Best Shows This Week (January 12 - 18) in NYC
Cate Le Bon, Shame, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Bishop Allen, Mates of State, Austra, Rick Froberg Tribute, Fred Again.., Not For Radio, Cheekface, Cassandra Jenkins, King Krule, Jobber, Cut Chemist, Grace Bergere, Star Card & more!

MONDAY
Austra (acclaimed Toronto musician Katie Stelmanis) plays Baby's All Right. Get awestruck.
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TUESDAY
See the lineup for this week's Free Tuesdays show at Union Pool. (Gotta get them clicks in '26!)
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TUESDAY
Rising fuzzy lo-fi rockers Star Card play Gold Sounds. Get into them STAT.
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TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY
NYC Winter Jazzfest 2026 concludes this week. It's not too late. But it almost is!
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TUESDAY - THURSDAY
Not For Radio, the new solo project of María Zardoya of The Marías, makes their NYC live debut at Kings Theatre this week. Dear María, count me in.
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THURSDAY - SUNDAY
Downtown theater renegade Richard Foreman's 2006 post-rock opera What to wear has its revived BAM run this weekend, featuring St. Vincent.
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THURSDAY
Ted Leo, Walter Schreifels and other accomplished punks lead a tribute to the late great Rick Froberg (Drive Like Jehu/Hot Snakes et al.) at Rough Trade. Missing this would be a (yank) crime.
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THURSDAY
Stellar songwriter Grace Bergere plays TV Eye. Be there.
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THURSDAY
King Krule, Frost Children and more do DJ sets at the roller skating rink. Roll through. Should be a jam.
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FRIDAY & SATURDAY
Fred Again.. plays two shows this weekend in Woodside. And again next weekend.. and again the weekend after that. Come on, Fred.
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FRIDAY
Bishop Allen play their first NYC show in 12 years at Bowery Ballroom with solid support from Mates of State. I gotta have my indie pops!
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FRIDAY
Turntablist Cut Chemist cuts the music with so much class on the roof of Superior Ingredients.
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FRIDAY
Cate Le Bon plays Irving Plaza (and Basilica Hudson). Far and away the most saved show on OMR NYC this week!
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SATURDAY
But Shame at Warsaw has a lot of saves this week too! If you don't go to this show, remorse on you!
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SATURDAY
Terrific indie rockers Cheekface and Jobber team up for a good one at Elsewhere.
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SUNDAY
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah plays a piano + voice show at (Le) Poisson Rouge.
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OTHER NOTABLE SHOWS THIS WEEK:
Cassandra Jenkins, Christeene, Hatis Noit, Jesca Hoop (win tickets), Halsey, Cavetown, Porcelain, Velvet, Laveda, Caitlin Starr, Shower Curtain, Smush, May Rio, Annie Leibovitz, CIV, State Champs (win tickets), Corey B (win tickets), Local Weatheman, Lucinda Williams, Railroad Earth (win tickets), God Bullies (win tickets), Nu Jazz, Autobahn, Or Best Offer, Anand Wilder, Takuya Nakamura (win tickets), Garcia Peoples and more!
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