Live Show Round Up 7/27 – 8/2

Mon. 7/27:

• Nightclub 101: Perfect 100, Ditch, Hipsy Gap 

  • Shout out Seb. Seb mixed my band’s music, is at every single rocknite, and also recorded and mixed ditch’s new single silent movie actor, acting. Head to Nightclub 101 to support your local producers— the scene’s unsung heroes—and artists.

• Warsaw: Wunderhorse, Been Stellar 

  • Wunderhorse crossed the pond this summer for a North American tour, with NYC band Been Stellar supporting. Both bands haven’t released new music in a while, and Wunderhorse’s Midas can’t hold me over forever. Let’s hope Wunderhorse plays some new tunes.

Tues. 7/28:

• Pianos: Trophy Wife, Ken Park, Veronica Everhart (DJ), WIZKEYGINGER, Jaden Andreone, Ryann Barnes, Heaven Slight, Natalia Catalan, Charm Pool, Anaia, Teenboofmovie 

  • Sonder Music Group and iLoveMyPhone Present present a sexy bill to raise money for Avenues for Justice. Head to Pianos, see some of the city’s best acts, and know that all proceeds are going to an organization working to keep the youth and young adults out of prison.

• Trans Pecos: The Ritoronello Form, Holidays in United States, AEIOU, Branching Out 

  • Don’t miss AEIOU. New York’s newest emo band is made up of members from Cash Only Tony’s, Holidays in United States, and Branching Out. With that line up alone, you know the band will rip. If you don’t believe me, listen to their EP Jesse Ward.

Weds. 7/29:

• 202 Clinton Wharf: Myra Lee, ideasforconversations, Holidays in the United States

  • Set sail aboard the Mary Whalen, a retired oil tanker, and now home to a series of DIY shows. Get your tweemo on with Holidays, and then get ready to dance: “14c4” at sea style.

• Elsewhere: Nap Eyes, John Andrews & The Yawns, Tracey Nelson

  • Nap Eyes captures the lo-fi mid 2010’s indie sound I miss: “No Fear of Hellfire” playing in my iPhone 5c’s headphones on the bus ride home, staring blankly out the window to “Stargazer.” The band’s last album The Neon Gate came out in 2024, but is still representative of my youth, with every pluck of the acoustic guitar.

• Nightclub 101: $quib, Anastasia Coope, poc

  • $quib is doing the whole indietronica duo trend solo. In his new album Erring, $quib incorporates mixes of electronics, samples, and acoustic elements into one unpredictable soundscape. Before the show, listen to “3boder.”

Thurs. 7/30:

• Ruins at Knockdown Center: bar italia, Operelly 

  • Is it champ to see bar italia? Maybe. The band lost some of their swag post Some Like It Hot, but I will still die on the Tracey Denim hill. “F.O.B.” is a perfect song.

• Brooklyn Paramount: Metric, Broken Social Scene

  • Metric and Broken Social Scene playing on the same bill doesn’t make a ton of sense, but I love both bands. “Help I’m Alive” x “Anthems For A Seventeen Year-Old Girl” is a lit b2b.

• Elsewhere: The Sound Chalk Makes, synecdoche, new york, heavensouls

  • It’s synecdoche, new york’s debut show, and if you haven’t listened to meanderings yet, now is your chance. The project’s wandering, lofi, bedroom hypnagogia is for winding down and introspection. It will serve as a lullaby in comparison to The Sound Chalk Makes’ bumping electropop.

Fri. 7/31:

• Knockdown Center: ML Buch,  Klein, Precious Renee Tucker

  • Our cph+ hero. ML Buch is for the melancholy and restless. You’ll have to see what she brings to Outline Fest for yourself.

• Baby’s All Right: Zoh Amba, Jeanne River

  • Zoh Amba’s debut album Eyes Full is a testament of the heart. Blending their Appalachian roots with their experience as an avant-garde saxophonist, Zoh’s music stands on its own. An amalgam of loose acoustic blues, feedback-drenched electric guitar, and folk, Zoh Amba is bringing a new perspective to the growing canon of queer indie folk artists.

• Baby’s All Right: Cities Aviv, Patch +, boysinblush, peace thru strength 

  • Have you gotten on the Silknode waitlist yet? The new app drops soon and I’m hoping it will fill nina protocol’s absence. I trust the people running this platform, getting Patch+ to headline is not easy to book.

• Pioneer Works: Dan Deacon, Macula Dog, MSHR

  • Dan Deacon is one talented dude. The Baltimore-based composer reminds me of an indie Damon Alburn or Jonny Greenwood, writing scores for hundreds of films and his own eccentric music, chalked with originality. Be sure to give Deacon’s album Gliss Riffer a listen, unironically, “Meme Generator” is a great song.

Sat. 8/1:

• Ukrainian National Home: Iceage

  • Perfectly Imperfect presents Iceage at the Ukrainian National Home Saturday and Sunday nights. For all my Elias Rønnenfelt lovers, Dean Blunt groupies, and fans of For Love of Grace & the Hereafter, hit the waitlist button: both shows are sold out.

• Nightclub 101: Zastava, Catcher, Amiture Music

  • Detroit based post-punk/noise band Zastava rocks. If you live and die for 90s alternative rock (like me), listen to the band’s new single “Blaine.” Within the span of five minutes, dynamic riffs enter and exit, and simple dissonances become charged.

• Union Pool: Smirk, Bedridden, Michael Younker
  • Smirk’s new album Speculative Fiction takes on an edgy shade of jangle pop. It’s for those who love Teenage Fanclub, but also hold an affinity for 80s punk rock.

Sun. 8/2:

• The Sultan Room: Victoryland, Superfan 

  • Victoryland is heading off on their North American tour, so say one last farewell to the band at The Sultan Room. The rest of the country is ready to hear My Heart Is A Room With No Cameras In It.