Best Shows This Week (May 28 - June 2) in NYC
Shannon & The Clams, Guerilla Toss (free), A Place To Bury Strangers, Soccer Mommy, The Damned, Passion Pit, Heavenly, Black Marble, Desire, Johnny Jewel, Mount Kimbie, Julia Jacklin, Arooj Aftab, Knocked Loose, Kelela, Swansea Sound, Crowded House & more!

TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY & SATURDAY
This week, Passion Pit play their first NYC shows in 5 years at Irving Plaza and Warsaw. All shows (4 total) are sold-out, I think. Shouldn't have slept on getting tickets, Sleepyhead.
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WEDNESDAY
London post __dubstep duo Mount Kimbie play Webster Hall. Hill yeah.
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WEDNESDAY
Australian singer/songwriter Julia Jacklin completes her stellar May residency at National Sawdust.
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WEDNESDAY
Glide by The Rink at Rockefeller Center for a *free iNDIESUMMER show* with JW Francis + DJ The Phenomenal Handclap Band, presented by Rough Trade.
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THURSDAY
Super solid Oakland post-surf-soul-doo-wop-garage-punks Shannon and the Clams play Warsaw. Do it.
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THURSDAY
London two-tone musical titans Madness (born: 1976) play their first NYC show in a decade at Hammerstein Ballroom. Crazy.
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THURSDAY
Harmonious Brooklyn band Habibi play a *free show* at Rough Trade. YOU. SHALL. NOT. PAYYY.
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THURSDAY & FRIDAY
Acclaimed singer/composer Arooj Aftab plays an intimate show at Baby's All Right and another one at Rough Trade.
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FRIDAY
Punk icons The Damned bring their classic '80s lineup to Hammerstein Ballroom with seriously capable support from The Dictators and Lenny Kaye.
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FRIDAY
Excellent L.A. record label Italians Do It Better are throwing a big time bash at Knockdown Center with chilly, danceable performances by Black Marble, Desire, Johnny Jewel (Chromatics), DJ Justine D and more.
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FRIDAY
The loudest band in all the land, A Place to Bury Strangers, play Music Hall of Williamsburg. I SAID THE LOUDEST BAND IN ALL THE LAND A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS PLAY MUSIC HALL OF WILLIAMBSURG.
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FRIDAY
Soccer Mommy plays a solo show at Stone Circle Theatre in Queens. Sweet.
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FRIDAY
Not a musical show, but you should go see the Stuff You Should Know podcast live at Town Hall because that's a real good podcast. Informative and funnee.
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FRIDAY & SATURDAY
Twee-rific U.K. band Heavenly (born: 1989) play their first NYC shows in circa forever this week at Market Hotel (x2) and a special Saturday backyard matinee at Trans-Pecos with Widowspeak.
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SATURDAY
The *free* all-day Bushwick Collective Block Party goes down in... you guessed it... Bushwick. See who's playing this year.
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SUNDAY
Welsh indiepunkpopsters Swansea Sound (ft. members of Heavenly) play their debut NYC show at Trans-Pecos with support from The Natvral (Kip from The Pains of Being Pure at Heart). Go have yourself a jangle good time. You deserve it.
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SUNDAY
Guerilla Toss and PC Worship start off Union Pool's *free* daytime concert series 'Summer Thunder' in noisy style.
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OTHER NOTABLE SHOWS THIS WEEK:
Crowded House, Kelela, Tyler Childers, Sylvan Esso, Knocked Loose, Show Me The Body, Tropa Magica, The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black, John Garcia (plays KYUSS), Pons, Tea Eater, Claudio Simonetti's Goblin, Shred Flintstone, Pamphlets, Frida Kill, Dead Tooth, Starcleaner Reunion, Glom, Kacy Hill, May Rio, Slow Fiction, Anastasia Coope, Prateek Kuhad (win tickets), Finom, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, Blonde Otter, JJUUJJUU, Lightning Bug, Proper., youbet, needtobreathe, Charlotte Day Wilson, Andra Day (free show), Mary Shelley, Upper Wilds, Isaiah Rashad, +/- {Plus Minus}, Jason Lowenstein (of Sebadoh), Sir Chloe, Yot Club and more!
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