So I've got some tricky choices ahead of me. After taking the last few days off (my liver and I are trying to reconcile), things start heating up again tomorrow. But what to see tomorrow! At Mercury, Chicago's Bound Stems is playing, which I'm now curious about thanks to Central Village. But at Hiro, Ellen Allien and Apparat are performing Orchestra of Bubbles! And over in Hoboken, Asobe Seksu are playing at Maxwell's. Plus, I have a couple of friends coming into town that night, so I pretty much need to split up my body into several versions of myself.

Friday, I'll probably check out the Spinto Band and Dirty on Purpose over at the Southside Seaport, but Friday is a long ways away so we'll see.

I double, no triple heart anyone who can help me find tickets to Explosions in the Sky on Saturday at Bowery!!! They're hands down one of my favorite bands, and the last two times they've been to New York have been two of my favorite concerts I've ever seen. Everyone should go see this band, they're really that good. And they don't even sing. They don't need to. I will find a way into this show somehow.

And depending on my weekend, I'll probably go to the last free Sunday show at McCarren Pool. The pool has treated me so well this year that I feel like I should check it out for the finale, even though I'm not a huge fan of any of the bands playing. They're a bunch of other good shows this weekend, but I can only be in so many places at once.