Crustcake Picks - NYC Shows 5/15 - 5/21

by crustcake gerf (NYC)

It's being reported that Saturday's Torche/Sword show is already sold out. A bummer if you didn't get tickets in advance, but a boon for the bands, especially Torche who deserve all the recognition and support in the world after the masterstroke that was Meanderthal. The show will be opened by Priestbird (read our interview) spin-off Lapdog of Satan.

One show (or rather, two) that you can still grab tickets for is the Progressive Nation double-header at Terminal 5 next week. In addition to headliners and creators Dream Theater, the tour features Opeth, Between the Buried and Me, and 3.

And now, a special announcement from crustcake hip-hop dilettante Scott Roc:

Come Saturday I'll be knocking back tacos and beers with friends out in the desert, but if I was in New York I'd go see Yo Majesty at South Paw. The Miami booty bass group has been blogged about pretty extensively, so I won't go into it much here other than to say you don't have many opportunities to see a group of lesbians rock a show topless ("Your boy 50 Cent does his show with his shirt off. Why can't I?" - JWL B of Yo Majesty), rapping about kryptonite pussy over the kind of beats the famously misogynistic 2 Live Crew used.

Download: Yo Majesty "Club Action" [MP3]
Download: Yo Majesty "Kryptonite Pussy" [MP3]

Upcoming show details and ticket info after the jump.

NYC show picks 5/15 - 5/21:

Saturday 5/17 - The Sword, Torche, Stinking Lizaveta, Lapdog of Satan @ Music Hall of Williamsburg [sold out]

Saturday 5/17 - Yo Majesty, Does It Offend You, Yeah? @ South Paw [tix]

Wednesday 5/21 - Dream Theater, Opeth, Between the Buried and Me, 3 @ Terminal 5 [tix]

Thursday 5/22 - Dream Theater, Opeth, Between the Buried and Me, 3 @ Terminal 5 [tix]

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Crustcake Picks - NYC Shows 11/29 - 12/5

If you're feeling saucy, you might find your way to Death By Audio tomorrow night for Brooklyn's own Children with some other bands, one of which is a Priestbird side project (which may or may not be a good thing). Then again, you might not.

Do you like my ambiguity?

Ok, moving on. No ambiguity on Saturday-- Witchcraft are taking over Bowery Ballroom with Baroness in tow. I will be there. So will you. Doors are at midnight though, so you may want to have a nap beforehand.

Monday, Jinners is hosting a Blogger's Delight show at the Knitting Factory, which may or may not be of interest. Shit, back to the ambiguity, so sorry. Well, it is free. And Cheeseburger and The Big Sleep are pretty rad, so I hear.

Ted Leo & his pharmacists on Tuesday, but it's $20. You decide.

Friday 11/30 - Children, Birthday Boyz, LA Cross, Lapdog of Satan @ Death By Audio

Saturday 12/1 - Witchcraft, Baroness, Radio Moscow @ Bowery Ballroom

Monday 12/3 - Cheeseburger, Neckbeard Telecaster, The Big Sleep, Coin Under Tongue @ Knitting Factory

Tuesday 12/4 - Ted Leo & the Pharmacists, Kristeen Young, Love or Perish @ Music Hall of Williamsburg

[MP3] Witchcraft - "You Bury Your Head"
[MP3] Baroness - "Wanderlust"
[MP3] Cheeseburger - "Tiger"
[MP3] The Big Sleep - "Pinkies"
[MP3] Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - "Sons of Cain"

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