Cloud Nothings, Dehd, Glitterer, Nancy Whang, Snõõper, Corridor & more

The third-annual Indieplaza festival happened at Rockefeller Center on Saturday. The two previous editions happened in September, but this year they moved it to Record Store Day. That made a lot of sense, given that it’s co-presented by Rough Trade, though the very long long to get into the store for RSD exclusives (which was still over an hour wait at 3 PM!) meant a lot of people had to settle for hearing some of the bands rather than actually see them. It was gorgeous weather on Saturday (which was also 4/20) and made for a fun day at Rockefeller Center with a terrific lineup that featured Chicago trio Dehd, Cloud Nothings, rap duo Armand Hammer, LCD Soundsystem’s Nancy Whang, Nashville’s Snõõper (who had their lifesize puppets with them in the crowd), Glitterer (Title Fight’s Ned Russin), Montreal band Corridor (who were selling their upcoming album Mimi early at the show), Sunny War, and Wishy.

Alternative Press talked to Snõõper at the show, including about what to expect from their second album:

CONNOR CUMMINS: We’re experimenting with a lot of different directions. It’s still same band, but we’re trying not to box ourselves in and just write the same record twice.

BLAIR TRAMEL: We’ve been listening to a lot of electronic music — more dancey, powerful sounds.

CUMMINS: A lot of house, drum and bass, and jungle.

In addition to the music, Rough Trade had a used records tent set up at Rockefeller Plaza, as well as booths promoting voter registration and other social activism. Check out photos from Indieplaza 2024 by Emilio Herce below…