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Best Shows This Week (October 21 - 27) in NYC

Air, Osees, Blonde Redhead, Dismemberment Plan, American Football, MJ Lenderman, The Voidz, Pixies, Boris, The National, United Sounds NYC Festival, Big Ups, André 3000, julie, Cola, Sunset Rubdown, Hello Mary, Momma, Blondshell, Fat Dog, Rise Against, Bush Tetras, TOPS & more!

October 21, 2024

MONDAY
The Voidz play Knockdown Center. Julian C Superstar.
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MONDAY
Good grunge popsters Momma play Baby's All Right with solid support from Blondshell and DJ Sunflower Bean.
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MONDAY & TUESDAY
Air play their classic 1998 debut album Moon Safari in full at Beacon Theatre. Ce seront deux bons spectacles!
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TUESDAY
Heavy/pretty L.A. shoegazers julie play Webster Hall with support from solid Philly bands They Are Gutting A Body Of Water and Her New Knife.
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TUESDAY
Buzzy South London electro-industrial crew Fat Dog play TV Eye. Come on time and also catch solid NYC post __ punks Lip Critic.
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WEDNESDAY
Pixies play Bowery Ballroom. Here comes your band.
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WEDNESDAY
Tokyo doom metal heroes Boris leads Amplifier Worship Service at Racket. Bow your head, raise hands and bring earplugs.
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THURSDAY
Good band Trace Mountains play TV eye with a rare live show from the lovely Long Beard.
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THURSDAY
Hello Mary headlines Bowery Ballroom with support from Bleary Eyed and Starcleaner Reunion. Please note: all three of these bands rule.
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THURSDAY & FRIDAY
O say can you Osees play Warsaw, the most saved shows on Rockness this week. RIYL: the punk rock.
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FRIDAY
The National talks with Amanda Petrusich and performs at Webster Hall, as part of The New Yorker Festival. (Each week for the New Yorker's cartoon caption contest I just submit "Set times?" Haven't won.... yet.)
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FRIDAY & SATURDAY
The inaugural United Sounds NYC Festival happens at Pioneer Works in Red Hook this weekend with a sizzling lineup leaning heavily on the post art punk: The Dismemberment Plan, Blonde Redhead, Les Savy Fav, Man Man, Sunflower Bean, Model/Actriz, Rocket and more goodness.
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FRIDAY & SATURDAY
André 3000 plays his transcendent flute-powered album New Blue Sun live at BAM. More like Hey Going!
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FRIDAY - SUNDAY
MJ Lenderman & The Wind play three shows at Music Hall of Williamsburg and none of them are on a Wednesday.
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SATURDAY
Celebrate excellent record label Fire Talk's 15th anniversary with Cola, Wombo and Why Bonnie at Baby's.
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SATURDAY
BIG UPS FOREVER.
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SATURDAY & SUNDAY
Pound-for-pound greatest Midwest emo band American Football do a doubleheader at Warsaw. Never meant to mix sports terms in this blurb.
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SUNDAY
They say Sunset Rubdown is also playing this week. I believe it. I'll believe in anything.
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OTHER NOTABLE SHOWS THIS WEEK:
Die Antwoord, Rise Against, Babe Rainbow, Homeshake, Drug Church, Shintaro Sakamoto, KMFDM, Lime Garden, TOPS, Grumpy, Pom Pom Squad, L.S. Dunes, Spiritual Cramp, Freak Heat Waves, Skirts, Anxious, A Country Western, Marc Ribot, 2hollis, Crack Cloud, Ken Carson, Dog Date, Beach Weather (win tickets), Tim Berne, Sarah Squirm, Jenny Slate, Chris Cohen, The Dead South (win tickets), Rival Schools, Mod Sun (win tickets), Hulder, Will Hoge (win tickets), Robert Glasper, Three 6 Mafia, Rendez-Vous (win tickets), Kississippi, Slift, Meatbodies, Fog Lake, Poison Ruïn, horsegiirL, Banks, Naima Bock, Buckethead, Tommy Stinson and more!