Monday: 1/26
- Bowery Ballroom: Racing Mount Pleasant
- Following their run of shows with Geese, Racing Mount Pleasant is back on tour. The indie-folk septet’s music is cerebral, but once you get it, you feel like you’ve cracked an indecipherable code.
- Nightclub 101: Spellbinder, Low Healer, Margo Texas, Snood
- rocknite.ny is back at Nightclub 101 for their biweekly show series. This time around, Spellbinder is headlining. Fuzzy and shoegazey, make sure to listen to Spellbinder’s track Storm. The song feels relevant with the foot of snow outside.
Tuesday: 1/27
- Transpecos: I Love Lucy, Foal Slippers, Buggfingergodfucker, Ideas for Conversations
- Get ready for an electrocktronicandy lineup at Transpecos. Before the show, be sure to listen to Ideas for Conversations’ new song 14c4, it’s elite.
- Union Pool: Drew McDowall, Cube
- Next up on the bill of Union Pool’s run of free Tuesday shows is Drew McDowall. McDowall’s music brings modular synthesis into a drawn out, meditative catharsis. His latest album Magnetism, in collaboration with Kali Malone, induces self reflection.
Wednesday: 1/28
- Nightclub 101: Desert Sharks, Wetsuit, Shaggo
- NYC gloom punk band Desert Sharks is headlining Nightclub 101. Their new single Deeper is a little bit Sleater Kinney, a touch Karen O.
Thursday: 1/29
- Bowery Ballroom: Greg Freeman
- Greg Freeman’s most recent album Burnover deserved the buzz it received. This one is for fans of This is Lorelei or MJ Lenderman.
- Union Pool: Victoryland, Fernette, ER Visit, Amiture Music, Eve Swords (DJ)
- Victoryland, the solo project of ex-Blood member Julian McCamman, is hosting an album release show for My Heart Is A Room With No Cameras In It at Union Pool. The LP channels 2000s indie without being too nostalgic. When listening to songs like Here I Stand, it’s hard not to feel hopeful.
- Webster Hall: Sudan Archives
- Violinist and vocalist Sudan Archives’ latest album THE BPM brings dance music into a new direction. A break up album teeming with a variety of beats, Brittney Parks’ music is constantly in motion.
- Baby’s All Right: Crisis Public Relations, Sofia D’Angelo, Pets, OHYUNG
- In partnership with the firm/band Crisis Public Relations ALT Citizen and Baby’s present a Benefit for The Ali Forney Center to support advocacy for homeless LGBTQ+ youth in the city. Thursday will go down as the “Biggest Indie Pop Bash of 2026.”
- The Meadows: Empty Parking Lot, LQM, Holidays in The United States, Mosey Jones
- It’s midwest emo time. Empty Parking Lot is playing New York for the first time. Don’t forget to check out the band’s new album silly songs for a silly girl before the show.
Friday: 1/30
- Bowery Ballroom: The Lemon Twigs
- The Lemon Twigs new single I’ve Got A Broken Heart sounds straight out of the rock n rolling 1960s. It’s easy, comfortable listening.
- Lincoln Center: Wild Pink
- As part of the Songwriter/Storyteller series at Lincoln Center, Wild Pink is playing a free show. For those curious about Wild Pink’s creative process, this gig will go into depth about the band’s experience writing Dulling the Horns.
- Elsewhere: Pushups, Easterlin, Boy Factory
- Emo and shoegaze. The two defining adjectives of most of Bushwick’s music scene right now (and coincidentally this bill). Make sure to get to the show on time to see Boy Factory, their KXLU set dropped this Monday.
- Nightclub 101: Peaer, Wendy Eisenberg, Kissy Noises
- Peaer’s new album Part of the Problem is the type of indie rock you’d hear playing at Variety. It’s conventional in all the right ways. My favorite track off the album is Bad News.
Saturday: 1/31
- Alphaville: Colleen Green, Cassie Ramone
- For not releasing music in over five years, Colleen Green plays a lot of shows. If you’re not familiar with Green’s discography, Deeper than Love is worth checking out.
Sunday: 2/1
- The Broadway: Kartel, No Weapon, Comply, Foco, No Values
- Punks for Palestine presents a benefit show and vendor market by Under the Sun Collective, Migrant Solidarity and Nate’s Show Bookings. Hear some punk rock and support a great cause. All funds raised will be going to Gaza, Sudan, and Migrant Solidarity.