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Gig Alert: The Loom

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Brooklyn folk-rock band The Loom performs with Dry The River at Mercury Lounge on Tuesday night. Download the whispery-raucous single "For The Hooves That Gallop, And The Heels That March."

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Gig Alert: New Look

Monday, January 30, 2012

Brooklyn synthpop duo New Look performs with Creep at Cake Shop on Monday night. Download the song "Nap On The Bow."

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Gig Alert: Huang Ruo

Friday, January 27, 2012

Chinese-American composer and conductor Huang Ruo performs with Min Xiao-Fen, Chen Xing-Ruo and Shen Ye and the Future In Reverse Ensemble at The Greene Space on Friday night. Download his vivid piece "Written On The Wind."

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Gig Alert: Threefifty Duo

Thursday, January 26, 2012

Indie classical guitar outfit Threefifty Duo performs with Dither, Andrew McKenna Lee and Twi the Humble Feather at Le Poisson Rouge on Thursday night. Download the Brooklyn act's rock-tinged single "Circles" here. 

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Gig Alert: Andy Statman

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Brooklyn bluegrass-klezmer master Andy Statman performs at Le Poisson Rouge on Wednesday night. Download his new single "Bourbon In Jackson Hole"  here.

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Gig Alert: Jarana Beat

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Brooklyn-based Mexican roots band Jarana Beat brings its fusion music to Drom on Tuesday night. Download its new song “¡Echapalante!."

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Gig Alert: Emily King

Monday, January 23, 2012

Indie R&B singer-songwriter Emily King performs at Mercury Lounge on Monday night. Download her soulful single "No More Room."

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Gig Alert: Chucho Valdés

Friday, January 20, 2012

Afro-Cuban jazz master Chucho Valdés performs with Spanish chanteuse Buika at Carnegie Hall on Saturday night. Download his stirring piece "Yansá."

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Gig Alert: Jonathan Wilson

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Roots rock vet Jonathan Wilson performs at Mercury Lounge on Thursday night. Download his hazy lead single "Desert Raven."

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Gig Alert: Jonatha Brooke

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Alt-folk singer-songwriter Jonatha Brooke and guest musician Dar Williams pay a tribute to Woody Guthrie at Jazz at Lincoln Center on Wednesday night. Download Brooke's duet with Keb’ Mo’ "All You Gotta Do Is Touch Me."

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Gig Alert: Claire Chase

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Flutist Claire Chase previews works from her new album, Terrestre, at Le Poisson Rouge on Tuesday night. Download the piece "Terrestre: I. L'oiseau dansant." 

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Gig Alert: Herman Dune

Monday, January 16, 2012

French indie-folk duo Herman Dune plays Joe's Pub tonight. Download the outfit's witty single "Tell Me Something I Don't Know."

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Gig Alert: Real Estate

Friday, January 13, 2012

Jersey indie rockers Real Estate perform with Girls and King Krule at Terminal 5 on Saturday. Download the outfit's catchy love song "It's Real."

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Gig Alert: Gregory Porter

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Soul jazz singer Gregory Porter holds court at Smoke every Thursday night. Download his fiery tune "1960 What?" here.

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Gig Alert: Buraka Som Sistema

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Portuguese electronic dance outfit Buraka Som Sistema performs at Bowery Ballroom on Wednesday night. Download the group's infectious single "Burakaton" here. 

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Gig Alert: Jane Jane Pollock

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Southern indie-pop quintet Jane Jane Pollock performs with Royal Baths at Mercury Lounge on Tuesday night. Download their sun-soaked tune "Of Holy Colors" here. 

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Gig Alert: Chicha Libre

Monday, January 09, 2012

Brooklyn-based psychedelic cumbia band Chicha Libre performs at Barbes on Monday night. Download the outfit's song "Primavera en la Selva," an Amazonian reimagination of Vivaldi's "Spring," here.

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Gig Alert: BélO at globalFEST

Friday, January 06, 2012

The ninth annual international music celebration globalFEST hits Webster Hall on Sunday night. Download the soulful tune "Mwen Bouke" by Haitian crooner BélO here. 

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Gig Alert: Givers

Thursday, January 05, 2012

Louisiana indie-pop quintet Givers performs with Yellow Ostrich at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on Thursday night. Download the band's infectious single "Up Up Up" here. 

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Gig Alert: Elizabeth and The Catapult

Wednesday, January 04, 2012

Indie-pop outfit Elizabeth and The Catapult brings its kaleidoscopic melodies to Mercury Lounge on Wednesday night. Download the group's wistful single "Thank You For Nothing" here. 

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