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Best Shows This Week (October 14 - 20) in NYC

Fontaines D.C., Dehd, Xiu Xiu, The Voidz, Acid Mothers Temple, The Hard Quartet, Guerilla Toss (free), ANOHNI & The Johnsons, GEL, MSPAINT, Illuminati Hotties, The The, Orville Peck, Tigers Jaw, The Bug Club, Makaya McCraven, Vitesse X, Laraaji (free), Sturgill Simpson, Temples, Empress Of, Chanel Beads, Kate Bollinger & more!

October 14, 2024

MONDAY
Actor/comedian John Early does a big time show at Webster Hall. Don't be late.
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TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY
Elton John's new favorite band, Fontaines D.C., plays Brooklyn Paramount with solid support from Been Stellar. The #1 most saved show on Oh My Rockness this week.
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TUESDAY
Xperimental art rockers Xiu Xiu play (Le) Poisson Rouge Rouge. This show has a lot of saves too.
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TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY
Sweet South Wales jangle popsters The Bug Club play Baby's All Right and a *free show* at Rough Trade. Lay down your roses for them.
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WEDNESDAY
Rising L.A. post __ folk songwriter Kate Bollinger plays Music Hall of Williamsburg. See her now so you can say you saw her way back when.
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WEDNESDAY
Scranton emo heroes Tigers Jaw play The Brooklyn Monarch. Get there via car, train, plane, tank or submarine.
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THURSDAY
The Hard Quartet (Stephen Malkmus! Matt Sweeney! Jim White! Emmett Kelly!) make their NYC live debut. Your unreal is here now.
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THURSDAY
Excellent electronic/synthpop/vaporwave artist Vitesse X plays Elsewhere. Should be bliss.
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THURSDAY
English post punks The The (born: 1979) play their first NYC show in six years at Beacon Theatre. Some tickets still available @ the the box office.
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THURSDAY - SATURDAY
BRIC JazzFest 2024 is this week. Hot.
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FRIDAY
The Voidz play new songs from their v. solid new album Like All You Before at the Apollo Theater. Please note: The Voidz rule. (Disagree? That's fine, different strokes, ya know?)
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FRIDAY & SATURDAY
The great songbird ANOHNI (and the Johnsons) plays two shows at BAM. Boom.
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FRIDAY
Tenderpunk pioneer Illuminati Hotties play Bowery Ballroom.
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SATURDAY
GEL and MSPAINT play Bowery Ballroom if you want to get hardcore about it.
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SATURDAY
Guerilla Toss and a "Special Guest" play a *free show* in Brooklyn. RSVP here.
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SATURDAY
Japanese psych legends Acid Mothers Temple play TV Eye.
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SATURDAY & SUNDAY
Masked cowboy crooner Orville Peck plays Brooklyn Paramount.
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SUNDAY
Chicago indie rockers Dehd play Brooklyn Steel, the #2 most saved show on Rockness this week.
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SUNDAY
Laraaji plays a *free show* at Roulette's open house.
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OTHER NOTABLE SHOWS THIS WEEK:
Sturgill Simpson, Empress Of, Temples (win tickets), Chanel Beads, Swami & Bed of Nails, The Roots, Drop Nineteens, Richard Thompson, Molly Nilsson, Amy Rigby, Sega Bodega, Coalesce, Cave In, Tanukichan, Opeth, Being Dead, Rival Schools, Ginger Root (win tickets), Teenage Halloween, The Smashing Times, Laveda, Jet, Foyer Red, Joywave (win tickets), Rex Orange County, Billy Bragg (win tickets), Rufus Wainwright, Hania Rani (win tickets), Fantastic Negrito, The Legendary Wailers (win tickets), Laurie Anderson, Fears, Palomino Blond, Phantom Planet, Protest The Hero (win tickets), Sarah Kinsley (win tickets), Fozzy (win tickets), Laszewo (win tickets), Céu (win tickets), Ekko Astral, Drive-By Truckers, Billie Eilish, L.O.T.I.O.N., LSDXOXO, Trophy Wife, Joudy Dog Date, Adult Human Females, Shadow Show, Maggie Rogers and more!