The Bowery Electric

Richard Lloyd + 3 Teens Kill 4 + Steve Almaas + Pin Ups + Jahn Xavier

Indie rock, Punk & hardcore, Rock & roll

• $$

Television guitar man Richard Lloyd shows off his formidable six-string know-how downtown. In recent years, he's been dipping into raw, bluesy territory, as on his most recent solo album, 2009 Hendrix tribute The Jamie Neverts Story.

The Upper Crust + Lord Classic + B.A.L.L. + New York Junk

Alternative rock, Indie rock, Rock & roll

• $

The Upper Crust is a band with an unabashed gimmick—dressing up like Colonial-era elite—but don't let that deter you from digging the Boston quartet's solid take on power pop.

Mobile Mondays! 45s

Nightlife

• $$
• Critics' pick
• Free

Start out your week with a wide-ranging regimen of funk, soul, rock, punk, new wave, pop, salsa, calypso, reggae, rhythm & blues, disco and anything else that's danceable, spun (on 45-rpm vinyl) by Just Blaze, DJ Misbehaviour, $$$ Mike, Operator EMZ,...

Lydia Lunch Retro/Virus + Youthquake

Punk & hardcore

• $$
• Critics' pick

Poet, author, actor and vocalist Lydia Lunch, No Wave's confrontational high priestess, touches down in her old East Village stomping grounds with her latest project, an underground all-star combo featuring guitarist Weasel Walter, former Swans bassist...

The Dictators NYC + Deniz Tek + The Fleshtones

Indie rock, Punk & hardcore

• $$

NYC proto-punk old-schoolers the Dictators, whose blend of randy wit and old-fashioned toughness still hits the spot today, visit the Village in their current incarnation, which includes classic-era members Handsome Dick Manitoba and Ross "The Boss" Friedman....

The Waldos + Rama Amoeba + The Architects

Alternative rock, Punk & hardcore

Guitarist Walter Lure, who played with Johnny Thunders and Richard Hell in the Heartbreakers, currently fronts fun, raucous punk crew the Waldos. Tonight the group returns to its frequent LES haunt.

Mobile Mondays! 45s

Nightlife

• $$
• Critics' pick
• Free

Start out your week with a wide-ranging regimen of funk, soul, rock, punk, new wave, pop, salsa, calypso, reggae, rhythm & blues, disco and anything else that's danceable, spun (on 45-rpm vinyl) by Just Blaze, DJ Misbehaviour, $$$ Mike, Operator EMZ,...

Sean Noonan + The Spanish Donkey + Fighter Planes and Praying Mantis + Jonathan Moritz's Secret Tempo Trio

Categories, Jazz & Experimental

• $

Sean Noonan, an ever-unpredictable drummer whose work draws on art rock, contemporary composition and gritty avant-jazz, gigs with a potentially fascinating lineup, including former Can singer Malcolm Mooney, Ornette Coleman collaborator Jamaaladeen Tacuma...

Syd Straw + A Don Piper Situation

Rock & roll

• $

Former Golden Palominos member Syd Straw, a winningly eccentric singer-songsmith in her own right, shows off her powerful, distinctive pipes at an East Village gig.

Mobile Mondays! 45s

Nightlife

• $$
• Critics' pick
• Free

Start out your week with a wide-ranging regimen of funk, soul, rock, punk, new wave, pop, salsa, calypso, reggae, rhythm & blues, disco and anything else that's danceable, spun (on 45-rpm vinyl) by Just Blaze, DJ Misbehaviour, $$$ Mike, Operator EMZ,...