Monday August 11th:
- Elsewhere: voyeur, Holidays in United States, Chanel Beads (DJ), Cina (DJ)
- NYC’s beloved Sonic Youth wanna-be’s are playing a free show at Elsewhere Monday night. Joining voyeur’s angular 90’s inspired noise rock is Holidays in United States, one of my favorite midwest emo bands. Broken Ankles, Broken Hearts never gets old, no matter how many times I’ve heard it.
Tuesday August 12th:
- Pete’s Candy Store: Lily Piette
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- Lily Piette loves quantum computing. But, Piette’s debut album Her Computerized Machinery Complex is not overly digitized or processed; it’s of the delicate indie pop realm. Listen to Piette’s new single PickUp.
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- Night Club 101: Rose Gray
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- Rose Gray will bring the club to Night Club 101. A local of the East London rave scene, Gray’s dance-pop, characterized as “nightlife vignettes” by Paper Magazine, are hedonistic. Head to the show, and get Louder, Please.
Wednesday August 13th:
- Cassette: Katy Kirby, Adelyn Strei
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- Sentimental and sweet, even Kirby’s slowest songs have a soft optimism to them. Listen to her new album Blue Raspberry.
Thursday August 14th:
- Night Club 101: She loves boon
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- She loves boon, and you will too. Boon’s new album DRRTTYY melds brat energy and hyperpop production. It’s digitally indulgent. Bring your best moves to Night Club 101.
- Berlin: See Plus, Blood Estate, Foreign Love Language
- See Plus holds a special place in my heart. The New Jersey based band’s latest album Your Portrait is full of poppy, upbeat indie music with a 2000s feel. Before the show, listen to Cats Fighting (In Spanish).
Friday August 15th:
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- idialedyournumber’s song Ghost Hands is an earworm. That’s just the power of DC#AEAD. Stop by Transpecos to get your essential dose of emo, plus a Zachshots set. If you haven’t listened to Zachshots self titled EP yet, stop what you are doing and put on Von Bismark.
- Stone Circle Theater: Clementine Teare, Thank You Agamemnon, Silverdollar, Lemon Bread, Serendipity
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- Friday night at the Stone Circle Theater is all about internet emo, or hyper skramz; whatever you want to name the fusion of emo and electronic music. Come for Thank You Agamemnon and stay for serendipity, they just released their first single Slow Motion.
- Rodeo: Gunkyard’s 2nd birthday party!
Saturday August 16th:
- Central Park, Rumsey Playfield: Phuture, Waajeed, Rimarkable, Joe Claussell, Charlie Dark, King Britt
- Don’t miss Blacktronika Festival at Central Park. If you are unfamiliar with some artists on this bill, make sure to listen to Phuture. A pioneering figure in the development of Chicago House, Phuture’s single Acid Trax defined the sound of acid house. Go get your Roland TB-303 on.
- Public Records: Takuya Nakamura
- Mixing live jazz and jungle, Nakamura is no stranger to transcending genre. Take Sun, for example.
- Rockaway Hotel: Cults
- You and me always forever <3 Cults are playing the Rockaway Hotel! Hear the classics and the band’s newest LP To the Ghosts.
Sunday August 17th:
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- Retail Drugs, the project of Jake Laveda, sounds similar to Alex G (Trick to House of Sugar period). Pair an acoustic guitar, high pitched vocals, a tinny keyboard, and there you have it: Alex G circa 2014. Listen to Retail Drug’s song little dog off his new album rECKLless dRIVing and relive high school memories.
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- Union Pool: The Hard Quartet
- The Hard Quartet is composed of legends: Steven Malkmus, Matt Sweeney, Emmett Kelly, and Jim White. The group clarifies they are not “a project,” they’re a “band.” This “band’s” self-titled album sounds like what you’d expect a group of 90s indie rockers to release. That being said, it’s pretty good.
