- Rough Trade Below: Greg Freeman Performance + Signing
- Following his critically acclaimed debut I Looked Out, Burlington based alt-country artist Greg Freeman released his new album Burnover earlier this week. Freeman’s work is layered, and it’s all a reference to the fuzzed out, leafy and wooded parts of the world. The album’s title “Burnover” is even a nod to a region of Upstate New York, where “there was a lot of crazy spiritualism and New Age religion and weird Christian shit going on in the 1800s.” Listen to Point and Shoot before seeing Freeman live.
- Bowery Ballroom: The Beths
- The Beths newest release Straight Line was a Lie drops August 29th, but you, lucky you, have the opportunity to hear their new tracks at their album release at Bowery Ballroom. Soak in the cheery indie rock before September’s inevitable chill rolls in.
- TV Eye: GIFT, Brutus VIII, Sweet Baby Jesus, Liam Kazar
- Indie Rockers for a Better New York are rallying for Zohran, and this time GIFT, Brutus VIII, Sweet Baby Jesus, and Liam Kazar are playing. All proceeds will be split between New Yorkers for Lower Costs (the official Zohran Mamdani support PAC), NYC Migrant Solidarity, and the Sameer Project.
Tuesday August 26th:
- Mercury Lounge: LSD and the Search for God, Zeruel
- My crush in junior year of high school showed me LSD and the Search for God and I listened to I Don’t Care for about a year straight. The band’s gentle shoegaze, blurred and floating, is not only nostalgic, but forward looking. See LSD and the Search for God before they head over to London.
- Night Club 101: Closebye, Alana Markel, D.A. Crimson
- Lofi indie pop fits the Night Club 101 bill. In exchange for listening to synth keys and sentimental lyrics, you’ll receive a yearning to walk home with after exiting the venue.
Wednesday August 27th:
- Trans Pecos: Cube, Revenge Body, Sunk Heaven, Content Blocks
- Cube’s new album Lucky Numbers & True Weight is darkwave inspired electronic music and Trans Pecos PAs just might blow out. The bass is killer. I’d recommend bringing some ear plugs to this show.
Thursday August 28th:
- The Broadway: Project Diem (Album Release), Endearments, Moonsandland, Lily Jean
- There is something comforting about millennial indie rock. It’s a gentle reminder that everything used to seem so simple. Project Diem’s newest album Dead Pop sounds straight out of 2010; it doesn’t revitalize, but showcases solid dream pop. I do hope the band knows that pop never died.
Friday August 29th:
- Brooklyn Paramount: A.G. Cook
- I didn’t know A.G. Cook until his remix of Von Dutch dropped last summer (featuring Addison Rae). But, A.G. Cook is everywhere. He founded PC Music, is credited with popularizing hyperpop, and releases his own music… the list goes on. Cook’s latest album Britpop is depthful, tantalizing electronic music. It’s the precursor to the Addison Rae pop moment we found ourselves in this summer.
Saturday August 30th:
- Elsewhere: 3l3d3p, LustSickPuppy, Izzy Camina
- jump<3 up and down up and down <3**** thATs the viiiiibbbbbeeee of this show !! this line up is sick, think hyperpop, septum piercing, tattered tights core.
- Night Club 101: Total Wife, Make Yourself at Home, Glaring Orchid, Bloodsports
- Total Wife’s newest single second spring sounds similar to the Swirlies His Love Just Washed Away. Stripped down 90s inspired guitar and a whammy bar; there isn’t anything better.
- Stone Pony: Rilo Kiley
- Pictures of Success was one of my favorite songs in 8th grade; “They say California is a recipe for a black hole” blasting out my limp earbuds on the bus to school. Rilo Kiley will never, ever get old. Twee indie rock will live forever.
Sunday August 31st:
- Pine Plains (Upstate NY): Samira Winter, May Rio, Ben Arauz, Superfan, Katzpascale, Grumpy, D.A. Crimson
- The Hancock heads upstate. Rent a car, squeeze as many of your friends as possible in the backseat, and speed up Taconic State Parkway. During the road trip, listen to Superfan’s latest single Miss W Jones.