Best Shows This Week (June 9 - 15) in NYC
Perfume Genius, Grace Jones, Santigold, De La Soul, Karate, DJ Koze, King Woman, CIVIC, Robert Glasper (free), The Antlers & Okkervil River, Turnover, Billy Corgan, The Kills, Jim Jarmusch, Jozef Van Wissem & more!

MONDAY
Grace Jones and Janelle Monáe kick off the Celebrate Brooklyn! season in style so pull up to the bumper and let's get summer started.
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MONDAY & TUESDAY
Filmmaker/musician Jim Jarmusch and minimalist composer Jozef Van Wissem play two at (Le) Poisson Rouge, and by law, you must be down.
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TUESDAY
Perfume Genius plays a big time show at Brooklyn Paramount and this one passes the smell test. Please note: this is the #1 most saved show on Oh My Blob! this week.
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WEDNESDAY
Robert Glasper plays a *free show* in Lincoln Center. Worth paying for even though you totally don't have to.
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WEDNESDAY
See the documentary The Sixth Borough which explores Long Island's impact on hip-hop's evolution with a performance by De La Soul and Rakim following the premiere. Buying three tickets for me, myself and I.
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WEDNESDAY
Santigold plays a glittery show at Sony Hall, part of the Blue Note Jazz Festival.
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THURSDAY
Acclaimed indie rockers The Antlers and Okkervil River play White Eagle Hall. How many good bands on this bill? Two. For Real.
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THURSDAY & FRIDAY
Permanently chill alt popsters Turnover play two at Brooklyn Paramount. Don't get dizzy on the comedown.
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FRIDAY
Don't You forget about Simple Minds (born: 1977), Modern English (born: 1979) and Soft Cell (born: 1978) at Jones Beach, either.
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FRIDAY
Scuzzy Melbourne blazers CIVIC came all the way around the world to play TV Eye. Get into their noisy garage rock / post proto punk goodness ASAP, please.
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SATURDAY
So many good shows on Saturday: The Kills, Karate, King Woman, DJ Koze, Converge, 79.5, Suzanne Vega, Arm's Length, Native Sun, The Aussie BBQ, Arm's Length etc. How about just going to all of them? Who cares if they're all in different places at the same time. Figure it out!
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SUNDAY
Keep mellon collie Sunday at bay by going to see Billy Corgan (and the Machines of God) at Irving Plaza. Sure, the work week starts tomorrow, but not Today.
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OTHER NOTABLE SHOWS THIS WEEK:
Eddie Vedder, Metallica, Anaïs Mitchell, Aimee Mann, Jonathan Coulton, DRAIN, Dutch Interior, Anna of the North, NOBRO, Um, Jennifer?, Heart Attack Man, The Dirty Nil, Hozier, Glass Animals, Billy Idol, Dave Matthews Band, Provoker, Marc Ribot, Superbloom, John C. Reilly, Terry Chambers (of XTC), Wussy, The Giraffes, Activity, Screenager, Laura Jane Grace, The Intelligence, daneshevskaya, Lords of Acid (win tickets), Ziggy Alberts (win tickets), Dragged Into Sunlight (win tickets), Sweet Pill (win tickets), Ethan Tasch (win tickets), Greer (win tickets), Alison Ponthier (win tickets), Rich Hall Benefit with From Autumn To Ashes (win tickets), Phoneboy (win tickets), Ringo Starr, The Beach Boys, The Black Keys, One Step Closer, Astrid Sonne, The Fall of Troy, Sister Nancy and more!
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