A spiritual performance of music and storytelling by Saudi Arabian and Palestinian artist, Rotana, featuring adaptations from her new album, *Opening,* a collaboration with ambient duo, Superposition. A heartfelt journey into the divine and the feminine, Rotana offers a unique interpretation of sacred texts that are often solely presented through a masculine lens. Her work aims to remember the gentle and mystical essence of—at the heart—her spiritual lineage, rekindle its latent femininity, and resonate with its core of longing and softness.

Rotana will be accompanied in conversation with Lebanese musician and social activist, Hamed Sinno.

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OFFAIR

Rotana presented by OFFAIR + Floating

Gigs

New York

Public Records

In a rare NYC appearances as a bandleader, Steve Lehman (saxophone) joins forces with Jonathan Finlayson (trumpet) and Chris Dingman (vibraphone) to celebrate the release of their new album “Ex Machina” recorded in Europe with the GRAMMY-nominated Orchestre National de Jazz.

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Safe Space Policy: Public Records aims to provide a safer space for all. We reject all forms of aggressive behavior including, Racism, Misogyny, Transphobia, Homophobia, Genderphobia, Religious Bigotry, and hatred or discrimination of any kind. Consent is paramount, please respect the personal space of our patrons and staff. If you, or someone around you is being harassed. Please notify one of our staff members immediately. Anyone found in violation of our rules and safer space policy will be removed from the venue. To share feedback about an incident regarding harassment that happened in our space, please email hello@publicrecords.nyc.

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PUBLIC RECORDS

Steve Lehman with Jonathan Finlayson + Chris Dingman (Record Release Show)

Feints

Steve Lehman

Jonathan Finlayson

Chris Dingman

Nowadays resident JADALAREIGN debuts in THE SOUND ROOM with an all night set. Her unwavering commitment to the history and legacy of house music shines through in her careful selection and expert mixing of all shades of the house spectrum – from deep and atmospheric to jacking bangers to acid and everything in between. This is going to be a special Thursday night party, free with RSVP.

Safe Space Policy:Public Records aims to provide a safer space for all.We reject all forms of aggressive behavior including, Racism, Misogyny, Transphobia, Homophobia, Genderphobia, Religious Bigotry, and hatred or discrimination of any kind.Consent is paramount, please respect the personal space of our patrons and staff. If you, or someone around you is being harassed. Please notify one of our staff members immediately. Anyone found in violation of our rules and safer space policy will be removed from the venue. To share feedback about an incident regarding harassment that happened in our space, please email hello@publicrecords.nyc.

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JADALAREIGN Open to Close

The Callers - JADALAREIGN remix

JADALAREIGN

Digital meets analogue on Refract - the remarkable new trio album by electronic musician and tape loop specialist BlankFor.ms, MacArthur fellow pianist Jason Moran and innovative drummer Marcus Gilmore. The official release show for Refract will be at Public Records in Brooklyn on October 6. “Each composition served as a starting point...(BlankFor.ms)’s ability to mine the song as it was being made created another dimension. It felt more like part of our music reality was being refracted back to us. In that way, intentionality was especially important, because any moment could come flooding back exponentially bigger.” - Jason Moran

"A fuzzy, warm world, as if seen through frosted eyes, the analogue pulling delaying, microsecond intervals of decomposition away from digital decay, the drums (of Marcus Gilmore) coated with particle layers as if once trapped in sandstorm, duststorm, firestorm." - from the album liner notes by David Toop

Refract is the latest release from the adventurous Red Hook Records, which was founded in 2020 by Sun Chung after a decade-long tenure at ECM. “I love combining sonic worlds and genres - especially mixing electronics and acoustic.” .Safe Space Policy:Public Records aims to provide a safer space for all.We reject all forms of aggressive behavior including, Racism, Misogyny, Transphobia, Homophobia, Genderphobia, Religious Bigotry, and hatred or discrimination of any kind.Consent is paramount, please respect the personal space of our patrons and staff. If you, or someone around you is being harassed. Please notify one of our staff members immediately. Anyone found in violation of our rules and safer space policy will be removed from the venue. To share feedback about an incident regarding harassment that happened in our space, please email hello@publicrecords.nyc.

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BlankFor.ms, Jason Moran, Marcus Gilmore - Refract Album Release Performance

BlankFor.ms

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\*\*Bar RSVP does not grant Sound Room entry — Sound Room tickets sold separately.

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Fridays in The Atrium at Public Records: Cosmo + Donis

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Piezo + deep creep 

Bees in the Basement

Deep Creep

Piezo

Claire is a Canadian-American working in criminal justice reform and sharing her baking/rambling on her Instagram, @sourdoughbagels. A cross between Montreal- and New York-style, her sourdough bagels reflect both her past and present homes.  

Menu of The Day \[all on sesame seed bagels\]:

\- Garlic chive (vegan) cream cheese, heirloom tomatoes, olive oil drizzle, flaky salt, garlic chive flowers + dill

\- Dark chocolate tahini, figs, agave drizzle, flaky sea salt

\- Roasted beet hummus, cucumber ribbons, alfalfa sprouts, pickled onions, herbs, olive oil

  
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All ages

Sourdough Bagels x PR Pop-Up

foodanddrink

Food & drink

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Saturdays in The Atrium at Public Records: Marcus Logan + Joshua Lang

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Sonic Messengers: AceMo + gbd + YunieMo + Shenel Johns

AceMo, John FM - Where They At???

AceMo

YunieMo

Shenel Johns

Limited tickets will be sold at the door.

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Public Records aims to provide a safer space for all.  
We reject all forms of aggressive behavior including, Racism, Misogyny, Transphobia, Homophobia, Genderphobia, Religious Bigotry, and hatred or discrimination of any kind.  
Consent is paramount, please respect the personal space of our patrons and staff.  
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Fool’s Gold 15th Anniversary Residency with A-Trak, DJ Shadow + Remy Banks [Live] + Eden

Nobody Speak

Fool’s Gold

DJ Shadow

Remy Banks

Eden

A-Trak

Christopher Tignor is a composer, violinist, lecturer, and software engineer. His emotionally charged scores and unique focus on live, performance-based electroacoustic practice has won acclaim within both the classical and experimental communities across 10 LPs on the Western Vinyl and New Albion record labels. He creates the live performance software he uses, shared freely. As a composer he has written and recorded work for ensembles including The Knights, A Far Cry string orchestra, and Brooklyn Rider string quartet, performing alongside them at premiere venues including Carnegie's Zankel Hall. As a string arranger he has worked with Helios, Jefre Cantu-Ledesma, John Congleton, This Will Destroy You, Meshell Ndegeocello, and several other artists at the boundaries of popular music.

Tignor's new album The Art of Surrender (Western Vinyl), marks a return to life, sown from primal impulses and hard-won emotional truths. Unrestrained melodic rapture soars above a propulsive kick drum, speaking a need to move, to dance, to love.

The music is as ambitious as its origins are personal. Tignor plays with scale, crafting multi-movement epics alongside one-minute miniatures. The smallest, most fragile violin gestures, where the finger barely touches the string to extract natural harmonics exist side by side with angular, exotic melodies, asymmetric rhythms, and rapid-fire string crossings. On this album, Tignor digs even more deeply into the violin and its technicolor re-imaginings under his electroacoustic treatments.

Christina Courtin

Meandering through all walks of musical life, violinist, violist, vocalist and composer Christina Courtin was deeply rooted in classical music at a very early age. She studied violin at Juilliard and continues to perform in The Knights, based in New York City. She has also been a collaborator and side(wo)man to many artists and groups, most recently including Bonnie Prince Billy, Planetarium, Doyle Bramhall II, Le Ann Womack, Nico Muhly, Baaba Maal, Sara Barellies, and The Buffalo Philharmonic. She is a featured soloist for the films ‘Chappaquiddick’ and ‘Free State Of Jones,’ and occasionally writes music for ‘This American Life’.

Miss Courtin has developed a style of singing and writing that has lended itself to many welcomed opportunities. She released her first solo self titled album in 2009 on Nonesuch records and most recently ‘Situation Station’ was released in 2020 on In A Circle Records. She has sung with such artists as Yo- Yo Ma, Dawn Upshaw, Teddy Thompson, Bernard Fowler, Brooklyn Rider, and The Orlando Philharmonic. Christina was most recently commissioned by the Vail Dance Festival to write a solo violin work for Johnny Gandelsman (Brooklyn Rider). She has produced many records, including ‘Zabumbanananas’, her pop synth group ‘Pilot Violet’, and the holiday album for The Knights entitled 'The Knights Before Christmas'. Christina currently lives in Brooklyn, NY.

Johnny Gandelsman

Grammy award-winning violinist and producer Johnny Gandelsman's musical voice reflects the artistic collaborations he has been a part of since moving to the United States in 1995. Richard Brody of The New Yorker has called Johnny Gandelsman “revelatory” in concert, placing him in the company of “radically transformative” performers like Maurizio Pollini, Peter Serkin and Christian Zacharias.

This summer Johnny released his new solo album, This Is America - An Anthology 2020-2021. Debuting at No.2 on Billboard's Traditional Classical Charts, this 3-cd release features almost 4 hours of new music for violin written for Gandelsman during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. Gramophone Magazine called it "one of the important albums of our time" and Pitchfork praised it for "crystallizing a new vision for American classical music".  

Limited tickets will be sold at the door.

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We reject all forms of aggressive behavior including, Racism, Misogyny, Transphobia, Homophobia, Genderphobia, Religious Bigotry, and hatred or discrimination of any kind.  
Consent is paramount, please respect the personal space of our patrons and staff.  
If you, or someone around you is being harassed. Please notify one of our staff members immediately.  
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Christopher Tignor, "The Art of Surrender" Record Release

We Keep This Flame

Christopher Tignor

AYANNA HEAVEN

Ayanna Heaven is a DJ, radio, and event producer living in Brooklyn, NY. She spent her childhood in her native St. Mary, Jamaica in the golden age of Jamaican dancehall of the 1990s, followed by ten years in Atlanta, Georgia at the apex of Southern hip-hop. She moved to New York City in 2010 to pursue studies in ethnomusicology at The New School.

She is the founder of Good Ting, a dancehall party with a focus on sounds from the 80s, 90s, and early 2000s, with parties thrown across NYC as well as in London, UK. She can be heard monthly on her show "Sounds of Heaven" on The Lot Radio as well as bi-weekly playing soul and funk on WKCR's long-running "Across 110th Street" program. In July of 2023 she played her first Boiler Room set in NYC and in August of 2023 she made her international festival debut at the Bumbayé Festival in Cali, Colombia.

With sets ranging from roots and rocksteady reggae, to afrobeats, hip-hop, dancehall, and funk, she brings a passion and the cachet of a diverse background to her DJ aesthetic and event curation.

SNIPS

Snips is the founder of Barbershop Records and co founder of Livin' Proof, a veteran of the UK Hip Hop scene with 25 years experience as one of the cities most prolific club DJs. Snips has held down residencies across the capital consistently as well as Djing for Hip Hops elite including Kanye West, Mos Def & Freddie Gibbs.

Now residing permanently in NYC, Snips is equally as comfortable playing alongside NYC Heavyweights Stretch Armstrong, DJ Spinna and Moma as he was UK staples Norman Jay, Benji B and Shortee Blitz. While maintaining a presence between the two cities Snips regularly travels globally headlining shows in Dubai, Croatia, France, Hong Kong, Ibiza & Sydney to name just a few places.

With 10 years worth of transatlantic production credits across Hip Hop's underground (Sean Price, Conway, SAS, Skyzoo), 2018 saw Snips emerge as a budding solo artist, releasing a slew of projects on his own label “Barbershop Records” fusing the production styles of Hip Hop, Reggae, House, Soul, Jazz and Funk in the same fashion he's known for as a DJ.

Snips' current production and remix credits range from Nu Jazz artist Kamaal Williams to UK rapper Giggs, showcasing his ability to comfortably move between such varying sounds. Snips debut solo single “The Product” featuring Will Stowe was released on Classic/Defected in late 2019 with the follow up "Say It" featuring Pauline Taylor released in early 2021. JONNY GO FIGURE

As multitalented as he is diligently studious, Jonny Go Figure is considered to be a reggae “renaissance man” here in Brooklyn. Born in Coney Island and raised in a pre-gentrified Flatbush during the pinnacle of NYC dancehall culture, Jonny represents a solid link between the past and present stylistically.

Learning to DJ with his father’s records at the age of 4, Jonny’s love affair with music started quite early indeed. That same love eventually manifested through singing, production, and finally audio engineering.

At the age of 14 Jonny learned to put together tracks, and by 2009 he released his first self- produced EP. In 2010, he worked with Grammy Award-winning hip-hop producer 88 Keys.

Around 2013, Jonny became infamous on SoundCloud for creating a widely celebrated mixtape - a tribute to his favorite producer, Henry “Junjo” Lawes. The Junjo “livications” became an annual project, and were much anticipated by reggae fans as the years went by.

In 2014, he started contributing as a “box boy” for NYC’s Deadly Dragon Sound, graduating to the crew’s prime emcee shortly thereafter. Jonny’s style on the mic in a live setting beckons the audience to an earlier time in dancehall, not unlike something you would hear from an 80s “rub-a-dub” session on an old cassette. Yet he still manages to make it sound fresh and “up- to-the-time”, appealing to the current generation of reggae aficionados. It is no surprise then, that he built quite the reputation for himself in various dances all over New York (as well as Canada, Europe,The UK, Australia, & Mexico just to name a few).

While making waves as a selector and emcee (or a “deejay” as it’s known in Jamaica), Jonny still continued his singing and songwriting. 2016 continually proved to be a major year for him, having voiced the independently-released tune “Public Housing” as well as collaborating with Lo Gautier of Bent Back Records on “Life Inna Brooklyn”, a tune from Bent Back’s “Roots and Reality” EP. Jonny continued to work with Lo on a combination with Bobo Saw, entitled “Soldier” - and released the “Crucial Showcase EP” in 2019 which is now revered as a modern day classic & help gain Jonny a cult following. A follow up to “Crucial Showcase” entitled “Crucial Moods” was released in October 2022. While his style is made to seem effortless, Jonny Go Figure’s work ethic is unrivaled. As he continues to progress, Jonny remains humble yet headstrong - as contradictory as that may seem. One thing you can say for sure is that he remains focused, keeping all “bad-mind” business in the peripheral. All he can say is “Forward ever!” Crrrruuuuccccial!

GVIJIN

Hailing from the vibrant roots of St Catherine, Jamaica, Gvijin has become a musical force known across every inhabited continent. With an unwavering passion for Dancehall, Reggae, Afrobeats, and Hip Hop, Gvijin’s mixes transcend borders and bring people together in an explosive celebration of life.

From the sun-kissed shores of the Caribbean to the bustling cityscapes of Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas, Gvijin’s beats have reverberated through countless venues and festivals. With a magnetic stage presence and an instinct for reading the crowd, Gvijin crafts an electric atmosphere that leaves audiences craving more.

With an impressive resume that includes performances alongside legendary artists and collaborations with emerging talents, Gvijin’s dedication to promoting authentic sounds and supporting fellow artists is a testament to his love for the craft.  
  
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Good Ting with Ayanna Heaven + Snips + Jonnygo Figure + Gvijin

Destiny

Ayanna Heaven

DJ Snips

JonnyGo Figure

Gvijin

The Handsome Family’s new record (released Sept, 2023) began with a scream in the night. “It was a bleak winter during the middle of the pandemic,” says Brett Sparks. “One night around 4 a.m. Rennie started screaming in her sleep. She screamed, ‘Come into the circle Joseph! There’s no moon tonight.’ Scary as it was, I thought, man, that’s a good chorus!”

The Handsome Family (songwriting and marriage partners Brett and Rennie Sparks) have been defining the dark end of americana for over 30 years. Brett writes the music and Rennie writes the words. Their work has been covered by many artists including Jeff Tweedy, Andrew Bird and most-recently Phoebe Bridgers. Their song “Far From Any Road” was the opening theme for HBO’s True Detective season one and still receives thousands of Shazams every week from all over the world.

Handsome Family songs take place under overpasses and inside airports. Historical figures like George A. Custer and Nikola Tesla appear alongside a flying milkman and the whisper of an air conditioner against a plastic tree.

Their eleventh studio album, Hollow (out Sep. 8, 2023) delves into the natural world at the edges of the man-made. It is a record lush with leaves and shadows and echoing with occult mystery.

It begins with the dream-inspired “Joseph”— full of Mott the Hoople swagger and electric guitar so overdriven it sounds like an organ run through a vacuum cleaner. Next is the haunting “Two Black Shoes” which filters a Portishead groove through the highway motels, homeless encampments and McMansions of post-pandemic America.

“I wanted to get an electronic feel with organic drums, “says Brett, “So I chopped up our drummer’s takes into little bits, quantized the beats, and ran those through an Echoplex. I really like that hybrid of real and fake.”

“The King of Everything,” brings Brett’s harpsichord background into the mix plus Rennie’s time on the back porch taking muscle-relaxants and watching the white-winged doves.

“Squirrels in the basement / Raccoons in the walls / Centipedes with stingers,” Brett sings on the mischievous and mysterious “Skunks.” The spooky Beethoven-inspired piano and Brett's eerie whooping create a jingle for an increasingly desperate business. “Call us anytime at night,” Brett sings. “Call us day or night.”

“The Oldest Water” is the real story of a primordial sea found deep in a Canadian mine. Dave “Guts” Gutierrez’s trilling mandolin gives the song an old-timey parlor elegance and the rushing feel of flowing water.

“Mothballs” is a simple hymn for voice and piano. “A buddhist friend of Aleister Crowley’s always wore this old purple coat,” says Rennie, “and moths were continually flying from its pockets. The man refused to harm even the tiniest wool moth and I think that’s something we should all aspire to.”

The softly-strummed “Shady Lake” is based on a real fishing hole hidden in the cottonwoods outside of Albuquerque where soft waves lap the reedy shores as turtles dive from wet rocks into the murky glory.

“To The Oaks,” sings of the shady groves of ancient mystery cults while Alex McMahon’s overdriven guitars conjure up more modern tones. Brett sings, “Phantoms fly the forest / Twist up dripping ferns / Spirits in the shadows / In root and dirt and bone.”

The album closes with “Good Night,” a lullaby that at once soothes and threatens. Over a lazy honky tonk Brett sings, “Time for Santa to sharpen his claws / Time for skin walkers / Time for the saw…” This song has instantly become the band’s favorite live-show closer.

Asked to describe their music Brett says, “Western gothic.” It is music inspired by the abandoned strip malls of desert America where cracked pavement shimmers with heat and thorny weeds slowly reclaim the land.

Handsome Family songs may be dark, but there’s always laughter on stage. Rennie sings as well as plays banjo and bass. She often introduces songs with seemingly unrelated stories. Brett, with his deep baritone and stentorian presence, is the undeniable center of stage. The two are often joined by multi-instrumentalists Alex McMahon and Jason Toth as well as fans, new and old, some returning again and again to see them live over the decades.

“My proudest musical moments,” says Brett. “Are the check Richard Starkey wrote our label to buy all our cds and the words, “The Handsome Family” written in David Bowie’s last notebook.

“We’re astonished to be breathing,” Rennie says about the band’s longevity, “Let alone still be inspired to write songs and sing together. There’s been a lot of smashed coffee cups in our house over the years, but we’re still unable to resist the urge to make music.”

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Consent is paramount, please respect the personal space of our patrons and staff.

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The Handsome Family

Far from Any Road

‘preshift!’ is a beverage experience developed by two resident natural wine lovers: Julianny Gómez (they/she) and Dante Clark (he/they). Their mission is to create safe and fun spaces for folks of all experiences to taste delicious wine while nurturing curiosities about how the beverage in their glass was made. This pop-up is important to Julianny and Dante because not only is it a dope opportunity for them to pour cool stuff from winemakers they love, but it’s also a chance for them to prove how fun, unpretentious, & accessible wine can actually be.

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Preshift! x Hey Love... Presents: SELECTIONS: A Wine & Vinyl Party Featuring DJ OOOChild and YunieMo

party

Party

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Anastasia Kristensen

Voice Within - KETTAMA Remix

Tickets are limited. Wine & music is forever. See you at the nursery <3

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Bêvèrãgęš in The Atrium: Seedy J +  Brian Vino + Renata Do Valle

Renata Do Valle

Seedy J

Brian Vino

Ehiorobo’s chameleonic, expansive sound traverses the space between pop, experimental r&b/soul, rap/hip-hop, afro-jazz, alternative rock, and more. Equal parts soulful, poignant, and zany, his output is as multifaceted as his unique personality and upbringing.

omniboi is an IGF award nominated composer and multi-instrumentalist out of Los Angeles. Weaving influences from jazz and music from videogames, he's been writing music for personal projects, other artists, AND videogames for years. Creating narratives through music that range from dark and pensive to bright and bubbly, he's determined to tell a unique story

Isa Reyes is an NYC native and multimedia artist. Their atmospheric vocals and rhythmic instrumentals create a cross between genres like alternative R&B and indie-pop while exploring concepts of nostalgia, identity, internal struggle, and how it feels to ‘grow up.’ Isa’s latest project BELS is a 4-track intro to their world. With all forms of her art, Isa strives to make audiences feel less alone in the world.

ALCANTARA is a funk, disco, and house DJ based in Jersey City, NJ playing venues all around New York City combining the classic sounds from artists like Moodymann, Donna Summer, and Cajmere with refreshing takes on the sound of soul from artists like Cody Currie, Girls of the Internet, and Folamour. You can catch ALCANTARA at monthly BARANGAY functions at Mood Ring, Gugu Room, and more.

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Ehiorobo & omniboi with Isa Reyes + ALCANTARA

Loraine James - Yes Mate!

Ehiorobo

omniboi

Isa Reyes

Saturdays in The Atrium at Public Records

Limited tickets available at the door.  
  
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Patrick Holland B2B D.Dee + SPF 50 B2B Fernelly

Patrick Holland

Liars (DJ set)

Pod Blotz

Jonnine

babybaby\_explores

Gold Dime

Moon Diagrams

Anastasia Coope

Eaters

JOBS

HxH

AKAI SOLO

Maria Moles

Limited tickets will be sold at the door.

Safe Space Policy: Public Records aims to provide a safer space for all. We reject all forms of aggressive behavior including, Racism, Misogyny, Transphobia, Homophobia, Genderphobia, Religious Bigotry, and hatred or discrimination of any kind. Consent is paramount, please respect the personal space of our patrons and staff. If you, or someone around you is being harassed. Please notify one of our staff members immediately. Anyone found in violation of our rules and safer space policy will be removed from the venue. To share feedback about an incident regarding harassment that happened in our space, please email hello@publicrecords.nyc.

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Essential Tremors [Atrium + Sound Room]

Pain Is A Door

Liars

Pod Blotz

Jonnine

babybaby_explores

Gold Dime

Public Records presents a special performance from the multi-textural, jazz-laced psychedelic instrumental folk-funk ensemble lead by Panamá-born, Chicago based drummer and DJ Daniel Villarreal.

Safe Space Policy:Public Records aims to provide a safer space for all.We reject all forms of aggressive behavior including, Racism, Misogyny, Transphobia, Homophobia, Genderphobia, Religious Bigotry, and hatred or discrimination of any kind.Consent is paramount, please respect the personal space of our patrons and staff. If you, or someone around you is being harassed. Please notify one of our staff members immediately. Anyone found in violation of our rules and safer space policy will be removed from the venue. To share feedback about an incident regarding harassment that happened in our space, please email hello@publicrecords.nyc.

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Daniel Villarreal

Tōth is a project of Brooklyn multi-instrumentalist songwriter Alex Toth, known for collaborating and writing with Kimbra, Rubblebucket, Alexander F, Cuddle Magic and others. As Tōth, he presents his most vulnerable songs and performances yet, often sung in a style reminiscent of Arthur Russell, while also adding trumpet and guitar.

Tōth will be joined by drummer Rebecca Lasaponaro and string quartet The Nebulous Quartet. Holland Andrews opens.

On October 6 Tōth will release a 7" vinyl of Juliette (side A) and Muerto (side B). You can watch the strange music video for Juliette starring Maya Hawke (Stranger Things) here.

Juliette and Muerto are staple Tōth songs which were previously released by Northern Spy but never had a physical manifestation until now. A small imprint out of Chicago called Record Euphoria printed a limited run of 300 copies. Copies will be available at the show at Public Records on 10/19. Limited tickets will available at the door.

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TŌTH

Tōth

Tristan Allen is a composer and puppeteer based in Brooklyn, NY. Tristan's work employs the narrative power of instrumental music and puppetry to create an imaginary world.

With a background in piano, bass, electronic music, and marionette theater, Tristan applies an experimental mode of storytelling to create rich works of wordless fantasy.

Tristan’s ambitions to combine their music with puppetry is underway, beginning with a shadow puppet symphony named Tin Iso and the Dawn.

Limited tickets will be sold at the door.

Safe Space Policy:Public Records aims to provide a safer space for all.We reject all forms of aggressive behavior including, Racism, Misogyny, Transphobia, Homophobia, Genderphobia, Religious Bigotry, and hatred or discrimination of any kind.Consent is paramount, please respect the personal space of our patrons and staff. If you, or someone around you is being harassed. Please notify one of our staff members immediately. Anyone found in violation of our rules and safer space policy will be removed from the venue. To share feedback about an incident regarding harassment that happened in our space, please email hello@publicrecords.nyc.

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In collaboration with RVNG Intl. & Public Records: Tristan Allen presents Tin Iso and the Dawn A Shadow Puppet Symphony & Album Release

Tristan Allen

Fridays in The Atrium at Public Records: Tal

Safe Space Policy: Public Records aims to provide a safer space for all. We reject all forms of aggressive behavior including, Racism, Misogyny, Transphobia, Homophobia, Genderphobia, Religious Bigotry, and hatred or discrimination of any kind. Consent is paramount, please respect the personal space of our patrons and staff. If you, or someone around you is being harassed. Please notify one of our staff members immediately. Anyone found in violation of our rules and safer space policy will be removed from the venue. To share feedback about an incident regarding harassment that happened in our space, please email hello@publicrecords.nyc.

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Elena Colombi + Sepehr

Sepher

Elena Colombi

Saturdays in The Atrium at Public Records: Razor-N-Tape w/ JKriv + Saucy Lady

Safe Space Policy:Public Records aims to provide a safer space for all.We reject all forms of aggressive behavior including, Racism, Misogyny, Transphobia, Homophobia, Genderphobia, Religious Bigotry, and hatred or discrimination of any kind.Consent is paramount, please respect the personal space of our patrons and staff. If you, or someone around you is being harassed. Please notify one of our staff members immediately. Anyone found in violation of our rules and safer space policy will be removed from the venue. To share feedback about an incident regarding harassment that happened in our space, please email hello@publicrecords.nyc.

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Budino + Gee Dee

Budino

Gee Dee

Limited tickets will be sold at the door.

Safe Space Policy:

Public Records aims to provide a safer space for all.  
We reject all forms of aggressive behavior including, Racism, Misogyny, Transphobia, Homophobia, Genderphobia, Religious Bigotry, and hatred or discrimination of any kind.  
Consent is paramount, please respect the personal space of our patrons and staff.  
If you, or someone around you is being harassed. Please notify one of our staff members immediately.  
Anyone found in violation of our rules and safer space policy will be removed from the venue.  
To share feedback about an incident regarding harassment that happened in our space, please email hello@publicrecords.nyc.

This is a 21+ event

Glass Ghost + Qasim Naqvi

Helen

Glass Ghost

Qasim Naqvi

On the band’s 5th studio release, Connection, Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog have pushed their long-brewing tension between traditional pop songcraft and avantgarde improvisational music to the breaking point, bridging their customary genre-agnostic approach with elements of glam boogie, minimalist disco, psychedelic boogaloo, garage-punk-against-the-machine agitprop, and so much more. Recorded at Figure 8 Recording in Brooklyn, NY and mixed by Ben Greenberg (Danny Elfman, Depeche Mode, Lamb of God) the album sees Ribot – whose prodigious, impossible-to-categorize body of work as bandleader and musician spans no wave and jazz, Brazilian and Cuban music, roots and avant-garde and protest songs (often at the same time) alongside legendary collaborations with Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, The Lounge Lizards, John Zorn, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Caetano Veloso, and Laurie Anderson (to name but a few) – continuing to utilize Ceramic Dog as the vessel for his distinctive stream-of-consciousness songwriting, penning three out of the album’s four vocal tracks including the groove-infected “Ecstasy” (showcasing Anthony Coleman’s slinky Farfisa and longtime friend and associate Syd Straw behind the mic). From the anthemic manifesto “Soldiers in the Army of Love” to the unhinged ranting of “Heart Attack” and indescribable “No Name,” Ceramic Dog unleash a fury of complex time signatures, blues abstraction, and free-blowing energy to create their most unapologetically audacious collection thus far, their one-of-a-kind daring evidenced by the unlikely cover of Arthur Schwartz and Howard Dietz’s “That’s Entertainment,” written especially for the 1953 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musical film The Band Wagon but here, in Ribot and Co’s hands, deconstructs Hollywood cliches while simultaneously winking at both the post-punk and post-Cultural Revolution iterations of the Gang of Four. Fueled by what Ribot calls “several bolts of creative lightning,” Connections stands as a vibrant, odd, and in many ways definitive milestone in what is truly a singular creative journey for Marc Ribot and Ceramic Dog, its zeitgeist-busting sound and vision not only affirming their place in the musical universe but raising the stakes for whatever comes next.

Limited tickets will be sold at the door.

Safe Space Policy:

Public Records aims to provide a safer space for all. We reject all forms of aggressive behavior including, Racism, Misogyny, Transphobia, Homophobia, Genderphobia, Religious Bigotry, and hatred or discrimination of any kind. Consent is paramount, please respect the personal space of our patrons and staff. If you, or someone around you is being harassed. Please notify one of our staff members immediately. Anyone found in violation of our rules and safer space policy will be removed from the venu

To share feedback about an incident regarding harassment that happened in our space, please email hello@publicrecords.nyc.

This is a 21+ event

Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog 

Bella Ciao (Goodbye Beautiful)

Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog

Pique-nique presents a big band reinterpretation of Herbie Hancock’s landmark 1973 album, Head Hunters, on its 50th anniversary—celebrating its enduring legacy on the world of jazz, funk, hip-hop, and Black American Music.

This event is part of Pique-nique's signature deep-listening night, Take Two, and will feature an uninterrupted, high-quality playback of the album, followed by a modern-day reinterpretation by world-class musicians, connecting the dots between record culture and live music culture.

Known as a pioneer of jazz up until this point, Head Hunters was Hancock’s first foray into a more powerful sound inspired by James Brown and Sly & the Family Stone. This is Herbie Hancock’s take on a pure funk record.

Sly5thAve and Jesse Fischer will evolve a 100-year-old tradition codified by Ellington to reimagine this jazz-funk masterpiece for a modern big band. Backed by a brilliant cast of 16 musicians, this bold and futuristic rework is destined to get Public Records' dancefloor shaking.

Safe Space Policy:Public Records aims to provide a safer space for all.We reject all forms of aggressive behavior including, Racism, Misogyny, Transphobia, Homophobia, Genderphobia, Religious Bigotry, and hatred or discrimination of any kind.Consent is paramount, please respect the personal space of our patrons and staff. If you, or someone around you is being harassed. Please notify one of our staff members immediately. Anyone found in violation of our rules and safer space policy will be removed from the venue. To share feedback about an incident regarding harassment that happened in our space, please email hello@publicrecords.nyc.

This is a 21+ event

Pique-nique Presents Take Two: Sly5thAve & Jesse Fischer x Head Hunters

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Public Records is a multi-faceted, ever evolving hospitality and music space built within the historic ASPCA headquarters building at 233 Butler St in Gowanus Brooklyn. The building includes a  live room known as The Sound Room, bar + restaurant, cafe + record shop, and outdoor garden. It is entirely vegan, minimal waste, and champions diverse trans-genre programming across various art practices.

The Sound Room features an entirely custom built sound system from the collaboration of Devon Turnbull of OJAS and Jason Ojeda, a custom built Isonoe rotary mixer (which also features in the bar), and lighting designed and built by Brooklyn-based Nitemind. Carefully curated programming brings a varied range of live acts, DJs, and producers into the intimate space. Complementing the venue’s programming, DJs are booked in the bar on weekend nights.

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