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Best Shows This Week (April 17 - 23) in NYC

Built To Spill, U.S. Girls, Father John Misty, Xiu Xiu, GEL, cumgirl8, Cryogeyser, Kara Jackson, Long Beard, Model/Actriz, Black Flag, Samiam, Nils Frahm & more!

April 17, 2023

BEST SHOWS THIS WEEK (APRIL 17 - 23) IN NYC

MONDAY
Toronto post __ pop outfit U.S. Girls, led by Meg Remy, play Elsewhere. Be there.
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TUESDAY
Country punks Sarah Shook & the Disarmers will win you over at TV Eye with solid support from rising songwriter Scout Gillett.
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WEDNESDAY
San Jose experimental post ___ indie rockers Xiu Xiu show their fabulous musical muscles at (Le) Poisson Rouge. Get there early for Godcaster.
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WEDNESDAY
Punk legends Samiam play Brooklyn Made with Walter Schreifels (of Quicksand/Gorilla Biscuits etc) and 95 Bulls. I do like this band. I do. I would see them in a boat and I would see them with a goat. I will see them in the rain and in the dark and on a train.
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WEDNESDAY
Excellent Chicago post __ folk artist (and former National Youth Poet Laureate) Kara Jackson has two NYC shows on Wednesday and you should totally see both of them if at all humanly possible.
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THURSDAY
NJ's Long Beard (led by Leslie Bear) plays Baby's All Right. Her album Means To Me has been on repeat at Oh My Rockness HQ for years.
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THURSDAY
German ambient composer/producer Nils Frahm has a show at beautiful Kings Theatre. Should rule.
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THURSDAY
Go see rising dark post ___ punk band Model/Actriz at Racket and dance in the shadows. Come for the twisted riffs. Stay for the big time beats.
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THURSDAY
NYC punks cumgirl8 bring everything but hate to their raucous live shows. See 'em at Nublu if you know what's good for you.
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FRIDAY
Punk icons Black Flag (in their latest lineup incarnation... I count 26 or so members over the years) perform their 1984 album My War in full at Saint Vitus.
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FRIDAY
Play Father John Misty for me.
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FRIDAY & SATURDAY
New NJ hardcore heroes GEL have two shows this week. Bring earplugs for this explosive musical goodness and no eardrums get hurt.
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FRIDAY - SUNDAY
You were right when you said Built to Spill is doing two shows at Brooklyn Made. The greatest American indie rock band of all time? It's a discussion worth having sometime.
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SATURDAY
LA's Cryogeyser is a good band and you should go see them. And we should mind our own business. Oh wait, this is the business.
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SUNDAY & MONDAY
British rockers Placebo are playing their first NYC show in over 8 years at Brooklyn Steel with openers Big Joanie.
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SUNDAY
'90s indie rockers The Van Pelt play Saint Vitus (Sultans of Sentiment forever) with support from the great Caithlin De Marrais (of Rainer Maria).
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PLUS MORE NOTABLE SHOWS THIS WEEK:
Ovlov, Fruit Bats (win tickets), Jeffrey Lewis, Baby Dayliner, Pictoria Vark, Maneka, MSPAINT, Andy Shauf (win tickets), Debby Friday, Garcia Peoples, Shana Cleveland, Origami Angel, William Elliot Whitmore, Richard Lloyd Group, Adult Mom, Sister Nancy, Sloan, Lucinda Williams, Scott McMicken & The Ever-Expanding (win tickets), Those Pretty Wrongs, Ruston Kelly (win tickets), Peter Murphy, Boyscott, Trace Mountains, Start Making Sense (win tickets), Mary Shelley, Skinny Puppy, Action Bronson, Dolly Spartans, Merce Lemon, Fishbone
and lots more...