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Best Shows This Week (April 13 - 19) in NYC

Waxahatchee, MJ Lenderman, Snail Mail, HEALTH, Superchunk, Lily Allen, Holy Fuck, Sir Chloe, Band of Horses, Heavenly, King Tuff, TAKAAT, Laraaji & Samer Ghandry, Swing Kids, Buke and Gase, Touché Amoré, Lala Lala, Skullcrusher, Together Pangea, The Growlers, Frog, Getdown Services, The Chameleons, Tanya Donelly and Chris Brokaw, femtanyl, NYC Earth Day Fundraiser + more!

April 13, 2026

MONDAY
TAKAAT (pronounced tuh-cot and meaning "noise" in the Tuareg language Tamashek) play Elsewhere. You might also know them as the rhythm section of Mdou Moctar. Hell yeah.
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MONDAY
Tanya Donelly (The Breeders/Throwing Muses etc) and Chris Brokaw (Come/Codeine etc) play (Le) Poisson Rouge. Come one, come all, cannonballs.
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TUESDAY
Torontotronic band Holy Fuck play Elsewhere. Holy frick! (Blobby don't curse.)
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TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY
Lily Allen plays Radio City Music Hall and Kings Theatre and all are invited, east end boys... west end girls.... fans of radios and/or royalty... everybody.
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WEDNESDAY
Snail Mail plays Brooklyn Paramount with solid support from Sharp Pins and @. Please note: this is the #2 most saved show on OMR this week (and gaining on #1, slowly, steady, surely.)
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WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY
Band of Horses celebrate the 20th anniversary of the classic Everything All Time Time with two NYC-area shows this week. You know who doesn't like that album? Monsters.
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WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY
Buke and Gase play two final NYC shows at Public Records before putting down their baritone ukulele and guitar bass forever.
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THURSDAY
King Tuff plays Music Hall of Williamsburg and missing this one would be really ruff, Your Grace.
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THURSDAY
Respected indie rocker Sir Chloe plays Webster Hall. Need a +1? All you have to do is call.
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FRIDAY
Musical sound healer Samer Ghadry and meditative multi-instrumentalist Laraaji play a *free show* at the Whitney. Totally worth paying for, though.
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FRIDAY & SATURDAY
Toronto artist Noelle Mansbridge's hyper digital hardcore project femtanyl plays two at Music Hall of Williamsburg. Come for the relentless beats, stay for the synth swerves and assault of glitches.
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SATURDAY
Rough Trade's always excellent *free* outdoor iNDIEPLAZA Festival returns to Rocknessfeller Center on Saturday with performances by Superchunk, Hotline TNT, Momma (duo), Weird Nightmare and lots more sick bands. Blobby there!
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SATURDAY
L.A. post ___ noise heroes HEALTH play Brooklyn Paramount. Go. It will be good for you.
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SATURDAY
Blissful Oxford twee titans Heavenly (born: 1989) play Bowery Ballroom, their first live NYC show in circa forever and ever, with superbly jangle-y support from Jeanines and Swansea Sound.
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SATURDAY
Get thee to Pianos for an NYC Earth Day Fundraiser featuring several fierce femme-fronted bands with proceeds benefiting EVLovesNYC, a 501(c)3 non-profit striving to end food insecurity in NYC.
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SUNDAY
San Diego punk/post/hardcore greats Swing Kids (born: 1994) have reunited and play Elsewhere, their first NYC show in circa forever and ever. Please note: Swing Kids rule.
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SUNDAY
Waxahatchee and MJ Lenderman play Brooklyn Paramount. Remember when we mentioned earlier that we'd tell you later what the #1 most saved show is on OMR this week? Later. Is. Now.
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OTHER NOTABLE SHOWS THIS WEEK:
Together Pangea (win tickets), Touché Amoré, The Growlers (win tickets), Lala Lala, Skullcrusher, Frog, Getdown Services, The Chameleons (win tickets), The Neighbourhood, Carly Cosgrove (win tickets), Pallbearer, Wince, Zoh Amba, Microwave, Scarlet Rae, Dylan Brady (of 100 gecs), Jeff Mills, Isaiah Collier (plays Coltrane), Fib, Whisper Doll, Bob Moses & Cannons (win tickets), Oxis, Kelsey Lu, GENA, Field Medic, Maria Taylor, Lea Bertucci, Joy Crookes, Slaughter To Prevail, Alex Amen, Sexmob, Wendy Eisenberg, Mal Devisa, Rhys Darby, Quarters (win tickets), Trophy Wife, The Giraffes, Good Kid (win tickets), Takuya Nakamura, Brady Only, Groove Armada and more!

THE FULL LIST

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