Janelle Monáe at Summerstage
Photo by Sachyn Mital

What's going on Sunday?

You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight’s shows, but here are some highlights…

Afropunk Brooklyn @ Commodore Barry Park
Brooklyn’s Afropunk festival wraps up today, and there’s tons of great stuff to see like neo-soul icon Erykah Badu, the recently-reinvigorated rapper (and former Odd Future leader) Tyler the Creator, genre-defying art pop/soul great Janelle Monae, rap vet Pusha T (who’s supporting his best new album in a while), French pop duo Ibeyi, proto-SoundCloud rapper Denzel Curry, rising Chicago soul singer Jamila Woods, rising rapper DUCKWRTH, hardcore maniacs Trash Talk, and more.

Afropunk After Dark @ various venues
There are also late-night Afropunk shows at various Brooklyn venues tonight.

Drake & Virgil Abloh’s party w/ DJ Spade, Shiggy @ Brooklyn Mirage
Drake and Migos have tonight off from their seven-show NYC run, and while he’s here, Drake is teaming with fashion designer/DJ Virgil Abloh for this day party. What the party will actually entail? You’ll just have try to get in to find out.

Belly @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
The classic lineup of ’90s alt-rock greats Belly reformed a few years ago and this year delivered their first record in more than two decades. Tanya Donnelly’s voice is still powerful and the new songs sit nicely amongst old faves like “Feed the Tree” and “Slow Dog.”

Thursday, Anthony Green @ Asbury Lanes
NJ post-hardcore greats Thursday wrap up their home-state full-albums run tonight with a performance of 2003’s War All The Time. Fellow post-hc vet Anthony Green (Circa Survive, Sound of Animals Fighting, etc) opens with a solo set.

Black Tusk, Whores, White Nails, High Command @ Saint Vitus
Savannah sludge punks Black Tusk recently released their ripping new album TCBT, which is one of the fastest and most straightup punk albums of their career.

Vetiver, Espers @ White Eagle Hall
Psych-folk revivalists Espers are back for their first shows since 2009 (in the time since then, Meg Baird formed the killer Heron Oblivion), and these shows are with their old pals Vetiver. This great double bill hits Jersey City tonight.

Dryjacket, Wild Pink, ManDancing, Tony Clark (Prawn) @ Asbury Park Brewery
Wild Pink are touring like crazy behind their 2018 breakout album, the heartland indie rock-leaning Yolk in the Fur (Tiny Engines). They’re currently on the road with mathy emo band Dryjacket.

Busdriver, Beans @ Baby’s All Right
It’s back-to-back sets of indie rap with Busdriver and Beans at Baby’s tonight.

Dashboard Confessional, All Time Low, GNASH @ Stone Pony
With their first album in nine years under their belts, emo vets Dashboard Confessional have been touring all year. They hit Asbury Park tonight.

Impalers, Headsplitters, Twisted Thing, Scalpel, Stigmatism @ Union Pool
Having just opened one of the rare Annihilation Time shows, the Power Trip-related hardcore band Impalers play their own Brooklyn show tonight.

Oceanator, Bartees & The Strange Fruit, Riverkeeper @ ALPHAVILLE
Local indie rocker Oceanator released a very promising EP on Tiny Engines earlier this year, and she plays her hometown tonight.

Multicult, Couch Slut, Heads., Opening Bell @ Brooklyn Bazaar
Brooklyn Bazaar hosts a noisy lineup, highlighted by the uncompromising local greats Couch Slut.

Gringo Star, Brother Reverend, Las Hormiguitas @ Rough Trade
Atlanta garage rockers Gringo Star celebrate the release of their 5th album, Back To The City, tonight. If you’re going, show up early for the twangy Brother Reverend.

Guerilla Toss, Sunwatchers, Kyp Malone (of TV on the Radio), Erica Eso, Rhyton, Kevin Wynd, Erin Durant, Colin Langenus (Usaisamonster) @ Secret Project Robot
A whole bunch of great artists, including Guerilla Toss, Sunwatchers and Kyp Mallone, are performing as part of this benefit show supporting Just Leadership USA, an organization fighting for the closure of Rikers Island and for decarceration and prison closure nationwide. Early start: 4:30 PM.

Scott Thompson (Kids in the Hall) @ Joe’s Pub
Comedian and actor Scott Thompson revives one of his most famous Kids in the Hall characters, lounge lizard Buddy Cole, for an “evening of humorous monologues from the period the show went off the air in 1995 to the present day.

AlunaGeorge @ The Surf Lodge (Montauk)
The summer concerts at Montauk hotel/restaurant/vacation spot continue with alt-pop/R&B duo AlunaGeorge.

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

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