This Week's Gigs And The Rest of the Month Preview

Alexi Murdoch @ Mercury Lounge - Wed 7/5

Mates of State @ Castle Clinton - Thu 7/6

Broken Social Scene @ Prospect Park - Thu 7/6

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Les Sans Culottes @ Magnetic Field - Fri 7/7

Tony Gilkyson @ Joe's Pub - Sat 7/8

X's second guitarist returns to New York.

Elvis Costello with Allan Toussaint @ Beacon Theater - Mon 7/10, Tue 7/11

The latest project for one of the all-time greats, this time benefitting the people of New Orleans.

Jolie Holland @ Canal Room - Tue 7/11

In the tradition of retro chanteuses, take a walk down the folk-country-jazz path with this lovely young woman. She's Blanche meets Norah Jones.

The Buzzcocks @ Warsaw - Tue 7/11

The legends returns for the second month in a row.

Beth Orton @ Webster Hall - Wed 7/12

Ani DiFranco @ Central Park Summerstage - Thu 7/13

Two folk queens in two nights.

Yo La Tengo @ Prospect Park - Thu 7/13

Electric Six;Les Sans Culottes @ Warsaw - Thu 7/13

Mission of Burma @ Warsaw - Fri 7/14

Dave Alvin @ South Street Seaport - Fri 7/14

So let's recap: The Buzzcocks, Yo La Tengo, Mission of Burma, and Dave Alvin all in one week. To say nothing of a trifecta of female folkies and an E6/LSC show to boot.

Village Voice Siren Music Festival (Art Brut, Scissor Sisters,She Wants Revenge, Tapes N Tapes, The Stills) @ Coney Island - Sat 7/15

The big festival on a packed Saturday that also features:

The Black Hollies;The Insomniacs @ Magnetic Field - Sat 7/15

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin @ Mercury Lounge - Sat 7/15

Tapes N Tapes; Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin @ Maxwell's - Sun 7/16

Rooney @ Maxwell's - Mon 7/17

John Hiatt @ Nokia Theater - Tue 7/18

Miss Alex White @ Knitting Factory - Tue 7/18

The Handsome Family @ Mercury Lounge - Thu 7/20

The Dansettes @ Magnetic Field - Mo Pitkin's - Fri 7/21

Peaches;Eagles of Death Metal @ Roseland Ballroom - Sat 7/22

The Giraffes @ Mercury Lounge - Sat 7/22

Fiona Apple;Damien Rice @ Central Park Summerstage - Wed 7/26

The Hold Steady @ Castle Clinton - Thu 7/27

The Pretenders @ Roseland Ballroom - Thu 7/27

Reigning Sound @ Union Pool - Thu 7/27

A pretty big band playing a pretty small club.

Editors @ Irving Plaza - Fri 7/28

Dot Dash (The Hentchmen, Turpentine Brothers) @ Southpaw - Fri 7/28

Bloc Party;Secret Machines @ McCarren Park Pool - Sat 7/29

The Dirtbombs;The Black Hollies;The Dansettes @ Maxwell's - Sat 7/29

The Dirtbombs @ Rocks Off Concert Cruise(Aboard the Temptress) - Sun 7/30

That's right - Dirtbombs on a boat.

Of Montral @ McCarren Park Pool - Sun 7/30