Independence Day Weekend Musical Happenings

Hooray for long weekends! Happy almost 4th to you all! Hope you’ll be celebrating wtih some music; here’s what’s going down this weekend:

Thursday (tonight):

• Forro in the Dark at the MoMA Sculpture Garden (free, 5:30 pm)
• Thee Oh Sees, Golden Triangle, The Beets, German Measles at Glasslands
• Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players, Tammy Faye Starlite at (le) Poisson Rouge
• The Feelies at Maxwell’s
• Jay Reatard, Screaming Females, TV Smith of the Adverts at Music Hall of Williamsburg
  
• Cubic Zirconia, Head Automatica, Chico Mann, Dam Funk at Santos Party House
• Cage, Yak Ballz at Southpaw

Friday:

• Woodsist/Captured Tracks Festival with Crystal Stilts, Blank Dogs, Psychedelic Horseshit, caUSE co-MOTION!, Mayfair Set, Gary War, Little Girls, Kid Romance, Beachniks, Gutsies at 979 Broadway Backyard in Bushwick, Brookyln (starts at 5 pm)
  
• Cryptacize, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, Katie Eastburn at Market Hotel
• The Feelies at Maxwell’s
• Here We Go Magic, Bachelorette at South Street Seaport (free)
• Cage, Yak Ballz, Junk Science, Tone Tank at Southpaw
• Sharon Van Etten, Angel Ocana at Sycamore
• pow wow!, Dinosaur Feathers, Darlings at The Studio at Webster Hall
• Sonic Youth, The Entrance Band at United Palace Theater

Saturday:

• Conor Oberst & the Mystic Valley Band, Jenny Lewis at Battery Park (starts at 3:30 pm, free)
• First Saturday with The Shondes at Brooklyn Museum (free)
  
• Woodsist/Captured Tracks Festival with Thee Oh Sees, Vivian Girls, Kurt Vile, Woods, Tyvek, Dum Dum Girls, The Fresh & Onlys, Brilliant Colors, Ganglians, The Great Excape, The Beets, Real Estate, German Measles, Beach Fossils at 979 Broadway Backyard in Bushwick, Brookyln (starts at 2 pm)
  
• Afropunk Festival with Whole Wheat Bread, Pure Hell, Game Rebellion, American Fangs, The Objex, Funk Face, oOohh Baby Gimme, Jesse Nobody at Brooklyn Academy of Music (starts at 3 pm, free)
  
• Rooftop Films with Bachelorette at Chelsea Art Museum (starts at 6 pm)
  
• Japanther, NinjaSonik, Ghost Mall, Muhammid Ali at Lit Fuse Cyclery (409 Willoughby Brooklyn, NY) (starts at 1 pm)
  
• The Feelies at Maxwell’s

Sunday:

• Afropunk Fesitval with Earl Greyhound, Tamar-Kali, The London Souls, Apollo Heights, Sabatta, Sweetie, Peekaboo Theory, The Echo Jinx, B L A C K I E at Brooklyn Academy of Music (starts at 1 pm, free)
• Psychedelic Horseshit, Wet Hair, John Maus, Ganglians, Dead Luke at Monster Island Basement (NE corner of Metropolitan Ave & River Street Brooklyn, NY)
• The Entrance Band, TK Webb and The Visions at Southpaw
• Das Racist, Team Facelift at The Studio at Webster Hall (start at 4 pm)
  

And Monday, the Afropunk Festival continues with Saul Williams, Janelle Monae, Dallas Austin, Elevator Fight, Chewing Pics at Brooklyn Academy of Music (starts at 3 pm, free)