Best Shows This Week (October 6 - 12) in NYC - Oh My Rockness

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Best Shows This Week (October 6 - 12) in NYC

Air, The Rapture, Alex G, David Byrne, John Carpenter, Queens of the Stone Age, Swans, Water From Your Eyes, Destroyer, Pile, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Anamanaguchi, Hotline TNT, Tune-Yards, Deltron 3030, Sloppy Jane, Makaya McCraven, Glare, High Vis, Sir Chloe & more!

October 6, 2025

MONDAY
Tom Skinner (of The Smile) plays a solo show at Public Records. I hope you are happy now.
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MONDAY
Hip hop heroes Deltron 3030 play Webster Hall, 1005 years early.
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MONDAY
Stellar L.A. songwriter Skullcrusher plays Night Club 101. Not heavy or pounding. Peaceful.
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TUESDAY
NYC noise legends Swans are a-swimming over to Brooklyn Steel so take a gander over there.
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WEDNESDAY
The Rapture happens at Brooklyn Steel so be on the listen for the celestial trumpets and stuff.
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WEDNESDAY
Jazz drummer/bandleader Makaya McCraven plays (Le) Poisson Rouge. Should sizzle.
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WEDNESDAY
Sloppy Jane and girlpuppy make it POP! at Night Club 101.
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WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY
Alex G plays Radio City and Kings Theatre this week. The 'G' stands for GOING.
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THURSDAY & FRIDAY
Acclaimed film composer John Carpenter plays two big time live shows at Knockdown Center. Escape from New York, if only in your mind.
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THURSDAY
Tune-Yards play Bowery Ballroom. sHoUlD-rUlE.
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THURSDAY
Pile (your favorite indie rock band's favorite indie rock band) play Sony Hall with solid support from NNAMDÏ.
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FRIDAY
Queens of the Stone Age play Beacon Theatre. What will they play? No one knows.
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FRIDAY
Brooklyn alt popsters Water From Your Eyes play Bowery Ballroom. See 'em or weep.
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FRIDAY & SATURDAY
David Byrne plays Radio City Music Hall. Get there early if you want to shop for radios first.
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FRIDAY - SUNDAY
Air celebrate the big 27th birthday of 'Moon Safari' by playing it in full at Brooklyn Paramount. Les émissions les plus enregistrées sur Oh My Rockness cette semaine!
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SATURDAY
8-bit pioneers/chiptunes off the old block Anamanaguchi play Brooklyn Steel. Anamanagoing.
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SATURDAY
Destroyer plays, fittingly, Knockdown Center. Get ruined.
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SATURDAY & SUNDAY
Celebrate the 25th anniversary of The Best Show with Tom Scharpling and Jon Wurster at The Bell House. Come for the mirth and music, stay for the mayhem.
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OTHER NOTABLE SHOWS THIS WEEK:
Hotline TNT (win tickets), Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Glare, Delicate Steve, Sir Chloe (win tickets), The Psychedelic Furs, The Tallest Man on Earth, Sam Smith, Agriculture, Cloakroom, Marietta, awakebutstillinbed, Steve Gunn, Team Dresch, Jacques Greene & Nosaj Thing (win tickets), horsegiirl, Royel Otis, High Vis (win tickets), Rafiq Bhatia, Fenne Lily, Miki Berenyi Trio (win tickets), John Carrol Kirby, Scarlet Rae, Natural Child, Runnner, Violent Femmes, The Moth, Natasha Bedingfield, YES, Ky Voss, Taleen Kali, 2hollis, Oklou, Pachyman & MNDSGN (win tickets), Adrien Nunez (win tickets), Noah Cyrus (win tickets), The California Honeydrops (win tickets), House of Harm (win tickets), Cold Slither (Win tickets), moe., Pan Arcadia, Whisper Doll, JW Francis, Kill Alters, Pictureplane, BØRNS, Tea Eater, GoGo Penguin, Death Cult, Rhett Miller and more!

☆THE FULL LIST☆

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