Best Shows This Week (January 26 - February 1) in NYC - Oh My Rockness

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Best Shows This Week (January 26 - February 1) in NYC

Explosions In The Sky, Sunny Day Real Estate, Wild Pink, Sudan Archives, The Lemon Twigs, Greg Freeman, Motion City Soundtrack, Pool Kids, Fred Again.., Colleen Green, Cassie Ramone, Racing Mount Pleasant, Bad Bad Hats, Desert Sharks, Wetsuit, Joudy & more!

January 26, 2026

MONDAY
Euphoric Michigan band Racing Mount Pleasant plays Bowery Ballroom. Leading local blob Oh My Rockness describes their driving (yet relaxing) sound as "grand post/emo/chamber/bedroom/folk."
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TUESDAY
Heavy/melodic NYC rockers Joudy perform their new album at Sleepwalk. More good news concerning this show: YOU. SHALL. NOT. PAYYYY.
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TUESDAY
Speaking of YOU. SHALL. NOT. PAYYYY., Scottish musician Drew McDowall (of Coil) plays a *free show* at Union Pool.
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WEDNESDAY
Local favs Desert Sharks and Wetsuit play Night Club 101. File Under: a splashy musical dessert.
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THURSDAY
Burlington singer/songwriter Greg Freeman plays Bowery Ballroom, with solid support from grunge-y Columbus power-alt-popsters, Golomb. Please note: this show is not free, man.
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THURSDAY
Stellar artist/violinist Sudan Archives plays Webster Hall. If you need a +1, all you have to do is call.
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FRIDAY
ROAD TRIP: Explosions in the Sky play Basilica Hudson (just 2 hrs 29 mins from Brooklyn in current traffic), proving the earth is not always a cold dead place.
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FRIDAY
Wild Pink plays a *free show* at David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center. If you pay to get in, you did it incorrectly.
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FRIDAY
Emo icons Sunny Day Real Estate plays Irving Plaza. Yes, for the nth time, you should go see them. Yes, you should. We can't keep going in circles about this!
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FRIDAY & SATURDAY
Bad Bad Hats play Baby's All Right and Night Club 101. Trying to decide which fedora to wear to these.
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FRIDAY & SATURDAY
The Lemon Twigs play Bowery Ballroom. Sticks and bones may break my toes but psych-y power pop will never sour me.
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FRIDAY & SATURDAY
Fred Again.. plays plays Woodside. Again..
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SATURDAY
Colleen Green and Cassie Ramone play a strong one at Alphaville. RIYL: the indie rock.
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OTHER NOTABLE SHOWS THIS WEEK:
Motion City Soundtrack (win tickets), Christeene, The Format, Nunslaughter, Horse Jumper of Love, Hotline TNT, Starcleaner Reunion, Peaer, Gregory Alan Isakov, Miriam Elhajli, Heems, Tchotchke, Taper's Choice, partygirl, Wormy, Jessie J, Frida Kill, Ace Bandage, Firstsex, My Wonderful Boyfriend, Aloe Blacc, DRAMA (win tickets), Laerz (win tickets), Stanaj (win tickets), There There Radiohead Tribute (win tickets), Brook Pridemore, Night Moves, Alex Zhang Hungtai, Jana Horn, Weval, Meet Me @ The Altar, The Big Easy and more!

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