{"id":696067,"date":"2025-10-22T05:00:27","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T02:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-zohran-mamdani-mobilized-nycs-indie-rock-community\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T05:00:27","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T02:00:27","slug":"how-zohran-mamdani-mobilized-nycs-indie-rock-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-zohran-mamdani-mobilized-nycs-indie-rock-community\/","title":{"rendered":"How Zohran Mamdani mobilized NYC\u2019s indie rock community"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a38448e33dde\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg 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class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-zohran-mamdani-mobilized-nycs-indie-rock-community\/#After_years_of_shuttering_venues_and_rising_costs_of_living_these_musicians_are_betting_on_Mamdanis_vision_for_the_future\" >After years of shuttering venues and rising costs of living, these musicians are betting on Mamdani\u2019s vision for the future.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"deck\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"After_years_of_shuttering_venues_and_rising_costs_of_living_these_musicians_are_betting_on_Mamdanis_vision_for_the_future\"><\/span>After years of shuttering venues and rising costs of living, these musicians are betting on Mamdani\u2019s vision for the future.<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"content_blocks\">\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-275200\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left image\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-2233390262_cbg1y0\/zohran-mamdani-nyc-art-communicty-music-nightlife.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-2233390262_cbg1y0\/zohran-mamdani-nyc-art-communicty-music-nightlife.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-2233390262_cbg1y0\/zohran-mamdani-nyc-art-communicty-music-nightlife.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-2233390262_cbg1y0\/zohran-mamdani-nyc-art-communicty-music-nightlife.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-2233390262_cbg1y0\/zohran-mamdani-nyc-art-communicty-music-nightlife.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-2233390262_cbg1y0\/zohran-mamdani-nyc-art-communicty-music-nightlife.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-2233390262_cbg1y0\/zohran-mamdani-nyc-art-communicty-music-nightlife.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-2233390262_cbg1y0\/zohran-mamdani-nyc-art-communicty-music-nightlife.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-2233390262_cbg1y0\/zohran-mamdani-nyc-art-communicty-music-nightlife.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-2233390262_cbg1y0\/zohran-mamdani-nyc-art-communicty-music-nightlife.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-2233390262_cbg1y0\/zohran-mamdani-nyc-art-communicty-music-nightlife.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"How Zohran Mamdani mobilized NYC\u2019s indie rock community\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><\/p>\n<p>      Photo by Michael M. Santiago\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-275151\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            Group chats all over New York City lit up on the night of July 24, 2025. At the start of the year, Zohran Mamdani had been an unfamiliar yet inviting face popping up on Instagram and TikTok feeds across the five boroughs. Gradually, and then suddenly, he was everywhere. At the end of May, I picked up two blue and yellow Zohran for New York City posters in Union Square. An older man sitting on a tree guard near 13th Street saw me carrying them and said, \u201cThis guy \u2014 can he really freeze the rent? Make the buses free? I don\u2019t know.\u201d My mom, who was with me, replied, \u201cWell, he\u2019s going to try.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            When Mamdani <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/07\/01\/nyregion\/mamdani-wins-mayor-primary-nyc.html\">won the primary<\/a> on July 24 the city felt electric. It turned out my transplant friends, who I\u2019d been urging to change their registration since before November \u201824, had actually voted in the New York mayoral race. This seemed monumental. Beyond the thrilling prospect of a youthful Democratic <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Social<\/a>ist mayor \u2014 he just turned 34 \u2014 people were actively engaging in local politics, caring about what h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ened in the big, awesome, complex, overwhelming city in which we live.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-275167\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left image\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-2229921891_cdslwx\/zohran-mamdani-nyc-art-communicty-music-nightlife.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-2229921891_cdslwx\/zohran-mamdani-nyc-art-communicty-music-nightlife.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-2229921891_cdslwx\/zohran-mamdani-nyc-art-communicty-music-nightlife.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-2229921891_cdslwx\/zohran-mamdani-nyc-art-communicty-music-nightlife.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-2229921891_cdslwx\/zohran-mamdani-nyc-art-communicty-music-nightlife.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-2229921891_cdslwx\/zohran-mamdani-nyc-art-communicty-music-nightlife.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-2229921891_cdslwx\/zohran-mamdani-nyc-art-communicty-music-nightlife.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-2229921891_cdslwx\/zohran-mamdani-nyc-art-communicty-music-nightlife.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-2229921891_cdslwx\/zohran-mamdani-nyc-art-communicty-music-nightlife.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-2229921891_cdslwx\/zohran-mamdani-nyc-art-communicty-music-nightlife.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/GettyImages-2229921891_cdslwx\/zohran-mamdani-nyc-art-communicty-music-nightlife.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"How Zohran Mamdani mobilized NYC\u2019s indie rock community\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><\/p>\n<p>      Photo by Stephanie Keith\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-275152\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            This was the atmosphere when musicians and friends Rachel Brown of Water From Your Eyes and Charlie Dore-Young of Sweet Baby Jesus started planning the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereogum.com\/2318792\/indie-rock-rallies-for-zohran-mamdani-announced-with-gift-wild-pink-katy-kirby-more\/news\/\">Indie Rockers for a Better New York<\/a>, a Rallying for Zohran benefit show <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a>. Brown and Dore-Young \u2014 who first met at Palisades, a beloved Bushwick venue that closed in 2016, a decade ago \u2014 have witnessed profound changes in the city\u2019s art scene. Not only Palisades, but The Glove, Shea Stadium, Silent Barn, Death By Audio, Glasslands, Secret Project Robot, and various other consequential N.Y.C community music venues have closed, while rent and grocery prices skyrocketed. Brown and Dore-Young are among a sizable group of N.Y.C.-based musicians and artists who are seeing Mamdani as someone who will revitalize the scene once more \u2014 or at least, are hopeful he\u2019ll make it easier for there to be one.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cI think probably like 90% of the money I&#8217;ve ever made in my life has gone to rent,\u201d Brown tells me over the phone, on break from a long Water From Your Eyes tour. The most exciting thing about Mamdani\u2019s platform, they say, is its roots in making life easier for people. \u201cAn affordable New York would be so awesome.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-275158\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left image\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/530193491_18524097478028859_4341029518558138516_n_cnafdr\/flyer-for-indie-rockers-for-a-better-new-york.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/530193491_18524097478028859_4341029518558138516_n_cnafdr\/flyer-for-indie-rockers-for-a-better-new-york.jpg 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1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/530193491_18524097478028859_4341029518558138516_n_cnafdr\/flyer-for-indie-rockers-for-a-better-new-york.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"How Zohran Mamdani mobilized NYC\u2019s indie rock community\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>    <span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n      Flyer for Indie Rockers For A Better New York<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><br \/>\n      \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>      Flyer by IG @sarahlgoldstein <\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-275166\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left image\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" 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960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/250826_Zohran_Benefit_Show_with_Gift_Brutus_VIII_Sweet_Baby_Jesus_and_Liam_Kazar_at_TV_Eye-1_gkiuq8\/scenes-from-indie-rockers-for-a-better-new-york.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/250826_Zohran_Benefit_Show_with_Gift_Brutus_VIII_Sweet_Baby_Jesus_and_Liam_Kazar_at_TV_Eye-1_gkiuq8\/scenes-from-indie-rockers-for-a-better-new-york.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/250826_Zohran_Benefit_Show_with_Gift_Brutus_VIII_Sweet_Baby_Jesus_and_Liam_Kazar_at_TV_Eye-1_gkiuq8\/scenes-from-indie-rockers-for-a-better-new-york.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"How Zohran Mamdani mobilized NYC\u2019s indie rock community\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>    <span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n      Scenes from Indie Rockers For A Better New York<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><br \/>\n      \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>      Emilio Herce<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-275153\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            Both Brown and Dore-Young told me that, until learning of Mandani\u2019s campaign, they hadn\u2019t been excited politically since Bernie Sanders. But Mamdani\u2019s affordability platform, and the way he seemed to be genuinely concerned about the lives of New Yorkers, fueled their fire once again. \u201cIt&#8217;s not like he has a bunch of big donors that he&#8217;s making promises to,\u201d Brown adds. \u201cThe promises he&#8217;s making are to the people who actually live here.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            For the Brooklyn-raised Dore-Young, who\u2019s been a critical force in New York DIY for years and has experience organizing DSA benefits, the shows were a way to express that excitement, and to \u201chelp connect people with each other, galvanize.\u201d The four benefit shows, from August 24th to September 3rd, were held at Union Pool, Honey\u2019s, TV Eye, and Nightclub 101 (where, notably, another <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.readfeedme.com\/p\/the-hottest-party-in-new-york-this\">artist-studded fundraising event<\/a> was held in March). They passed out voter registration and volunteer forms, and the bills featured local and out-of-state artists like Christian Lee Hutson, Katy Kirby, Palehound, Wild Pink, and Gift, with support from <i>Antics Mag<\/i>, Perfectly Imperfect, and Chapo Trap House. \n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-275159\" class=\"content_block diptych triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper half_gutter_right gutter_btm\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" 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York<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><br \/>\n      \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>      Emilio Herce<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"media_wrapper half_gutter_left\" style=\"\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_760,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/250826_Zohran_Benefit_Show_with_Gift_Brutus_VIII_Sweet_Baby_Jesus_and_Liam_Kazar_at_TV_Eye-18_ndfev9\/scenes-from-indie-rockers-for-a-better-new-york.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/250826_Zohran_Benefit_Show_with_Gift_Brutus_VIII_Sweet_Baby_Jesus_and_Liam_Kazar_at_TV_Eye-18_ndfev9\/scenes-from-indie-rockers-for-a-better-new-york.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/250826_Zohran_Benefit_Show_with_Gift_Brutus_VIII_Sweet_Baby_Jesus_and_Liam_Kazar_at_TV_Eye-18_ndfev9\/scenes-from-indie-rockers-for-a-better-new-york.jpg 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2400w,\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 50vw\" alt=\"How Zohran Mamdani mobilized NYC\u2019s indie rock community\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>    <span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n      Scenes from Indie Rockers For A Better New York<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><br \/>\n      \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>      Emilio Herce<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-275160\" class=\"content_block paragraph image triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/250826_Zohran_Benefit_Show_with_Gift_Brutus_VIII_Sweet_Baby_Jesus_and_Liam_Kazar_at_TV_Eye-40_esqewz\/scenes-from-indie-rockers-for-a-better-new-york.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/250826_Zohran_Benefit_Show_with_Gift_Brutus_VIII_Sweet_Baby_Jesus_and_Liam_Kazar_at_TV_Eye-40_esqewz\/scenes-from-indie-rockers-for-a-better-new-york.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/250826_Zohran_Benefit_Show_with_Gift_Brutus_VIII_Sweet_Baby_Jesus_and_Liam_Kazar_at_TV_Eye-40_esqewz\/scenes-from-indie-rockers-for-a-better-new-york.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/250826_Zohran_Benefit_Show_with_Gift_Brutus_VIII_Sweet_Baby_Jesus_and_Liam_Kazar_at_TV_Eye-40_esqewz\/scenes-from-indie-rockers-for-a-better-new-york.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/250826_Zohran_Benefit_Show_with_Gift_Brutus_VIII_Sweet_Baby_Jesus_and_Liam_Kazar_at_TV_Eye-40_esqewz\/scenes-from-indie-rockers-for-a-better-new-york.jpg 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1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/250826_Zohran_Benefit_Show_with_Gift_Brutus_VIII_Sweet_Baby_Jesus_and_Liam_Kazar_at_TV_Eye-40_esqewz\/scenes-from-indie-rockers-for-a-better-new-york.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/250826_Zohran_Benefit_Show_with_Gift_Brutus_VIII_Sweet_Baby_Jesus_and_Liam_Kazar_at_TV_Eye-40_esqewz\/scenes-from-indie-rockers-for-a-better-new-york.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"How Zohran Mamdani mobilized NYC\u2019s indie rock community\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>    <span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n      Scenes from Indie Rockers For A Better New York<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><br \/>\n      \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>      Emilio Herce<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-275161\" class=\"content_block paragraph image triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/1000000669_skc5bf\/scenes-from-indie-rockers-for-a-better-new-york.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/1000000669_skc5bf\/scenes-from-indie-rockers-for-a-better-new-york.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/1000000669_skc5bf\/scenes-from-indie-rockers-for-a-better-new-york.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/1000000669_skc5bf\/scenes-from-indie-rockers-for-a-better-new-york.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/1000000669_skc5bf\/scenes-from-indie-rockers-for-a-better-new-york.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/1000000669_skc5bf\/scenes-from-indie-rockers-for-a-better-new-york.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/1000000669_skc5bf\/scenes-from-indie-rockers-for-a-better-new-york.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/1000000669_skc5bf\/scenes-from-indie-rockers-for-a-better-new-york.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/1000000669_skc5bf\/scenes-from-indie-rockers-for-a-better-new-york.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/1000000669_skc5bf\/scenes-from-indie-rockers-for-a-better-new-york.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/1000000669_skc5bf\/scenes-from-indie-rockers-for-a-better-new-york.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"How Zohran Mamdani mobilized NYC\u2019s indie rock community\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>    <span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n      Scenes from Indie Rockers For A Better New York<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><br \/>\n      \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>      Emilio Herce<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-275154\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            Brown was worried attendees would be more caught up with the music than the politics, but there was a steady flow of sign-ups. After three out of four sold-out shows, all proceeds went to on-the-ground organizations the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thesameerproject\/?hl=en\">Sameer Project<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nycmigrantsolidarity\/?hl=en\">NYC Migrant Solidarity<\/a>, as well as the Mamdani support PAC <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/supportzohran.com\/\">New Yorkers for Lower Costs<\/a>. It was in the effort, as Dore-Young puts it, of \u201cdoing something for the greater movement that this campaign represents.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            The shows mobilized other segments of N.Y.C.\u2019s artistic community. Kristine Michelsen Correa, a creative director who led the tabling charge and hawked black-metal font <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itsgivingprizes\/?hl=en\">Zohran hats<\/a> at the events, told me that she\u2019s sold over 500 hats in five weeks. Made in Mexico City with streetwear brand <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sacrificesw\/?hl=en\">Sacrifice<\/a>, the hats are meant as a playful way to attract voters and for Mamdani volunteers (of which there are <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thecity.nyc\/2025\/09\/30\/mamdani-canvass-canarsie-cuomo-mayor-election\/\">reportedly<\/a> about 75,000) to show community pride; the black-metal script is a nod to the genre\u2019s historical alignment with social activism in Mexico.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-275162\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left pull_quote\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"pull_quote\"><p><big>The promises he\u2019s making are to the people who actually live here. \u2014Rachel Brown<\/big><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-275155\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            \u201cI wanted to show that we are connected beyond the five boroughs, across our borders,\u201d Michelsen Correa says. That the hats have proliferated mostly due to word-of-mouth and one-on-one interaction is \u201can amazing example of how people can connect over an important moment in our political history in New York.\u201d Her involvement in the music aspect of it all, which began with the indie rock benefit shows, came about the same way: noticing \u201ca lot of musicians using their voice\u201d in support of Mamdani. Most recently, Michelsen Correa sold hats at musician Fenne Lily\u2019s show at Nightclub 101 after the singer\u2019s partner had seen the hats on the subway.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cThe Zohran Effect is so strong,\u201d Lily says. Though the British native can\u2019t vote in New York, she felt drawn to being involved in some way, if only because she\u2019s experienced how the quality of live music has declined since COVID, she says. \u201cVenues shut down, the cost of living went up, streaming is a nightmare, Spotify is run by the worst guy ever. But then Zohran came along and it was like, <i>Someone has practical, kind ways to make the future not a scary place.<\/i>\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-275163\" class=\"content_block paragraph embed triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DPG3IX7jQXQ\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DPG3IX7jQXQ\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" background:#FFFFFF; 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DPG3IX7jQXQ\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Lucy Dacus (@lucydacus)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-275156\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            Mamdani hasn\u2019t detailed specific <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zohranfornyc.com\/platform\">policy<\/a> plans or made any promises when it comes to arts funding or nightlife; mostly, he\u2019s made comments about the intrinsic link between economics and art-making, and his belief in the value of arts accessibility. When he was endorsed by musicians union AFM Local 802 in July, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/1290379219432073\">he said<\/a>, \u201cArt can&#8217;t just be a luxury for the few. That requires a city where artists can actually afford their rent, groceries, childcare and transit.\u201d (Notably, he\u2019s the son of filmmaker Mira Nair, and lived a previous life as a rapper.)\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            The closest he\u2019s gotten to an official policy statement was at BRIC\u2019s Arts &amp; Culture Mayoral Forum in February, where <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DF-lAPjOeXO\/\">he said<\/a>, as mayor, he\u2019s committed to \u201cunderstanding art beyond simply tourism, beyond the fiscal impacts,\u201d and that he would bring an administration that values art-based community organizations as much as their religious counterparts. But this was enough to gain the faith of artist Salman Toor, model and activist Bethann Hardison, and Zoe Salda\u00f1a, who all commented on the post. And Mamdani has since also been endorsed <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/actorsequity.org\/news\/PR\/2025\/07\/28\/actors-equity-association-endorses-zohran-mamdani-for-new-york-city-mayor\">by the Actors\u2019 Equity Association<\/a>, and called \u201cthe Downtown Scene\u2019s pick for New York City Mayor\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/news.artnet.com\/market\/zohran-mamdani-anne-imhof-wet-paint-2616465\">by ArtNet<\/a>.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            Dore-Young acknowledges that Mamdani\u2019s election won\u2019t bring solutions for all the problems that ail the city\u2019s arts scene, but \u201cI think [his election] is an extremely necessary first step for our survival. For native New Yorkers who have stuck it out here, they&#8217;re struggling and they think about how they might have to leave. It seems like this guy wants to help us. We might have to fight him, but I&#8217;d much rather it be him than literally anyone else.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-275164\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left pull_quote\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"pull_quote\"><p><big>Venues shut down, the cost of living went up, streaming is a nightmare, Spotify is run by the worst guy ever. But then Zohran came along. \u2014Fenne Lily<\/big><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-275165\" class=\"content_block paragraph image triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/nye-13_uizq3k\/zohran-mamdani-nyc-art-communicty-music-nightlife.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/nye-13_uizq3k\/zohran-mamdani-nyc-art-communicty-music-nightlife.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/nye-13_uizq3k\/zohran-mamdani-nyc-art-communicty-music-nightlife.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/nye-13_uizq3k\/zohran-mamdani-nyc-art-communicty-music-nightlife.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/nye-13_uizq3k\/zohran-mamdani-nyc-art-communicty-music-nightlife.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/nye-13_uizq3k\/zohran-mamdani-nyc-art-communicty-music-nightlife.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/nye-13_uizq3k\/zohran-mamdani-nyc-art-communicty-music-nightlife.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/nye-13_uizq3k\/zohran-mamdani-nyc-art-communicty-music-nightlife.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/nye-13_uizq3k\/zohran-mamdani-nyc-art-communicty-music-nightlife.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/nye-13_uizq3k\/zohran-mamdani-nyc-art-communicty-music-nightlife.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/nye-13_uizq3k\/zohran-mamdani-nyc-art-communicty-music-nightlife.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"How Zohran Mamdani mobilized NYC\u2019s indie rock community\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><\/p>\n<p>      Courtesy of Rachel Brown<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-275157\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            At an MJ Lenderman show at Brooklyn Steel in April, Mamdani <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/0oO1eN45XWY\">made an appearance<\/a>, and, Brown recalls, \u201cI have never heard people clap and scream that loudly for any band. But probably most people at the MJ Lenderman show, at the indie rock benefit shows, at the Fenne Lily show, at Rash Bar last week, etcetera, were likely to vote for Mamdani anyway. What feels different, special, rare, is how his messaging has resonated beyond the local community. This summer alone, Mamdani\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Au92kgPlGnM\">surprised<\/a> Lucy Dacus\u2019s audience at All Things Go, went to Madison Square Garden for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DMghy-pu861\">Wu-Tang Clan<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DLiDMHTxgLk\/\">pulled up<\/a> to BAYO Festival at Barclays, and held a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DJ9eSlaON_j\/?hl=en\">Trans Community Town Hall<\/a> with Ceyenne Doroshow at Ridgewood dance hub Nowadays. There was a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DOtt-cogPMK\/\">Rave 4 Zohran<\/a> at Market Hotel, a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DJFtUd1vWSu\/?hl=en\">Rock \u2018n\u2019 Roll and Rent Control<\/a> at Xanadu, and a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DPo5tlkEali\/?hl=en\">Change Becomes Us<\/a> benefit at Hyperballad.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            Somehow, it doesn\u2019t feel dumb to be, earnestly, hopeful\u2014 and in a city renowned for its attitude and notoriously bad mayors, no less. Voter turnout for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nycvotes.org\/news-and-press\/articles\/2025-primary-election-turnout-soars\/\">the primary was the highest it\u2019s been in over<\/a> a decade.\u201cEven people who don&#8217;t believe in voting are like, \u2018Okay, this guy is talking about protecting trans people. He&#8217;s talking about protecting immigrants. He&#8217;s talking about protecting the disenfranchised people of the city,\u2019\u201d Dore-Young noted.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cNew York is really New York because of the people who live here,\u201d Brown adds \u2014 an obvious statement and yet it bears repeating, needs protecting. \u201cIt really feels like Zohran and his campaign are creating a New York that&#8217;s an actual place where people live and know each other.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">Leah Mandel<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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