New York:
Man Man at Brooklyn Bowl
Philly freakazoids Man Man bring their stomping, fever-dream ruckus (and instruments ranging from shakers and bowls of water to Furbys) to Brooklyn Bowl tonight. Better yet, the show is free with RSVP. [BrooklynBowl]
Jimmy Cliff at Prospect Park Bandshell
The reggae icon kicks off Celebrate Brooklyn's outdoor summer concerts at Prospect Park Bandshell with a free concert. Cliff's got an EP out featuring covers of the Clash's "Guns of Brixton" and Rancid's "Ruby Soho" (!), so fingers crossed for his renditions of those jams tonight in addition, of course, to his hits including "The Harder They Come" and "You Can Get It If You Really Want It." [BRICArts]
DUMBO Lit at Powerhouse Arena
In celebration of trade fair Book Expo America's New York Book Week, DUMBO's powerHouse Arena is celebrating the neighborhood's presence in the NYC lit world via a night of readings from DUMBO publishers including n + 1, Verso Books, Melville House, and Cave Canem. Free beer and wine, too! [PowerHouse]
The Clean + Times New Viking at Le Poisson Rouge
The New Zealand indie-pop trailblazers the Clean, whose 2009 album Mister Pop was their first in eight years, plays at Le Poisson Rouge with Merge label-mates Times New Viking. [LePoissonRouge]
L.A.
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars: The Motion Picture + Q&A with producer Ken Scott at the Grammy Museum
The Grammy Museum screens the 1973 documentary Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars: The Motion Picture, featuring David Bowie and The Spiders from Mars performing at the Hammersmith Odeon in 1973. (And featuring a whopping six outfit changes.) Producer Ken Scott will be on hand afterward for a Q&A. [LAWeekly]
LMFAO at the Staples Center
Put 5 to10 drinks in anyone and suddenly "Party Rock Anthem" and "Sexy and I know It" are not so bad, which means they were good all along. We said it! [LAWeekly]
Chicago
Penguin Prison + Class Actress at Logan Hall
Penguin Prison's Chris Glover (pictured above) brings his synthy '80s-esque sound to Logan Hall with dreamy synth-pop outfit Class Actress. [ChicagoReader]
Chicago Underground Film Festival Shorts: The Dead Talk Back
Given our nation's recent mania over cannibalism, zombies and generally upsetting bath-salts-induced crimes, tonight's Chicago Underground Film Festival shorts program on death, dying, and the dead seems darkly appropriate. [ChicagoReader]
London
A$AP Rocky at Electric Ballroom
A$AP Rocky is one of hip-hop's must buzzed about rappers at the moment (he recently signed to Sony for a bananas $3 million) and you can expect a few tracks tonight form the Harlem rapper's much-anticipated new album LongLiveAsap. [TimeOut]
Cypress Hill
Rap vets Cypress Hill are playing a one-off U.K. show tonight and will likely play tons of jams from their weed-scented 20+ career, including "Hits From the Bong" and "I Want to Get High." You now what to do before you go. [TimeOut]