Welcome to 2014! We hope you’re sticking to your resolutions this year! 2014 will not be like last year, the year before, or the year before that one. So head to the gym, take up a new hobby, quit that job you hate so much, or just stop procrastinating on the internet when you have work to do! Most importantly, we hope your #1 resolution is to embrace the best-in-the-world music scene NYC has to offer and get your ass out to some live shows! In order to set the first weekend of the year right, we’ve counted down the best shows to attend this weekend.
#10 1-5 Relief, Rebuild and Remember: A Hip Hop Fundraiser Event For Typhoon Haiyan Survivors in the Philippines @ Paper Box (SUN 8PM, $10)
Kicking off the countdown is this Sunday’s Paper Box show. They will host a hip-hop fundraiser for victims affected by typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. Among some of the artists are Filipino emcees headlining, Deep Foundation, pretty seminal hip-hop group performing, Juggaknots, who haven’t performed in a really long time, and a few other amazing hip hop groups.
#9 Friend Roulette, Life Size Maps, Slavve, IYEZ @ Glasslands (THU 8PM, $10)
Chamber pop rockers Friend Roulette is headlining this show at Glasslands with noise rock trio Life Size Maps, and fellow noise rockers Slavve, and IYEZ.
