Friday Night in New York City

 
Ghostland Observatory @ Webster Hall 2008
Image: Chris La Putt

Wondering what to do tonight? As usual, there are many options:

• Okkervil River members Will Sheff and Charles Bissell (also of The Wrens) will be playing an acoustic set at Sound Fix. FREE.
• Melpo Mene at Cake Shop upstairs at 6 pm. FREE.
• The Subjects at Union Hall. Tickets are $7.
• The Virgins at Bowery Ballroo. Tickets are $15.
• Ghostland Observatory at Terminal 5. $25 Tickets.
• Bon Iver and The Tallest Man on Earth at Town Hall. Sold Out.
• Takka Takka, Loney Dear, Melpo Mene, Alina Simone at the Bell House. Tickets are $10.
• Love as Laughter at The Studio at Webster Hall at 8 pm. $10 Tickets.
• The Butthole Surfers and Black Dice at The Warsaw. Tickets are $25.
• Alan Braxe and Lifelike with Justin Miller (DFA) and Jacques Renault (DFA), Alex English and Daisy O’Dell in the main room at Webster Hall. In the Marlin room will be Grandmaster Flash and Dimitry!!! and in the Studio will be DJ Jess and DJ Alex Malfunction of Trash, along with a live performance by Ramesh of Voxtrot. Tickets are $10.
• Kieren Hebden (Four Tet) and Steve Reid at (le) Poisson Rouge. $15 Tickets.
• Antipop Consortium, The Bomb Squad, Dragons of Zynth, Chin Chin and more at Knitting Factory. $25 Tickets.
• The Spinto Band and Oxford Collapse at Maxwell’s. Tickets are $12.
• The Mae Shi, Screaming Females, Hearts of Darknesses, Snakes Say Hiss at Silent Barn.
  
• Shilpa Ray and Her Happy Hookers at Santos Party House. $8 Tickets.