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Mon 3
Alt J + Phantogram; Madison Square Garden, Midtown West, 8pm. $40–$50.
The Leeds, England–based quartet band's debut, An Awesome Wave, made a big splash in 2012, and now the group is back with a sophomore effort, This Is All Yours.
LIT: A Music and Reading Series; Over the Eight, Williamsburg, 8pm. Free.
Seriously, who wouldn't want to hear literary work inspired by Degrassi alum turned rapper Drake? SAREEN joins for DJ sets before and after the readings.
Cherry Blossom Season; Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Crown Heights, 8am. $10.
You don’t have to take a 15-hour flight to Japan to experience the wonder of cherry-blossom trees in bloom; hop the train to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden to stroll through the most majestic springtime beauty New York City has to offer.
Mobile Mondays! 45s; The Bowery Electric, East Village, 9pm. $5.
Start your week with funk, soul, rock, punk, new wave, pop, salsa, calypso, reggae, rhythm & blues, disco and anything else that's danceable, spun (on 45rpm vinyl) by Just Blaze, Misbehaviour, $$$ Mike, Operator EMZ, Joey Carvello, Natasha Diggs and guests.
Banana Skirt Productions; Pearl Studios NYC, Midtown West, 7:30pm. $20.
Forget the treadmill an work off those calories by learning the choreography to Britney Spears’s “Slave 4 U,” Beyonce’s “Grown Woman,” or discover some new moves for the club with Rachet Zooba.
Tue 31
Twin Shadow + Lola Wolf; Music Hall of Williamsburg, Williamsburg, 9pm. Sold out.
Dream-pop outfit Twin Shadow celebrates its shimmery, ambitious new record, Eclipse. Now, if you can still snag a ticket, expect to dance.
Dom La Nena; SubCulture, East Village, 7:30pm. $18, advance $15.
Dom La Nena, a young Brazilian cellist and singer-songwriter who has toured with Jane Birkin and Jeanne Moreau, floats her voice about multitracked cello plucks—a burnished, bossa Joanna Newsom, if you will. It's lovely stuff.
"Body and Matter: The Art of Kazuo Shiraga and Satoru Hoshino"; Dominique Lévy Gallery, Upper East Side, 10am. Free.
This exhibition brings together two important figures from Japan’s postwar art scene. Shiraga (1924–2008) a member of the avant-garde Gutai movement, was known for creating action paintings by hanging from a rope, and using his feet instead of conventional brushes to apply pigment.
Todd Snider + Reed Foehl; City Winery, SoHo, 8pm. $32–$40.
Nashville troubadour Todd Snider gigs belatedly celebrate a pair of 2014 milestones, the 20th anniversary of Snider's 1994 debut, Songs for the Daily Planet, and the 10th birthday of 2004's East Nashville Skyline.
Sweet; Slipper Room, Lower East Side, 9pm. $7.
Seth Herzog's weekly mainstay, which has settled back in its longtime home at the Slipper Room, still features scads of downtown stand-ups and, quite often, Herzog's mother.
Oneirogen + H.C.O.D + Andrew Hock + Penchant + Arbiter + Swollen Organs + Field Grave + Spiteful Womb; Trans-Pecos, Ridgewood, 8:30pm. $8.
The contemporary-classical composer offers a set of dark, shimmery metal-gone-drone epics, topping a bill packed with similarly harrowing sounds.
Wed 1
Full Bunny Contact; Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural Center, 6pm. $10–$50.
A deranged spin on a childhood classic: Hunt for Easter eggs while evil Easter bunnies try to steal from your basket. Other activities include "Shoot the Peep" and fortune-telling by a psycho rabbit.
Jon Ronson: So You've Been Publicly Shamed; BookCourt, Cobble Hill, 7pm. Free.
Ronson’s shares his new nonfiction work with a Brooklyn audience, to help us all answer the burning question: “Why do we continue to publicly shame others for their mistakes?”
Hot 97 April Fool's Day Comedy Show; Theater at Madison Square Garden, Midtown West, 8pm. $49–$125.
Hot 97 FM and Carolines on Broadway teamed up to gather all-star comedians including Sinbad, Lavell Crawford, Damon Waynes Jr., Deon Cole, Donnell Rawlings and more to guarantee this April Fool's Day is full of laughs.
Rashaun Mitchell: New York Live Arts; New York Live Arts, Chelsea, 7:30pm. $15–$30.
Light Years marks a new beginning: It's the choreographer's first dance without him in it. He's attempting to explore choreography "with a capital C."
Liars' League; KGB Bar, East Village, 7pm. Free. br/>Writers pen stories on a particular theme each month, and actors perform them. This evening’s five stories center on the theme “kiss and breakup.”
Deep Space; Cielo, Meatpacking District, 10pm. $20, with e-flyer free before 11pm or $12 after.
For this dance-worthy series, only dress code is "an open mind." If that's a stretch, the evening's futuristic vibes will set the tone.
Jessie Ware + Jesse Boykins III; Terminal 5, Midtown West, 7pm. sold out.
Jessie Ware first piqued the interest of tastemakers back in 2011 after contributing her velvety vocals to tracks by post dubstep bass master SBTRKT and ’90s garage throwbacks Disclosure. Now the soulful British popster hits Manhattan.
A Taste of Fifth 2015; The Grand Prospect Hall, Prospect Heights, 6:30pm. $55.
For its fourth year, 700 feasters will gather for sweets, snacks and sips from more than 40 Park Slope bars and restaurants. A portion of your ticket will benefit a participating charity of your choice.
Freaks and Geeks Bingo; Videology, Williamsburg, 9pm. Free.
Nerdy games and dorkdom collide when this nerdy cult classic packs enough pop references (Bionic Woman costume, anyone?) and inside jokes for a weekly night of bingo.
The Gorgeous Mosaic: An Ode to New York City; Q.E.D., Astoria, 7:30pm. $15, advance $10.
Christian Finnegan (Best Week Ever) celebrates his birthday onstage while exploring a topic close to many of our hearts: Why do people move to New York City, and why do they stay?
Zombie Escape; Bucket List Productions, Midtown West, 1pm and 3pm. $28.
Yeah, you thought you were tough until you stood in a room full of 11 other "daredevils" trying to break free from a bloodthirsty zombie attached to a (not-so-strong) chain in just one hour. THIS IS NOT A GAME. Okay, it is a game, but you get what we mean.
Björk; Carnegie Hall, Midtown West, 8pm. Various prices.
No Björk performance is anything less than an event, but this one, kicking off a lengthy run of local shows in support of her new album, Vulnicura, seems like it could be a life changer.
Thu 2
Cry, Trojans!; St. Ann's Warehouse, St. Ann's Warehouse, Dumbo, 5pm. $25–$55.
The Wooster Group takes on Shakespeare’s wartime play Troilus and Cressida, shoving the obscure tragicomedy through a Native American filter.
"Gustav Klimt and Adele Bloch-Bauer: The Woman in Gold"; Neue Galerie, Upper East Side, 11am. $20.
Klimt’s portrait, Adele Bloch-Bauer I, serves as centerpiece for this show timed to coincide with the Woman in Gold, the story of the repatriation of Klimt paintings looted by the Nazis.
Alvvays; Bowery Ballroom, Lower East Side, 9pm. sold out.
We're thrilled that these Toronto indie-pop upstarts, who made our hearts flutter last year with the dreamily delicious single, "Archie, Marry Me," as well as the rest of their stellar self-titled debut, are getting a taste of the big time this spring via an opening slot on the Decemberists' tour.