Lift Your Head Up
The Repressions are thrilled to be playing Midtown Music at Greeley Square in the heart of Manhattan! This free, all ages concert is brought to you by 34th St. Partnership, with Astoria Music Collective. We’ve got new songs and new fashions planned! What a magical way to celebrate the end of summer. We love our city.
Friday, September 18th
2:30PM-5:30PM
Greeley Square Plaza:
Broadway between 32nd and 34th Streets
presented by 34th Street in association with Astoria Music Collective
It’s a night of indie rock, folk rock, blues, and surprises in Astoria, Queens, one of New York City’s sweetest music scenes.
Astoria Music Collective presents Songwriters Showcase at The Shill at The Shillelagh Tavern!
Hosted and curated by Jeannie Skelly and sponsored by Lizzy Guitars.
Featured performers:
–Kyle Rogers and The Kyle Band
-Johnny Sullivan
•WHEN: Saturday, July 25th
7:30PM DOORS/ 8PM SHOW
•WHERE: The Shillelagh Tavern:
47-22 30th Ave, Astoria NY 1110
21+, No Cover
“Starpool” is the official entry for NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest 2026! This is a song about imagination through despair, and finding another way.
The NPR Tiny Desk Contest features independent music artists and is a cool showcase of songwriting, and desks! The Repressions desk is floating among the stars behind them, and very tiny.
It was a pleasure to make this video. We hope you enjoy it.
Read All The Books! New YouTube video today! It’s “Thank You Charlotte Bronte,” live, at The Next Chapter, a vast, beautiful bookstore and art space. What a perfect place (and audience) for this song.
Women authors have always struggled to be accepted objectively, for this reason, and others far more oppressive in the past, they have used pen names, often male. Still today many use pen names or initials in the hopes of being judged fairly. Why should marketing and sexism detract from precious books and thought? Here is to the excellent authors mentioned, those that could not fit in the song, and to books themselves. Read all the books!
Thank you again to Alana Hollander, Dark Donovan, Zach, and everyone at The Next Chapter!
You can find the next live shows here, or enjoy a show from home, twice a week on Twitch.
New YouTube video today! It’s “We Are The Strange Ones,” live, from their August Midtown Music concert at Moynihan Station (across from Madison Square Garden). It was a wonderful day with The Bumper Crop Boys and an incredible crowd. Thank you to the 34th St. Partnership, Astoria Music Collective for the opportunity to play at one of our favorite NYC buildings. Special thanks to Music Blogger and Videographer Citizenhullabaloo for the video! We love our city.
You can find the official track for this song on Spotify and all other music platforms, just click the links above.
It has been a month of minutes, but the time has come! Barbara and Nate are returning to TWITCH with new songs and joy. This Friday April 11th, from 3-5pm EST. Twitch is free to watch from anywhere. Join the chat, make requests, or lurk and listen while you do your chores or draw. See the song list for requests here: REQUESTS
The Repressions are back live, perforning a short set with Plant Powered Disruptors at Urban Vegan Roots on Wednesday March 19th at 6:30. This show is celebrating Women’s History Month with a vegan vibes concert. Amazing musicians and other performers join us, Big Mama, Natalie Asport, Kiirstin Marilyn, and the debut performance of new vegan band 3gan! Don’t miss out on the chance to network with cool folks while enjoying delicious food and drinks listening to some awesome music.
Hope to see you there!
Empowering HER: Celebrating Women’s History Month with Music & more!
Day: Weds, March 19th 2025
Time: 6:30-9:30pm
Place: Urban Vegan Roots 34-49 31st St, Astoria, NY 11106
The Repressions’ song “Trust Your Doors” is the official entry for NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest 2025! This is a song about the difficulty of making changes, for even the best changes to our lives are not easy.
This contest features independent artists and is a lovely showcase of songwriting, and desks! A new tiny Repressions desk and all of the previous customized tiny desks can be seen in between the color scheme. Thank you for watching!
Saturday December 21 at Pine Box Rock Shop! Nate will be playing a solo set along with the wonderful talents of host Diana The Vegan, Jason Trachtenburg, and Phyllis Gordon! Music and poetry and comedy and excellent people! No cover, join us in Brooklyn at 6pm!
12 Grattan St, Brooklyn, NY 11206 (Morgan Ave L Train stop, in East Williamsburg/Bushwick,) No cover.
Hello friends! While Barbara is recovering from sugery for the next few months, Nate will be performing solo shows. You can catch him with Plant Powered Disruptors at Urban Vegan Roots on Friday November 8th. You can also join, watch, and make requests from home twice a week on Twitch. Twitch is free to watch from anywhere in the world with an internet connection, and a lot of fun. You can lurk and listen while you do your chores, or join the friendly people in chat, and choose from hundreds of requests for Nate, every Tuesday evening and Saturday afternoon.
Barbara says hello, and she is looking forward to performing again when she is fully recovered. There will be plenty of Repressions’ content releasing on YouTube, Spotify, Tiktok, and more before the big comeback show. Until then, she is so grateful to her wonderful friends and family, and Nate, for their support.
Hope to see you next Friday, or on Twitch!
The Repressions 