Ah summer. What could be better than 90 degree weather, baseball games and bbq-ing every food item you have in your pantry? Well, free concerts would be a start. The annual River to River Festival kicks off tonight in NYC with Animal Collective and Danielson at the South Street Seaport stage. The real treat, however, will be tomorrow when the legendary rock icon Roky Erickson returns to NYC. Seriously people, his performances in April at the Bowery Ballroom and Southpaw were his first NYC performances EVER. Do yourself a favor and go.

Get there early though because tickets will be given away (two per person) on a first-come, first-serve basis, starting at 5pm. More information can be found here.

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3:50pm: Alfie: All throughout Roky Erickson’s set, I couldn’t help but think about the recent NME interview with Keith Richards, where Keith complains that most bands nowadays forget the roll and only keep the rock. Roky Erickson and his band, the Explosions, totally have the ROLL down. They played a blistering 50 minute set, including 13th Floor Elevators songs, as well as solo material with enough groove and soul to inspire even those who were unaware of who Roky was (and, believe me, there were a few of those present) to get into their set. Roky seemed more alive when he was playing his songs, and proved he was still capable of tearing it up on guitar.

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Tags: Arcade Fire, Girl Talk, MSTRKRT, Roky Erickson, The Good the Bad and the Queen, Tom Morello by Matthew
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