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Best Shows This Week (April 27 - May 3) in NYC

Oneohtrix Point Never, The Afghan Whigs, Yumi Zouma, Oklou, Drug Church, White Reaper, Ducks Ltd., Sugar, NewDad, Gelli Haha, Julia Cumming, Maya Hawke, Ty Segall, Drugdealer, Black Eyes, Lip Critic, Thursday, Robin Pecknold, Telehealth, Lottie's, Emily Yacina, Jeffrey Lewis + more!

April 27, 2026

MONDAY
Sparkling Philly indie popster Emily Yacina plays Baby's All Right. Yes.
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MONDAY
Rising lo-fi rockers Lottie's (led by Lottie Malkmus) play Night Club 101, (crooked) rain or shine.
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TUESDAY
Julia Cumming (of Sunflower Bean) plays Public Records to celebrate the blooming release of her bright debut solo album.
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WEDNESDAY
Robin Pecknold plays the music of justifiably acclaimed '70s songwriter Judee Sill at 92Y. Should be rapturous.
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WEDNESDAY - SUNDAY
Go see a new staging of Moby Dick at BAM with music by British songwriter Anna Calvi. Call me GOING.
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THURSDAY - MONDAY
Long Play Festival returns this week with a bunch of really good shows happening all around downtown Brooklyn. (Spoilers: Oneohtrix Point Never @ Pioneer Works, Dirty Projectors Trio @ Public Records, Steve Reich Marathon @ BAM....)
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THURSDAY
The Afghan Whigs play Webster Hall and going would be v. debonair.
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THURSDAY
Albany post ___ hardcore heroes Drug Church play Warsaw with solid support from White Reaper. Earplugs appreciated (by your ears) by not required.
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FRIDAY
Speaking of drugs, Drugdealer plays Music Hall of Williamsburg. Gotta plug Drugdealer!
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FRIDAY
Euphoric alt popster Gelli Haha plays Bowery Ballroom. Expect dolphin balloons, bubble machines, inflatable hammers, flutes, confetti, mini trampolines, a stage bathed in red, or something totally different.
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FRIDAY
Dreamy/shoegaze-y Galway rockers NewDad play Webster Hall. A good band, is it? 'Tis.
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SATURDAY
Maya Hawke plays Bowery Ballroom. Keep a keen watchful eye on this as ticket sales are soaring.
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SATURDAY & SUNDAY
Oklou headlines Terminal 5. More like Greatlou.
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SATURDAY
Yummy NZ indie popsters Yumi Zouma play Warsaw with solid support from Ducks Ltd (whose jangle pop is all its quacked up to be).
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SATURDAY - MONDAY
Not going to see recently reunited Sugar at Webster Hall? Well, if I can't change your mind about these sweet shows then no one will.
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SUNDAY
ROAD TRIP: Dry Cleaning plays Basilica Hudson with YHWH Nailgun. No, it's not too far. It's only 2 hrs 27 mins from NYC in current traffic, so get up off your chaise lounge and just do it.
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OTHER NOTABLE SHOWS THIS WEEK:
Ty Segall, Thursday, Lip Critic, Telehealth, Black Eyes, Jeffrey Lewis & The Voltage (win tickets), Asher White, Sarah Kinsley, Amon Amarth, Frankie and the Witch Fingers, Sepultura, Grumpy, John Doe, Alice Danger, Genre Is Death, Behemoth, The Marked Men, Nikki Nair, Sophia Stel, Al Olender, Nettspend, David Cross, Aziz Ansari, Jaguar Sun, Fakemink, Dave, Two-Man Giant Squid, Sepultura (win tickets), Bellaire (win tickets), Mouse on Mars, UB40, Joost Klein, Gooseberry, Cryptopsy, The Baxbys, Bring Me The Horizon, Desert Sharks, The Starting Line and more!

THE FULL LIST

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