13 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend | 2018-10-21 20:24:18 (Visits: 366 Times) |  | | 1,Alice Merton, center, will be one of many performers celebrating the 10th anniversary of the independent record label Mom & Pop on Monday night at Brooklyn Steel.CreditCreditPool photo by Axel Schmidt and Jazz.
2,JaZZ. Keyon Harrold will play the BRIC JazzFest Marathon on Friday night at BRIC House.CreditMarcial Guillen/EPA, via Shutterstock
Oct. 18, 2018
Our guide to pop and rock shows and the best of live jazz happening this weekend and in the week ahead.
Pop & Rock
JUNGLEPUSSY at Elsewhere (Oct. 20, 6 p.m.). Born Shayna McHayle in East New York, Brooklyn, this rapper has successfully carved out her own niche in the city’s relentlessly commercial hip-hop market — a style devoted to telling stories that paint a more complex vision of what it means to be a woman in hip-hop. Familiar odes to riches and sexual prowess are tempered by songs like “Showers,” from her recent album “Jp3,” a confessional self-portrait about the challenges of letting one’s guard down.
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PILE at Saint Vitus Bar (Oct. 19-20, 7 p.m.). This Boston-based post-hardcore band has become a cult favorite for a reason: namely cliché-resistant song craft and style, which the group has honed over the past decade. Merging rock’s cathartic urgency with country’s mournful melodies isn’t an innovation, yet the polished quartet makes that combination sound unprecedented with stripped-down, precise arrangements in lieu of arena-size brawn. Even as Pile approaches the mainstream, after six studio albums they’re as accessible as ever, playing two shows at the intimate Saint Vitus in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Fittingly, given their earnest angst, the first is open to fans ages 16 and up. It’s sold out, but tickets are available from resellers.
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ADVERTISEMENTTANK AND THE BANGAS AND BIG FREEDIA at Brooklyn Steel (Oct. 21, 8 p.m.). New Orleans has been one of America’s most vibrant music cities for well over a century, and there’s no better evidence of its continued vitality than the success of these two acts. Tank and the Bangas’ optimistic and virtuosic blend of R&B, hip-hop and jazz brought them to national prominence when they won NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest last year; Big Freedia is among the reigning titans of Crescent City’s trendy bounce music scene (Beyoncé and Drake have both sampled her music on recent singles). The sure-to-be-raucous show is sold out, but tickets are available through the resale market.
888-929-7849, bowerypresents.com/brooklyn-steel.10 YEARS OF MOM & POP at Brooklyn Steel (Oct. 22, 7 p.m.). The local independent label Mom & Pop is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a blowout featuring a slew of their hip signees. The rock singer-songwriters Courtney Barnett and Alice Merton, the noise-pop duo Sleigh Bells, the new-wave-inspired Neon Indian, the 1990s-rock revivalists Sunflower Bean and the Rage Against the Machine alum Tom Morello make up the show’s official lineup, though special guests are also promised — a boon for fans given that even beyond the already-stacked bill, the label’s roster includes a number of the indie-rock world’s most beloved acts.
888-929-7849, bowerypresents.com/brooklyn-steel
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TIDAL X: BROOKLYN at Barclays Center (Oct. 23, 8 p.m.). For the fourth year running, the streaming service headed by Jay-Z is hosting a massive concert for charity featuring one of its artist-owners — the headliner Lil Wayne, who just released the critically acclaimed album “Tha Carter V” — alongside acts represented by Jay-Z’s label and management company, Roc Nation, including Meek Mill, the Lox and Vic Mensa. The bill of 29 artists skews toward hip-hop and R&B with Lauryn Hill, Lil’ Kim, Anderson .Paak and Teyana Taylor also slated to appear, but performances by Tom Morello, D.J. Kaskade and the country singer Danielle Bradbery mean there’s something for just about every pop music fan. The proceeds from this year’s show will be donated to criminal justice reform efforts around the country.
917-618-6700, barclayscenter.com
TURNPIKE TROUBADOURS at Irving Plaza (Oct. 20, 8 p.m.). There are few clubs in the world less like an Oklahoma roadhouse than Irving Plaza. But for one night, it will come as close as it’s ever been thanks to this nostalgic country band, whose expertise lies in bringing their red dirt roots to concert halls around the world. The Turnpike Troubadours’ name is meant to be taken literally: They wear their road warrior status as a badge of honor, and almost 13 years in, they’ve more than earned it with vibrant live shows that have the power to inspire Texas two-steps just about anywhere.
212-777-6800, mercuryeastpresents.com/irvingplaza
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JOEY ALEXANDER WITH STRINGS at the Rose Theater (Oct. 19-20, 8 p.m.). At 15, Alexander is already stepping into the second phase of his career. He’s released four albums, all met with something like critical astonishment, and his most recent, “Eclipse,” displays a rangy, easygoing maturity that feels new for him. This weekend at Lincoln Center, Alexander will be playing his first show accompanied by a string orchestra — an indication that he has ascended to the top floor of jazz’s commercial establishment. His core trio here includes the bassist Reuben Rogers and the drummer Johnathan Blake; they’ll play Alexander originals and jazz standards with help from a 20-piece string section conducted by Richard DeRosa.
212-721-6500, jazz.org
BRIC JAZZFEST MARATHON at BRIC House (through Oct. 20, 7:30 p.m.). A festival that wears its youthful inexperience like an asset, the fourth annual BRIC JazzFest is a cross section of jazz’s rising voices and established innovators, as well as a few artists adjacent to the tradition. The weeklong event comes to a head on Friday and Saturday with marathon nights featuring simultaneous performances across three stages at BRIC’s main building in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Friday night’s highlights include the vocalist and bassist Meshell Ndegeocello, the vocalist and guitarist Camila Meza, and the trumpeter Keyon Harrold, who was commissioned to write a suite for this festival. On Saturday, the trumpet luminary Terence Blanchard brings his E-Collective, and the promising young vocalist Deva Mahal performs.
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FRED HERSCH AND ESPERANZA SPALDING at the Village Vanguard (Oct. 19-21, 8:30 and 10:30 p.m.). Like so many pianists with his level of erudition and emotive range, Hersch has become a fixture at the Village Vanguard. He typically performs alone or with his trio, but for this run he’s trying out the duo format. Earlier in the week his partner was Anat Cohen, the clarinetist; from Friday through Sunday, he welcomes the bassist and vocalist Esperanza Spalding. She just released “12 Little Spells,” an album of high-flown, prolix compositions, performed with an electrified ensemble. Expect something very different here.
212-255-4037, villagevanguard.com
VIJAY IYER SEXTET at the Miller Theater (Oct. 20, 8 p.m.). This esteemed pianist and educator is still riding a wave of recognition after last year’s “Far From Over,” the debut album from his sextet. The group maintains the tightly woven glide of his famed trio, plus an extra layer of hot-and-cold friction, thanks to the front line of Graham Haynes on cornet, fluegelhorn and electronics; Steve Lehman on alto saxophone; and Mark Shim on tenor saxophone. At this show, the group is rounded out by the bassist Stephan Crump, a regular member, and the drummer Jeremy Dutton, a more-than-capable sub for the regular drummer, Tyshawn Sorey.
212-854-7799, millertheatre.com
OKKYUNG LEE at the Stone (Oct. 23-27, 8:30 p.m.). You could say that Lee prefers to deny her instrument its rights — the right to melody; the right to a shapely, liquid tone; the right to beauty — and see what new possibilities emerge from there. The results tend to be riveting. Still in her early 40s, Lee has already had a potent influence on her fellow improvising cellists, particularly in New York. This coming week she will perform with a different trio each night except the last. On Tuesday, the group includes the vibraphonist Chris Dingman and the vocalist Sara Serpa; on Thursday, her partners are two drummers, Chris Corsano and Ches Smith. Things culminate on Oct. 27 with a quartet show featuring Maeve Gilchrist on harp, Jacob Sacks on piano and Eivind Opsvik on bass.
thestonenyc.com
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