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Best Shows This Week (August 21 - 27) in NYC

Alex G, Alvvays, Pixies, Modest Mouse, Cat Power, AFROPUNK, ElectroniCON, Manchester Orchestra, Jimmy Eat World, Regina Spektor, Sun Ra Arkestra (free), Water From Your Eyes & more!

August 20, 2023

BEST SHOWS THIS WEEK (AUGUST 21 - 27) IN NYC

MONDAY & TUESDAY
Pixies, Cat Power and Modest Mouse float on to a pier...
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TUESDAY & VVEDNESDAY
Alvvays, Alex G and Tanukichan play tvvo vvonderful summer shovvs in Prospect Park for Celebrate Brooklyn! You vvon't vvant to miss this.
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WEDNESDAY
Earl Sweatshirt celebrates the 10th birthday of his debut studio album Doris by performing it in full at Brooklyn Steel. Bring a chum.
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WEDNESDAY
Jimmy Eat World and Manchester Orchestra play Central Park SummerStage. Can u still feel the butterflies??
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THURSDAY
Go see NYC indie popsters Water From Your Eyes at a venue that doesn't mind getting a little wet sometimes: a boat! Frost Children, YHWH Nailgun and a DJ set by Momma round out this solid seafaring bill.
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THURSDAY
Smashing Pumpkins play NJ with Interpol. Freak out. And give in. Sleep tight. Grim rite.
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THURSDAY
The Head and the Heart closes out another successful Celebrate Brooklyn! season in Prospect Park. Do you have to pay to see this show? No, you do not. Would it be worth paying for, though? You bet.
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THURSDAY
Regina Spektor plays Central Park SummerStage. Begin to hope that this week flies by and Thursday comes super fast.
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FRIDAY & SATURDAY
ElectroniCON returns to Knockdown Center this weekend with an excellent electronic/vaporwave-y lineup. A come early, stay late type of situation.
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FRIDAY
Boston indie rockers Kal Marks play The Sultan Room. Should rule.
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FRIDAY
Noisy post ___ experimental Philly duo draag me (ft. members of The Spirit of the Beehive) play TV EYE. Hell yeaah.
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SATURDAY
Melodic CA garage rockers Together Pangea play Brooklyn Made with boss Brooklyn punks THICK and L.A.'s Reckling.
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SATURDAY & SUNDAY
AFROPUNK returns to Brooklyn (at a new location) this weekend with performances by Flying Lotus, Vince Staples, Jazmine Sullivan, Sudan Archives, Proper., Madison McFerrin and lots more musical goodness.
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SUNDAY
Sloppy Jane play their penultimate residency date at Baby's All Right with "Cooperation Motivational Seminar," featuring support from excellent NYC garage popsters Tea Eater and MC'd by Lydia Gammill of Gustaf.
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SUNDAY
Legendary cosmic jazz collective The Sun Ra Arkestra play a *free show* for Union Pool's afternoon 'Summer Thunder' concert series. Please enjoy this extremely affordable trip to space.
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PLUS MORE NOTABLE SHOWS THIS WEEK:
Florist & Skullcrusher (win tickets), Kevin Morby, John Zorn, 75 Dollar Bill, Immanuel Watkins (free), Ka Baird (free), Ramona, Rhys Darby, Ghost, Pons, Annie Blackman, Tetchy, Water From Your Eyes, The Muckers, Sean Nicholas Savage, Ian Sweet, Dave Chappelle, Mary Shelley, Jackson Browne, Jeffrey Lewis & the Voltage, Hockey Dad, Chastity, watergh0st, Work Wife, Vitesse X, Weathers (win tickets), Webbed Wing, Hermitage Green (win tickets), Sick Of It All, Catcher and lots more...