MUSIC
FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 2019
8:00 PM

Methyl Ethel / TEEN
Elsewhere
599 Johnson Avenue, Bushwick, Brooklyn

$15 advance; $17 day of show online; $18 door
https://www.elsewherebrooklyn.com/events/2019-03-29-methyl-ethel/

Methyl Ethel is a good-enough neo-New Wave band.  But this show gets the nod for the opening act, TEEN.  They were one of my favorite bands even before I sussed out that its principal members are the three daughters of the late, great composer Peter Lieberson (maybe you saw Sara Mearns recreate a role originated by their grandmother at Encores! last week).  (Look, including the children of a really good classical composer doesn't insure that a pop/rock band will be good -- Roy Harris's sons were in what might be the worst rock band of all time.)  Great pop songs, great arrangements, great performances.

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT:  OK, so maybe you're tired of going to Mission Chinese Food Brooklyn, even though it's right in the same building as Elsewhere.  In that case, go to Guadalupe Inn, where you can replicate the experience of eating decent Mexican food in a bordello.