Best Shows This Week (September 18 - 24) in NYC - Oh My Rockness

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Best Shows This Week (September 18 - 24) in NYC

Postal Service/DCFC, Death Grips, Osees, The Breeders, Black Country, New Road, Of Montreal, The Mars Volta, DFA1979, Youth Lagoon, Ladytron & more!

September 18, 2023

MONDAY
Peter Gabriel plays his first NYC show in over 7 years at MSG. BYOB. Bring your own boombox. (Please note: this is a high-quality Say Anything joke.)
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MONDAY
Iconic Athens indie popsters Of Montreal play Elsewhere. Don't ask me to explain why this band rules.
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TUESDAY
Seeing four good up-and-coming bands (Tea Eater, Waltzer, Heavy Halo, Tetchy) on the same bill (Alphaville) is always such an efficiently excellent thing.
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TUESDAY
The Mountain Goats play a solo show (only one goat) at Brooklyn Made. All hail John Darnielle.
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TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY
GIBBARDFEST is finally amongst us! The Postal Service + Death Cab For Cutie play two highly-anticipated shows (see: Most Popular Shows) at MSG this week. Give Up your other Plans and go to this instead.
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WEDNESDAY
English electronic band Ladytron play their first NYC show in 4 years at Irving Plaza. Expect light and magic.
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WEDNESDAY
Youth Lagoon, led by forever soundshifter Trevor Powers, play their first NYC show in 8 years (it's nice having a 19-year old database of past shows sometimes) at Music Hall of Williamsburg.
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THURSDAY
Modern folk hero Julie Byrne plays gems from her sparkling new album The Greater Wings at Bowery Ballroom. Be there.
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THURSDAY
Toronto dance punk duo Death From Above 1979 takes it back to 2004 at Racket in 2023.
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THURSDAY & FRIDAY
Sac post ____ hip hop heads Death Grips play two shows at Brooklyn Steel. This killer crew is clutch.
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THURSDAY
Sprawling London art ___ rock collective Black Country, New Road play Knockdown Center. Now get up and go.
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FRIDAY
Duran Duran play Forest Hills Stadium. If you're a fan and this is news to you, don't come undone, some tickets are still available available.
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FRIDAY
El Paso prog punk pioneers The Mars Volta play Kings Theatre. Time to get deloused, y'all.
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FRIDAY & SATURDAY
Osees OCS The Ohsees The Oh Sees Thee Oh Sees Oh Sees Orange County Sound play Warsaw. RIYL: the punk rock.
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SATURDAY
Calling all fellow cuckoo cannonballs: The Breeders celebrate the 30th birthday of their alt-grunge classic album The Last Splash at Kings Theatre with solid support from Screaming Females. See you there.
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SATURDAY & SUNDAY
ROAD TRIP: head up to Arrowood Farms in Accord, NY (just 2 hours and 36 minutes from Brooklyn in current car traffic) this weekend for this year's Woodsist Festival featuring Kevin Morby, Kurt Vile, Avey Tare, Woods (naturally), Cass McCombs, MJ Lenderman, Water From Your Eyes and more goodness.
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OTHER NOTABLE SHOWS THIS WEEK:
Brian Jonestown Massacre (win tickets), Melt Banana, Islands, Julianna Barwick, The Hold Steady, Teenage Wrist (win tickets), Chat Pile, Cold Cave, Tyvek, PC Music, Fiddlehead, True Widow, Global Citizens Festival, Will Butler, Joyce Manor, Todd Terje, Lewsberg, Low Cut Connie, The Slaps, Mei Semones, Lowertown, Princess Goes, Lotion, Tegan & Sara, Madeline Kenney, Bombino, Bay Ledges (win tickets), Basement Jaxx, Further Seems Forever, Ray LaMontagne, Tomberlin, SAVAK, Lady Lamb, John Zorn, Alabaster Deplume, Big Bliss, Bush, Macklemore, Ani DiFranco, Kamaal Williams, Foyer Red, Will Butler and lots more...

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