What's going on Saturday? (Vince Staples, WhoMadeWho, Dan Bodan, Swervedriver, Oddball tour, Bevis Frond & more)
photo: Vince Staples at BV-RBSS in August (more by Amanda Hatfield)
You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight’s shows, but here are some highlights…
Vince Staples, Derrick May, Egyptrixx, Clark, Dan Bodan ft. Draveng, Sporting Life @ MoMA PS1 (Warm Up)
It’s the final Warm Up of 2015 and it’s a great one. Rising rapper of the year VInce Staples headlines, and before him it’s Detroit techno originator Derrick May, Canadian bass master Egyptrixx, UK IDM wiz Clark, DFA’s Dan Bodan (ft. Draveng), and Ratking’s Sporting Life.
WhoMadeWho, EVVY @ Baby’s All Right
Danish dancerock eccentrics went for a more widescreen epic sound on their most recent album, Dreams, but live remain like a very fun, Bizarro-world LCD Soundsystem.
Teengirl Fantasy, Dan Bodan + Draveng, UMFANG, Sasha Jan Rezzie @ Palisades
Think of it as a Warm-Up way-afterparty with Dan Bodan + Draveng again plus Teengirl Fantasy to keep you dancing late into the night. Doors at midnight.
Swervedriver, Dearly Beloved, Overlake @ Bowery Ballroom
Arguably the heaviest, most rocking of the original UK shoegaze acts, Swervedriver returned this year with their first new album since the ’90s — and it’s pretty damn good. But expect to hear favorites like “Duel” and “Rave Down,” too.
AJ Davila y Terror Amor, Ice Balloons, Surfbort @ Cake Shop
Davila 666 frontman AJ Davila plays tonight with his other fearsome garagepunk band Terror Amor. His wild shows are a pretty safe bet for a good time, and tonight’s bill is all-around good.
Aziz Ansari, Amy Schumer, Anthony Jeselnik, Jay Pharaoh, Jeff Ross, Jim Norton, Michae Che, Nick Kroll, Todd Barry @ PNC Bank Arts Center (Oddball)
The annual Oddball Comedy & Curiosity Festival puts some of the best comedians of the moment together for a huge tour, and tonight continues the NYC-area run. Aziz Ansari and Amy Schumer were both on the 2014 tour, but there’s no denying their careers got major boosts in the past year, so it’s exciting to see this time they’re back as co-headliners. The rest of the lineup ain’t too shabby either.
By The Grace Of God, Pulling Punches, The Last Stand @ Saint Vitus
Louisville hardcore greats By the Grace of God shared members with Guilt, Endpoint, Elliott, Falling Forward and more, and they put out two records on Victory in the ’90s before that label went to shit. They initially disbanded in 2000 but have reunited a few times, and now they’re back once again.
Saviours, The Skull, Mirror Queen, The Bevis Frond @ The Wick
This is day 1 of Tee Pee Records two-day ‘Cosmic Sonic Rendezvous’ featuring a variety of heavy and psych sounds, including cult UK band The Bevis Frond and The Skull (ex-Trouble).
For all of tonight’s shows, and tomorrow’s, check out our NYC concert calendar.
For laughs, check out the NYC Comedy calendar too.
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