Monday: Oct. 13th
- Baby’s All Right: Alien Boy, Empath
- In 2018, I begged my mom to let me see Empath play at a house show. She immediately shut me down. The next day, my coworker at the pizza restaurant told me Empath blew out the house’s electricity and it was the best night of his life. I still think about that. Often. Crystal Reality, Vol. 1 and Liberating Guilt and Fear are some of the best noise punk out there. Go listen.
Tuesday: Oct. 14th
- Night Club 101: Peel Dream Magazine, Shower Curtain
- Peel Dream Magazine’s sound has evolved throughout the years (remember when they were a shoegaze band?) and their new LP Taurus is the band’s latest achievement. If you make it to Night Club 101, don’t miss the openers: shower curtain is one of my favorite shoegaze bands.
- Pianos: Autobahn, Council on Foreign Relations, Laszlo Horvath
- Tap into Autobahn. Now. The band’s EP Filler Migration has a pulse. Pull back the curtains of reverb and you’ll find what you’ve been missing.
Wednesday: Oct. 15th
- Baby’s All Right x The Downtown Festival: Porches, Fantasy of a Broken Heart, Amiture Music, Izzy Camina, More Eaze
- The Downtown Festival and Baby’s All Right present a benefit concert for the Asylum Support Clinic. Not only is this show for a good cause, but the line up is stacked. The cherry on top? The night will also feature DJ sets by Body Meat, Ivan Berko, 3 People, Melody English.
- Brooklyn Steel: Grandaddy
- 25 years of The Sophtware Slump! Listening to The Crystal Lake is always an instant dopamine rush.
- Cassette: Cleo Walks Through Glass, fashn, Satori Loser
- Cleo Walks Through Glass’s latest single Tonightiwontbehome is a cacophonous, distorted, and droning 2 minutes and 26 seconds. There is no space, and that’s what is so beautiful about this song. Don’t forget to check out CWTG’s LP Wilt.
Thursday: Oct. 16th
- King’s Theatre: MJ Lenderman and the Wind, Hovvdy, Annie Dirusso
- Rolling Stone Presents their NYC stop of the Gather No Moss series, featuring MJ Lenderman, Hovvdy, and Annie Dirusso. If you know anything about me, you know I love MJ Lenderman. I crowned Manning Fireworks my top album of 2024.
- Rough Trade: Oklou x Pitchfork Zine Launch
- Head over to Rough Trade for a conversation between Pitchfork senior editor Anna Gaca and Oklou. Grab a complimentary zine and hear Oklou preview music from the upcoming deluxe version of choke enough.
Friday: Oct. 17th
- Knockdown Center: Oklou
- Yeah, I’m dropping Oklou twice in this column. There’s nothing wrong about that. choke enough is celestial. It reaches the stars – and it will be transcendent live.
- Market Hotel: Gingerbee, Keyvslocket, I will be pretty when i die, Zachshots
- Open the doors to Market Hotel and enter the soft side of the emo spectrum. Acoustic guitars, little electronic blips, instrumentals, sweet, not hardened lyricism. I really hope to make this one.
- Roulette: Brian Chase, Lee Ranaldo, David Watson
- These names may seem unfamiliar on first read, but you know who they are. Brian Chase of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Lee Ranaldo of Sonic Youth, and David Watson of Yoshi Wada, Phill Niblock are performing a long-form improvisation uniting psychedelia, traditional sources, and noise.
- Stone Circle Theatre: Country Girl, Gideon Broshy
- Dual record release show at Stone Circle Theatre. Gideon Broshy’s debut album Nest is wordless, each experimental track full of malleable and interacting harpsichords, pianos, synths, and software. Country Girl plays with instrumentals as well, wrapped up in gauzy layers of reverb.
- Brooklyn Steel: Grizzly Bear, Chanel Beads
- Grizzly Bear hasn’t toured in six years – and now they have a Brooklyn Steel residency from October 13th – 18th. The band told Pitchfork they are ready to “play all the deep cuts.” Prepare accordingly.
Saturday: Oct. 18th
- Governor’s Island: Eartheater, Junglepussy, Doss, Gift, Ivan Berko
- The inaugural New Energy festival is happening this Saturday at Governor’s Island. Clean energy organizations DER Task Force and SOLARPUNKS teamed up with AdHoc presents to create a completely solar powered music festival with a sick lineup. I <3 Doss and a low carbon footprint <3
- Union Pool: bloodsports, Venus Twins, Vangas, ICKY! (shower curtain)
- bloodsports rocks. The band’s debut LP “Anything Can Be a Hammer” is out 10/17 on Good English Records. Make sure to listen to the band’s series of shoegazy, alt rock singles.
- **DM for Address**: Epoxy, Holidays in United States, Balaclava, Death Drive
- Head to the Cinnamon House for the album release of Epoxy’s “Civilians,” out 10/17. 5 dollar tickets at the door if you come dressed in office attire; so raid your closet to find your best suit and tie.
Sunday: Oct. 19th
- Brooklyn Bowl: MGMT (DJ set), Ron Gallo, Pom Pom Squad, Becca Mancari, Meg Elsier, Roxiny, Alison Leiby
- MGMT DJ set at Brooklyn Bowl for a great cause: all ticket proceeds go to the We Save Us benefit series for abortion access and reproductive rights. I don’t know if it’s proper DJ etiquette to play your own music, but I hope MGMT includes Time to Pretend in their set.
- TV EYE: Tony Molina, Jeanines, Lightheaded
- Don’t make the same mistake I did. Tony Molina is not related to Jason Molina . Tony Molina’s discography is rich with acoustic guitars and deep lyricism, but it sounds more similar to early Alex G than Songs:Ohia. Listen to No One Told He if you have a moment.
