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Best Shows This Week (August 12 - 18) in NYC

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Andrew Bird, Iron and Wine, Washed Out, Wild Nothing, Helado Negro, Taking Back Sunday, serpentwithfeet, Chameleons, Nick Cave, GEL, FRiendship, Julianna Barwick, Dengue Fever, Pissed Jeans & more!

August 12, 2024

MONDAY
Wild Nothing plays Elsewhere with Peel Dream Magazine. Go enjoy the golden haze.
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TUESDAY
Solid Philly alt-folk-country-popsters Friendship (see also: Merge Records) play TV Eye. Take a bud to further cement your relationship.
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WEDNESDAY
Iron and Wine play Brooklyn Paramount, a fine way to spend a passing evening during our endless numbered days.
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WEDNESDAY
Meshell Ndegeocello plays the final *free* Celebrate Brooklyn! show of this passing season in Prospect Park. Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
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THURSDAY
Nick Cave has a conversation and performs at National Sawdust. No bad seeds allowed.
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THURSDAY
serpentwithfeet leads a sss-izzling *free* SummerStage show at Marcus Garvey Park.
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FRIDAY & SATURDAY
Melbourne's King Gizzard and the Wizard Lizard play two big time shows in Queens. (If you think Forest Hills is too far, consider that the band travelled here from the OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD to play for you.)
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FRIDAY
Helado Negro and Julianna Barwick team up for a good one at The Ruins at Knockdown Center.
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FRIDAY
Andrew Bird plays The Rooftop at Pier 17. Cheep tickets still available but will probably fly.
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SATURDAY
Pissed Jeans, Knifeplay, Dazy, Glimmer and Native Sun play CREEM Magazine's all-day rockin Summer Sunburn '24 rager at Roberta's. "Don't worry, we rented extra Porta Potties this year."
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SUNDAY
Washed Out plays Brooklyn Paramount. Feel this show. Feel it all around.
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SUNDAY
Kid Congo Powers & The Pink Monkey Birds play the penultimate Summer Thunder show at Union Pool. Free for you and me.
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OTHER NOTABLE SHOWS THIS WEEK:
Taking Back Sunday, Slick Rick (free show), Pity Sex, Slaughter Beach Dog, GEL, Chameleons (win tickets), Ovlov, Webbed Wing, Greg Mendez, Why Bonnie, TVOD, Grim Streaker, Ghost Funk Orchestra, Skorts, Activity, Work Wife, Dengue Fever (win tickets), Chance The Rapper (free show), Missy Elliott, Glass Animals, Foster the People, Slipknot, Jesse Rutherford (win tickets), Murphy's Law, The Big Easy, Matt Fraser (win tickets), Future, Cut Chemist, Stray Cats, Leanna Firestone (win tickets), Ok Cowgirl, Raavi, King Bug, Amadou and Mariam, Catcher, Geese, Big Daddy Kane, Jlin, Babehoven, Amiture, DJ Red Alert (free show), Redman, BIG|BRAVE and more!

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