You SAK Correspondent thinks its a worthwhile gamble to scope out a free set from Aderbat at Pete’s Candy Store on one of this waning August’s latter Wednesdays, even if it hasn’t always worked for him in the past. 

Your SAK Correspondent was bummed about missing The Dirty Projectors on Friday, but was lifted out of his funk sooner than expected during a Silent Barn performance by Baltimore’s Future Islands. He had no idea who they were as he wandered in at the start of their set, but was completely wowed over by the way the group’s sincere/theatrical vocals are layered atop a high-pitched, chugging electronic assault (and it’s not often that he’ll listen to an entire album immediately upon arriving at home around 4 a.m., then replay certain tracks before going to bed).

They’re at it again this weekend with bookings at the TreeFort and Union Pool on, respectively, Saturday and Sunday.

Your SAK Correspondent doesn’t understand why someone named Alfred Darlington–basically the coolest name ever–would need to record and perform under a different moniker, but that’s what Los Angeles sample maestro Daedelus does. And he’ll be playing under said appellation at two upcoming NYC dates: Le Poisson Rouge on September 7th and then at Crash Mansion on the 9th. The former is part of the Wordless Music Series; the latter is probably the best show Crash Mansion has had in a long time.

Your SAK Correspondent was telling a friend of his, just a few hours ago as they exited the Wilco concert at Brooklyn’s McCarren Pool, that the old arrangement of “Spiders (Kidsmoke)” that Wilco debuted on the Yankee Hotel Foxtrot tour was far superior to the Krautrock Extended Remix thing that ended up being on A Ghost Is Born. And Lo! The Tweedman leads a 2006 two hour solo set with that cherished arrangement. Let it be downloaded and multiply. Thank you, Aquarium Drunkard.

Your SAK correspondent braved three days of All Points West last weekend and learned something about societal order in the process.

And, come to think of it, your SAK correspondent just realized that both Krug and Boeckner sort of sound like diseases you could catch uptown.

But hey, it’s some cool bands. Good luck finding information about it on the EVR site (your SAK correspondent couldn’t find any), but there does seem to be some info out and about regarding this Saturday, September 6th jam down at South Street Seaport. The fascinatingly diverse line-up includes Vivian Girls, Flying Lotus, Awesome Color, and Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, only one of which (pictured) is from New York, and none of which are based in the East Village.

The Louisville-raised and Brooklyn-transplanted David Grubbs (your SAK Correspondent cedes the rest of this potentially long explanation to Wikipedia) has a show this Saturday at the Deitch Projects, which has a website you really need to visit, but which has seemingly no info about the show. The Grubbman’s MySpace page says 1 pm, but that’s it. Maybe doing an incredibly poor job marketing this is an attempt to stay indie.

Let’s polish off this post the lazy way–with a YouTube video:

Your SAK Correspondent finds Melodic peace amidst the Friendly Fire.