Stop Missing Shows

Hippie Sabotage in New York

758 users on tonedeaf are tracking Hippie Sabotage

Never miss another Hippie Sabotage show near New York.

Hippie Sabotage
Toad's Place — New Haven, CT
Tickets+CalendarText Friend

About Hippie Sabotage

Hippie Sabotage is the electronic duo of twins Jeff and Krit Gipson, operating out of Santa Cruz since the early 2010s. They built a following by uploading remixes and originals to SoundCloud, eventually developing a signature sound that blends downtempo electronic production with hip-hop influences and hazy, introspective vibes. "Your Soul Today" became their breakthrough track, a dreamy interpolation that felt simultaneously slick and intimate. The brothers have maintained a steady output of stripped-down production, often sampling soul records and building minimal arrangements around them. Their aesthetic is distinctly West Coast — not aggressively experimental, but genuinely odd in the way they balance trap-adjacent snares with lo-fi warmth and vinyl crackle. They've collaborated with artists across the indie and electronic spectrum, and their SoundCloud archives reveal a prolific, consistently mood-focused approach to production. Hippie Sabotage represents a particular strand of internet-era electronic music: understated, sample-heavy, and skeptical of polish.

Their sets feel intentionally detached, with production doing the heavy lifting while the brothers stay in the background. Crowds are there for the mood, not the spectacle. Energy is subdued but focused, with people actually listening rather than jumping around. Shows feel like going to someone's apartment to hear new music.

Known for Your Soul Today, Floating, Ways, Shine, Smoke and Retribution

Hippie Sabotage + New York

Hippie Sabotage has built a quiet presence in New York over the years, with the electronic duo stopping by Webster Hall in May 2023 to do what they do best — turn a sweaty basement into something hypnotic. They've always found their audience in the city's underground corners, the kind of venues where their lo-fi production and hazy beats actually hit different.

Hippie Sabotage in New York News

Live Music in New York

New York's electronic music landscape runs the full spectrum, from underground warehouse techno to mainstream dance at mega-clubs, but there's always been space for the weirder stuff. Hippie Sabotage's brand of psychedelic-tinged electronic production fits somewhere in that experimental middle ground where producers try to make electronic music feel human again. The city's audiences tend to respect that.

New York road trip to see Hippie Sabotage?

Stay in the Upper West Side near Central Park—quieter than Midtown, better restaurants, and close enough to everywhere that matters. Dinner at Balthazar in SoHo if you want classic New York energy, or Gramercy Tavern if you prefer something less scene-y. Spend your afternoon at the Met or catching live music at Blue Note or The Basement—both venues where you'll see the players who influenced Mars's sound. Walk through Washington Square Park, grab a coffee, remember why New York mattered to music in the first place.

Stop missing shows.

tonedeaf. reads your music library and emails you when artists you actually listen to have shows near New York. No app. No ads. No noise.

Sign Up Free