Best Shows This Week (August 11 - 17) in NYC
Titus Andronicus, The Hard Quartet, Fruit Bats, The Black Keys, Hiatus Kaiyote, Death Cab For Cutie, American Analog Set, Black Quantum Futurism, Nick Hakim, clipping., Creepoid, Tea Eater, Babe Rainbow, idialedyournumber, Viviam Girls, Cults, The Armed, Michael Cera Palin, Grace VanderWaal, voyeur and more!

MONDAY
Attending Misguided Mondays on the Rooftop at Elsewhere would be a pretty chill way to start the first night of the work week. With voyeur. Free!
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TUESDAY
Death Cab For Cutie play the last of their 3 shows at Brooklyn Paramount with American Analog Set. BTW, DCFC fans need to STFU during the supporting band's set... more like Death Cab for Chatty.
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WEDNESDAY
Titus Andronicus plays the rooftop of Elsewhere and not going would be a lamentable tragedy.
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WEDNESDAY
The Black Keys (and Gary Clark Jr.) play Forest Hills Stadium. Just got an oil change for the old El Camino if you need a ride.
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WEDNESDAY
Grace VanderWaal plays a *free show* in Hudson Yards. Worth paying for even though you totally don't have to.
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THURSDAY
NYC post garage popsters Tea Eater headlines a *free show* at Sleepwalk. Spend the money you save on something smart like lattes and pilates.
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THURSDAY
L.A. post horrorcore crew clipping. plays Elsewhere. Feel their frenetic flow.
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THURSDAY
Laid-back Bryon Bay, Australia psych popsters Babe Rainbow play MHOW and considering they travelled 9,759 miles to do so, the least you could do is show up ready to chill.
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THURSDAY
Speaking of Australia, Melbourne's Hiatus Kaiyote plays a sweet summer show (their winter) at Brooklyn Paramount. Hemispheres be so funky.
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FRIDAY
Fruit Bats play The Rock Rock Rockaway Hotel. This is a popular one!
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FRIDAY
Dance at MoMA PS1's Warm Up. More like MoMA PSFun!
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FRIDAY
Halifax's idialedyournumber plays their debut NYC show at Trans-Pecos. Get into this DIY chiptune/midwest emo/synth bit pop goodness ASAP please.
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SATURDAY
Go to No One Else Says Festival at Japan Village in Industry City and see emerging Asian and Asian-American voices in indie music, art and community. Free!
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SATURDAY
Stellar songwriter Marissa Nadler does an intimate in-store performance at Rough Trade. Free!
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SATURDAY
Recently reunited Philly post grungegazers Creepoid headline MHOW with solid support from Knifeplay, Punchlove and High.
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SATURDAY
Nick Hakim headlines the closing night of Celebrate Brooklyn!'s 2025 season in Prospect Park. Summer, we hardly knew ya. Free!
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SUNDAY
Blacktronika Festival happens in the very near future at Harlem's Marcus Garvey Park with performances by Moor Mother & Rasheedah Phillips, Sonic Messengers, King Britt and lots more. Free!
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SUNDAY
The Hard Quartet (Stephen Malkmus, Matt Sweeney, Jim White, Emmett Kelly) play a *free afternoon show* at Union Pool. Easy decision.
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OTHER NOTABLE SHOWS THIS WEEK:
Vivian Girls, Cults, The Armed (win tickets), William Parker, Nicola Cruz, Sunny Jain, Fitz and the Tantrums, The Velveteers, SKORTS, Laraaji, Michael Cera Palin, Jobber, Katy Kirby, Teenage Halloween, Ribbon Skirt, Nara's Room, Benches, Torture and the Desert Spiders, Jackson Browne, Rival Schools, Murphy's Law, Ozomatli, Valley Maker, Eyehategod, Big Girl, Lydia Night, The Thing, Dead Tooth, Louis CK, Pinc Louds (win tickets), Ramirez (win tickets), Vincent Neil Emerson (win tickets), John R. Miller & Tommy Prince (win tickets), Takuya Nakamura, Worst Party Ever, Marcos Valle and more!
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