Best Shows This Week (May 26 - 31) in NYC - Oh My Rockness

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Best Shows This Week (May 26 - 31) in NYC

Total Bummer Fest (Dino Jr, JAMC, Blonde Redhead, julie and more), Just Mustard, James Blake, Camera Obscura, Busta Rhymes, They Might Be Giants, My New Band Believe, Body/Head, Smerz, Wolf Eyes, Dove Ellis, mary in the junkyard, Full Body 2, Tempers, Uranium Club, Rare DM, Kid Cudi + more!

May 26, 2026

TUESDAY
Philly videogazers Full Body 2 + slowcore rockers Joyer + boss Brooklyn band bloodsports play a *free show* at Baby's All Right. Totally worth paying... But you don't have to.
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TUESDAY
Dublin band Just Mustard plays Bowery Ballroom. If you haven't gotten into their heavy swirling melodic goodness yet, it's not too late to ketchup.
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TUESDAY
National Sawdust hosts a symphonic celebration for the great Miles Davis' 100th birthday. Should end 'round midnight.
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WEDNESDAY
Body/Head (Kim Gordon + Bill Nace) play a free show (with RSVP) at East Williamsburg art space Amant, presented in conjunction with Kim Gordon's exhibition Count Your Chickens. Hatch a plan to go to this.
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WEDNESDAY
Busta Rhymes plays a *free show* in Hudson Yards oh my gosh oh my gosh. Observe the vibe and check out the scenario.
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THURSDAY
Scottish indie pop stalwarts Camera Obscura (born: 1996) play White Eagle Hall. More like GlasGOING.
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THURSDAY
Slinky Scandinavian post/electro/pop duo Smerz plays a smooth show at Webster Hall. RIYL: deadpan danceable downtempo trip hop/lounge/trance alt & b goodness.
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THURSDAY
Terrifically dark synth pop project Tempers plays TV Eye. Please decide to get into their moody melodic goodness or we will throw a tantrum.
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THURSDAY - SATURDAY
They Might Be Giants (are they really tall or just on a stage?) play three shows at Brooklyn Steel this week. Will we go? Yes, no, maybe, I don't know, can you repeat the question?
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THURSDAY & SATURDAY
My New Band Believe, the credible new band of ex-black midi member Cameron Picton, plays Elsewhere and Mercury Lounge, their NYC live debuts.
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FRIDAY
Admired Detroit DIY post trip/metal/industrial/psycho/jazz/noise vets Wolf Eyes play Public Records. Hell yeah.
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FRIDAY
Whip smart Minneapolis lo-fi weirdo punks Uranium Club play Market Hotel. Devo meets The Van Pelt, maybe.
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FRIDAY & SATURDAY
James Blake plays two at Brooklyn Paramount. Consider going to both. It takes two to make a thing go right. (RIP, Rob Base.)
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SATURDAY & SUNDAY
Total Bummer Festival at Knockdown Center this weekend = Dinosaur Jr., The Jesus and Mary Chain, Blonde Redhead, julie, Meat Puppets, TAGABOW and so much more musical goodness. The most saved/popular shows on OMR this week, by far.
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SATURDAY & SUNDAY
Buzzy Irish indie folkster Dove Ellis plays two shows at Bowery Ballroom with solid support from sprawling London experimental band mary in the junkyard.
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SUNDAY
Dope darkwave artist Rare DM plays Elsewhere. Think dance-goth-pop, powered by slinky synths, seductively sinister beats and on-point vocals.
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OTHER NOTABLE SHOWS THIS WEEK:
Kid Cudi, Chet Faker, Robber Robber, Grace Ives, Junior Varsity (win tickets), Ari Lennox, Big Boi, Dillon Francis, Ellen Allien, Dear Nora, Hudson Freeman, lots of hands, Em Beihold, Young M.A., John Zorn, Red Baraat (free show), Todd Barry, Kid Sistr, Kid Millions, YEBBA, Greta Van Fleet, Robert Earl Keen (win tickets), Abbie Roper, Genre Is Death, Wetsuit, Eevie Echoes, Torture and the Desert Spiders, Dreamcrusher, Star's Revenge, Tea Eater, Debbie Dopamine, first president of Japan, Palette Knife, Shiverboard and more!

THE FULL LIST

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