Best Shows This Week (May 6 - 12) in NYC - Oh My Rockness

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Best Shows This Week (May 6 - 12) in NYC

Cloud Nothings, Sheer Mag, Chastity Belt, Fontaines D.C., Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, Julia Jacklin, L'Rain, Bjork, Orchid, Babehoven, Colin Stetson, Hot Water Music, Bad Religion, Trauma Ray, Frail Body & more!

May 6, 2024

MONDAY
Guitar heroes Sum 41 plays Brooklyn Paramount and you can be sure their set will be all killer, no filler.
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TUESDAY
Romantic Hudson, NY folk-dream-popsters Babehoven play Baby's All Right with cutting Philly shoegaze/slowcore crew, Knifeplay.
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TUESDAY
Solid Seattle indie rockers Chastity Belt play songs from their excellent new album Live Laugh Love at Warsaw, their first NYC show in almost 3 years.
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TUESDAY
Geoff Rickly of Thursday plays an intimate show at The Bowery Electric on a Tuesday.
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WEDNESDAY
Philly punks Sheer Mag play Bowery Ballroom, one of the most saved shows on OMR this week (tied with Cloud Nothings). Just can't get enough of this band.
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WEDNESDAY
Dublin post punks Fontaines D.C. play Warsaw but if you don't already have tickets you're very most likely not getting in. Sorry if this blurb is too real for ya.
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THURSDAY
But back to Cloud Nothings, the beloved Cleveland fuzz punks play (Le) Poisson Rouge. Go have a good time and keep the wasted days at bay.
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THURSDAY
See artist L'Rain play Bowery Ballroom if you're the discerning type that appreciates going to see and hear good music.
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THURSDAY
Acclaimed songwriter and Australian national treasure Julia Jacklin begins her May residency at National Sawdust. Not trying to pressure you to party, but you better strongly consider going to this show.
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THURSDAY
If you like solid shoegaze, Trans-Pecos is where it's at this week. Trauma Ray + Kraus + Mx Lonely + Bedridden = an excellent bill from start to finish. See you there.
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FRIDAY
Experimental saxophonist/composer extraordinaire Colin Stetson works the Graveyard Shift at Green-Wood Cemetery and people are dying to get in.
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FRIDAY
The mighty Bjรถrk does a big time (sensuality?) DJ set at Under the K Bridge Park along with DJ Eartheater, Jlin, Mun Sing, DJ Sega Bodega and DJ Shygirl.
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FRIDAY
Perth's Psychedelic Porn Crumpets bring their psychgarageprogrock goodness from the other side of the world to Webster Hall. Definitely get there early/on-time to see Portland's Spoon Benders too.
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SATURDAY
NYC post hardcore heroes Quicksand and Hot Water Music play Brooklyn Paramount. Don't slip on this.
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SUNDAY
Excellently heavy Rockford, IL band Frail Body play The Broadway. Not for the faint of spirit. Bring earplugs because safety first.
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OTHER NOTABLE SHOWS THIS WEEK:
Rosie Tucker, Folly Group, Bad Religion/Social Distortion, Sweet Pill, Damon & Naomi, Orchid, Combo Chimbita (win tickets + vinyl), Cheekface, Trace Mountains, YHWH Nailgun, The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die, John Moreland, Holly Humberstone (win tickets), Margaret Glaspy, Freddie Gibbs, Madlib, Neil Young & Crazy Horse (NJ), High on Fire, Lewis OfMan (win tickets), Dent May, Mary Shelley, Two-Man Giant Squid, Skorts, Foyer Red, Pokey LaFarge, Kyp Malone, David Cross, SPY, Two Feet, Xeno & Oaklander, Martin Bisi, Chicano Batman, Lido Pimienta, Grace Cummings, Kill Alters, GEL, Skullcrusher, Phantom Signals, Robert Glasper, Say Anything (win tickets), Sanguisugabogg, Upper Wilds, Combo Chimbita, Cattle Decapitation, Norah Jones, Skin On Skin, Bad Bad Hats, Madeleine Peyroux, Elysian Fields, Lenny Kaye, PLVTINUM (win tickets), Mikaela Davis, Sarah Shook & The Disarmers and more!

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