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What's going on Wednesday? (Ab-Soul, Joey Bada$$, Lauryn Hill, Matthew E White, Rey Pila, Smith Street Band & more)

Ab-Soul at Williamsburg Park in September (more by Amanda Hatfield)
Ab-Soul

Matthew E White in Chicago in 2012 (More by Sara Pieper)
Matthew E White

Browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight’s shows. Here are some highlights…

Joey Bada$$, Ab-Soul, The Underachievers, Chevy Woods, Cashius Green w/ Pheo, June and Minty @ Best Buy Theater
The Smokers Club Tour descends upon NYC tonight for what will be an all-around very fun rap show. It’s the hometown stop on the tour for Joey Bada$$ and The Underachievers, and though Ab-Soul’s from the opposite coast, he shares their knack for adding a dose of weirdness and psychedelia to the genre.

Lauryn Hill @ Bowery Ballroom (early and late)
Neo-soul great Lauryn Hill has a short December tour coming up, but before that she does this one night stand (but two shows) at Bowery Ballroom. Tickets are expensive ($100 to be exact), but it’s a good chance to catch her back in action in an intimate environment.

Matthew E. White @ Rough Trade
Matthew E White’s Big Inner came in at #3 on Rough Trade Shops’ year end list, so it’s no giant surprise to see him playing this free in-store at the NYC shop’s opening week. 7 PM, free, no wristbands needed.

Frank Turner And The Sleeping Souls, The Smith Street Band, Koo Koo Kanga Roo @ Terminal 5
British folk punk Frank Turner just keeps getting bigger, and tonight he returns to NYC to headline the huge Terminal 5. If you’re going to this show, it’s also worth catching Melbourne’s The Smith Street Band, who are similarly folk punk, but also have a bit of Frightened Rabbit’s broken-hearted honesty and drunkenness worked in. Stream their Don’t Fuck With Our Dreams EP below.

Exclamation Pony, Rey Pila, Reputante @ The Bowery Electric
Ryan Jarman of The Cribs’ side project, Exclamation Pony, has blossomed into an at least somewhat serious band, putting out a single this year — which you can stream below. They play tonight with Mexico City band Rey Pila.

Slayer, Gojira, 4ARM @ The Theatre @ MSG
Slayer may not have their classic lineup, with Dave Lombardo out and Jeff Hanneman having passed away (RIP), but they’re moving forward nonetheless. For this tour, they’re promising “old school” sets, which means they’ll be focusing on material solely from their first five albums. And get there early for French death metallers Gojira, who are always worth seeing too.

For all of tonight’s shows, and tomorrow’s, check out our full NYC show calendar.

For laughs, check out the NYC Comedy calendar too.

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The Smith Street Band – Don’t Fuck With Our Dreams