Since We Couldn't Be In Two Places At Once...

Here are some photos from gigs we (sadly) missed this week during the seemingly endless parade of shows around the city:

Peter Bjorn & John @ Webster Hall, 5/1 (via Mme Psychosis)

Fujiya & Miyagi @ Webster Hall, 5/2 (via The Idealistic Philosopher)

The Cribs @ Mercury Lounge, 5/3 (via Mary Louise Superstar)

Ted Leo @ Webster Hall, 5/5 (via GRW95)

Amy Winehouse @ Highline, 5/8 (via Kebella)

Patrick Wolf @ Bowery Ballroom, 5/9 (via That Green Plant)

Recap On Tonight's Myriad Choices

NYC, where are you headed?

A) Arcade Fire & The National @ United Palace

B) Amy Winehouse & Patrick Wolf @ Highline

C) Ben Gibbard @ Town Hall

D) Beirut & Final Fantasy @ Bowery

E) Bjork @ Apollo Theater

F) Ruined Music Party @ Delancey

G) Blonde Redhead & Fields @ Webster Hall

H) The Bravery ('secret shows') @ Arlene's Grocery

An insanely great night for music... well, except for one of the above. I'll let you guess which.

MP3s: Bjork - My Juvenile + The National - All The Wine

First Ten Days Of May In NYC = Insanity!

So hard.. to... choose... amongst all of these fantastic shows!

5/1 Peter Bjorn & John @ Webster
5/1 The View @ Bowery
5/2 Peter Bjorn & John @ Webster
5/2 The Cribs @ Mercury
5/2 The View @ Luna Lounge
5/2 Bjork @ Radio City
5/3 The Cribs @ Mercury
5/4 Sunset Rubdown @ Bowery
5/5 Bjork @ United Palace
5/6 Beirut + Final Fantasy @ Bowery
5/7 Beirut + Final Fantasy @ Bowery
5/7 Arcade Fire @ United Palace
5/8 Arcade Fire @ United Palace
5/8 Beirut + Final Fantasy @ Bowery
5/8 Bjork @ Apollo
5/8 Amy Winehouse @ HighLine
5/8 Ben Gibbard @ Town Hall
5/8 Blonde Redhead @ Webster Hall
5/9 Arcade Fire @ United Palace
5/9 Amy Winehouse @ HighLine
5/10 The Kooks + Illinois @ Irving

MP3s: The Kooks - Naive + The Arcade Fire - Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) [White Session], The Cribs - Hey Scenesters (via Central Village)

shows i saw this year...

1/05 KAISER CHIEFS (Tribeca Grand Hotel, NY)
1/05 THE FEVER and THE SIGHTS and DYNASTY (Bowery Ballroom, NY)
1/05 COLIN MELOY (of THE DECEMBERISTS) (Fez, NY)
1/05 THE BRAVERY (Northsix, NY)
2/05 THE ARCADE FIRE and FINAL FANTASY (Webster Hall, NY)
2/05 KINGS OF CONVENIENCE (Bowery Ballroom, NY)
2/05 JENS LEKMAN (Mercury Lounge, NY)
2/05 THE MUSIC and KASABIAN (Irving Plaza, NY)
2/05 ANTONY AND THE JOHNSONS and COCOROSIE (Bowery Ballroom, NY)
3/05 INTERPOL and BLONDE REDHEAD (Radio City Music Hall, NY)
3/05 INTERPOL (Radio City Music Hall, NY)
3/05 ANDREW VLADECK and HAVE HER HOME BY 10 (Mercury Lounge, NY)
3/05 THE WALKMEN and BEN KWELLER (Irving Plaza, NY)
3/05 NELLIE MCKAY and THE TRACHTENBERG FAMILY SLIDESHOW PLAYERS (Irving Plaza, NY)
4/05 BLOC PARTY and THE PONYS (Bowery Ballroom, NY)
4/05 BLOC PARTY and THE PONYS (Black Cat, DC)
4/05 ASH and THE BRAVERY (Bowery Ballroom, NY)
4/05 GARBAGE (Hammerstein Ballroom, NY)
4/05 THE FUTUREHEADS (Spin Magazine Offices, NY)
4/05 JUSTIN TRANTER (Sky Loft, NY)
5/05 THE DECEMBERISTS (Irving Plaza, NY)
5/05 SPOON (Virgin Megastore Union Square, NY)
5/05 DAVID CLEMENT (Rockwood Music Hall, NY)
5/05 COLDPLAY (MTV Studios, NY)
5/05 DOVES and MERCURY REV (Webster Hall, NY)
5/05 THE CLOUD ROOM (Southpaw, NY)
6/05 SONDRE LERCHE (Sound Fix, NY)
6/05 A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS (Don Hill's, NY)
6/05 THE FUTUREHEADS (Pianos, NY)
6/05 LCD SOUNDSYSTEM (Webster Hall, NY)
6/05 JUNIOR SENIOR (Mercury Lounge, NY)
6/05 STARS and THE SADIES (Prospect Park, NY)
6/05 LONGWAVE (Virgin Megastore Union Square, NY)
7/05 STEPHEN MALKMUS AND THE JICKS (Battery Park, NY)
7/05 ROYKSOPP (Irving Plaza, NY)
7/05 VHS OR BETA (Siren Festival, Coney Island, NY)
7/05 SCISSOR SISTERS and MORNINGWOOD (Mercury Lounge, NY)
7/05 ANTONY AND THE JOHNSONS and COCOROSIE (Town Hall, NY)
8/05 MIA and DIPLO (Central Park, NY)
8/05 THE HONEY BROTHERS (Mercury Lounge, NY)
8/05 DOLLY PARTON and THE GRASCALS (Radio City Music Hall, NY)
8/05 SUFJAN STEVENS and CASTANETS (Bowery Ballroom, NY)
8/05 ORANGE PARK (Virgin Megastore Union Square, NY)
8/05 TED LEO AND THE PHARMACISTS and TIGERS AND MONKEYS (South Street Seaport, NY)
8/05 30 SECONDS TO MARS (Virgin Megastore Union Square, NY)
8/05 BLONDIE and BOUNCING SOULS and PUBLIC ENEMY (Washington Square Park, NY)
9/05 COLDPLAY and RILO KILEY (Madison Square Garden, NY)
9/05 THE NATIONAL and CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH (Bowery Ballroom, NY)
9/05 SIGUR ROS and AMINA (Beacon Theater, NY)
9/05 THE ARCADE FIRE and SOUND TEAM and BELLE ORCHESTRE (Central Park, NY)
9/05 FIONA APPLE (Virgin Megastore Union Square, NY)
9/05 THE WHITE STRIPES and THE SHINS and BRENDAN BENSON (Keyspan Park, NY)
9/05 THE PONYS (Altantic Antic, NY)
10/05 OASIS and JET and DOVES and THE LEMONHEADS and KASABIAN and JESSE MALIN and THE REDWALLS (Richmond County Park, NY)
10/05 STELLASTARR* and GIANT DRAG (Irving Plaza, NY)
10/05 THE SIGHTS and SHELBY (Canal Room, NY)
10/05 PAGODA and STRANGE (The Hook, NY)
11/05 JEFF TWEEDY and NELS CLINE (Tribeca Performing Arts Center, NY)
11/05 THE SOUNDS and SHINY TOY GUNS (Hiro Ballroom, NY)
11/05 RYAN ADAMS AND THE CARDINALS (Tribeca Performing Arts Center, NY)
12/05 THE SECRET MACHINES and ANNIE (Webster Hall, NY)
12/05 NELLIE MCKAY (Mercury Lounge, NY)
12/05 DEPECHE MODE and THE BRAVERY (Madison Square Garden, NY)