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Ed Kuepper & Jim White/Mick Harvey @ TV Eye, Ridgewood, Queens, NY 11/17/25

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  Bill: Ed Kuepper & Jim White/Mick Harvey Venue: TV Eye, 16-47 Weirfield St ., Ridgewood, Queens, NY Date: Monday 11/17/25 Door: $25 before sellout (had advance ticket) 9pm Ed Kuepper & Jim White Active: Kuepper 1973 (Brisband, Austrailia), White 1980 (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) Latest Release (together): After The Flood (Remote Control, 2025) Kuepper:  Bandcamp   Facebook   Discogs   Setlist   AllMusic   Wiki  YouTube   Spotify White: Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify 8pm Mick Harvey Active: 1973 (Rochester, Victoria, Australia) Latest Release: (with Amanda Acevedo)  Golden Mirrors (The Uncovered Sessions, Vol. 1) (Impressed/Mute, 2025) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify With the Saints 73-78 show in the past, Ed Kuepper used an off night for a duo show with drummer Jim White.  They have a new album called After The Flood which mo...

The Saints '73-'78/chimers @ Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY 11/14/25

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 Bill: The Saints '73-'78/chimers Venue: Music Hall of Williamsburg , 66 N 6 St ., Brooklyn, NY Date: Friday 11/14/25 Door: $45 9pm The Saints '73-'78 Active: 2024/1973 (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia)  Affiliated: The Saints, Ed Kuepper, Ivor Hay,  Mark Arm (Mudhoney, Green River), Mick Harvey (Birthday Party, Bad Seeds), Peter Oxley (The Sunnyboys, The Aints) Latest Release: Live Nights In Venice, Vol. 1 (In The Red, 2025) Featured Release: (I'm) Stranded Deluxe (In The Red, 2024/1977) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify 8pm chimers Active: 2020 (Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia) Latest Release: Through Today (Poison City, 2024) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic   YouTube Spotify The touring tribute band to The Saints features surviving member guitarist Ed Kuepper and drummer Ivor Hay with ringers like Mark Arm for vocals and Mick Harvey for second guitar as well as bass player Peter ...

Marshall Crenshaw/The Bongos @ Sony Hall, New York, NY 11/10/25

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  Bill: Marshall Crenshaw/The Bongos Venue:  Sony Hall ,  235 W 46 St . , New York, NY Date: Monday 11/10/25 Door: $39.50 (had free pair from DoNYC) 9pm Marshall Crenshaw Active: 1981 (Detroit, MI) Latest Release: From "The Hellhole"   (Yep Rock, 2025) Biggest/FirstRelease: Marshall Crenshaw (Warner Bros., 1982) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify 8pm The Bongos Active: 1980 (Hoboken, NJ) Latest Release: The Shroud of Touring: Live In 1985 (Jem, 2025) Biggest Release: Numbers With Wings (RCA, 1983) First Release: Drums Along The Hudson (PVC, 1982) Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify Finally saw these two bucket list acts from the early 80's that I somehow never saw before.  Marshall Crenshaw has a new one on Yep Rock called From "The Hellhole."  The Bongos reform sporadically, and they have a new live archival release. The Bongos in 2025 pull mostly from their first Dr...

The Mars Volta/Kianí Medina @ Brooklyn Paramount, Brooklyn, NY 11/9/25

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  Bill: The Mars Volta/Kianí Medina/Feliz Y Dada Venue:    Brooklyn Paramount ,  385 Flatbush Ave. Ext . , Brooklyn, NY Date: 11/9/25 Door: $86 (won tickets on DoNYC) 9:30 The Mars Volta Active: 2001(El Paso, TX) Latest Release:  Lucro Sucio; Los Ojos del Vacío ( Clouds Hill Records, 2025) Biggest Release:  De-Loused in the Comatorium   (Universal, 2003) First Release: Tremulant EP (Gold Standard Laboratories, 2002) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify 8:30 Kianí Medina Active: 2007 (Puerto Rico) Latest Release: " Muy lejos del encanto " (Pomero, 2025) Instagram Discogs Setlist    YouTube   Missed: Feliz Y Dada Mars Volta had long been a bucket list band to check out.  I've only really heard their 2005 album Francis The Mute, so I had no idea what they've been doing all these 20 years since.  DoNYC papered this show as a bonus free show, so free was a motivator to finally ch...

GBH/Slaughterhouse/The Mainliners @ Gramercy Theatre, New York, NY 11/7/25

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  Bill: GBH/Slaughterhouse/The Mainliners Venue: Gramercy Theatre, 127 E 23 St ., New York, NY Date: Friday 11/7/25 Door: $35 (paid $25 via Tickpick) 9:30 GBH Active: 1978 (Birmingham, UK) Latest Release: Momentum (Hellcat, 2017) Biggest/First Release: City Baby Attacked By Rats (Bronze/Clay, 1982) Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify 8:45 Slaughterhouse Active: 2018 (Los Angeles/South Bay, CA) Latest Release: Sick and Tired (Slaughterhouse, 2025) Biggest Release: Fun Factory (Recess, 2021) First Release: Slaughterhouse (Slaughterhouse, 2018) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist   YouTube Spotify 8pm The Mainliners Active: 2022 (Hollywood/Los Angeles, Latest Release: Discography (The Mainliners, 2025) Bandcamp   Instagram Discogs Setlist     YouTube Spotify It had been a few years since I last saw Charged GBH and 39 years since the first time on the Punks vs Skins tour with Agnostic Front opening in 1986 at ...

Boris/Uniform @ Brooklyn Steel, Brooklyn, NY 11/4/25

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  Bill: Boris/Uniform Venue: Brooklyn Steel , 319 Frost St ., Brooklyn, NY Date: 11/4/25 Door: $35 (had a friends extra advance ticket--thanks James!) 9:15 Boris Active: 1992 (Tokyo, Japan) Latest Release: Performing Pink In Its Entirety-Live at Shindaita Fever 20160924 (Relapse 2025), Live Noise Alive (Fangs Anal Satan, 2025), Fade (Fangs Anal Satan, 2022) Featured Release: Pink (Southern Lord, 2005) Bandcamp   Facebook   Instagram   Discogs   AllMusic   Setlist   Wiki  YouTube   Spotify 8pm Uniform Active: 2013 (New York, NY) Latest Release:  American Standard  (Sacred Bones, 2024) Facebook   Instagram   Bandcamp   Discogs   Setlist    AllMusic   Wiki  Youtube   Spotify This year Boris are doing a look back at the Pink album on it's 20th anniversary.  Last year it was Amplifier Worship.  They have such a massive discography they could pay tribute to many things, but Pink is...

John Cale's Steam on Glass/Heinali & Andriana-Yaroslava Sienko @ Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, NY 11/2/25

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  Bill: John Cale's Steam on Glass/Heinali & Andriana-Yaroslava Sienko Venue: Wu Tsai Theater , David Geffen Hall ,  Lincoln Center, 10 Lincoln Center Plz. , New York, NY Date: 11/2/25 Door: $5 (bought advance ticket), Suggested Donation Performance 8:30 John Cale 's Steam on Glass Year Active: 1957 (Garnant, Carmarthenshire, Wales) Associated: Velvet Underground Latest Release: POPtical Illusion (Double Six/Electric Drone, 2024), MiXology, Vol. 1 (Double Six/Electric Drone, 2025) Biggest Release: Paris 1919 (Reprise, 1973) First Release: Vintage Violence (Columbia, 1970) Bandcamp Facebook   Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify 7:30 Heinali & Andriana-Yaroslava Sienko Years Active: Heinali 2010 (Kiev, Ukraine), Andriana-Yaroslava Sienko 2022 (Lviv, Ukraine) Latest Release: Hildegard (Unsound, 2025), Andriana-Yaroslava Sienko- Atlantis  (Adriana-Yaroslava Sienko, 2025) Biggest Release: Heinali- Kiev Eternal (Injazero, 2023) First Release:...