25 Good Shows in NYC This Week!
Wild Nothing, Small Black, Wild Beasts, Day Wave, DIIV, Hot Chip, This Will Destroy You, Jim James, Atmosphere, Eleanor Friedberger, Johnny Marr, Laura Jane Grace, Nicolas Jaar, Swet Shop Boys, Appleseed Cast, CRX, Sheer Mag, Valley Lodge, Hurry, Sad13, The Hairs, Samiam, Iron Chic, Andrew W.K. and more!
Written by Patrick McNamara
We may be living in the dawn of the Apocalypse but there's still some goodness out there.
Yes, there is.
I'm gonna flood you with instances of musical goodness.
Watch my blob style and don't sweat the technique.
Monday - November 14, 2016 A.D.
Oh My Rockness (that's right THIS BLOB!) Presents: Wild Nothing and Small Black at Warsaw.
Wild Nothing is good. Small Black is good.
Oh My Rockness is ______.
Seriously. This show will be really good. You should come hang out.
Day Wave plays Baby's All Right.
Day Wave is good.
(endless repeat @ Rockness HQ, this EP)
Wild Beasts play Music Hall of Williamsburg (and Wednesday at (le) poisson rouge).
Wild Beasts is good.
Good Charlotte plays a venue named after a video game system.
Good Charlotte is Charlotte.
Other notable Monday shows = brothers and sisters, please -- just come to our show at Warsaw!
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Tuesday - November 15, 2016 A.D.
Atmosphere is good.
(but due to current events I'm tempted to leave it for Mars)
Eleanor is good. Martin is good. Free is good.
I'm OK. You're OK. Everything is CHILL.
Johnny Marr talking with somebody or another is good.
But not quite as good as that joke about The Jimmy Smits.
Brooklyn Night Bazaar hosts Jonah Bayer's live podcast Going Off Track w/ Laura Jane Grace (of Against Me!) talking about her new book “Tranny" w/ co-author Dan Ozzi.
Everything about this one is good.
Other notable Tuesday shows = Nik Turner's Hawkwind at Saint Vitus
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Wednesday - November 16, 2016 A.D.
Nicolas Jaar plays Webster Hall (and Friday too).
Nicolas Jaar is good.
(both shows def. sold-out sorry I didn't do it I just blob here)
Members of The Heartbreakers & Blondie & The Replacements & MC5 perform The Heartbreaker's classic album “L.A.M.F." twice at The Bowery Electric tonight.
This album is good.
Other notable Wednesday shows = Wild Beasts at (le) poisson rouge + Margo Price at Music Hall of Williamsburg + B Boys at Brooklyn Night Bazaar
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Thursday - November 17, 2016 A.D.
Swet Shop Boys play Rough Trade (and tomorrow at The Studio at Webster Hall).
Swet Shop Boys --- Heems of Das Racist + Riz MC of "The Night Of" --- is good.
(shit's already sold-out though -- both shows -- blame HBO for blowin' up the spot)
The Appleseed Cast play Music Hall of Williamsburg.
The Appleseed Cast is good.
20 years good.
Please note: this is the best song.
Dance to DJ Hot Chip at Output.
Hot Chip is good. Feel free to go find out if the music they spin is.
Other notable Thursday shows = Diet Cig at Brooklyn Night Bazaar + The Good Life and Field Mouse at The Bell House
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Friday - November 18, 2016 A.D.
CRX (featuring Nick from The Strokes) play Bowery Ballroom.
CRX is good.
So are The Strokes.
You heard it here first.
Sheer Mag play Brooklyn Night Bazaar.
Sheer Mag is good. I wouldn't write these nice words about them if they weren't.
Valley Lodge (featuring Dave Hill) and Hurry play Mercury Lounge.
Valley Lodge and Hurry are good.
But not Dave Hill.
Just kidding. Dave Hill is good too. He's a joker. I'm a joker. We both joke around all the time, basically.
Other notable Friday shows = Bardo Pond at Union Pool
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Saturday - November 19, 2016 A.D.
Samiam and Iron Chic play Saint Vitus Bar.
Don't be alarmed but both Samiam and Iron Chic are good.
The Hairs is good.
So is this record.
Sad13 (Sadie DuPuis of Speedy Ortiz) plays WFMU's Monty Hall.
Sad13 is good.
Other notable Saturday shows = Wet at Webster Hall + Julianna Barwick at Union Pool + Cashmere Cat at Terminal 5 + Holly Miranda at The Bowery Electric + Daniel Avery at Good Room (FIXED) + Penguin Prison at Brooklyn Night Bazaar
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Sunday - November 20, 2016 A.D.
Wow. This night is good.
DIIV is good.
Fear of Men and Weaves play Baby's All Right.
Fear of Men and Weaves are good.
Pile is good. Ask any of your favorite local punk bands. They'll tell you this too.
This Will Destroy You play Bowery Ballroom.
This Will Destroy You is good.
Jim James (of My Morning Jacket) plays Terminal 5.
Jim James is good.
Andrew W.K. talks about the power of partying at Music Hall of Williamsburg.
This picture of Andrew and me is good.
Other notable Sunday shows = Stryper celebrates 30 years of “To Hell With The Devil" (!) at Gramercy Theater
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See? I told you there were still some goodness out there!
Look at all those good bands!
Look at all those good shows!
Things will be fine.
How bad can the Apocalypse really be?
On that note….
Lead us out, Christian metal band Stryper!!!!!