Ten curated Scope NYC picks for Friday, July 31.
Warm Up is still one of the city's better summer art-party formats, and this lineup has enough edge to justify the early start.
Goldberg and Williams make Mezzrow a sharp early-evening jazz stop, intimate enough for the intergenerational dialogue to register.
Metric, Broken Social Scene, and Stars stack a lot of indie-rock history into one Brooklyn Paramount bill without feeling like filler nostalgia.
A 6 p.m. GHOSTMACHINE opening gives the art lane a real appointment, with a group-show frame that sounds specific rather than passive.
La MaMa's club setting keeps Shakespeare close and downtown, a better bet tonight than a broad prestige theater default.
Anthology's found-footage program earns the film slot by sounding like a real one-night cinema detour, not just another screening.
McCraven at the Vanguard is the night's cleanest jazz anchor, with a drummer-bandleader who makes the room feel newly wired.
Bob James with Christian McBride gives Blue Note a polished but substantial Friday booking, stronger than most name-brand club defaults.
Pioneer Works is the right scale for Dan Deacon's ecstatic oddness, with Macula Dog and MSHR pushing the night further off-center.
A Kill Bill ballet has enough pop-violent specificity to stand out, especially in a small venue rather than a big institutional frame.