NYC Show Obsessive

  Bill: MJ Lenderman/Joanna Sternberg Venue: Brooklyn Steel , Brooklyn, NY Date: Mon 4/28/25 Door: Sold Out ($63 on Stubhub last minute) 9:15pm  MJ Lenderman Active: 2018 (Asheville, NC) Latest Release: Manning Fireworks (Anti-, 2024) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Allmusic Setlist Wiki YouTube Missed: 8pm Joanna Sternberg Yesterday I was itching to go out and see something/anything, so to get my 10,000+ steps in I decided around 6:30 last night to walk 2 1/2 miles to Brooklyn Steel and see the new indie rock critic savior MJ Lenderman.  Of course, when I got there the show was sold out and tickets at 8:00 were over $100 on the secondary market, so I went to 18th Ward Brewing across the street and had a few rounds and missed Joanna Sternberg completely.   I figured I was going to go home but I checked prices at 9:10 and saw a ticket for the $63 it was in the morning with $13 fee I was trying to dodge going to the door.  In a fit of shot-addled d...

 Bill: The James Rocket/Poppy/Roger That! Venue: Young Ethel's , Brooklyn, NY Date: Sun 4/27/25 Door: Free 5pm The James Rocket Active: 2012 (Brooklyn, NY) Latest Release:  Burnout  (TheJames Rocket, 2020) Bandcamp   Facebook   Instagram   YouTube 4pm Poppy Active: Active: 1998 (Philadelphia, PA) Latest Release: Still There (Poppy, 2024) Bandcamp    3pm Roger That! Active: 2017 (Brooklyn, NY)  Affiliated: Windbreaker (2017-2020, changed name to Roger That!), Kenny "Kreisor", Guitar Vocals: Mirror Queen, Kreisor, Aytobach Kreisor Latest Release:  Flashback Fever  (Tee Pee, 2024) Facebook   YouTube James of James Rocket put todays show together with Roger That! kicking the day off and Philadelphia's Poppy in the middle.  I thought Poppy were pretty good and they left out free cd's and vinyl, so I grabbed a CD.  They reminded me of an early 90's Boston indie rock band.  I guess that's Northeast.  I liked main ...