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Drake+Miguel+Future Barclays Center : 7:00 p.m. October 28
Bad news, Future fans who purchased tickets to see the Atlanta rapper open Drake’s Barclays gig: The guy behind the prettiest hooks in hip-hop got kicked off the tour for telling Billboard that the songs on the headliner’s recent album, Nothing Was the Same, is full of hits but not... More >>
Brooklyn	Music

Alan Jackson Carnegie Hall : 8:00 p.m. October 28
Alan Jackson is probably best known for his 9/11 tribute song "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)," but fans know that his career began back in 1989 when he signed to Arista's country division and issued his debut album Here in the Real World the following year. His particular... More >>
Flatiron	Music

Sparks Webster Hall : 8:30 p.m. October 28
To say you’ve “grown up” with Sparks, the Los Angeles–raised brothers who released their debut album in 1971, is to suggest a vertigo-inducing oscillation of witty pop kicks and refreshingly distanced cerebral strategies. Like Queen, only funnier, Russell Mael’s... More >>
East Village	Music

Alexa Chung PowerHouse Arena : 7:00 p.m. October 29
We’ve encountered fashion muse and on-air personality Alexa Chung twice: Once in an elevator, in which we stared at her casually chic short shorts and jaunty top and then looked at our own outfit in disgust; and another time on Sixth Avenue, where Chung, wearing a black leather miniskirt,... More >>
Brooklyn	Literary Events, Fashion and Style

Chris Brown+Danity Kane Roseland Ballroom : 8:00 p.m. October 29
No artist better represents the shambles of the black male psyche than Chris Brown. Even though his forthcoming album was named X, in part as an attempt to symbolically move on from his turbulent past, his recent verse on DJ Khaled’s “I’m Still” shows him to be incapable... More >>
West 50s	Music

Bryan and the Haggards w/ Eugene Chadbourne The Stone : 8:00 p.m. October 30
Led by saxophonist Bryan Murray, the Haggards perform outlandish, inventive, and often hilarious jazz-instrumental renditions of tunes by the great country songwriter Merle Haggard. Guitarist/banjoist/vocalist Eugene Chadbourne, who's been infusing country music with hyperactive improvisation... More >>
East Village	Music

Oozing Wound+The Dreebs+Pop. 1280+Sediment Club Death by Audio : 8:00 p.m. October 30
Chi-town metal long-hairs Oozing Wound have head-banged their hardcore-cum-thrashtastic bludgeon into their exclusive hometown Thrill Jockey Records realm. Utterly ferocious with an unrivaled ear-splitting heaviosity, the new Retrash is a bulldozing epic of sleazy throat-bawling metal terror... More >>
Brooklyn	Music

Oozing Wound+The Dreebs+Pop. 1280+Sediment Club Death by Audio : 8:00 p.m. October 30
Chi-town metal long-hairs Oozing Wound have head-banged their hardcore-cum-thrashtastic bludgeon into their exclusive hometown Thrill Jockey Records realm. Utterly ferocious with an unrivaled ear-splitting heaviosity, the new Retrash is a bulldozing epic of sleazy throat-bawling metal terror... More >>
Brooklyn	Music

What's So Bloody Funny? Highline Ballroom : 8:00 p.m. October 30
While Alex Borstein may be best known as a former cast member of MADtv and Lois on Family Guy, her stand-up comedy is not to be missed (just google “Alex Borstein vagina soap”). Tonight, she makes a rare New York appearance at What’s So Bloody Funny?, a benefit for the... More >>
Chelsea	Comedy

French Montana+Juelz Santana+Jadakiss Hammerstein Ballroom : 8:00 p.m. October 31
Chelsea	Music

The Juan Maclean+Justin Strauss+Evan Michael Cameo Gallery : 10:00 p.m. October 31
While Holy Ghost! challenged Phoenix's melodic ebullience, Factory Floor became critical darlings with their skeletal throb-rock debut, and James Murphy ran off brewing coffee somewhere, DFA scored two bonafide house hits thanks to longtime family member Juan Maclean. Both "You Are My Destiny"... More >>
Williamsburg	Music

'The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses' Theater at Madison Square Garden : 8:00 p.m. November 1
Theater at Madison Square Garden: Stop it already with your ironic enjoyment of the theme from Super Mario Brothers—that's actually a pretty lazy choice as nostalgic video game music goes. At this show, nearly thirty years of tunes from the Legend of Zelda game series will get a full... More >>
Chelsea	Music

'Verboten' w/ Carl Craig+Moodymann+Kenny Larkin The Paper Box : 10:00 p.m. November 1
Kenny Dixon Jr., a/k/a Moodymann, throws roller disco parties in his hometown of Detroit and has been known to hand out T-shirts at gigs that say "Your Girlfriend Prefers 12 Inches." It would be a mistake to think Moodymann is a gimmick, though: For over two decades house fans have considered... More >>
Brooklyn	Music

The Orb Webster Hall : 7:30 p.m. November 2
Twenty years ago, the Orb sampled Pat Metheny playing Steve Reich's "Music for Counterpoint" for their seminal chill-out composition "Little Fluffy Clouds," launching the duo on a path to rave superstardom—or at least as much renown as an ambient chill-out act can expect to achieve. Ever... More >>
East Village	Music

Black Dice+RatKing+DJ Pizza Party 285 Kent Ave : 8:00 p.m. November 2
Black Dice are a bunch of weirdos who daringly indulge in nearly every electronic-based avenue that avails itself, from thrash-influenced noise to ambient psych fuckery. Currently based in Brooklyn, the band has been through a lot of identity crises and on a lot of tours over the past 16 years.... More >>
Williamsburg	Music

Steve Earle and the Dukes+The Mastersons Town Hall : 8:00 p.m. November 2
Steve Earle is an American powerhouse. Over the past 20 years, the singer-songwriter, actor, producer, and native Texan has established himself as a storyteller and ace guitar player, combining rootsy blues and country with a political streak and a penchant for rock and roll recklessness.... More >>
West 40s	Music

Shafi Mondol Symphony Space, Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theater : 8:00 p.m. November 2
The wandering musical mystics of Bengal, Bauls such as Shafi Mondol maintain a centuries-old tradition combining Hindu and Sufi roots. Mondol plays a long-necked fretless lute called a dotara and will be accompanied by the one-stringed, droning ektara and drums as he performs songs about... More >>
West 90s	Music

Mad Professor and Subatomic Sound System The Bell House : 9:00 p.m. November 2
Borrowing the title of his 2011 album, British dub producer Neal Fraser's "Roots of Dubstep" tour casts historical perspective upon dance music's uptempo mutation of Jamaica's cavernous sonic deconstructions. For Fraser, dub is the sound of freedom, audio experimentalism, and massive amounts of... More >>
Brooklyn	Music

Silly Witches 54 Below : 11:00 p.m. November 2
The silly witches flying in on their brooms for this immediately post-Halloween coven meeting are, in alphabetical order, Jackie Hoffman, Christine Pedi, Mary Testa, and Christine Zbornik. If you tried to find four funnier women in the New York metro area, you couldn’t. Go ahead. Try.... More >>
West 50s	Music

Roomful of Teeth+Holly Herndon Le Poisson Rouge : 8:00 p.m. November 4
A show of teeth can be either welcoming or terrifying, and Massachusetts vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth embodies and celebrates that notion. Its performances are rusty saucers of tics, clicks, and other verbal detritus shaken and arranged into hilarious, baffling commentaries on the meaning... More >>
Greenwich Village	Music

The Head and the Heart+Quiet Life Terminal 5 : 7:30 p.m. November 5
Off the strength of their initial self-titled release, this Seattle-based indie-folk band went from local darlings who met in Old Ballard's vibrant music scene in 2009 to a touring act with international acclaim. The organic popularity of their first release led to a record deal with Northwest... More >>
West 50s	Music

Charli XCX+Kitten Irving Plaza : 8:00 p.m. November 13
Charli XCX is on her way to synthpop stardom, and she has only recently turned 21. With a guest spot on one of this year's biggest and most infectious singles, Icona Pops "I Love It," and her own well-received major label debut album True Romance, Charli has found the right time and place to... More >>
East Village	Music

Fun Home Public Theater : Every Tue., Wed., Thu., Fri., Sat., Sun. until November 3
Not long after Alison Bechdel wrote a letter to her parents telling them she was a lesbian, her father, Bruce, was struck and killed by a Sunbeam Bread truck. But, she wonders in her bestselling 2006 graphic memoir, Fun Home, could it have been a suicide? Returning to her childhood, she tells... More >>
Greenwich Village	Theater, Off-Broadway: Opening

Joe Lovano's Us Five Village Vanguard : 8:30 p.m. daily until October 31
The maestro’s two-drummer outfit is one of his most overtly swinging groups. As it searches for the sweet spots, it makes a swirl of sound that always dodges the okey-doke and reaches around the corner for something a bit more valuable. You can actually hear that exploration vibe come... More >>
West Village	Music

Dark Theater Fishman Space, BAM Fisher : 7:30 p.m. October 29; 7:30 p.m. October 30; 7:30 p.m. October 31; 7:30 p.m. November 1; 7:30 p.m. November 2
Back in the day, dancers would spend years in someone else's company, perfecting their skills and learning the ropes, before striking out on their own. Lately, many artists, right out of school or nearly so, go public way before they’re ready. Not John Heginbotham. He’s graced the... More >>
Brooklyn	Dance