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Best Shows This Week (May 15 - 21) in NYC

The New Pornographers, Iron & Wine (free), Shame, The Hives, Caroline Polachek, Yaeji, Helen, David Byrne, FACS, Rival Schools, Sir Chloe, Mo Troper, TWIABP & more!

May 15, 2023

BEST SHOWS THIS WEEK (MAY 15 - 21) IN NYC

MONDAY
South London post __ punks Shame play Irving Plaza with Been Stellar and not going to this just because it's a Monday night is a shameful excuse. Live, goddamn it. Live!
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MONDAY
David Byrne, Steve Earle, Kurt Vile and more play the 8th John Henry's Friends Benefit Concert at Town Hall (rescheduled from December). All proceeds support The Keswell School, an educational program for youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
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TUESDAY
Swedish rockers The Hives play their first NYC show in like 10 years at Racket. Breaking out just thinking about it.
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WEDNESDAY
The New Pornographers sing some Spanish techno at Brooklyn Steel with solid support from Wild Pink.
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WEDNESDAY
Listen, if you want to see three good bands without having to go to three different places, just go see Mo Troper, 2nd Grade and Jobber at The Sultan Room. Love when this kind of thing happens.
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THURSDAY & FRIDAY
Poppy rockers Sir Chloe (led by Dana Foote) play Racket and also do a free performance and signing at Rough Trade. Should be an excellent knight (sic joke!)
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THURSDAY
Swirly Chicago post ___ psychgaze band FACS play TV EYE. They are a great band to see live. FACTS. (( more info ))

THURSDAY - SATURDAY
Fuzzy Portland dreampop band Helen (ft. Liz Harris of Grouper) make their NYC debut with three Union Pool shows.
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FRIDAY & SATURDAY
blink-182 play MSG and USB this week (and Brooklyn next week). If we don't run into each other at any of these shows maybe someday I'll see you at a movie sneak preview.
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FRIDAY & SATURDAY
Post hardcore supergroup Rival Schools play their first NYC shows in almost 12 years.
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FRIDAY & SATURDAY
Yaeji brings the beats to Brooklyn Steel. Twice.
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SATURDAY
Sound Mind Music Fest for Mental Health is happening outside House of Yes on Saturday with performances by Iron & Wine, Hiss Golden Messenger, Langhorne Slim, KAMAUU and Pom Pom Squad. Would you pay one million dollars to see this show? What if I told you it was free with RSVP.
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SATURDAY
Indie pop superstar Caroline Polachek plays Radio City Music Hall with sparkling support from Ethel Cain and True Blue. Come early and shop for the city's best deals on radios.
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SATURDAY
Retrowave maestro Morgan Willis takes it back to 1984 at this sweet late night Saint Vitus nostalgia session.
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SUNDAY
Bloomsday is a lovely Brooklyn-based indie pop band. Take a well-deserved break from reading Ulysses and go see them play Sundown on Sunday.
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PLUS MORE NOTABLE SHOWS THIS WEEK:
Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O., The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die (win tickets), Teenage Halloween, Kevin Devine/The New Amsterdams (win tickets), TVOD, Primer, The Nude Party, The Marked Men, Hannah Jadagu, BAILEN (win tickets), Sondre Lerche, Errortype:11, Sungazer, A Deer A Horse, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Oolong, joan, Harriette, Pearl and the Oysters, Antibalas, Jim White/Marisa Anderson, Citizen Cope (win tickets), Couch Slut, Groupie, Pernice Brothers (win tickets), Superheaven, Cloakroom, The Mystery Lights, Yonatan Gat, The Marked Men, Colleen Green, Bueno, Shellshag, Sorry Mom, Grim Streaker
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