What's Going On: 4/30, 5/1, 5/2 & 5/3, 2015

Country outlaws Lowlight have a busy weekend starting Thursday at The Saint.

Dance Around the Maypole

Whether you secretly leave baskets full of flowers on your neighbors' doorsteps, or dance around the maypole, or march down the street singing "The Internationale," it's almost May Day; and you should celebrate. Maybe you should take in a local show or two.

Cat London comes to Asbury Park Yacht Club for a free show on Thursday. Matt Romagna, Joshua Mark, Jeff Luke, and our good buddy Chris Brown are at Court Tavern. Owel play David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center for free. The Saint hosts The Black Sox Scandal, The Paper Jets, The Vaughns, The Afraid Brigade, and Lowlight.

On Friday night, Bone & Marrow (formerly of Elevator Art) release their CD at Asbury Lanes. Helping them out will be Dr. Raga, IS., Homeless Apians, and The Porchistas. Also LED hooping. Spandau Ballet are at Count Basie. It's true. Quincy Mumford and The Reason Why play Langosta for free. Sharkmuffin are at Lot 13 in Bayonne with Darkwing, Garbage Brain, and Sistine. Paradise: Lost in NB hosts Hodera, Teenage Halloween, The Blithedale Romance, and more. Action Bronson hits Starland. Dark City Entertainment holds a fundraiser for Mary's Place By The Sea, which helps women dealing with cancer. That bill features goodnightmorning, Lo Kloza, Emily Grove, and more.

On Saturday, Deal's AK-47 (ask a host) has Grand Mariner, Teenage Halloween, Good Luck Spaceman, Debt League, and The Chambrays. Asbury's Collective Art Tank opens its exhibition of "Humans of Asbury Park." Head over there to see if you're on the wall. Sniffling Indie Kids' Frank DeFranco celebrates his birthday at Court Tavern with They Had Faces Then, Modern Chemistry, Lake Effect, and his band NGHTCRWLRS. The Vaughns are at The PussyPad with The Antics, Speed Trials, and Crime Alert. Little Rose, Cold Weather Company, Rose Boulevard, and The Paper Jets play the Union County Arts Center's Hamilton Stage in Rahway. That's followed by an after-party at The Railhouse featuring Lowlight and Cook Thugless. Lower The Veil release their new video at The Saint with Vextion and Decypher. The legendary Walter Schreifels (Youth of Today, Gorilla Biscuits, Quicksand, Rival Schools) brings his garage rock supergroup, Dead Heavens, to Wonder Bar for a low-dough $6 show.

The Meatmen are at The Brighton on Sunday. Ewan Dobson and Mike Brody play an "acoustic cafe" show at The Saint.

If you see me limping around somewhere (I'll tell you about it later), come say hi.

THURSDAY (4/30)

Asbury Park Yacht Club (Asbury): Cat London, 9pm, FREE

Clash Bar (Clifton): Death Vacation / Positive Control / Hounds / Mental Violence / Toxicology / Seance

College Ave. Student Center (New Brunswick): Reach Out And Read Benefit ft. Area IVI / Cold Weather Company / dollys / Fiscal Cliff / OH Dam / Rebecca Emont / Shaila Huq, 7:30pm, $5 adv, $7 door

Court Tavern (New Brunswick): Matt Romagna / Jeff Luke / Joshua Mark / Chris Brown, 9pm, $5

Dante Hall Theater of Stockton U (Atlantic Ciy): Fishbone / Backyard Superheroes / Ill Rendition, 6pm, $20

David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center (NYC): Owel, 7pm, FREE

Langosta Lounge (Asbury): Pat DiNizio, 8pm, FREE

Passion Puddle (New Brunswick): Wisteria / Eagle Daddy / American Lions / Little Rose / Fiscal Cliff / Cold Weather Company, 4:30-7pm

Roxy & Dukes (Dunellen): Hitme Video Shoot, 8pm, FREE

The Saint (Asbury): The Black Sox Scandal / The Paper Jets / The Vaughns / Lowlight / The Afraid Brigade, 7:30pm, $8 (21+), $13 (18-21)

FRIDAY (5/1)

Asbury Lanes (Asbury): Bone & Marrow (CD Release) / Dr. Raga / IS. / Homeless Apians / The Porchistas, 8pm, $8 (ALL AGES)

Asbury Park Yacht Club (Asbury): Future Damage / Sun Abduction / Water / Francie Moon / Erica Russo, 8pm, FREE

The Brighton Bar (Long Branch): Don Jamieson of "That Metal Show," 6pm, $13 (ALL AGES)

Count Basie Theatre (Red Bank): Spandau Ballet, 8pm, $25 and up

Court Tavern (New Brunswick): The Stewart Dolly / Sad Lips / Everything Ever / Ever So Noble / Eagle Daddy, 7pm

Langosta Lounge (Asbury): Quincy Mumford & The Reason Why, 9pm, FREE

Lot 13 Longbar (Bayonne): Sharkmuffin / Darkwing / Garbage Brain / Sistine, 9pm

Lucky 7 (Jersey City): Adam and The Plants (Record Release) / Pistol Charmer / Hermano Stereo, 8pm

Maxwell's Tavern (Hoboken): Short of the Sun / The Muscadettes / Goodbye Tiger, 9pm, $10

Paradise: Lost (New Brunswick): Hodera / California Cousins / My Pizza World / The Blithedale Romance / Teenage Halloween / Robber's Roost, 6pm, $5-$7

The Rail House (Rahway): The Dark Matters / Morningside Lane / The Enemy Is You / Oh DAM, 9pm, $3

Roxy & Dukes (Dunellen): Ring of Fire Band, 9pm, $10