The summer’s contemporary-new music calendar is bustling, as spring postponements obtain fresh dates and as new activities from nervous performers continue to spring up.
Soothing appears waft throughout town. The singer-songwriter Tomberlin sets up at Music Corridor of Williamsburg, débuting music from her new album, “i really do not know who requires to listen to this . . .” (June 10). Following the mellow pandemic launch “What We Drew,” the household d.j., singer, and producer Yaeji plays her refined dance tracks at Brooklyn Steel (June 19). At Webster Hall, fragile music emanates throughout the stage, with the beaming sunshine soul of Corinne Bailey Rae (June 24) and the ethereal desire-pop electronics of Purity Ring (June 25). At Kings Theatre, the Baltimore band Beach Property operates by a lush, hypnotic catalogue (July 19-20).
The quiet is disrupted by a string of rap performers pushing out in diverse directions. On May well 18, the Atlanta team EarthGang allows loose the bluesy trap of its current album, “Ghetto Gods,” at Brooklyn Metal. The exact same day, at Terminal 5, the throwback indie label Griselda, from upstate New York, unites essential figures from its roster—Westside Gunn, Conway the Device, and Benny the Butcher. On May well 20, the noise group Injuries Reserve and the evasive duo Armand Hammer keep on a co-headlining tour, at Warsaw. The Compton rapper Buddy shares SoCal bounce beats with a crowd at Bowery Ballroom, on June 23. And at Webster Hall, on June 27, Lil Tracy, the scion of musicians, melds melodic rap and emo.
Summertime temperature delivers a slew of worthwhile open-air demonstrates. As portion of its Summer Concert Sequence lineup, the Rooftop at Pier 17 offers the rapper Pusha T (June 16), the Kathleen Hanna-led punk-rock band Bikini Eliminate (July 8), and the Rock and Roll Corridor of Famer Elvis Costello (Aug. 11). The sci-fi bandleader George Clinton guides an ensemble of performers from his famed funk collective, Parliament-Funkadelic, throughout Central Park’s SummerStage, on June 15. The BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Pageant 2022 invites an eclectic solid of people to the Prospect Park Bandshell, opening with the modern sax colossus Kamasi Washington (June 8) and continuing with performances from the Afrobeats pioneer Davido (June 17), the soul-fusion band Khruangbin (Aug. 4), and the neo-soul grasp Erykah Badu (Aug. 5).
Stadiums welcome a vast-ranging class of off-heart stars. J Balvin, the Prince of Reggaetón, descends upon Barclays Heart, with collaborations from his album “Jose,” on May 22. Forest Hills Stadium hosts indie-folk artists, each new and familiar—the Justin Vernon-fronted experimental challenge Bon Iver (June 3), the tender-spoken millennial bard Phoebe Bridgers (June 16), and the chamber-pop troupe Fleet Foxes (Aug. 13). And, at Madison Sq. Yard, the summer season commences and finishes with trailblazing bands—HAIM, a sister trio that has developed consistently, up to and via the 2020 album “Women in Songs Pt. III” (May 17), and Rage From the Device, iconic rap-rock revolutionaries who choose above the hallowed location for a week (Aug. 8-9, Aug. 11-12, and Aug. 14). ♦
