Monday: 11/17
- Elsewhere: Starcleaner Reunion, Bloodsports, Crate
- Misguided Mondays are back. Starclearner Reunion, Bloodsports, and Crate are playing a free show at Elsewhere Zone 1. Come for shoegaze, stay for dreampop. Don’t forget to RSVP!
Tuesday: 11/18
- Transpecos: **BENEFIT SHOW** February, Silk, Krylon, Risk Yo Life
- C86’d records presents a benefit show for Danny Evans. Not only is this line up great, but all proceeds will go to aiding Danny’s medical expenses and recovery costs. Before the gig, make sure to listen to February’s new EP Run Like a Girl.
- Bowery Ballroom: Die Spitz
- Die Spitz rocks. The “mayhem inciting cohort” from Austin, Texas just released their new album Something to Consume. With a band name that subverts German grammatical conventions, Die Spitz is all about breaking expectations.
- Main Drag Music: Dove Ellis
- Irish songwriter Dove Ellis is in the U.S. to support Geese. Before the coveted show on Thursday, he’s playing a solo set at Main Drag Music. Ellis’s debut single, “To the Sandals,” is a testament to the craft of songwriting; the track’s instrumentation is laced with traces of melancholy.
Wednesday: 11/19
- Baby’s All Right: Racing Mount Pleasant, Superfan
- Racing Mount Pleasant’s sound is reminiscent of early Black Country, New Road. Throughout their self-titled album, the band’s orchestral arrangements allow quiet emotions crescendo into a cathartic climax. There’s a rise and fall to the septet’s work.
- Pioneer Works: The American Analog Set
- The American Analog Set is playing their first set of shows in nearly 20 years. I love this band and Know by Heart is one of my favorite albums. Stay real and stay Punk as Fuck.
- TV EYE: Test Subjects, Time Wharp, Sadie
- Test Subject’s album release show for Have You Lost Your Mind is at TV EYE on Wednesday. Sam Glick and Melody English’s new pop project has layers. This show will be a fun one.
Thursday: 11/20
- Brooklyn Paramount: Geese
- It’s all Geese all the time. The critics favorite, the saviors of rock music, etc..etc… Jump on the Getting Killed bandwagon and see what everyone is talking about.
- Brooklyn Steel: Momma
- The Welcome to My Blue Sky tour circles back to NYC. If you haven’t listened to the B-sides Momma released a week ago, now’s your chance. Check out Cross Your Heart.
- Knockdown Center: LCD Soundsystem
- And it keeps coming… and it keeps coming… til’ the day it stops. It’s that time of year again. LCD Soundsystem’s residency at Knockdown Center is back and runs from November 20th to December 13th.
Friday: 11/21
- Baby’s All Right: Ovlov, Prewn, Washer, Rick Rude
- Happy 14th birthday to Exploding in Sound Records! What’s better than having Ovolv play at your birthday party?
- Beacon Theatre: Patti Smith
- On Nov. 10, 1975, Patti Smith and her band released Horses. 50 years later, she’s playing the album live at the Beacon Theatre.
- Elsewhere: Drop Nineteens, Lowertown, Colle, Birthday Girl, Me at Night
- The Drop Nineteens defined the northeast’s indie and shoegaze in the 90s. Kick. The. Tragedy. Now, the band is bringing some of their favorite new acts to join them at Elsewhere.
- Rough Trade: Glitterer
- Glitterer’s new album erer is out 11/21. Ned Russin’s solo project (of Title Fight) always manages to blend shred and sparkle.
- The Hancock: Horsegirl, Godcaster, TV Buddha
- The Hancock put together a beautiful line up. My college radio station got Godcaster to play our music festival and I will never forget that show. The band is theatrical, faintly mythological. Pluto Shoots his Gaze Across the Sun is what my dreams sound like.
Saturday: 11/22
- Baby’s All Right: Speedy Ortiz, Two Inch Astronaut, Grass Is Green, Bimbo
- Night #2 of Exploding In Sound’s birthday bash. This round Speedy Ortiz takes the stage. EIS knows how to celebrate in style.
- Brooklyn Paramount: bar italia, Lifeguard, Horsegirl
- I am so excited for this show. I didn’t love Some Like it Hot, but I need to hear Tracey Denim live.
- Nightclub 101: Dari Bay, Graham Hunt, Autumn Rhythm
- Walk on Down… down the path of twang, of lo-fi indie rock, of the Alex G you remember from 2016. Dari Bay’s latest album Longest Day of the Year is earnest and true.
- The Broadway: Balaclava, Tilden, Music Mouse, Yuvees
- Balaclava plays their 100th show at the Broadway! Grab a ski mask and get ready to rock out.
Sunday: 11/23
- Alphaville: Guyscrapers, Grocery Bag, Body English
- Guyscrapers rocks and rolls. Their EP, Why?Scrapers is punky and alert. If you like Lifeguard or Debris Bardot, you’ll love what Guyscrapers’s got going on.
- Bowery Ballroom: Robyn Hitchcock, Sharp Pins
- Growing up, I had Madonna of the Wasps in my iPod shuffle library. I’ve always been a sucker for jangly indie rock. Sharp Pins is opening up for Robyn Hitchcock and before the show he’s doing a signing at Rough Trade.