Highlights This Week:
Monday, June 4:
- 7:30pm - The Monday Night Open Stage w/ Ben Krieger – The longest-running (almost), largest (varies), most legendary (definitely) open mike in NYC! Come to perform, or just listen. Anything goes. Signup at 7:30.
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Tuesday, June 5:
- 7:00pm - Miller Farrell – A compelling performer and talented songwriter whose style evokes early Cars and Wilco. Miller is touring in support of his new album, “Dark”.
- 7:45pm - Myron the Magnificent and the Lovely Vera – Myron and Vera were headliners at Rudy’s Off-Strip Casino until an unfortunate accident with their signature flaming sword illusion got them kicked out of Vegas. Now the duo has returned East to re-launch their bewildering magical revue. Come be mystified and bewildered by miracles of conjuring and legerdemain.
- 8:30pm - The Afterlife Comedy Show – “72 Virgins” - Weekly at SWalk, a free comedy show hosted by George Gordon, Erin Judge, Emily Heller, and Josh Gondelman. Tackling life, death, and everything after. Food! Drinks! Existentialism! Prizes! New comics every week! Also this week: Kate Berlant, Sean Donnelly, Leo Allen and a surprise guest!
- 10pm - ROB SHAPIRO!! FED UP!!!
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Wednesday, June 6:
- 7:00pm Peter Dizozza Broadway with a touch of prog, Peter Dizozza attempts to add inspiring, edifying, entertaining musical content to the great universal songbook!
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Thursday, June 7:
- 8:00pm - Greg Potter – Greg Potter is a New York City-based singer/songwriter and pianist. He is also one half of the downtown music scene’s Enid Ellen. Thursday’s show will include new and past material as he prepares for his upcoming solo EP release this summer. His music has been compared to a mix of Tori Amos, Elton John and Ryan Adams.
- 10:00pm - Ben Pagano Band! – Join us in an catapulting adventure through sound and space, with songwriter BEN PAGANO (vocals, piano, synthesizers) and his band of superhuman warriors (NATE “senor blasto” DYER on Guitar, and JUN TAKAYANAGY on drums). Indie rockish jazzy blues avant gardian punkish comical psychedelia funk variety with a splash of mega theatricality.
- 11:00pm – Dead Resident Series - Neesa Sunar is a classically trained violinist/violist. Her songs combine classical chord progressions with contemporary genres, including comedy, punk, rap, ballads, etc. She as described as extremely varied. This week: Classical night: A Mozart Lied and original songs on viola, featuring David Taubman on piano. Charles Mansfield‘s sound has been compared to Neil Young, Frank Black and The Mountain Goats. Charles is excited to be a part of the Dead Resident series to focus on new material, and inviting guests play. This week: Sarah Turk of Bird to Prey.
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Friday, June 8:
- 7:00pm - Laura Crapo (aka Laura Borealis) – Laura Crapo is a multimedia artist, filmmaker, music video director (sebadoh “ocean” etc, singer/songwriter, and reiki master and intuitive healer from Montreal, Canada. She recently wrote an erotic novel she will publish this year. Laura produces and records concept albums. The most recent is her french band Le Look.
- 8:00pm - Cordelia Stephens – Cordelia Stephens’ voice combines power with vulnerability, and her inventive folk-rock songwriting explores the contradictions of modern life and love, with humor, wistfulness and the bite of her influences such as Aimee Mann, Gillian Welch, and PJ Harvey. Cordelia will be performing with her killer band.
- 11:00pm -Sublunar Minds is a Brooklyn-based indie-funk band, combining elements of Americana, neo-soul, funk, and blues, complete with horns and harmonica. They will be releasing a new 5 song EP later this month and will be debuting new songs. Grooves and good times for all!
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Sunday, June 10:
Blackout Sunday! No Lights, No Power!
- 7:40pm - Lance Romañce & the Federal Roosters – Lance Romañce is a dead performer. He has risen from the dead to perform concerts. After the show, the management takes him to the back and kills him again. The NYPD once considered him a dangerous threat the community. This has since been resolved. Come to this show.
- 8:20pm - Filthiest Nation – Coffee table folk-rock from the illest, as in “mentally ill”, trio in the current scene. Not afraid to throw out a Specials-style cover of “Fight for Your Right to Party”, and prepared to accept the consequences.
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9:00pm – Churchill Downs – Desert rock from Prewar Yardsale featuring Luke Kelly guitar, Dina Levy bucket, tin, vocals, and Mike Rechner guitar, vocals.
- 9:40pm - Laura Dunn and the Ghosts of Xmas Past – The banjo darling of the Lower East Side teams up with the opera singers and rattling chains of The Ghosts of Xmas Past for a night of creepy folk cabaret. She’ll be debuting some songs from her new folk song cycle based on Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Snow Queen.”
- 10:20pm - Charles Mansfield – Charles Mansfield’s sound has been compared to the likes of Neil Young, Frank Black and The Mountain Goats. He has written songs since picking up a guitar forever ago. The past few years has seen Charles in New York constantly playing in various East Village and Brooklyn clubs. His new EP, is “Monday Morning.”
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Full Calendar:
Friday - 6 / 8 / 2012 Laura Crapo
Starts: 7:00 pm Cordelia Stephens
Starts: 8:00 pm The Way Home
Starts: 9:00 pm Billy Shears
Starts: 10:00 pm Sublunar Minds
Starts: 11:00 pm
Saturday - 6 / 9 / 2012 Lawrence and Leigh
Starts: 7:00 pm The Lost Shores
Starts: 8:00 pm Dear Someone
Starts: 9:00 pm Matthew Foster-Moore
Starts: 10:00 pm SierraAndTheNomads
Starts: 11:00 pm
Sunday - 6 / 10 / 2012 Monday - 6 / 11 / 2012 Tuesday - 6 / 12 / 2012 Towering Poppies CD Pre-Release Show
Starts: 7:30 pm The Afterlife Comedy Show
Starts: 8:30 pm The Afterlife Comedy Show
Starts: 8:30 pm Talking Stick Tuesdays w/ Mr. Patrick and Master Lee
Starts: 10:00 pm
Wednesday - 6 / 13 / 2012 Thursday - 6 / 14 / 2012 Friday - 6 / 15 / 2012 Saturday - 6 / 16 / 2012 Sunday - 6 / 17 / 2012 Monday - 6 / 18 / 2012 Tuesday - 6 / 19 / 2012 Harry Zittel
Starts: 7:00 pm Rebecca Ryskalczyk
Starts: 7:45 pm The Afterlife Comedy Show
Starts: 8:30 pm The Afterlife Comedy Show
Starts: 8:30 pm Marylin Summers' Hour of Sorcery
Starts: 10:00 pm
Wednesday - 6 / 20 / 2012 NYC Guitar Group
Starts: 7:00 pm
Friday - 6 / 22 / 2012 Tim Pourbaix
Starts: 7:00 pm She and the Sun
Starts: 8:00 pm Shelly Bhushan
Starts: 9:00 pm Matthew O'Toole
Starts: 10:00 pm Amateur Blonde
Starts: 11:00 pm TBA
Starts: 11:59 pm
Saturday - 6 / 23 / 2012 Sunday - 6 / 24 / 2012 Monday - 6 / 25 / 2012 Tuesday - 6 / 26 / 2012 Friday - 6 / 29 / 2012 Ellen Winter
Starts: 7:00 pm Dylan Nichols
Starts: 8:00 pm Runaway Dorothy
Starts: 10:00 pm I'll Be John Brown
Starts: 11:00 pm
Saturday - 6 / 30 / 2012 Melissa W
Starts: 8:00 pm NYU Event (Details TBA)
Starts: 10:00 pm
Sunday - 7 / 1 / 2012 Monday - 7 / 2 / 2012 Tuesday - 7 / 3 / 2012 Wednesday - 7 / 4 / 2012 No Acts Scheduled
Starts: 12:00 am
Friday - 7 / 6 / 2012 Saturday - 7 / 7 / 2012 Makers & Admirers
Starts: 10:00 pm
Sunday - 7 / 8 / 2012 Monday - 7 / 9 / 2012 Tuesday - 7 / 10 / 2012 Thursday - 7 / 12 / 2012 Intangible Poetry Slam
Starts: 8:00 pm
Saturday - 7 / 14 / 2012 Sunday - 7 / 15 / 2012 Monday - 7 / 16 / 2012 Tuesday - 7 / 17 / 2012 Friday - 7 / 20 / 2012 Sunday - 7 / 22 / 2012 Monday - 7 / 23 / 2012 Tuesday - 7 / 24 / 2012 Wednesday - 7 / 25 / 2012 Cary Cooper
Starts: 7:00 pm Intangible Poetry Slam
Starts: 8:00 pm
Sunday - 7 / 29 / 2012 Monday - 7 / 30 / 2012 Tuesday - 7 / 31 / 2012 Friday - 8 / 3 / 2012 Corbin Marsh Band
Starts: 9:00 pm
Sunday - 8 / 5 / 2012 Monday - 8 / 6 / 2012 Tuesday - 8 / 7 / 2012 Wednesday - 8 / 8 / 2012 Fragile Balance
Starts: 7:00 pm
Friday - 8 / 10 / 2012 SwampBoots
Starts: 8:00 pm
Saturday - 8 / 11 / 2012 Sunday - 8 / 12 / 2012 Monday - 8 / 13 / 2012 Tuesday - 8 / 14 / 2012 Friday - 8 / 17 / 2012 Sunday - 8 / 19 / 2012 Monday - 8 / 20 / 2012 Tuesday - 8 / 21 / 2012 Sunday - 8 / 26 / 2012 Monday - 8 / 27 / 2012 Tuesday - 8 / 28 / 2012 Thursday - 8 / 30 / 2012 Sweet Action Comedy Show
Starts: 7:30 pm
Sunday - 9 / 2 / 2012 Monday - 9 / 3 / 2012 Tuesday - 9 / 4 / 2012 Saturday - 9 / 8 / 2012 Sunday - 9 / 9 / 2012 Monday - 9 / 10 / 2012 Tuesday - 9 / 11 / 2012 Sunday - 9 / 16 / 2012 Monday - 9 / 17 / 2012 Tuesday - 9 / 18 / 2012 Friday - 9 / 21 / 2012 Sunday - 9 / 23 / 2012 Monday - 9 / 24 / 2012 Tuesday - 9 / 25 / 2012 Sunday - 9 / 30 / 2012 Monday - 10 / 1 / 2012 Tuesday - 10 / 2 / 2012 Sunday - 10 / 7 / 2012 Monday - 10 / 8 / 2012 Tuesday - 10 / 9 / 2012 Saturday - 10 / 13 / 2012 Sunday - 10 / 14 / 2012 Monday - 10 / 15 / 2012 Tuesday - 10 / 16 / 2012 Friday - 10 / 19 / 2012 Sunday - 10 / 21 / 2012 Monday - 10 / 22 / 2012 Tuesday - 10 / 23 / 2012 Sunday - 10 / 28 / 2012 Monday - 10 / 29 / 2012 Tuesday - 10 / 30 / 2012 Sunday - 11 / 4 / 2012
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