17 Good Shows To See This September in NYC
Written by Patrick McNamara
It's not summer anymore but boo hoo who really gives a ____* because September almost always has a bunch of good shows going on (big time records come out, bands tour, the weather is better for singers to wear Cobain Cuomo sweaters, etc.) and this is no time to be sad or wistful about the earth spinning away from the sun.
Let's take a good look at 17 of this month's best shows (listen, I could've mentioned a BUNCH more good ones but I've got shows to list on my blob, man - for a full list, click this, and then say “YOU FORGOT ______!" and pretend you're mad about it but you're really not it's just the faux Internet rage talking) and then I'll see you at ALL OF THEM.
Please note: I have plenty of +1s as I'm a little between friends RN
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*the word I was looking for is “shit" but feel free to supply your own word
#1 Hum - 9/8/16 A.D. - Terminal 5
Watch one of my favorite quiet/loud/quiet/loud bands absolutely destroy on 120 Minutes in 1994. Seriously. Watch it. Watch it right now. Champaign, IL represent!
HUM with TOUCHE AMORE and BASEMENT
TERMINAL 5
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8
#2 Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - 9/9/16 A.D. - Brooklyn Night Bazaar
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (from the '00s!) coronate the new Brooklyn Night Bazaar space in Greenpoint. Shows aren't free there anymore, though. Sorry. I didn't do it. I just blob here.
CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH with THE SKELLS and BABETOWN
BROOKLYN NIGHT BAZAAR
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9
#3 The Anniversary - 9/10 & 9/11/16 A.D. - Bowery Ballroom / The Bell House
One of the better emo bands of the late '90s has reunited. Let's hope their set goes heavy on their classic first album (“cause it's the D in Detroit that scares me to no end!") and not their follow-up that I'm sure some people liked and I just don't know any of them.
THE ANNIVERSARY with LAURA STEVENSON and EXTRA CLASSIC
BOWERY BALLROOM
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10
THE ANNIVERSARY with LAURA STEVENSON and EXTRA CLASSIC
THE BELL HOUSE
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11
#4 Lush - 9/13 & 9/14/16 A.D. - Music Hall of Williamsburg / Terminal 5
Born in London circa 1987 and broken up by 1998, this shoegazing Britpop band is back. Get excited please as Lush is v. good and it's not nice to bum out old people.
(Live w/ Dennis Miller. Haha!)
LUSH with TAMARYN
MUSIC HALL OF WILLIAMSBURG
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13
LUSH with TAMARYN
TERMINAL 5
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14
#5 Godspeed You! Black Emperor - 9/16 & 9/17/16 A.D. - BAM
Best 135* member band ever, man.
*give or take
GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR
BAM: BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16
GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR
BAM: BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17
#6 New Alternative Music Festival - 9/16 & 9/17 & 9/18/2016 A.D. - Asbury Park Convention Hall
A whole bunch of big time peeps are playing this solid three day festival in Newwwwwww Jerrrrrrrseyyyyyy - including Screaming Females, Girlpool, Worriers, Ought, California X, Downtown Boys and I could go on but we gotta stop the musical goodness somewhere I've got a DIY music blob to run, son.
SCREAMING FEMALES, GIRLPOOL, MIRAH, WORRIERS, OUGHT, CALIFORNIA X, DOWNTOWN BOYS and more
NEW ALTERNATIVE MUSIC FESTIVAL at ASBURY PARK CONVENTIONS HALL
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18
#7 Built to Spill / Hop Along / Alex G - 9/16/16 A.D. - Irving Plaza
This is the #1 most popular upcoming NYC show on the entire blob and this is my favorite Built to Spill jam of all time, most probably.
BUILT TO SPILL with HOP ALONG and ALEX G
IRVING PLAZA
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16
#8 Death Grips - 9/16/16 A.D. - Terminal 5
What could possibly go wrong at this one?
RIYL: train wrecks
DEATH GRIPS
TERMINAL 5
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16
#9 Explosions in the Sky - 9/17 & 9/22 & 9/23/16 A.D. - Basillica Hudson / T5 / Kings Theatre
Best band ever, man.
EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY with BELL WITCH, DERADOORIAN and more
BASILICA SOUNDSCAPE at BASILICA HUDSON
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17
EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY with JULIANNA BARWICK
TERMINAL 5
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22
EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY
KINGS THEATRE
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23
#10 Head Wound City - 9/17 & 9/18/16 A.D. - Saint Vitus & Cake Shop
This brutal band features members of Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Locust, Blood Brothers and they will destroy your soul and you will love them for it.
HEAD WOUND CITY with DOOMSDAY STUDENT and SICK FEELING
SANIT VITUS BAR
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17
HEAD WOUND CITY with DOOMSDAY STUDENT and CHORIZO
CAKE SHOP
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18
#11 Angel Olsen - 9/17 & 18/16 A.D. - Webster Hall & Warsaw
Here's the thing about Angel Olsen's music. It's good! ALL OF IT.
ANGEL OLSEN with COBALT, DEANTONI PARKS, WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM and more
BASILICA SOUNDSCAPE at BASILICA HUDSON
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16
ANGEL OLSEN with ALEX CAMERON
WEBSTER HALL
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17
ANGEL OLSEN with ALEX CAMERON
WARSAW
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18
#12 Cat Stevens - 9/19 & 9/20/16 A.D. - Beacon Theater
Yusuf's first NYC show in a million years.
"Take dictation, please. Possible candidates for Kite Flying Society. - David Connors. Murray Marshall. - I listen to the wind - Greg Holloway. Duncan Wright. - To the wind of my soul Margaret Yang. Woody Jackson. Shoeshine Pickens. Where I'll end up Well, I think only God really knows I've sat upon the setting sun But never, never never, never I never wanted water once No, never, never, never I listen to my words but they fall far below"
YUSUF (CAT STEVENS)
BEACON THEATER
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19
YUSUF (CAT STEVENS)
BEACON THEATER
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20
#13 Morrissey - 9/24/16 A.D. - Kings Theatre
Bust out your finest furs and glossiest leather pants and smuggle in your tastiest meat sandwiches for this one! I'll bring the football and we can toss the pigskin around while we wait for our god Moz to go on.
MORRISSEY
KINGS THEATRE
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24
#14 Julien Baker - 9/24/16 A.D. - Music Hall of Williamsburg
Julien Baker rules. You heard it here FOURTH.
JULIEN BAKER with GRAYLING and ALLISON CRUTCHFIELD AND THE FIZZ
MUSIC HALL OF WILLIAMSBURG
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24
#15 LVL UP - 9/24/16 A.D. - Market Hotel
These guys just signed to Sup Pod (sp?) Records!
Best band ever, man.
LVL UP with OVLOV and VAGABON
MARKET HOTEL
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24
#16 HEALTH - 9/29/16 A.D. - Market Hotel
This band is good for you.
HEALTH
MARKET HOTEL
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29
#17 Poster Children - 9/29/16 A.D. - Saint Vitus
Poster Children were a criminally underrated '90s quiet/loud/quiet/loud indie rock band of the '90s and I'm pressing charges against all of you immediately. But they're back now! Champaign, IL represent! (echo...echo)
POSTER CHILDREN
SAINT VITUS BAR
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29
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(have fun at the shows, yo!)
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