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Best Shows This Week (March 31 - April 6) in NYC

Deftones, The Mars Volta, Beth Gibbons, Wet Leg, Alan Sparhawk, ESG, Julia Holter, Pom Pom Squad, Poppy, The Magnetic Fields, Freak Slug, Puzzled Panther, The Paranoyds, Frog & more!

March 31, 2025

MONDAY
Wet Leg play Market Hotel with mary in the junkyard. Good luck getting in. We don't mean that cynically, either. We wish you all the best in your efforts.
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TUESDAY
Beth Gibbons of Portishead plays her first ever NYC solo show at Beacon Theatre. All roads lead to this one.
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WEDNESDAY
Alan Sparhawk of Low plays Elsewhere and there's no place we'd rather slow down after a fast day than here.
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WEDNESDAY
LA indie rock punks The Paranoyds play Baby's. Please note: missing this show might leave you unreasonably anxious and they might be coming for you.
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THURSDAY
Deftones play MSG with The Mars Volta. I SAID DEFTONES PLAY MSG WITH THE MARS VOLTA.
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FRIDAY
Go to a big time Tribute to The Slits at Lincoln Center. We're totally (ari) up for it. Free!
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FRIDAY
Julia Holter plays Picture A Wave at 99 Scott. Will lead to an excellent evening mood.
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FRIDAY & SATURDAY
ROAD TRIP: The Magnetic Fields play 69 Love Songs at Tarrytown Music Hall. I've got wheels if you wanna go for a ride.
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SATURDAY
Casa Gogol Records Presents: New New York at Bowery Ballroom with Puzzled Panther, Grace Bergere, Mary Shelley, Pons, DJ Eugene Hutz and more gogol goodness.
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SUNDAY
You + Me = ESG.
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OTHER NOTABLE SHOWS THIS WEEK:
Pom Pom Squad, Poppy, The Weather Station (win tickets), Freak Slug (win tickets), Frog, Fust, mssv, The Ophelias, Marshall Allen & The New Dawn, Babe Report, Maneka, Nubya Garcia, PYNKIE, Psymon Spine, Anna St. Louis, Kylie Minogue, Romy, Joyer, Herb Alpert, Frida Kill, Retail Drugs, Bummer Camp, Torture and the Desert Spiders, Genre Is Death, Joudy, Dinowalrus, Still House Plants, Phil Cook (win tickets), Intervals (win tickets), Tobe Nwigwe (win tickets), Emery (win tickets), Heaven, Elder, Dog Date, Ed Schrader's Music Beat, Blonde Otter, High Waisted, Paris Monster, Wince, Agnostic Front and more!