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Best Shows This Week (August 28 - September 3) in NYC

Smashing Pumpkins, Interpol, Springsteen, Local Natives, X, Speedy Ortiz, Thus Love, Sinkane, girlpuppy, Smoking Popes, Snõõper & more!

August 28, 2023

BEST SHOWS THIS WEEK (AUGUST 28 - SEPTEMBER 3) IN NYC

TUESDAY
L.A. rockers Local Natives play a rooftop down by the river.
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WEDNESDAY
The Smashing Pumpkins and Interpol play Jones Beach. Obstacle 1: getting there. (pro tip: try taking the mellon trolley and the infinite subway).
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WEDNESDAY & FRIDAY
Bruce Springsteen plays two shows this week at MetLife Stadium in NJ, a state we heard he might even be from???
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THURSDAY
Punk legends X play Palladium Times Square. O shit.
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FRIDAY
Reliably solid indie rockers Speedy Ortiz are doing a performance/signing at Rough Trade and free tickets are going (appropriately) fast.
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FRIDAY
Rising Atlanta indie pop artist girlpuppy plays Queens. Go get in on the ground floor of this musical goodness.
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SATURDAY
Real good Vt post __ goth popsters Thus Love play Knitting Factory at Baker Falls and you should totally attend. Thus sayeth this music blob.
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SATURDAY
Chicago punk/pop stalwarts Smoking Popes play a Brooklyn show at The Meadows with Taking Meds and Teenage Halloween. Born To (Never) Quit.
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SATURDAY
Sinkane kicks off a three-show residency at Public Records this week.
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SUNDAY
TV Eye hosts a big time Bands Bikes BBQ afternoon bash with performances by Nashville art punks Snõõper, Thus Love (them again), TVOD, Scout Gillett and more musical goodness.
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PLUS MORE NOTABLE SHOWS THIS WEEK:
Poison Ruin, The Body, The Pretenders (NJ), Sungazer, pronoun, James Ivy (win tickets), Miss Grit, Chelsea Cutler, Billy Joel, Molly Lewis, Pure Adult, Nara's Room, Rival Sons, Cold Dice, Black Tusk, Fred Thomas, Trophy Wife, Desert Sharks, Two-Man Giant Squid, Gorgeous, Pink Mexico, Anthony Green, Kevin McDonald, Pyrrhon, Couch Slut, Cut Chemist, Steele FC, Xeno & Oaklander, Somerset Thrower, Weedeater, Sorry Girls, The Offspring, Miami Horror, Perennial and lots more...