Best Shows This Week (April 1 - 7) in NYC
The Magnetic Fields, Young Fathers, Conor Oberst, Olivia Rodrigo, The Breeders, Arlo Parks, Destroyer, Caroline Rose, Kelly Moran, Molly Lewis, Glass Beach & more!
MONDAY
L.A.-based professional whistler Molly Lewis plays Bowery Ballroom. Imagine how good at whistling you have to be to be a professional whistler who can headline Bowery Ballroom.
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TUESDAY
They're saying Tim Robinson and Zach Kanin are bringing 'I Think You Should Leave Live!' to Beacon Theatre. Check your phone for more info. I have so much stuff on my phone. Music, apps, games, obviously. A Medieval game, obviously. Obviously a jousting game. I have no problem being on my phone for hours and hours. I love my phone.
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TUESDAY
Stellar London songwriter Arlo Parks finishes up her two-night NYC run, this time at Brooklyn Steel. Will be Too Good.
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WEDNESDAY
Multi-instrumentalist/minimalist composer Kelly Moran plays National Sawdust. Come for the pretty pianos, stay for the post electronic sound manipulation.
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WEDNESDAY - SATURDAY
The Magnetic Fields celebrate the 25th (!) anniversary of their definitive indie pop opus 69 Love Songs over the next two weeks at Town Hall. Wow, 25 years. That's absolutely cuckoo.
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THURSDAY
Conor Oberst (and friends) begins his bright-eyed April residency at Bowery Ballroom. Some super special guests showed up on the stage for this in L.A. Who will show up here?
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THURSDAY
I Heard that esteemed Edinburgh post ___ hip hop/avant-popsters Young Fathers are playing Brooklyn Steel. Just had to Tell Somebody.
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FRIDAY
Indie rock dignitary Destroyer (Dan Bejar) plays a solo show at Music Hall of Williamsburg and it's all been building up to this.
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FRIDAY
Pons and Skorts pack a solid 1-2 punch at Purgatory with support from Theophobia. See 'em now so one day you can brag to somebody that you once saw 'em way back when.
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FRIDAY & SATURDAY
Olivia Rodrigo begins a big time four-show run at MSG with simply divine support by The Breeders. If you got tickets, good 4 u.
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SATURDAY
Playfully bizarro power eccentro-popsters Glass Beach play Gramercy Theatre. Don't drop the ball on this or be forever shattered.
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SATURDAY
Very solid n' crunchy Charlotte shoegaze-emo crew Clearbody plays Union Pool and you should totally go see them. So sayeth this blob.
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SUNDAY
We're telling you right here, right now that '90s-era alt rocksters Jesus Jones play their first NYC show in decades at Sony Hall.
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SUNDAY
Excellent Philly shoegaze/slowcore/indie rock crew A Country Western plays Trans-Pecos and, to put it eloquently, they sound real good.
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OTHER NOTABLE SHOWS THIS WEEK:
Caroline Rose (win tickets), Infant Island, John Zorn, Caetano Veloso, Adam Ant/The English Beat, The Bouncing Souls, San Fermin, Dead Tooth, Shybaby, High Waisted, Anna Altman, Lost Boy?, Nara's Room, Yot Club, Kleenex Girl Wonder, Lily Konigsberg, Tony Hawk/Rodney Mullen, Joe Pernice (win tickets), Alice Phoebe Lou, Bunny X, Cohort B, TDA, Marlon Craft (win tickets), Optimo, Flight Facilities, Nascar Aloe, Darkest Hour, The Sadies, Too Many Zooz, Hudson Mohawke, VNV Nation, Julian Velard, Body Language, Runnner, Twin Tribes (win tickets), Goose, Buff Ginger and more!
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