April 29, 2005

Rock/Pop Listings

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Full reviews of recent concerts: nytimes.com/music.

KING SUNNY ADE (Tonight and Sunday) The great Nigerian bandleader deploys a big band of guitars, percussion and singers to play his prismatic funk at the Great African Ball, promising long sets into the wee hours. At Roseland, in his first New York concert since 1999, he will be joined by Prince Obi Osabede, who sings highlife music, another big-band African style. Tonight 9 p.m. to 4 a.m., Roseland Ballroom, 239 West 52nd Street, Manhattan, (212) 777-1224. $50 Then, on Sunday, he leads a small acoustic band: 9:30 p.m., Joe's Pub, 425 Lafayette Street, East Village, (212) 539-8778 or (212) 239-6200, $30 in advance, $35 at the door, with two-drink minimum or $12 food minimum. (Jon Pareles)

ADULT. (Tonight) Adam Lee Miller and Nicola Kuperus of Adult. reach back to the electropunk moment when out-of-tune synthesizers met dissonant guitars and insolent, astringent vocals. Gold Chains & Sue Cie and Genders open. 9:30 p.m., Mercury Lounge, 217 East Houston Street, at Ludlow Street, Lower East Side, (212) 260-4700, $14. (Pareles)

AFRICAN XYLOPHONE FESTIVAL (Tonight and tomorrow) Simultaneously melodic and percussive, xylophones have a major role in traditional African music. Tonight's bill features Bernard Woma, from Ghana, and Famoro Dioubate, from Guinea, in various ensembles including a duo; they return tomorrow along with Southpaw Isle, a group that plays Ugandan music. 8 p.m. Satalla, 37 West 26th Street, (212) 576-1155, $20 in advance, $23 at the door. (Pareles)

THE ALL AMERICAN REJECTS (Thursday) Punk-pop that's just aching with male sensitivity, tears and "emotions astir." With Armor for Sleep and Hellogoodbye. 8 p.m., Irving Plaza, 17 Irving Place at 15th Street, Union Square, (212) 777-6800, $18.50 in advance, $20 at the door. (Pareles)

DAVE ALVIN ACOUSTIC DUO (Tonight and Sunday) Mr. Alvin, the songwriter behind the Blasters, writes about outcasts, lovers and criminals, detailing an uncertain moral landscape in tunes that aim for classic American simplicity. 7 p.m., Joe's Pub, 425 Lafayette Street, East Village, (212) 539-8778 or (212) 239-6200, $20, with two-drink minimum or $12 food minimum. (Pareles)

ANTIBALAS (Thursday) Antibalas gives a New York makeover to Fela Kuti's Afro-Beat, a Nigerian funk propelled by burly saxophones, fierce percussion and righteous anger. 10 p.m. and midnight, Tonic, 107 Norfolk Street, near Delancey Street, Lower East Side, (212) 358-7501, $15. (Pareles)

BALINESE MUSIC AND DANCE: CUDAMARI (Sunday) The shimmering sound of Balinese gamelan, intricate and frenetic, accompanies elegant mythical dance-dramas. This 23-piece troupe is making its New York debut. 7 p.m., Jazz at Lincoln Center, Frederick P. Rose Hall, Time Warner Center, Broadway at 60th Street, (212) 258-9800 or (212) 545-7536, $25 to $48 or $21 to $43 for World Music Institute members. (Pareles)

RICHARD BARONE: THE LITTLEST DJ (Tonight) Richard Barone, whose songwriting has moved from the buoyancy of the 1980's to chamber pop, ranges through his pop memories, previewing his memoirs. 9:30, Joe's Pub, 425 Lafayette Street, East Village, (212) 539-8778 or (212) 239-6200, $15, with two drink minimum or $12 food minimum. (Pareles)

THE BOOKS (Monday) This duo assembles a carefully ragtag collection of sounds, sometimes letting the noises and instruments cohere into wispy songs. With Keith Fullerton Whitman and Greg Davis. 8:30, Knitting Factory, 74 Leonard Street, TriBeCa, (212) 219-3006, $12, $15 at the door, sold out. (Kelefa Sanneh)

RICHARD BUCKNER (Wednesday) Women and booze keep letting Richard Buckner down, and his glum, scuffed-up voice is just right for songs that bring together the depressive sides of honky-tonk country and singer-songwriter confessionals. With Paul Brill, Tara Angell and Mickey Ehrlich. 8, Southpaw, 125 Fifth Avenue, Park Slope, Brooklyn, (718) 230-0236, $8 in advance, $10 at the door. (Pareles)

CARIBOU, FOURTET, JUNIOR BOYS (Wednesday and Thursday) A concert pairing three acts loosely affiliated with the genre sometimes (and unfortunately) known as indie-tronica; expect meticulous computer music, though it may be better heard than seen. Wednesday at 9, Bowery Ballroom, 6 Delancey Street, near the Bowery, Lower East Side, (212) 533-2111, $15; Thursday at 9, (without Fourtet, who plays there next Friday), Northsix, 66 North Sixth Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, (718) 599-5103, $12. (Sanneh)

THE JIMMY CHAMBERLIN COMPLEX (Wednesday) Formerly Smashing Pumpkins' drummer, Jimmy Chamberlin is now showing off his musicianly side with a band that leans toward jazz-rock and can sound like the Pat Metheny Group. With Boy Bathing and Days Away. 9, Knitting Factory, 74 Leonard Street, TriBeCa, (212) 219-3006, $12 in advance, $15 at the door. (Pareles)

SEAN COSTELLO (Tuesday) After making some rowdy bar-band blues albums, the guitarist Sean Costello has shifted toward songs infused with 1960's soul on his new album, "Sean Costello" (Tone Cool); live, there's likely to be a lot more biting guitar. 9, Satalla, 37 West 26th Street, Chelsea, (212) 576-1155, $15. (Pareles)

DEATH FROM ABOVE 1979 (Sunday) Punk, metal and strutting dance beats all get knocked around in Death from Above 1979's bristling, unpretty songs. With Controller.Controller and Uncut. 8:30, Mercury Lounge, 217 East Houston Street, at Ludlow Street, Lower East Side, (212) 260-4700, $15 in advance, $17 at the door. (Pareles)

WILLIE DEVILLE (Tonight). As the leader of Mink DeVille during the 1970's, Willy DeVille was an old-fashioned rock and soul romantic during the punk era. On his own, his songs pursue romance and grit. 8, B. B. King Blues Club and Grill, 237 West 42nd Street, Manhattan, (212) 997-4144; cover, $30. (Pareles)

MIKE DOUGHTY (Thursday) Mike Doughty, whose wisecracking neo-Beat rapped lyrics were the core of Soul Coughing, is on his own now, still droll and rhyming. With Susan Enan. 8, Bowery Ballroom, 6 Delancey Street, near the Bowery, Lower East Side, (212) 533-2111, $15. (Pareles)

ELYSIAN FIELDS (Tonight) With Jennifer Charles's smoky voice and Oren Bloedow's electric guitar, Elysian Fields conjure a haunted, late-night atmosphere in songs full of love and trouble. The group is celebrating its 10th anniversary with two chronological sets and many collaborators. 8:30 and 10:30 p.m., Tonic, 107 Norfolk Street, near Delancey Street, Lower East Side, (212) 358-7501. $15 per set, $25 for both. (Pareles)

FALL OUT BOY (Tuesday) Angst builds into punk-pop anthems as Fall Out Boy pours on the sincerity. With the AKA's. 8 p.m., Irving Plaza, 17 Irving Place at 15th Street, Union Square, (212) 777-6800, $20. (Pareles)

FELIX DA HOUSECAT (Tomorrow) Despite a disappointing recent album, he remains one of the country's most reliably entertaining DJ's, and at this party you can expect the usual: a casual set full of robotic dance tracks and vocal-driven originals. 10, Avalon, 660 6th Avenue, at 20th Street, Chelsea, (212) 807-7780, $20 in advance, $30 at the door. (Sanneh)

MELISSA FERRICK (Monday) Somewhere between Ani DiFranco and Melissa Etheridge, Melissa Ferrick slings an acoustic guitar and belts songs filled with bravado. With Garrison Starr and Teddy Goldstein. 7, Bowery Ballroom, 6 Delancey Street, near the Bowery, Lower East Side, (212) 533-2111, $20. (Pareles)

FISCHERSPOONER (Thursday) The heavily conceptual art-world buzz and gallery extravaganzas of Fischerspooner didn't turn their electro ditties into hits; now they're back on a more humble scale. 9 p.m. Canal Room , 285 West Broadway, at Canal Street, Chinatown, (212) 941-8100, $22.50 in advance, $25 at the door. (Pareles)

ROSIE FLORES (Thursday and next Friday) Rosie Flores has situated herself at the junction of Tex-Mex, rockabilly and honky-tonk, singing about both broken hearts and the gumption to get over them. Three sets start at 10, Rodeo Bar, 375 Third Avenue, at 27th Street, (212) 683-6500, free. (Pareles)

FORRÓ FOR ALL (Sunday) Accordion and triangle drive the northeastern Brazilian music called forró, with a few chords and a lot of downhome energy. 7 and 9:30, S.O.B.'s (Sounds of Brazil), 204 Varick Street, at Houston, South Village, (212) 243-4940, $5, or $12 with a buffet of the Brazilian bean stew feijoada. (Pareles)

FORRÓ IN THE DARK (Thursday) More Brazilian forró, with the accordionist Rob Curto of Forro for All, the percussionist Mauro Refosco and the guitarist Smokey Hormel. 8, Tonic, 107 Norfolk Street, near Delancey Street, Lower East Side, (212) 358-7501, $8. (Pareles)

MIKE GRANT (Tonight) A Detroit DJ known for spinning elegant, spaced-out house-music sets; expect a sublime dance party. (Visit www.djmikegrant.com to hear an excellent recent mix.) 9, APT, 419 West 13th Street, West Village, (212) 414-4245, $6. (Sanneh)

THE MOUNTAIN GOATS (Thursday) John Darnielle, the singer-songwriter who records as the Mountain Goats, just released "The Sunset Tree" (4AD), one of the best albums of his career: a semi-autobiographical disc full of vivid little story-songs. With Shearwater and the cellist Erik Friedlander. 9, Knitting Factory, 74 Leonard Street, TriBeCa, (212) 219-3006, $14. (Sanneh)

GITANJALI (Sunday) Kathak classical Indian music and dance. Satalla, 37 West 26th Street, Chelsea, (212) 576-1155, $20. (Pareles)

GUINGA (Thursday) A Brazilian songwriter and composer who reaches back to local Bazilian styles and gives them very sophisticated twists, making an eagerly anticipated New York debut. 7:30 and 9:30, Joe's Pub, 425 Lafayette Street, East Village, (212) 539-8778 or (212) 239-6200, $20, with two drink minimum or $12 food minimum per person. (Pareles)

KANSAS (Tomorrow) The top progressive-rock band ever to emerge from Kansas refuses to dissolve into "Dust in the Wind." 8, B. B. King Blues Club and Grill, 243 West 42nd Street, Manhattan, (212) 997-4144, $40 in advance, $44 at the door. (Pareles)

DAVID KRAKAUER'S KLEZMER MADNESS (Tomorrow) The virtuosic clarinetist David Krakauer, who splits his career between classical music and improvisatory styles including klezmer, leads a band whose klezmer music reflects present-day New York City, with all its noise and connections. With So-Called, 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., Joe's Pub, 425 Lafayette Street, East Village, (212) 539-8778 or (212) 239-6200, $20, with two drink minimum or $12 food minimum per person. (Pareles)

THE MARS VOLTA (Thursday and next Friday) The musical precision and underlying derangement of progressive-rock are back, with punky passion, in Mars Volta's epic-length suites and stream-of-consciousness lyrics. 7, Roseland Ballroom, 239 West 52nd Street, Manhattan, (212) 777-1224, $27. (Pareles)

MOTORHEAD (Thursday) Lemmy Kilminster is the gruffy, beery voice of the long-running hard-rock institution Motorhead, whose buzzsaw guitars carry sentiments like "Eat the Rich." With Slunt. 7:30, B.B. King Blues Club and Grill, 243 West 42nd Street, Manhattan, (212) 997-4144, $35. (Pareles)

ANNA NALICK (Tuesday) Anna Nalick's songs are her diary of identity crises and romantic turmoil, set to chiming folk-rock just waiting for the right plot twist on a WB Network teen drama. 7:30, Canal Room, 285 West Broadway at Canal Street, Chinatown, (212) 941-8100, $12. (Pareles)

NEW ORDER (Thursday) The pioneering British new-wave band comes to New York to celebrate the release of its new album, "Waiting for the Sirens' Call" (Warner Bros.). 7:30, Hammerstein Ballroom, 311 West 34th Street, Manhattan, (212) 279-7740, $47.50. (Sanneh)

NEW YORK DOLLS (Tonight and tomorrow.) David Johansen is just as campy, boisterous and secretly kindhearted as he was in the 1970's with the revived version of his glam-rock, proto-punk band, singing about "love, L-U-V." 8, Irving Plaza, 17 Irving Place at 15th Street, Union Square, (212) 777-6800, $35, sold out. (Pareles)

JOE PERNICE (Tomorrow) Joe Pernice, from the Pernice Brothers, couches songs of heartache and melancholy in doleful melodies and lush arrangements. With Anne Heaton and Kaiser Cartel. 8:30, Mercury Lounge, 217 East Houston Street, at Ludlow Street, Lower East Side, (212) 260-4700, $15. (Pareles)

THE ROOTS (Tonight) The Roots, from Philadelphia, rhyme about community-building, good times and the possibility of better ones, and their funk-rooted, jazz-tinged live band makes them even more convincing. 8, Fairfield University, 1073 N. Benson Rd., Fairfield, Ct., (203) 254-4222, $25 (Pareles)SAWAI KOTO ENSEMBLE (Tomorrow) Taking the Japanese koto out of its usual small-group setting and playing contemporary as well as traditional music, Kazue Sawai leads an ensemble of more than 20 musicians, mixing kotos and banjo-like shamisens. 8 p.m., Asia Society, 725 Park Avenue at 70th Street, (212) 288-6400, $20, $16 for Asia Society members, students and the elderly. (Pareles)

ANOUSHKA SHANKAR (Sunday) On her next album, the daughter and musical disciple of Ravi Shankar sets her sitar playing in a modern context. But for this concert, she is playing ragas by her father and performing in classical style, accompanied by Tanmoy Bose on tabla. 8 p.m., Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street, (212) 570-3949, $50. (Pareles)

SIMON SHAHEEN AND THE NEAR EASTERN MUSIC ENSEMBLE (Tomorrow) The oud virtuoso Simon Shaheen has lately been bringing music of composers from around the Arab world to New York audiences. This concert is a tribute to the composer and singer Farid Al-Atrash (who died in 1974) and his sister, the singer Asmahan (who died in a car crash in 1944), and will feature guest vocalists. 8, Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway, at 95th Street, (212) 864-5400 or (212) 545-7536, $30 to $40, or $26 to $35 for World Music Institute members, $15 for students. (Pareles)

SHIVAREE (Tuesday) Shivaree sets the quizzical, breathy voice of Ambrosia Parsley in music that buzzes and lurches through film noir back alleys. With Angela McClusky and King of France. 7, Bowery Ballroom, 6 Delancey Street, near the Bowery, Lower East Side, (212) 533-2111, $18 in advance, $20. (Pareles)

PATTI SMITH (Sunday) The punk poet who has never stopped reaching for transcendence returns to the cradle of punk. 8, CBGB, 315 Bowery at Bleecker Street, East Village, (212) 982-4052, $15. (Pareles)

SNOOP DOGG (Monday and Tuesday) Over a dozen years into his career, this wildly popular - yet perpetually underrated - rapper (and, now, actor) keeps making sly, addictive hits; if he sticks around long enough to perform them all, it'll be a late, great night. Both nights at 8, Apollo Theater, 253 West 125th Street, Harlem, (212) 531-5303, $47.50. (Sanneh)

PETER STAMPFEL (Sunday) Ever since he helped found the Holy Modal Rounders in the 1960's, Peter Stampfel has been a manic archive of old songs and new, picking and cackling his way through the odder corners of Americana. With John Kruth. 8, Tonic, 107 Norfolk Street, near Delancey Street, Lower East Side, (212) 358-7501, $10. (Pareles)

STARS (Tomorrow) A Canadian indie-pop band with a delicious new album: "Set Yourself on Fire" (Arts & Crafts) has 13 astringent love songs, sweetened with gentle arrangements and spiked with cruel jokes. With Jenny Whiteley. 8, Southpaw, 125 Fifth Avenue, at Sterling Place, Park Slope, Brooklyn, (718) 230-0236, $15, sold out. (Sanneh)

START IT UP! (Thursday) The next installment of this dance party features a fistful of acts; scheduled performers include the propulsive minimalist Abe Duque (who is to play a live - that is, computer enhanced - set) and the DJ tag team of John Selway and Ulysses, known as Neurotic Drum Band. 10, Rothko, 116 Suffolk Street, at Rivington Street, Lower East Side, www.rothkonyc.com, $8 in advance, $12 at the door. (Sanneh)

RONAN TYNAN (Monday) One of the three Irish Tenors, now on his own. 8, Beacon Theater, 2124 Broadway at 74th Street, Upper West Side, (212) 496-7070, $39.50 to $59.50. (Pareles)

VELVET REVOLVER (Monday) Stone Temple Pilots' singer joins Guns 'n' Roses band members for glam, grunge and junkie-chic posturing. With Hoobastank. 8, Arena at Harbor Yard, 600 Main Street, Bridgeport, Conn., (203) 345-2400, $39.50. (Pareles)

GREG TROOPER/ERIC AMBEL (Wednesday) Greg Trooper's roots-rock can lean toward soul or country or Dylan, and it's filled with yearning and promises. Since his days in the Del-Lords, Eric Ambel has become a quietly prolific roots-rock producer and songwriter. 7:30, Satalla, 37 West 26th Street, Chelsea, (212) 576-1155, $15 in advance, $20 at the door. (Pareles)

THE WEDDING PRESENT (Tonight and tomorrow) This great, long-running British indie-pop band specializes in songs that hold on tightly to both bitterness and optimism. With Crystal Skulls. Tonight at 9, Bowery Ballroom, 6 Delancey Street, near the Bowery, Lower East Side, (212) 533-2111, $15, sold out; Tomorrow at 9, Maxwell's, 1039 Washington Street, Hoboken, N.J., (201) 653-1703, $15, sold out. (Sanneh)

CHERYL WHEELER (Thursday) Cheryl Wheeler is a folk-circuit regular who has written some country hits, with a repertory of tunefully lovelorn songs punctuated by some droll ones. 7:30, Satalla, 37 West 26th Street, Chelsea, (212) 576-1155, $20 in advance, $25 at the door. (Pareles)

THE WHISPERS (Tomorrow) Close-harmony love songs, paced by a few dance tunes like "Rock Steady," made the Whispers hitmakers back in the 1970's. 8, Apollo Theater, 253 West 125th Street, Harlem, (212) 531-5303, $37 to $47. (Pareles)

AKIKO YANO (Monday) The prolific Japanese songwriter who is married to the composer Ryuichi Sakamoto, Akiko Yano plays piano and holds on to a childlike innocence. 7:30 p.m., Joe's Pub, 425 Lafayette Street, East Village, (212) 539-8778 or (212) 239-6200, $27, with two-drink minimum or $12 food minimum. (Pareles)