we’re back and so is live music.
For the past couple of years, New York hasn’t really felt like New York. At least not to me. And same for the music scene. To be fair, not all my time has been spent in the city and the city has undoubtably changed in the past few years, but now in the sweltering heat, the chaotic pits of familiar faces at gigs, and the thrill of a new scene emerging, it feels like New York is truly back and in the best way. Here’s the best shows coming through town this month — hopefully we’ll run into each other at a few.
on a side note — shit has gotten expensive
Sunday, September 4th
Sheer Mag – Union Pool (FREE)
Monday, September 5th
Black Country, New Road – Bowery Ballroom (SOLD OUT)
Thursday, September 8th
Bauhaus – Kings Theater ($116+)
Champagne Superchillin, Cutouts – Sultan Room Rooftop ($19.45)
Arlo Parks, Del Water Gap – Webster Hall (SOLD OUT)
Friday, September 9th
Phoenix, Porches – Radio City Music Hall ($54+)
Sunday, September 11th
My Chemical Romance, Thursday, The Lemon Twigs – Barclays Center ($120+)
The MCR x Lemon Twigs collab is truly something else
Tuesday, September 13th
Riz Ahmed (performing The Long Goodbye) – Warsaw ($43)
Wednesday, September 14th
SUO, Shadowgraphs, Alana Amram – Union Pool ($15)
Thursday, September 15th
Paul Cherry, Dida Pelled – Baby’s All Right ($20)
Idles, Injury Reserve – Kings Theater ($50)
Friday, September 16th
Julia Jacklin, Kara Jackson – Brooklyn Steel ($25)
Nation of Language – White Eagle Hall ($25)
Would go to Jersey for Nation of Language
Saturday, September 17th
Florence and The Machine, Sam Fender, Wet Leg – Madison Square Garden ($88+)
Tuesday, September 20th
Strange Ranger, LUCY, Sadie – Baby’s All Right ($20)
Starcrawler – Baby’s All Right ($23)
Why not just stay at Baby’s all night?
Wednesday, September 21st
Beak> (in the round) – Le Poisson Rouge ($31)
Iceage, Earth – The Brooklyn Monarch ($31)
Thursday, September 22nd
Arctic Monkeys – Kings Theater (TBD)
Have not been this excited for a show in a minute
Friday, September 23rd
Porridge Radio, Sean Henry – Bowery Ballroom ($20)
Amyl and the Sniffers, Mannequin Pussy, Bob Vylan – Terminal 5 ($36)
Saturday, September 24th
Bonny Doon, B Boys – Elsewhere ($20)
Osees, Bronze – Warsaw ($36)
Scout Gillett, Dida Katy Rea – The Broadway ($15)
Sunday, September 25th
Miloe, The Booyah! Kids, Christelle Bofale – Baby’s All Right ($20)
Monday, September 26th
Working Men’s Club, Thus Love – Baby’s All Right ($20)
Tuesday, September 27th
Frost Childr3en, Blaketheman1000, Harrison Patrick Smith*, DJ Strange Ranger – Baby’s All Right ($20)
*I am assuming this is Harrison Patrick Smith as The Dare, but your guess is as good as mine.
Wolf Alice, Luna Li – Terminal 5 ($30)
Wednesday, September 28th
Ed Schrader’s Music Beat, Godcaster, Flossing – TV Eye ($15)
Thursday, September 29th
Superorganism, Blood Cultures – Warsaw ($33)
Friday, September 30th
Pavement, Water From Your Eyes – Kings Theater (I’m not even going to put the price because it’s that wild)
