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New Colossus '26 Sunday Recap ft. Choses Sauvages, Sex Mask, and MAGDA

Sabrina Yanez, Madelyn Barkocy

Mar 15, 2026 — 7 min read

Well, we've made it to the end of the week. After six jam-packed days of non-stop music and vibes, we're feeling super emo that it's all over. To close things out, here's a final look at the bands we caught on our very last day.

ALIEN CHICKS (@alienchicksband)

London-based experimental power-punk.

IN THE PINES (@inthepinesmusic)

Gazey psych-rock from Cincinnati.

SEX MASK (@sexmasks)

Melbourne-based alternative post-punk.

BED (@bbbbbbeeeeeedddddd)

Queer-gaze dream-pop from Berlin.

SLOE NOON (@sloe_noon)

Dreamy grunge-pop from Hamburg.

MAGDA (@magda1999___)

Incredibly addicting indie-post-rock from London.

SORRY FACE (@sorryfaceband)

Pittsburgh-based garage-rock with extra noise.

SAMWOY (@sam.woy)

Alternative electro-pop from Montreal.

LANE (@lanetotalwar)

Boston-based indie-art-rock.

TUKAN (@tukan_band)

Genre-blurring electronic post-rock jazz from Belgium.

CHOSES SAUVAGES (@chosessauvages)

An exhilarating disco-rock post-punk experience (from Montreal).

TWO-MAN GIANT SQUID (@twomangiantsquid)

Brooklyn-based dreamy dance-rock.

ZINNIA'S GARDEN (@zinnias_garden)

Ethereal Pittsburgh-based indie-rock.

This concludes our New Colossus Festival coverage for 2026. A huge shoutout to all the incredible bands who performed during week–and to the festival’s founders for having us back, and for bringing an extra sense of life to the Lower East Side each year. You know who you are.

See you next year.

Keep up with New Colossus Festival '27 updates here, and future RIP PRESENTS show coverage via our Instagram here.

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