Ease into the
weekend with softy songwriter Owen, playing with The One AM Radio, at Mercury
Lounge, 217 E. Houston St. (betw. Ludlow & Essex Sts.), 212-260-4700; 7:30,
$12.
Or Israeli
garage rockers Monotonix with Turbo Fruits and The Beets at Santos Party House,
100 Lafayette St. (betw. Walker & White Sts.), 212-584-5492; 7, $13.
Grand Archives,
The Most Serene Republic, The Diggs play at Southpaw, 125 5th Ave. (betw.
Sterling & St. John’s Pls.), Brooklyn, 718-230-0236; 9, $13.
On Saturday,
watch the dream pop princess Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions with Dirt
Blue Gene at Music Hall of Williamsburg, 66 N. 6th St. (betw. Kent & Wythe
Aves.), Brooklyn, (718) 486-5400; 8, $22.
Everyone else
could check out Drummer (members of Black Keys) with Royal Bangs at Mercury
Lounge, 217 E. Houston St. (betw. Ludlow & Essex Sts.), 212-260-4700;
10:30, $12.
Sunday, hear
superhuman drumming from Brooklyn band White Rabbits with Glass Ghost (Eliot
Krimsky of Flying) and The Dig at Maxwell's, 1039 Washington St. (at 11th St.),
Hoboken, 201-653-1703; 9, $12.
Or Blitzen
Trapper and Wye Oak at Bowery Ballroom, 6 Delancey St. (betw. Bowery &
Chrystie St.), 212-533-2111; 8, $18.
