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Best Shows This Week (May 8 - 14) in NYC

Feist, Four Tet, Mr Twin Sister (free), Makaya McCraven, The Lemon Twigs, MUNA, !!! (chk chk chk), Circuit Des Yeux, Chisel, Alice Phoebe Lou, Voivod, Rahill, Heartless Bastards, The Hold Steady & more!

May 8, 2023

BEST SHOWS THIS WEEK (MAY 8 - 14) IN NYC

MONDAY
LA indie popsters MUNA play Terminal 5 twice this week. Should be very satisfactory Saddest Factory shows.
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TUESDAY
Berlin-based South African songwriter Alice Phoebe Lou plays a special intimate show at The Sultan Room (before returning later this summer to headline much bigger Brooklyn Steel).
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TUESDAY - THURSDAY
Electro hero Four Tet plays three shows at Avant Gardner with lighting by Squidsoup. Come for the beats. Stay for the visuals.
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WEDNESDAY
Empty Country's Joseph D'Agostino (see also: Cymbals Eat Guitars) plays a solo show at Sundown in Ridgewood. Solid.
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THURSDAY
!!! (chk chk chk) begin their summer residency at Union Pool. You can dance. You can rock. You can dancerock.
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THURSDAY
The Hold Steady talks with Seth Meyers and then performs some new songs at National Sawdust.
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THURSDAY
Psst. Free punk show at Carmelo's in Bushwick led by Miranda and the Beat (record release) and Tits Dick Ass. Spread the good word.
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THURSDAY
Excellent experimental post ___ pop Chicago outfit Circuit Des Yeux (aka Haley Fohr) plays Kaufman Center as part of the Ecstatic Music Festival.
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FRIDAY
NYC post ___ art-popsters Mr Twin Sister play a free show at Lincoln Center. Totally worth paying for even though you totally don't have to.
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FRIDAY
Quebec metal head vets Voivod headline Bowery Ballroom. Nothing like a heavy band, eh?
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FRIDAY
Only an unfeeling scoundrel would dismiss seeing Cincinnati rock vets Heartless Bastards at Brooklyn Bowl.
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SATURDAY + SUNDAY
The mighty Feist plays Brooklyn Steel in 1-2-3-4.... 5 & 6 nights from now. Two of the most saved shows on OMR this week!
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SATURDAY
Go to OUTLINE Night Two at Knockdown Center and see majestic jazz drummer/bandleader Makaya McCraven + Standing on the Corner + Laraaji + Liv.E. Will be real good.
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SATURDAY & SUNDAY
Rahill (see also: Habibi) plays songs from her brand new album Flowers At Your Feet at Baby's All Right on Saturday. BONUS: free (with RSVP) afternoon show on Sunday at Rough Trade!
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SUNDAY
Ted Leo's old punk band Chisel have reunited and play their first NYC show in forever at (Le) Poisson Rouge with solid opening support courtesy of SAVAK.
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PLUS MORE NOTABLE SHOWS THIS WEEK:
The Lemon Twigs (win tickets), Bono, Frank Turner, Janet Jackson, Okay Kaya, Blessed, Maneka, The Aquadolls, Annie Blackman, 95 Bulls, Lee Ranaldo, Big Bliss, Annie DiRusso, Cobra Man (win tickets), Life in Vacuum, Buke and Gase (film screening), Two-Man Giant Squid, Daisy The Great (win tickets), Conan, Sabrina Carpenter, The Cactus Blossoms (win tickets), Vieux Farka Toure, Fixtures, yMusic, Vegyn, Joanne Robertson, Pyrex, Kill Alters, Deli Girls, Nick Waterhouse, City Morgue, Steve Earle
and lots more...