Best Shows This Week (May 11 - 17) in NYC - Oh My Rockness

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Best Shows This Week (May 11 - 17) in NYC

Slide Away Fest, Melody's Echo Chamber, The Black Keys, Cut Worms, Iron & Wine, MUNA, Springsteen, CMAT, Silkworm, Tyvek, Failure, Sinkane, Rickshaw Billie's Burger Patrol, Pictoria Vark, Tchotchke, Los Retros, Armlock, Rostam + more!

May 11, 2026

MONDAY
Indie rock vets Silkworm (born: 1987) play their first NYC show in 22 years at Elsewhere. Come also for Come.
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MONDAY
Take note: stellar NYC songwriter Sinkane does a smooth doubleheader at Blue Note.
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MONDAY & TUESDAY
The Black Keys play Brooklyn Paramount and are also doing an in-person record hang at Public Records. Still thinking about it? We will need your vinyl answer soon.
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MONDAY, THURSDAY & SATURDAY
Who's The Boss?
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TUESDAY
Heavy L.A. alt rockers Failure (born: 1990) play (Le) Poisson Rouge, the show successful people choose.
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TUESDAY
Flea plays Webster Hall. Won't bug you about this one again.
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WEDNESDAY
Iron, and special guest Wine, play Brooklyn Steel. A perfect way to spend a passing evening during these endless numbered days.
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WEDNESDAY
Stellar bass-forward singer songwriter Pictoria Vark plays Berlin. RIYL: melodic slowcore meets fuzzy indie rock meets lo-fi bedroom pop bops.
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WEDNESDAY
EMF are playing Sony Hall? Unbelievable.
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THURSDAY
Epically poppy Chicago rockers Brigitte Calls Me Baby play Bowery Ballroom with anthemic support from the always soaring SKORTS.
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THURSDAY
Action Bronson is doing the old Katz's Deli gig. It's $200, but calm down that price includes a sandwich. Calm down, that also includes fries.
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FRIDAY & SATURDAY
The super solid Slide Away Fest swirls into Brooklyn Paramount this weekend with shoegaze-ish sounds provided by Hum (!), Nothing, Chapterhouse, Swirlies, she's green, loveliescrushing, Bleary Eyed and more goodness. Had me at Hum.
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FRIDAY
Melody's Echo... o.... o... Chamber brings the melodic French psych pop goodness... ness... ess to Webster Hall.. all... all...
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FRIDAY
For a good time, Austin party metal band Rickshaw Billie's Burger Patrol play TV Eye. Come hungry for big dumb hugely fun riffs.
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SATURDAY - TUEDSAY
MUNA begins a four-show run at MHOW. MDMG. (might definitely maybe go)
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SATURDAY
Detroit lo-fi punk vets Tyvek play Mama Tried in Sunset Park. If you can't make this *free show*, try harder.
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SATURDAY
Sharp NYC crooner Cut Worms plays Warsaw with top notch support from Tchotchke.
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SUNDAY
Throwback SoCal indie rockers Los Retros play (Le) Poisson Rouge. Sold. Out.
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OTHER NOTABLE SHOWS THIS WEEK:
Rostam, Armlock, CMAT (win tickets), Heems, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Pink Fuzz, Andy Stott, Mal Blum, Trophy Wife, Nara's Room, VIAL, Sabrina Song, Screenager, Wendy Eisenberg, Grumpy, Sluice, James K, Tigercub, Puzzled Panther, Lathe of Heaven, Dear Nora, Wetsuit, Fireworks, Lords of Acid, Bahamas, Retail Drugs, Claire Rosencrantz, Weathergirl, Ashnikko, Ice-T, Combust, Tank and the Bangas, Alter Bridge (win tickets), Major League & Hit The Lights (win tickets), Tigercub (win tickets), August Burns Red (win tickets), Katie Von Schleicher, Oxis, Perennial, Loud Women Fest, The Wallflowers, Dumbo Gets Mad, Defeater, Peaer, spill tab, Babe City and more!

THE FULL LIST

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