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    Focus: Acid with Curses, Dreams, Sweater On Polo (live) & S4M23

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    Friday, July 24, 2026

    6:00 PM

    Scheduled

    About This Event

    At Nowadays, Curses, Sweater On Polo (live) and S4M23 make for a lineup focused on acid-inflected club work and careful sequencing. Curses moves between cold‑wave, darkwave and italo‑disco textures with an acid-forward, controlled approach; Sweater On Polo favors lo‑fi and Chicago house rhythms with steady pacing and clean transitions; S4M23 mixes live hardware with disciplined dance‑floor sequencing and attentive sound design.

    About the Artists

    Curses

    Curses

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    Curses is an electronic artist and DJ whose work draws on cold wave, darkwave, EBM, and italo-disco lineage, with a club-minded sense of pacing. In New York City, he has appeared at Nowadays, including nights like “Focus: Acid with Curses” alongside Sweater On Polo and S4M23.

    Sweater On Polo

    Sweater On Polo

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    Sweater On Polo is a New York City–based DJ working in the orbit of acid house, lo‑fi house, and Chicago house. They have played at Public Records, appearing on bills with Tommy Four Seven, Sploofi, Mariiin, and Stay Out West.

    S4M23

    S4M23

    S4M23 is a New York City–based electronic artist and DJ whose sets move between live hardware performance and club-focused mixing. They have appeared at Green Room NYC, Bossa Nova Civic Club, and Nowadays, often in lineups alongside artists such as L.