bullet tooth, Darby, Hovy, mayv, Ford Scott, Erin Page, Simmi

“Waking State of North America 2026” arrives at Elsewhere as a single-night survey of rock and pop’s current borderlands, staged across the venue’s rooms. The bill moves from Babehoven + KatzPascale’s ANTICS fundraiser set to Tycho’s DJ set, Danny L Harle in The Hall (sold out), and a wide supporting cast including Teen Daze, 2nd Grade, Truman Flyer, and GIFT (DJ Set). There is no clear NYC premiere history attached, but the format fits a New York tradition of treating the club as a testing ground for scenes before they harden into categories. The sharpest detail is how the lineup treats the “band” and the “DJ” as adjacent, not opposed.