Performatist
    Dance

    Torture Tuesday

    Illustration for Torture Tuesday

    Tuesday, December 29, 2026

    8:00 PM

    Berlin

    25 Avenue A, New York, NY 10009

    Scheduled

    About This Event

    Torture and the Desert Spiders is an emerging rock/pop project with roughly 4,000 Spotify followers and a modest popularity score; it appears at Berlin under the recurring "Torture Tuesday" banner. In New York the project has brought its set to the Mercury Lounge and often performs as a solo set alongside friends, favoring direct songcraft and a pared-back stage presentation that emphasizes clarity over spectacle.

    About Torture Tuesday: Torture and the Desert Spiders

    “Torture Tuesday: Torture and the Desert Spiders” lands at Berlin as part of a recurring weeknight series, framing the project in a club tradition that prizes repetition and change. Torture and the Desert Spiders is an emerging rock/pop act with a small but measurable online following, and in New York it has previously surfaced at the Mercury Lounge, sometimes in a solo configuration. Here, the emphasis shifts to dance, using the band’s set as a score for bodies and timing. The result reads less like spectacle than a document of a scene testing its own edges.

    About the Artist

    Torture and the Desert Spiders

    Torture and the Desert Spiders

    Torture and the Desert Spiders is an emerging Rock/Pop individual artist with a small but measurable digital footprint, including roughly 4K Spotify followers and a low popularity score. In New York City, they bring their project to the Mercury Lounge under the recurring bill “Torture Tuesday,” sometimes framed as a solo set alongside friends.