Plus: Trey Anastasio, My Bloody Valentine, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Arctic Monkeys, A Perfect Circle, Neil Young, Moneybagg Yo, Car Seat Headrest, and more newly-announced tours.
The fourth annual Steez Day happens at Central Park and also includes The Underachievers and more acts TBA.
The Toronto band also have a hometown show with Portugal. The Man, appearances at Bonnaroo, Pickathon, and Outside Lands, and more.
There's also the Duck Down BBQ, Talib Kweli/OSHUN, EPMD, Jungle Brothers, Pete Rock & The Soul Brothers, a 'Wild Style' 35th anniversary, and more.
Summerstage offers more than 100 free shows at NYC parks in all five boroughs. This year's lineup includes Broken Social Scene, Big Daddy Kane, Kool & the Gang, San Fermin, The Weather Station, Secret Circle (Lil Ugly Mane, Antwon, and Wiki ), Talib Kweli, Oshun, the Jungle Brothers, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Porches, Crumb, Dej Loaf, Alice Smith, Mura Masa, Jessy Lanza, Rapsody, The Bad Plus, Angelique Kidjo and tons more.
He also released what is presumably a new album teaser this week.
Mac DeMarco's episode of ACL TV tapes February 27 and will stream live; the actual episode won't air till later this year.
While it wasn't as cozy as their recent Highline Ballroom show, it was still pretty nuts.
After playing Terminal 5 with Craig Finn, The War On Drugs played their second of two NYC shows on their current tour at Central Park SummerStage on Friday (9/22) with another great opener, Land of Talk, who released their first album in seven years this year...
Phil & the Terrapin Family Band (with Melvin Seals & Nicki Bluhm) played "Dark Star" > "Morning Dew," "St. Stephen," "Sugaree," and more favorites.