The three-day weekend may be over, but the summer's just getting started!  So go out and party it up.

Wednesday, May 31... The Hypertonics (www.thehypertonics.com & www.myspace.com/thehypertonics) at Sin-e.

Thursday, June 1... Jason Liebman and the Uprising (www.jasonlmusic.com & www.myspace.com/jasonliebmanandtheuprising) at Arlene's Grocery.

Friday, June 2... Head out to Brooklyn and check out Pela (www.myspace.com/pela & www.pelamusic.com) at Northsix.

Saturday, June 3... Watch out!! The Chinese Stars (www.thechinesestars.com & www.myspace.com/thechinesestars) are comin' at ya at the Mercury Lounge.

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Start the show with some Land of Talk (www.myspace.com/landoftalkmtl).  I saw them last Friday, and they were amazing.


Memorial Day's coming up and summer's here!!!!  So let's go out to party and celebrate...

Margot and the Nuclear So and So's  are playing the Mercury Lounge on Tuesday, May 23 (www.margotandthenuclearsoandsos.com & www.myspace.com/margotandthenuclearsoandsos).

Thursday's got hard rock with a feminina voice... Pistola (www.pistola.us & www.myspace.com/pistola) at Sin-e.

Black Tongue (www.myspace.com/blacktonguetheband) is playing Lit on Friday, May 26.

Get crazy for the holiday weekend and party Sunday night with Hopewell (www.hopewell.tv & www.myspace.com/hopewell) at Pianos before they head out West.

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Pistolita (www.pistolita.com & www.myspace.com/pistolita) starts us off out of San Diego with some power pianos at Bowery Ballroom on Wednesday, May 17.

Valeze (www.valeze.net & www.myspace.com/valeze) is a Brooklyn band with what I like to call a polished new-wave pop rock sound, playing at Pianos on Thursday, May 18.

What a cool set of pipes coming out of Land of Talk from Montreal (www.myspace.com/landoftalkmtl), playing at Mercury Lounge on Friday, May 19.

Levy's playing at the Delancey on Saturday, May 20, just before Soft (check out show 6), who I just learned is playing this show before a set of shows in Japan, where they just hit #14.  But get there to see Levy (www.levytheband.com & www.myspace.com/levy).  They are not to be missed.

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I've got 5 tasty morsels to pop in your grill! 

Start the week off with a little Hooch!  It's an early show with the lovely punks Marla Hooch (www.myspace.com/marlahoochnyc) at the Delancey on Tuesday, May 9.

Then a little dark, creepy vibe with Other Passengers (www.myspace.com/otherpassengers & www.otherpassengers.com) at Sine-e on Wednesday, May 10.

Aerovox (www.aerovoxmusic.com & www.myspace.com/aerovox) at Fat Baby on Thursday, May 11.

Lolita Bras (www.myspace.com/lolitabras) at Sin-e on Friday, May 12.

Wrap it up Canuck-style with Hockey Night (www.myspace.com/hockeynight & www.hockeynightmusic.com) at Mercury Lounge on Saturday, May 13.

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Sorry folks.  The man's bringin' me down, so the show's late and short this week.  However, I've still got a couple of great ways to spend your weekend!

Oxford Collapse (www.oxfordcollapse.com & www.myspace.com/theoxfordcollapse) on Friday, May 5, at Cake Shop,

And get your Japanese(ish) go-go fix at Sin-e with Gaijin a Go Go (www.gaijin55.com & www.myspace.com/1gaijinagogo) on Saturday, May 6. 

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