guys. A lot of neo-burlesque is starting to feel a little tired while these guys always feel fresh. Neo-neo burlesque maybe?
The Foot w/A Cool Stick
Mercury Lounge
217 E Houston St
New York, NY
$10
Good things are happening at the Mercury Lounge for both the late and early shows. Starting off the evening’s early show is The Foot, one of Denver’s top Rock acts along with A Cool Stick one of Baltimore’s top new Hip Hop acts. The result is a very good time in New York.
Hunx and His Punx
10:30
Mercury Lounge
217 E Houston St
New York, NY
$10
We loved them in Philly on thursday, we love them in NYC tongith. Hunx and His Punx might be the first ever “girl group” fronted by a flamboyant gay male whose dream in life is to sound like a girl. They have created a unique new sound they refer to as “Young Oldies,” a mixture of 50s teenage rock ‘n’ roll, 60s girl groups and bubblegum pop.
Sunday September 4th
Kitty Nights Burlesque
9:00
Bar On A
Mug Lounge
448 East 13th Street
New York, New York
$5
FEM APPEAL welcomes Special Guest Host: JONNY PORKPIE (Pinchbottom & Grab My Junk) for an evening of CHIT CHAT, WHATNOT & BURLYQ! Starring Plucky Charms, MissVivian, Dangrr Doll, Fem Appeal, Creamy Stevens.
Morrissey & Smiths Night
10:00 pm
Sway
305 Spring St (between Hudson and Varick Sts)
New York, NY
There are few bands that inspire the kind of devotion that the Smiths, in particular lead mopester Morrissey, do. The proof can be found at Sway’s long-running, ridiculously popular Sunday-night shindig devoted to the Manchester band, helmed by Ben Cho and Gang Gang Dance’s Brian DeGraw
Dog Shit Comedy
6:30 Pm
Webster Hall
125 E 11th St
New York, NY
$5
Dog Shit Comedy is hosted by Ben Kissel and Ed Larson w/ performances by Nick Turner, Pat Dixon, Reformed Whores, Murderfist.
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