MUSIC
MONDAY, JUNE 11*
7:00 PM

New Amsterdam Records:  Deerhoof/Tigue/Subtle Degrees/itsnotyouitsme/Molly Joyce/No Lands
(Le) Poisson Rouge
158 Bleecker Street, Greenwich Village, Manhattan

$12
http://lpr.com/lpr_events/ten-years-together-deerhoof-june-11th-2018/

A show marking the joint tenth anniversaries of (Le) Poisson Rouge, a longtime outer-borough showplace for Brooklyn  "indie classical" music,* and New Amsterdam Records, the primary recorded repository of such music.  This selection of artists definitely highlights the (here I go again) consanguinity of this genre of classical music and pop (or, to put it another way, that this is classical music written by people who are comfortable with pop music) -- leading up to a set by an actual (great) rock band (well, art punk, but whatever), Deerhoof, whose drummer is an actual classical composer.  Really, this show can't be beat.

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT:  I've always thought the Italian spot Via Carota slightly disappointing.  But that's only because the two chefs who run it -- Tuscan goddess Rita Sodi and French expert Jody Williams -- are so terrific that you'd hope their collaboration would go all the way to heaven.  When, instead, it's just well above average . . . well, I guess it's unfair to be disappointed; this food is good.  AND, it'll still be open after this rather lengthy show!