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Best Shows This Week (June 2 - 8) in NYC

Turnstile, Punk Island (free), Sleigh Bells, Gov Ball, Boy Harsher, The Kooks, Khanate, Dean Wareham, Quelle Chris (free), SDRE, Marcus Miller (free), Mannequin Pussy, Die Spitz, TAKAAT, Courting, Show Me The Body, Public Practice, Frankie and the Witch Fingers, Passion Pit, John Roseboro, JPEGMAFIA and more!

June 2, 2025

TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY
Drone/doom super/group Khanate play (Le) Poisson Rouge, their first NYC shows in ten (10) years.
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TUESDAY
Consider The Kooks (UK) on a roof.
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WEDNESDAY
Stellar songwriter John Roseboro brings the smooth post ___ bossa nova to National Sawdust, part of the Blue Note Jazz Festival.
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THURSDAY - SUNDAY
There are some solid Gov Ball After Dark shows happening throughout the week across several venues before the Big Gala gets going this weekend.
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THURSDAY
Baltimore post ___ hardcore heroes Turnstile play under a bridge in Brooklyn with a lot of solid support (like Boy Harsher). This is the #1 most saved show on Oh My Rockness this week and it will rule.
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THURSDAY
TAKAAT (members of Mdou Moctar's band) make their NYC live debut at TV Eye. Should sizzle.
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SATURDAY
Perennially solid noise pop stalwarts Sleigh Bells slay/play Webster Hall.
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SATURDAY
I Think, I Draw, I Am opens at Pioneer Works, the largest NYC solo exhibition by musician and artist Daniel Johnston.
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SATURDAY
Dean Wareham (see also: Luna/Galaxie 500) plays Bowery Ballroom and there's no-ware I'd rather be.
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SUNDAY
Punk Island 2025 returns to Randall's Island and a ton of bands are playing. Free!
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OTHER NOTABLE SHOWS THIS WEEK:
Courting, Passion Pit, Quelle Chris (free), Frankie and the Witch Fingers, Sunny Day Real Estate, Marcus Miller (free), Tank and the Bangas (free), Young Widows, Kal Marks, Public Practice, Cab Ellis, EXO-TECH (win tickets), Torture and the Desert Spiders, Dave Matthews Band, Craig Finn, Kate Berlant, Betty Who, Dope Lemon (win tickets), duendita (free), Consumables, Crate, Cindy, Bummer Camp, Depeche Mode (in conversation), Lily Seabird, Save Ferris, Big Girl, Mary Shelley, Amtrac, John Weise and more!