Greatest Hits New York Performances

“Greatest Hits” is a compilation album, the kind that condenses a band’s most widely recognized tracks into a single, portable narrative. In New York City, it functions less as a definitive statement than as an entry point, useful for a room where not everyone shares the same discography. At Mercury Lounge, Art Brut’s dry, talk-sung indie rock sits beside Laptop’s band-forward take on electronic logic, with support from My Wonderful Boyfriend and Matt Hitt. The form can flatten eras, but it also documents what a scene chooses to remember.