By Daniel Jumpertz
Special to DNAinfo
Wednesday, August 17
Funky improv-techno is on the bill tonight at the Bowery Ballroom, featuring Boombox and Eliot Lipp.
Boombox is a pair of DJ/producers, Russ Randolph (Muscle Shoals, Alabama) and Zion Rock Godchaux (Marin County, in the San Francisco Bay). Zion's parents were both members of the Grateful Dead.
Also tonight: Bebel Gilberto continues her Wednesday night Summer residency at City Winery.
Thursday, August 18
Handsome Furs are husband and wife Dan Boeckner and Alexei Perry. They use keyboards and drum machines to forge life-affirming anthems taut with muscle and blood. "Sound Kapital" is the third full-length from the Canadian two-piece. It’s also the first Handsome Furs album written exclusively on keyboards. For a free Handsome Furs download head over here. Also appearing, post-everything hiphop outfit from Seattle, THEESatisfaction at the Bowery Ballroom.
Also tonight: Veteran electro performance artists, KMFDM — one of the first bands to bring industrial music to mainstream audiences. At Irving Plaza.
Friday, August 19
R&B legend Ginuwine's love of music was ignited by watching Michael Jackson moonwalking on the Motown 25th Anniversary special in 1983. Join Ginuwine at at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill to hear tracks from his seventh album, "Elgin."
Also tonight, Beyoncé's final sold-out show featuring songs from her new album "4" at Roseland Ballroom.
Saturday, August 20
The War On Drugs are a band that merge the songwriting prowess of a Springsteen or Petty with the experimental sensibility of noisier influences such as Spacemen 3 or My Bloody Valentine. The just released album "Slave Ambient" is receiving glowing reviews. With Porcelain Raft and Arc In Round at Mercury Lounge.
Sunday, August 21
Join one of the hottest R&B, hip hip and rap lineups of the summer tonight at Governors Island with Fabolous headlining. Also on the bill, former Destiny's Child member Kelly Rowland, Big Sean, J. Cole, Estelle, Wale and Ace Hood.
Also tonight: According to their self-generated publicity, hard rocking metal-heads Valient Thorr were birthed on the planet Venus several millennia ago. Tonight they land at Le Poisson Rouge.
Monday, August 22
Raised in a musical family (her older brother is Rufus), Martha Wainwright's most recent album is "‘Sans Fusils Ni Souliers A Paris’" and is a tribute to French singer Edith Piaf. At Cooper Square Hotel Penthouse.
Also tonight: Deerhunter with Eleanor Friedberger at Webster Hall (see Tuesday August 23 for more information.)
Tuesday, August 23: PICK OF THE WEEK
Deerhunter describe their music as ambient-punk. Their 2010 album "Halycon Digest" is a measured, highly listenable and eclectic mix of indie, folk and experimental songs. With Eleanor Friedberger at Webster Hall.
Also tonight: David Vandervelde at Mercury Lounge.
