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

Panda Bear & Sonic Boom, Horsegirl (free), Jenny Lewis, Julia Jacklin (free), Mac DeMarco, Cake, First Aid Kit, Jockstrap, THICK, Nothing, Blondshell, Sunflower Bean, Kool & The Gang (free) & more!

July 17, 2023

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

MONDAY & TUESDAY
Post ___ punk supergroup L.S. Dunes (ft. members of Thursday, Circa Survive, My Chemical Romance, Coheed and Cambria etc) play Irving Plaza and Saint Vitus this week. L.S. Do It.
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TUESDAY
Stellar songwriter Julie Byrne performs songs from her soaring new album The Greater Wings at Public Records.
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TUESDAY - THURSDAY
The old dog Mac DeMarco plays three shows at Webster Hall this week. On a scale of one easy hot dog to five easy hot dogs, we give these shows... five easy hot dogs.
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TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY
London (post)modern alt-pop duo Jockstrap play two Brooklyn shows this week. Come for the wispy vocals and graceful strings, stay for the squiggly beats.
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TUESDAY
Melodic Swedish folksters First Aid Kit play Radio City Music Hall. If you haven't got your tickets yet this is only a minor emergency as there are still a few available.
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WEDNESDAY
Julia Jacklin, Y La Bamba and Black Belt Eagle Scout play one of the most popular free summer shows of the season (according to this blob's readers) at Central Park SummerStage. Totally worth paying for yet you do not have to.
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WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY
Rising LA alt grunge popster Blondshell plays Bowery Ballroom (with Hello Mary) and National Sawdust this week.
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THURSDAY
The most anticipated free summer show at Central Park SummerStage (according to our readers) is this one with Horsegirl, Iceage, Water From Your Eyes and Lifeguard. I love this town.
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THURSDAY
Celebrate the opening of brand new East Village music venue Knitting Factory NY at Baker Falls with Sunflower Bean, GIFT and Slow Fiction. We'll be there. Look for the blob.
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FRIDAY
Panda Bear (of Animal Collective) + Sonic Boom (of Spacemen 3) play Knockdown Center and you gotta get up for this one.
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FRIDAY
MoMA PS1's famous summer Warm Up parties kick off this week with a rager featuring Frankie Bones, Kiki Kudo, Dreamcrusher and more.
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FRIDAY & SATURDAY
Cake play two rooftop shows with solid support from Ice Cream (I wish).
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SATURDAY
CREEM Magazine's sweet daytime Summer Sunburn party is happening at Roberta's with performances by Nothing, Radioactivity, Godcaster, Loosey, Jobber and more goodness. Let them eat pizza!
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SATURDAY
If you wanna see four solid punk bands this weekend but you don't feel like going to four different venues to do so, just hang out at TV Eye and see THICK, TVOD, My Son the Doctor and Tits Dick Ass all playing on the same bill. Life can be pretty easy sometimes.
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SUNDAY
NY Night Train's SUNDAY SOUL SCREAM! on the roof of Our Wicked Lady is always a fun way to keep the late afternoon Sunday malaise far far away.
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SUNDAY
Boston indie rock vets Swirlies play (Le) Poisson Rouge with support from the great Frankie Rose, w0rmh0les and a DJ set by Nothing. Should be really something!
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PLUS MORE NOTABLE SHOWS THIS WEEK:
Jenny Lewis, Cass McCombs, Elijah Wolf, Son Volt, Killer Mike, Pom Pom Squad, Tamikrest (free), Kurt Vile and The Violators, Kool & The Gang (free), Wild Pink, Dead Tooth, Steve Gunn, Declan McKenna (win tickets), Spirit Was, Cherubs, Strawberry Runners, Lowertown, Annie Blackman, Cut Worms, Population II, K Camp (win tickets), Joudy (free), Thou, Uniform, Time Sawyer (win tickets), Thelma and The Sleaze, Michael Cera Palin (win tickets), Oneida, Flasyd, Blood Red Shoes (win tickets), Say Sue Me (free) and lots more...