Bruce Smear

Thursday’s NYC-area shows include Jill Scott, Microwave, Ibeyi, Liturgy, All Them Witches, Ezra Furman, Rauw Alejandro, and more.

Yo La Tengo, Tau Cross, Kool Keith, Cian Nugen, Zero Boys, Lenny Kaye, Michael Hurley, Pharoah Sanders, Buraka Som Sistema, Wildhoney, A-Trak, Laura Gibson, The Cult, SOPHIE and more NYC-area shows tonight.

When not playing guitar in Beach Fossils, Tommy Davidson makes electronic dance music under the name Bruce Smear. He cites Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, Art of Noise, and Cornelius as influences and you can hear elements of those things in new single “Pick & Roll” which is on his Chlorine EP, which originally came out via Driftless and now is being reissued to wax later this year on Orange Milk Records…

You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight’s shows, but here are some highlights… Ms. Lauryn Hill @ Highline Ballroom Lauryn Hill’s currently in the midst of a nine-show NYC run on her intimate acoustic tour…