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Six Days, Six Shows: Sept. 6-12
The concerts to see this week
John Prine (Photo: johnprine.com)
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Tuesday, September 6
Sunn O))) & Boris present Altar
Brooklyn Masonic Temple, 8 p.m.
Bring earplugs. Trust me. $30
Wednesday, September 7
Fucked Up
Maxwells, 9 p.m.
They absolutely killed it at ATP. Lead singer Damian Abraham is fascinating to watch and one of the nicest guys you’ll ever meet (as seen here, carrying a fan around). Expect lots of thrashing, crowd surfing and bags of open food left behind by Abraham. $15
Thursday, September 9
Vertical Horizon
Rocks Off, 8 p.m.
A fascinating story. Vertical Horizon formed in 1991 and released their first album, There and Back Again, in 1992. It didn’t sell. In 1995, the group’s second album, Running on Ice, came out. It didn’t sell. After going from a two-piece to four-piece band and signing to a major label, Vertical Horizon give it another shot with Everything You Want. The record’s first single, “We Are,” again did nothing. Then, out of nowhere, came “Everything You Want” and “You’re a God” (with Tiffani-Amber Thiessen in the music video!). Show me someone who doesn’t know at least the chorus to these songs and I’ll show you someone who didn’t have a radio or TV in the mid-90s. Another song from the album, “Finding Me,” was used in an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Expectations were high for the group’s next album, but Go wasn’t released until a year after its intended date, due to record label management changes. That ultimately doomed the band and led to a six-year gap in-between Go and their latest album, 2009′s Burning the Days, with guest drummer Neil Peart. I wonder if they’ll play “Tom Sawyer”? $25
Friday, September 10
John Prine
Governors Island, 6 p.m.
If two-hit wonders from the ’90s aren’t your thing, how about a country folk singer who has fans in Bob Dylan, Roger Waters and Johny Cash? Pine has been making fantastic records since his self-titled debut in 1971, which contains “Angel from Montgomery,” a perfect song. $25
Saturday, September 11
The Dirty Projectors
Terminal 5, 8 p.m.
We picked this as one of the shows to see for all of September, so, yeah, we’re excited. But if for some reason you don’t like the Dirty Projectors, however wrong you may be, all we ask is that you see King Khan or Ice-T instead of Panda Bear. We’re not very pro-Panda Bear in these parts of the interweb. $25
Sunday, September 12
Robert Plant
Bowery Ballroom, 7:30 p.m.
The closest you’ll ever get to someone from Led Zeppelin (unless you count the guys from Black Dog; they’re very nice). Tickets are wayyy sold out, so check Craigslist and get ready to pay triple digits.