Mon. 12/8
- Bowery Ballroom: Snocaps
- If you missed Snocaps on Sunday, don’t fret. The alt-country super group (Waxahatchee, Allison Crutchfield, MJ Lenderman, and Brad Cook) are playing a second sold out night at Bowery Ballroom.
- Nightclub 101: Brutus VIII, Bloodsports, Judson Kolk
- Brutus VIII prides himself in rejecting preconceptions. His performances are known for verging on performance art, and Brutus VIII’s new EP Do it For The Money breaks already intangible boundaries.
Tues. 12/9
- Transpecos: Oldstar, Amelia’s Best Friend, Fish Hunt, cleowalksthroughglass, JJ_(awesome100)
- moonbby presents “flowers in December.” There are few blossoms in bloom right now, but this lineup is its own special flower to look forward to.
Weds. 12/10
- Market Hotel: they are gutting a body of water
- TAGABOW is playing a string of shows on Dec 10th, 11th, and 14th for the release of LOTTO. Like most 23 year old girls living in Bushwick, I love this album. sour diesel is a perfect song.
- Nightclub 101: Westside Cowboy
- Tap into Britainicana. Westside Cowboy is some of the best Americana I’ve heard in a while, and guess what, they’re from Manchester. Check out “I’ve Never Met Anyone I Could Really Love.”
- Purgatory: Guyscrapers, $500, and Trash Tapes
- Guyscrapers rocks and rolls. Listen to Why?scrapers on bandcamp before the show.
Thurs. 12/11
- Berlin: The Heaven, Ideas for Conversations, Globe
- The Heaven have some buzz, and after seeing them live I realized they’re going for a modernized Brian Jonestown Massacre vibe. Think girl on tambourine, minimal clean guitar riffs. Listen to the band’s two new singles Blood in My Mouth and Like You to see what I mean.
- Bowery Ballroom: they are gutting a body of water
- More TAGABOW. More moshing. Shoegaze is infinite.
- Carnegie Hall: Cameron Winter
- The man of the moment. Cameron Winter, the frontman of Geese, is playing his debut solo album Heavy Metal at Carnegie Hall. Winter’s work deserves to be played in a venue like Carnegie Hall, a symbiosis of art and songcraft.
- Nightclub 101: Smush, Ky Voss, Mope
- You could see TAGABOW… or you could satisfy your shoegaze itch with Smush. The band’s album if you were here, i’d be home now careens, reaching up to the reverbed heavens.
- Warsaw: Jay Som
- Webster Hall: Sir Chloe, Suzy Clue
- Sir Chloe’s new album Swallow the Knife was inspired by A Cold Hole, an installation by artist Taryn Simon. In the piece, an individual enters a room, climbs into a hole, and jumps into ice water. Swallow the Knife doesn’t have the depth of a frigid plunge, but tracks like The Hole and Holy teeter on instability.
Fri. 12/12
- Elsewhere: Cowgirl Clue, sweet93, Her New Knife
- I’m addicted to Her New Knife’s chrome is lullaby remix album. Listening to purepurepure-Angel emoji makes me feel indestructible. If you have no clue what I’m talking about, listen to chrome is lullaby first.
- Brooklyn Steel: Fcukers, untitled (halo), gnarcissists
- Everytime I see Fcukers play I leave drenched in sweat. How can you not dance to songs like Bon Bon and I Like it Like That?
- Pianos: Dejima, Rose Paradise, Zachshots
- Dejima’s new single Forget to Mention is psychedelic indie to the likes of Drugdealer. It takes you back to 2016, and also 1970.
- Mercury Lounge: Dutch Kills
- Dutch Kills have that 90s grunge sound on lock. Courtney Love would be proud. Listen to the band’s EP The Rot before the show.
Sat. 12/13
- Transpecos: Holidays in United States, The Dallas Cowboys, Zachshots, Reading
- This one is for the homies. Holidays in United States drops their new album on Friday and there is no doubt that they hit the G chord like a boss.
- ALPHAVILLE: Retail Drugs, Wiring, Libby Quinn, Untitled Freak
- Don’t miss the album release show for Retail Drug’s new album Factory Reset. A hyper-digital experiment into the DAW-verse, Factory Reset is unpredictable and awesome. The album drops you into a strange, inescapable biome.
- Baby’s All Right: A Very Model/Actriz Karaoke Chrismukkah 5
- This isn’t a show, this is live karaoke performed with Model/Actriz. Start brainstorming your karaoke song now, and remember, you’ll be singing with Model/Actriz. The pressure is on.
- Elsewhere: babymorocco, Moonbby
- babymorocco gets it. He knows what I want to dance to. You might know babymorocco from his recent features with Frost Children and Jockstrap, but don’t sleep on his solo work. i wish you would make it easy and SXC are certified bangers.
Sun. 12/14
- The Broadway: cleowalkthroughglass, speedfriending, Varnish, goodnight lucas
- cleowalksthroughglass and goodnight lucas bring distortion through the DAW, speedfriending and Varnish bring it through the amp. Self plug because I’m playing this show!
- DM for address: Silverdollar, Epoxy, One Hour Photo, German Suplex
- Get emo with it. Silverdollar just dropped their debut EP The Agreement. Supporting them is Epoxy, friends of ALT CITIZEN.
- Music Hall of Williamsburg: Cavetown, Annie DiRusso, Sydney Rose, Sidney Gish, Dreamer Isioma, and Tall GFs
- This show is for a good cause. All funds from this concert go towards Cavetown’s “This Is Home Project, ” the artist’s fundraising project that provides support to the LGBTQ+ community. 100% of the ticket sales will go to support New Alternatives, an organization that supports LGBTQ+ youth by offering long-term support as folks transition out of shelters and into stable adult life, and Lambada Literary, a group that supports and uplifts LGBTQ+ books and authors.
- Bowery Ballroom: The 8 Nights of Hanukkah with Yo La Tengo
- Every night of Hanukkah Yo La Tengo plays a show at Bowery Ballroom. Night one falls on Sunday the 14th, and so begins one of my favorite winter traditions.