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Best Shows This Week (June 26 - July 2) in NYC

EELS, Sparks, Tears For Fears, Sky Ferreira, Current Joys, Sloan, Sun Ra Arkestra, Their/They're/There, Tori Amos, Joe Bataan, Leith Ross, Yves Jarvis & more!

June 26, 2023

BEST SHOWS THIS WEEK (JUNE 26 - JULY 2) IN NYC

MONDAY
Tears For Fears play Madison Square Garden (with Cold War Kids). If you can't make it out or didn't get a ticket at least you can still sit and listen to their songs from the big chair in your apartment.
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TUESDAY
Pioneering eccentro-pop duo Sparks play Beacon Theatre. Their electric live shows get glowing reviews. Wish they had more than only 25 studio albums though.
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TUESDAY
Speaking of electricity, EELS play their first NYC show in 4 years at Webster Hall. Will you be here? Before I sputter out. Before I sputter out. Before I sputter out.
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WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY & SUNDAY
The great Tori Amos plays three shows this week under the pink summertime skies of NYC and NJ.
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THURSDAY
Canadian rock vets Sloan play Brooklyn Made and you should really go see this, eh?
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FRIDAY
Melodic Chicago emo heads Their/They're/There play Trans Pecos. Go/Oh/Ohing.
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SATURDAY
Canadian singer/songwriter Leith Ross headlines a *free show* at Central Park SummerStage with support from Yves Jarvis. You shouldn't have to think about it.
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SATURDAY
NPR's Tiny Desk Contest winner Little Moon plays a *free* Celebrate Brooklyn! show in Prospect Park with Ibrahim Maalouf and Hermanos Gutiérrez. "We're gonna need a bigger desk."
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SATURDAY
Sky Ferriera plays her first NYC show in 9 years at Knockdown Center for the MTAMB Music Festival along with performances by Current Joys, ABRA, Clams Casino, Nicole Dollanganger and more.
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SUNDAY
Legendary interplanetary jazz collective The Sun Ra Arkestra do a doubleheader at Nublu. Also, we're all currently on a round rock that's spinning in outer space.
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SUNDAY
Joe Bataan ("King of Latin Soul") plays this week's 'Summer Thunder' daytime concert series at Union Pool. Free. Free. Free!
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PLUS MORE NOTABLE SHOWS THIS WEEK:
Rodrigo y Gabriela, Jungle Brothers, Beech Creeps, Madison McFerrin, Tall Juan, Breanna Barbara, Joanna Sternberg, Frida Kill, Tits Dick Ass, 95 Bulls, The Roots, Motherfolk, ZOPA, City of the Sun, Shigeto, Maisie Peters, The Veldt, Yellow Swans (win tickets), Etran De L'Aïr (win tickets), Glenn Mercer, Joe Pera, Ricky Gervais, Boldy James (win tickets), Hayden Pedigo, Swim Camp, Ab-Soul (win tickets), Joudy, We Are The Union
and lots more...