No need to leave the City to celebrate your Labor Day weekend.  Listen here for a sample of a great way to cap off your summer!

Bound Stems (www.boundstems.com, www.myspace.com/boundstems) at Mercury Lounge on Wednesday, August 30.

The Volunteers (www.thevolunteersrock.com, www.myspace.com/thevolunteers) at Lit Lounge on Thursday, August 31.

Forget Cassettes (www.forgetcassettes.com, www.myspace.com/forgetcassettes)  at Pianos on Friday, September 1.

Airiel (www.airiel.com, www.myspace.com/airiel) at Sin-e on Saturday, September 2, with The Vandelles and A Place to Bury Strangers, who I've featured on Shows 4 and 22.

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Back again and undeterred!  This set of bands and songs are great from front to back.  Lots of talent here...

Kung-Fu Grip (www.myspace.com/kungfugrip, www.kung-fugrip.info) at Fat Baby on Wednesday, August 23.

The Animators (www.theanimators.com) at The Living Room on Thursday, August 24.

Chris Mills (www.myspace.com/chrismillsmusic, www.chris-mills.com) here from Chicago at Pianos on Friday, August 25.


The Dead Betties (www.myspace.com/thedeadbetties, www.thedeadbetties.com) will kick some major ass at the Club Midway on Saturday.

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Sorry! I'm way late on this one because it took time to get the show up to speed.  This one's a true experiment.  Gustavo joins me for this week's episode as the first co-host of Alphabet City Radio.  Check it out as he blesses us with his wisdom.  BEWARE:  The sound sucks, so I apologize for that too. 

Wednesday, August 16, the Dutch lads of Voicst (www.myspace.com/voicst, www.voicst.com) come here for some great rock, playing at Mercury Lounge.  Get there early for this one!

The Handsome Public (www.myspace.com/thehandsompublic) then bless the new wave air of Sin-e with their live show on Friday, August 17.

It's Sin-e again with Poingly (www.myspace.com/poingly) for some punk, but get there early for this one too on Saturday, August 18.

Then head over to The Annex for the Tiswas party on Saturday night to see Trouble Everyday (www.myspace.com/troubleeveryday).

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... and we keep it rolling again with a great week of live tunes!

A Place to Bury Strangers (www.myspace.com/aplacetoburystrangers, www.aptbs.com) starts us off at Sin-e on Tuesday, August 8.

Hymns (www.myspace.com/hymnsband, www.hymnsband.com) have a cool, smooth sound at Living Room on Wednesday.

Does everybody love Tall Hands?  (www.myspace.com/tallhands)  They say so.  Check them out at Pianos on Thursday.

Throwing Muses (www.throwingmusic.com) are back!!  And they're playing Bowery on Saturday.  Bound to be an excellent show.

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Damn!  It's hot out this week!!  Time to go out and rub some sweaty elbows with these great acts...

Seizure 17 (www.myspace.com/seizure17) is playing Club Midway on Wednesday, August 2.  Cool tunes and great lyrics to their songs.

Thursday, August 3, we've got some amazing acoustic guitar unlike any other you've heard with Swati (www.swatilive.com, www.myspace.com/swatilive) playing at The Living Room, some real emotion here.

The Singles (www.thesingles.us, www.myspace.com/thesingles) are visiting from Detroit to bring us some great rock music on Friday, August 4, at The Delancey.

Life in Polaroids (www.myspace.com/kristinastapelfeld) and Scott and the Grey Area (www.elizabethharper.net, www.myspace.com/elizabethharper)  will have some beautiful tunes for us on Saturday, August 5, at Cake Shop... but get there early.  They are a great example of why you should see the opening acts of any given night.

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