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Best Shows This Week (June 19 - 25) in NYC

The Cure, NxWorries, Wednesday, Faust, Pere Ubu, Thus Love, Geese, Jeff Tweedy, The So So Glos, Zola Jesus, Swearin', Sampha & more!

June 19, 2023

BEST SHOWS THIS WEEK (JUNE 19 - 25) IN NYC

MONDAY
Central Park SummerStage hosts A Juneteenth Celebration of Hip Hop featuring DJ Premier's pristine beats plus Grandmaster Flash, DJ Kid Capri and more legends.
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MONDAY
Hamburg krautrock heroes Faust (born 1971) co-headline (Le) Poisson Rouge with Cleveland punk vets Pere Ubu (born 1975).
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TUESDAY - THURSDAY
The Cure play three (show me show me show me) shows at MSG this week, their first NYC gigs in 7 years. We couldn't get tickets but that's okay because blobs don't cry.
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TUESDAY
Wednesday play Music Hall of Williamsburg on a Tuesday. (Friday, I'm in love.)
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TUESDAY - THURSDAY
Soulful London songwriter Sampha plays three at Pioneer Works. Solid.
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WEDNESDAY & FRIDAY - SUNDAY
Jeff Tweedy (of Wilco) starts a four-show solo run at Brooklyn Made. Will go.
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WEDNESDAY
Solid Brooklyn rockers Geese play a *free show* at Hudson Yards Public Square and Gardens. Should be good so take a gander over there.
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THURSDAY
Post gothic synth pop artist Zola Jesus plays (Le) Poisson Rouge. Hallelujah!
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FRIDAY & SATURDAY
AdHoc's two-night *free* Emerging Music Festival in Bryant Park features Thus Love, Psymon Spine, Katy Kirby, Ky Vöss, Seramic, June McDoom, Miss Grit and Dead Tooth. Going.
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FRIDAY
Celebrate the late Alan Vega of Suicide's birthday with a special tribute show organized by his wife Liz Lamere at an undisclosed Downtown NYC (don't worry they'll tell you where to go eventually).
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FRIDAY
Brooklyn punk vets The So So Glos play Bowery Ballroom with Skaters and Beverly. So so going.
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SATURDAY
NxWorries (Anderson .Paak & Knxwledge) play Prospect Park for Celebrate Brooklyn! One of the most popular summer shows on the blob.
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SATURDAY
Swearin' play TV Eye. Good shit.
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SUNDAY
Stellar songwriter duendita plays Union Pool's *free* 'Summer Thunder' concert series.
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SUNDAY
Rising Brooklyn rockers Jobber play Little Beaver in Bushwick. A solid last show hurrah before going back to the grind of your jobb.
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PLUS MORE NOTABLE SHOWS THIS WEEK:
W.I.T.C.H., Death Valley Girls, Souls of Mischief, Ben Folds, Buzzy Lee, Glove, Bonny Doon, Bloomsday, Orville Peck, Annie Hart, Jimmy Whispers, The Life, May Rio, Monograms, Toots & the Maytals, Rozwell Kid, Shamir, Cathedral Bells, The Rocket Summer (win tickets), Isaiah Collier, Frida Kill, Dead & Company, Gretel Hänlyn, Zella Day (win tickets), Billie Marten, Aimee Mann, Alanis Morissette, Joseph (win tickets), Trixie Mattel, The Alarm, Avenged Sevenfold, Teen Suicide (win tickets), Tiny Habits, Ghost Funk Orchestra, Birdman Live Score, The Australian Pink Floyd Show (win tickets), My Son The Doctor, Les Claypool's Fearless Frog Brigade, Emo Night Brooklyn (win tickets), Couch Slut, Bedridden, Glare, Purple Disco Machine and lots more...