NYC Show Obsessive

  B ill:  New York Guitar Festival : "A Carnival of Classical Guitar" featuring Raphaël Feuillâtre/Goran Ivanovic & Fareed Haque/Ziggy & Miles/Gabriele Leite Venue: Bryant Park , 41st St. & 6th Ave. , New York, NY Date: Friday 8/14/26 Ticket: Free 8:45pm: Raphaël Feuillâtre Active: 2017 (Paris, France via Dijbouti) Latest Release: Bach-Festive Nocturnes (Deutche Grammophone, 2025), Spanish Serenades (Deutche Grammophone, 2025) Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify 8pm  Goran Ivanovic & Fareed Haque Active: Haque: 1983 (Chicago, IL), Ivanovic: 2000 (Chicago via Croatia) Duo: 2003 Latest Release: Duo:   IndoBalkan (Delmark, 2020)  Haque: Return To The Joyous Lake (Wahdude, 2022) (with R. Wesley Carr) Adam Larrabee: The Haunted Hollow (R. Wesley Carr, 2025), Ivanovic: Far Away Feeling (Goran Ivanovic, 2026) Haque: Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify Ivanovic: Band...

  Bill: The Fleshtones/The Minus 5/GOONS! Venue: Bowery Ballroom , 6 Delancey St ., New York, NY Date: Friday 8/7/26 Ticket: $21 (via Tickpick, $40 door) 10pm Fleshtones Active: 1976 (Queens, NY) Latest Release: "Float Your Showboat" b/w "Hear Today" (Yep Rock, 2026) It's Getting Late...(and More Songs About Werewolves) (Yep Rock, 2024) Bandcamp Facebook   Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify 9pm The Minus 5 Active: 1993 (Portland, OR) Latest Release: Oar On, Penelope (Yep Rock, 2025) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify Missed: GOONS! The holy triumverate of modern garage rock had it's two remaining founding lights on stage last night: Lenny Kaye the archivist and Peter Zaremba of the Fleshtones who put their stake in the frat rock revival.   Jeff "Monoman" Connely who passed last week was the third and the Fleshtones payed tribute covering "How Do You Know?" at the start of th...

 Bill: Toody Cole and Her Band/Mopar Stars Venue: Union Pool , 484 Union Ave. , Brooklyn, NY Date: Sunday 8/2/2O6 Door: Free 4pm Toody Cole andi Her Band Active: 2023 (Portland, OR) Affiliated: Dead Moon, Pierced Arrows Latest Release: Burning Effigy-Live At The Tote (Disgraced Clergy, 2025), "Caroline" (Doomtown Sounds, 2025) Instagram   Discogs   Setlist   AllMusic   Wiki   YouTube   Spotify 3pm Mopar Stars Active: 2023 (Philadelphia, PA) Latest Release: Official Researchers of the NJ Devil (K/Perennial, 2026) Bandcamp    Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic    Youtube Spotify Union Pool's now annual Summer Thunder free Sunday matinee concert series had their show of the year with Toody Cole's new band.  Dead Moon and Pierced Arrows were garage rock mainstays and at 77 Toody has become a front woman of gravitas by default.  There really is nobody out there like her.  Timeless and eternal.   With Monoman...

  Bill: Rush Venue: Madison Square Garden , 4 Pennsylvania Plaza , New York, NY Date: Saturday 8/1/26 Ticket: $218.75 via Stubhub (Sec 203, Row 1, Seat 5) 7:30pm Rush Active: 1968 (Toronto, ON, Canada) Latest Release: Rush 50 (Anthem, 2025), Clockwork Angels (Anthem, 2012) Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify It's been a while since I've last seen Rush. 22 years to be exact on the Snakes and Latters cover album tour at Radio City Music Hall .  Before that, I hadn't seen them since back to back '84 ( Grace Under Pressure ) and '85 (P ower Windows ) tours in Worcester.  This tour is the debut of 43 year old German fusion drummer Anika NiIles. It was a fine tribute to Neil Peart, two sets and encore lasting about three hours.  I got the song that never seemed to get played when I truly cared back in the 80's: "Working Man."  They have been alternating feature albums, so this time we got Moving Pictures start to finish at the...

  Bill: Jonny Couch/Status Set/Jewel Thief Venue: Sleepwalk , 251 Bushwick Ave. , Brooklyn, NY Date: Friday 7/24/26 Door: $15 9pm: Jonny Couch Active: 2016 (Jersey City, NJ) Latest Release: Where The Sidewalk Ends (Damaged Sofa, 2026) Bandcamp   Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic YouTube Spotify 8:15pm  Status Set Active: 2018 (New York, NY) Latest Release: Music For Cowards (Status Set, 2020) Bandcamp    Instagram   Spotify Missed: Jewel Thief Jonny Couch had his record release show for When The Sidewalk Ends.  He filled the room to capacity, when I came in from the front bar I snuck into the back wall corner next to the door complete with a spot to rest my glass when I wanted to take a clip.  For whatever reason all my "large Jonny" shots came out blurry today, but you get plenty of that in older posts here.  He is going to the UK for the first time, so like Joudy the other night, I will post those dates at the bottom since...

 Bill: Joudy/DeadTooth/Desert Sharks/Dawglet Venue: TV Eye , 16-47 Weirfield St. , Ridgewood, Queens, NY Date: Wednesday 7/22/26 Door: $20 10:30pm Joudy Active: 2022 (New York, NY via Venezuela) Latest Release:  Permanent Maintenance (Trash Casual, 2026) Bandcamp   Facebook   Instagram   Setlist   YouTube   Spotify Missed: Dead Tooth / Desert Sharks / Dawglet I finished up work an hour early to catch Kenny's new found friends Joudy (pronounced Howdy).  They have an interesting story having coming from Venezula.  I saw them a couple years ago in the middle of like 12 bands and at the time thought they had a Meat Puppets feel.  They are doing a bit more of a straightforward  commercial grunge approach now.  The crowd for this was bigger and seemed totally different than last time.  This was their record release for Permanant Maitenance on the Trash Casual label.  Their new labelmates Dead Tooth were on right before, bu...