Saturday, March 7, 2026

Friday night with the New Colossus Festival

Photos by Stacie Joy 
Top shot at the Francis Kite Club on Avenue C 

OK! Back at it for night 4 (!!!) of the New Colossus Festival, the 190-band indie-rock extravaganza playing out in a dozen East Village-LES venues through tomorrow (Sunday). 

First stop — The Parkside Lounge for the Ernest Jenning Record Co. day party ... where we caught the New England mod-punk trio Perennial in matching stripes...
We stayed for a set by the Brooklyn-based Upper Wilds and their take on spacerock/noiserock...
Then it was off to Sour Mouse on Delancey for the Latin Lense Showcase featuring, among others, local fave Pinc Louds...
We moved on to the main room at Pianos for the US debut of the UK-based Lip Filler, a stylistically diverse quintet blending a little indie, dance pop, and hip-hop...
To end the night, we had to see another high-energy set from EVG faves Pop Music Fever Dream at Francis Kite Club on Avenue C...
The stage is on the small side, but PMFD made some room...
Anyway, see you at a show later...
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