The Decemberists + Alvvays; Beacon Theatre, Upper West Side, 8pm. $46.
The Decemberists are back after a three-year break to gig behind their new LP, What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World. Make sure to show up early for superb Toronto indie-pop crew Alvvays.
David Foster Wallace Symposium; Jerry H. Labowitz Theatre for the Performing Arts, Greenwich Village, 2pm. Free.
The day includes a round table on Wallace and religion, a discussion with the author’s biographer D.T. Max, and a very special sneak peek of the upcoming Wallace-inspired play A (radically condensed and expanded) Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again.
Makthaverskan; Saint Vitus, Greenpoint, 8:30pm, $10.
The lyrics for Makthaverskan’s excellent 2014 album, II, are riddled with f-bombs—”Fuck you for fucking me / When I was 17,” belts vocalist Maja Milner on “No Mercy—but what’s so captivating about the band is the way it contrasts angsty sentiments with bittersweet, at times even blissful-sounding postpunk.
6th Annual Spring Cocktail Party; Superfine, Dumbo, 7pm. $40, $30 advance.
It’s time for a true celebration of the season, where your admission includes hor d’oeuvres, two drinks and a chance to win a raffle full of items from choice Brooklyn vendors.
Dark Sparkler; Housing Works Bookstore Cafe, Soho, 7pm. $15.
Amber Tamblyn celebrates her new book like a true celebrity: with a one-of-a-kind bash hosted by badass poet Dorothea Lasky and live music from Yo La Tengo. $15 gets you in and free drinks all night.
“Heaven and Hell”; Skarstedt Gallery, Upper East Side, 9:30am. Free.
This exhibit mirrors William Blake’s poem, Marriage of Heaven and Hell, through Haring’s lesser-known paintings made between 1984 and ’85.
Frantic; The Stand, Gramercy & Flatiron, 10pm. Free.
The weekly show features regulars like Judah Friedlander and Aparna Nancherla so expect those big, hearty belly laughs. No polite chuckles here.
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