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Best Shows This Week (April 20 - 26) in NYC

The New Pornographers, Florence + the Machine, The Last Dinner Party, Metric, Pom Pom Squad, Clan of Xymox, Trauma Ray, Glixen, José González, Broncho, Arm's Length, ear, Miss Grit, Edging, Horse Vision, Eliza McLamb, The Innocence Mission, Spike Fuck, The Nude Party, The Ridgewood Jazz Festival + more!

April 20, 2026

MONDAY
Waxahatchee and MJ Lenderman play Beacon Theatre. Please note: this is the #1 most saved show on OMR this week. Thanks for noting this.
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MONDAY & TUESDAY
Australian smackwave artist Spike Fuck plays two shows at Night Club 101. A little post punk, a little new wave, a little country, a lot of smackwave.
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TUESDAY
Trauma Ray (good band), Glixen (good band), Her New Knife (good band) and Knifeplay (good) play a sharp shoegaze-y show at Elsewhere.
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TUESDAY
Questlove spins Prince at Brooklyn Bowl. Be sure 2 let us know if U go.
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TUESDAY & FRIDAY
Florence + the Machine play MSG and Barclays Center this week. Please go to love them, not to rage against them.
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WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY
Stockholm's Horse Vision make their NYC live debut at Night Club 101. RIYL: atmospheric slowcore/emo/acoustic/electronica/post/rock soundscapes.
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THURSDAY
Be in Metric's music video and skate with the band at Xanadu. (Don't worry if you fall. It All Comes Crashing down eventually, anyway.)
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THURSDAY
The New Pornographers play Webster Hall with solid support from Will Sheff of Okkervil River. This is the #2 most saved show on OMR this week. Silver medals to be distributed at a later date.
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THURSDAY & FRIDAY
Musically courageous post ___ indie pop visionary Miss Grit plays Rough Trade and Night Club 101. Get there.
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FRIDAY
Stellar songwriter/indie rocker Eliza McLamb plays Irving Plaza. This is real.
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FRIDAY
Rising electronic duo ear play MoMA PS1's Greater New York Party. We hear ear is very listenable.
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FRIDAY
Peaceful PA indie folksters The Innocence Mission play their first NYC show in decades at Sony Hall.
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SATURDAY
Melodic Ontario punks Arm's Length headline Warsaw. Not a reach to say this band rules.
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SATURDAY
Dutch darkwave pioneers Clan of Xymox (born: 1981) play Pioneer Works with perfectly chilly support provided by Cold Cave and more.
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SATURDAY
Emerging Chicago hardcore punks Edging play Union Pool with solid support from Tetchy and Firstsex.
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SATURDAY & SUNDAY
Acclaimed London art/alt popsters The Last Dinner Party plays Hammerstein Ballroom and Brooklyn Paramount. Come hungry and ready to socialize, one final time.
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SATURDAY & SUNDAY
NYC hardcore heroes Gorilla Biscuits (born: 1986) play The Brooklyn Monarch. If you never got into them, start today.
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SUNDAY
Otherwise, we'll be at the Ridgewood Jazz Festival.
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OTHER NOTABLE SHOWS THIS WEEK:
Pom Pom Squad, José González (win tickets), Broncho (win tickets), The Nude Party, Makaya McCraven, Gogol Bordello, Sports, Bruce Springsteen, Kronos Quartet, Fishbone, Weedeater, Coach Party, Dan Mangan, Matt Pond PA, Haley Heynderickx & Max Garcia Conover, Ber, Courtney Marie Andrews, Dead Tooth, Centennial Gardens, Deli Girls, Kill Alters, The Maine, David Cross, Best Dressed Ghost, Laura Cantrell, Des Rocs (win tickets), Lamb of God, Takuya Kuroda, Johnny Pandora, Sammy Tweedy, Caroline Kingsbury (win tickets), The Midnight, Past Self, Babe City, Honey Dijon, Melanie Charles, Punchlove, Liz Cooper, Star's Revenge, Krooked Kings (win tickets), Takuya Kuroda (win tickets), Melrose Avenue (win tickets), the moss (win tickets), St. Paul and the Broken Bones, Mercer Henderson, Paul F. Tompkins, Gollylagging, lovetempo, Sara Devoe, Corridor and more!