Concert Picks: Tigercity, The Happy Hallows, F Yeah Fest…
By Lindsey Darden
Ah, Labor Day weekend – barbecues, swimming, hanging out with friends. If you’ve enough time to fit in a show or two during this rare and coveted three-dayer, take your pick below. Make it safe and fun!
- Tigercity | Friday, September 4 | 8:00 pm | $10 | 21+ | Mercury Lounge, New York, NY – Map | Every now and then a band comes along that incites feelings of being young and carefree, even in its twenty-something fans. Audience goers this evening can take a drink from the fountain of youth with the Brooklyn-based band’s take on eighties pop and rock a la Tears for Fears. Their 11:00 pm performance will be preceded by The Grates, Pearl and the Beard, and Psychic. Click here for tickets.
- The Happy Hollows | Friday, September 4 | 9:00 pm | $8 | Spaceland, Los Angeles, CA – Map | We’d like to create a new genre for The Happy Hollows: excitable rock. Attend their release party for their new CD, “Spells” and experience a band working it fun and flirtatiously, like the Yeah Yeah Yeahs (read: without regret). The evening with also feature performances by The Pity Party, The Health Club, and Boxing Lesson. Click here for tickets (bonus: click here for discount information).
- F Yeah Fest | Saturday, September 5 | 1:00 pm | $21 | LA State Historic Park, Los Angeles,, CA – Map | One day, one venue, thirty-three-plus bands including but not limited to Glass Candy, Avi Buffalo, Wavves, and many more. Summer isn’t over yet – bring on the festival. Click here for ticket information and here for purchase.
- Televandals | Saturday, September 5 | 11:00 pm | 21+ | $7 – $10 | Uncle Mike’s Tavern, New York, NY – Map | The Boston, Mass.,-based band also knows how to work the eighties new wave sound, and will showcase it at their release party for their single, entitled “Good for Nothing”. Click here for tickets.
- Maia Sharp | Sunday, September 6 | 8:00 pm | $15 |Cafe Du Nord, San Francisco, CA – Map | Currently on tour promoting her new album, Echo, the Los Angeles, Calif.,-based singer/songwriter will share the evening with fellow artist Heather Combs, with full band in tow and personal essays/original compositions richly sung (stream here for a sampling). Click here for tickets.
Who are you going to see this weekend?
