Compiled and Annotated by Barry Michael Okun
WEEK OF DECEMBER 25, 2023/3
Saturday and Sunday’s Listings.
Happy New Year!
All times Listed are EST.
RECOMMENDED THIS WEEK
DANCE
30-30-30
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2023
7:00 PM
Dixon Place
161A Chrystie Street, Lower East Side, Manhattan
$30-$90
TICKETS + INFORMATION
Thirty dance companies present pieces each lasting three minutes.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: The Congee Village Dim Sum House for . . . oh, you know.
MUSIC
This Will Destroy You: Tunnel Blanket — 10 Year Anniversary Performance of the Full LP/Christopher Tignor
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2023
7:30 PM
(Le) Poisson Rouge
158 Bleecker Street, Greenwich Village, Manhattan
$26.78 advance; $25 + undisclosed fee day of
TICKETS + INFORMATION
This Will Destroy You and Christopher Tignor could almost be called Slowcore except Slowcore is stupid and they aren’t. Their droney bring-the-noise ambient-with-an-edge instrumental music draws you in and keeps you there.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Now that Tuscan charmer I Sodi has moved into a bigger new location, think it’ll be easier to get into? Me neither.
MUSIC
Dorée/Drinking Bird/Wendy Eisenberg
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2023
8:00 PM
The Owl Music Parlor
497 Rogers Avenue, Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn
$12
TICKETS + INFORMATION
Drinking Bird is sorta jazz, sorta pop, with strong melodies and spaced-out improvisations. Wendy Eisenberg is the kind of singer-songwriter we like here at The List: interesting textures, broad stylistic range extending to noise, and a sideline as an improviser. Dorée is the other kind.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Ham and wine at & Sons.
MUSIC
Disco Tehran: End of Year
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2023
9:00 PM
The Sultan Room
234 Starr Street, Bushwick, Brooklyn
$52.75
TICKETS + INFORMATION
Listers will want to go for Tammy Lakkis’s Detroit beats. But they’ll stay for the New York Gypsy All-Stars’ extremely syncopated Gypsy Jazz. And they’ll hope the sweet Colombian Electropop duo Salt Cathedral is doing a live set instead of DJing.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Super souped-up Venezuelan hot dogs at Santa Salsa.
MUSIC
Robert Hood & Max Watts
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2023
11:00 PM
Public Records
233 Butler Street, Gowanus, Brooklyn
$25.75-$41.20
TICKETS + INFORMATION
Robert Hood is the Godfather of Minimal Techno. Max Watts is a worthy descendant. You won’t be sorry you went to this.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Eat Ethiopian with the angels at Ghenet.
MUSIC
Dysphoria One
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2023
9:00 PM
Secret Location (revealed upon ticketing), Ridgewood, Queens
$25
TICKETS + INFORMATION
Among the music this left-of-center night is the Aymaran electronics of Chuquimanani-Condori, the really good Nu R&B of Deuén (I mean REALLY good), and the Post-Pop-Rock of Couch Potatoes (better when she’s singing than when he is). The DJs include List Goddess James K.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Ridgewood is a pretty big neighborhood. But no matter how long you have to walk to get to the Venezuelan cachapas (and more) at Cachapas y Mas, it’ll be worth it.
MUSIC
Intima NYE 2024
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2023
10:00 PM
Market Hotel
1140 Myrtle Avenue, Bushwick, Brooklyn
$68.55-$80
TICKETS + INFORMATION
HYD will take you to Hyper-Pop heaven, while Evanora: Unlimited will answer the question, what happens when a raver does something like a rock band? Among the DJs are genderbending List faves TYGAPAW and Joni.
MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Cool Vietnamese at Little Mo.
MUSIC
Yotoco
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2023
10:00 PM
Barbès
376 9th Street, Park Slope, Brooklyn
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