Lotion

“Wow, you guys look the same,” Lotion frontman Tony Zajkowski exclaimed at Mercury Lounge on Wednesday night. “So does the club… I mean, some of the same people still work here!”

Wednesday’s NYC-area shows include The Postal Service, Death Cab for Cutie, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Chat Pile, Youth Lagoon, Ladytron, Eddie Izzard, Eagles, Better Lovers, and more.

Plus: ††† (Crosses), Cattle Decapitation, Nick Cave, Travis Scott, Girl Ray, Pianos Become the Teeth, Frozen Soul, Riot Fest, Made in America, Dreamwell and more tour and festival news.

Dromedary Records’ 30th anniversary celebration happens September 15-17 and also playing are Sleepyhead, Mommyheads, Flower, Yung Wu, Speed the Plough, and more.

Necrot are preparing to release their third album later this year.

The Saint Vitus Bar co-owner and booker, who also makes music as Confines and in Other Faith, lists his 2022 favorites.

Most dates are also with Division of Mind, except NYC which gets L.O.T.I.O.N. and Ekulu.

Tonight’s NYC-area shows include Lauryn Hill, Refused, Opeth, The Wonder Years, Screaming Females, Laura Gibson, Live From Here w/ Chris Thile, Strike Anywhere, Longwave, and more.

The new additions join previously announced names Obituary, Agnostic Front, and Beach Fossils.

Plus: Passion Pit’s ‘Manners’ show, Michael McDonald/Chaka Khan, DMX, Haruomi Hosono, mewithoutYou/Cursive, La Dispute, Big Boi, Andrew Bird, The Prodigy, and more NYC-area shows on sale.