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Ashtray Angel/Slow Pony @ Marigold, Brattleboro, VT 11/13/26

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 Bill: Ashtray Angel/Slow Pony/Marxist Jargon Venue: Marigold , 157 Main St ., Brattleboro, VT Date: Friday 11/13/26 Door: Free 10pm Ashtray Angel Active: 2018 (somewhere the northeast via New Haven, CT) 9pm Slow Pony Active: 2022 (Brattlebro, VT) Latest Release: OrganEyes (demos) aka The Big Slow Pony Swindle of 2025 (Slow Pony, 2025) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram   YouTube Spotify Missed: Marxist Jargon While I was up in Brattleboro to help get the Tee Pee back stock out of storage back to NYC, there was a familiar face playing a large bright venue on Brattleboro's "main drag" called Marigold.We last saw Ashtray Angel solo acoustic opening for Topaz and Roger That at Berlin.  Today her format was fleshed out with 4 people on the stage.  She's in that anarcho-punk drifter tradition (The Taxpayers anyone?) and couldn't be bothered with simply being tethered to a town.  When I last saw her I thought there was a Connecticut base, but I think she is bouncing around...
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Flipper/Crippling Alcoholism/95 Bulls @ Saint Vitus Bar, Brooklyn, NY 11/6/26

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 Bill: Flipper/Crippling Alcoholism/95 Bulls Venue: Saint Vitus Bar , 424 Troutman St ., Brooklyn, NY Date: Friday 11/6/26 Ticket: $47.28 (via Dice day of show wait list ticket) 9pm Flipper Active: 1979 (San Francisco) Latest Release: (with David Yow) "Love Canal" (Joyful Noise, 2019) Lineup: Stephen DePace (Drums, 1979-present), Jon Kelly (Guitar 2025-present, The Flood, Austin, TX), Sean Shimmer (Bass, 2026-present, Shimmer Bed, Los Angeles), Justin Pearson (Vocals 2026-present, The Locust, San Diego, CA), Matt Korvett (Vocals 2026-present, Pissed Jeans, Allentown, PA) Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wik i Spotify YouTube 8pm Crippling Alcoholism Active: 2022 (Boston, MA) Latest Release: Camgirl (Portrayal of Guilt, 2025) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic YouTube Spotify 7pm 95 Bulls Active: 2024 (Brooklyn, NY) Latest Release: Canadian Nightclub (95 Bulls, 2025) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist    YouTube Spot...
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High On Fire/Temple Of Bones/Funeral Dancer @ Saint Vitus Bar, Brooklyn, NY 10/31/26

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  Bill: High On Fire/Temple Of Bones/Funeral Dancer Venue: Saint.Vitus Bar, 4 28 Troutman , Brooklyn, NY Date: Saturday 10/31/26 Tickets: $70.35 (Dice advance) 9:00pm High On Fire aina Active: 1998 (Oakland, CA) Latest Release: Cometh The Storm (MNRK Heavy, 2024) Bandcamp    Facebook Instagram    Discogs   Setlist    Wiki   YouTube   Spotify 8pm Temple Of Bones Active: 2024 (New Jersey) Affiliated: Ripping Corpse, Dim Mak, Lord Sterling Latest Release: Walk The WInds (Relapse, out 11/13/26) Bandcamp   Instagram   YouTube Spotify 7:15pm Funeral Dance Active: 2019 (Long Island, NY) Latest Release: Inner Gate (Baby Chico, 2026) Bandcamp  Instagram Discogs   Encyclopaedia Metallum YouTub e Spotify Now that Matt Pike is no longer in Sleep, it seems High On Fire is on a bt of an upsurge in popularity.  They just sold out 3 consecutive nights at the new 450 capacity St. Vitus.  This was my first time there ...
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Claudio Simonetti's Goblin performs Tenebre @ Crown Hill Theatre, Brooklyn, NY 10/24/26

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  Bill: Claudio Simonetti's Goblin Venue: Crown Hill Theatre , 750 Nostrand Ave ., Brooklyn, NY Date: Saturday 10/24/26 Ticket: had a +1 8pm Claudio Simonetti's Goblin performs Tenebre Active: 1972 (Rome, Italy) Latest Release: Tenebre (Rustblade/Deep Red, 2026) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify Goblin returned to NYC exactly one year to the date, this time doing the live score for the 1982 Dario Argento film Tenebre.  The format was the same, they do the film score then do a "greatest hits" run through after the movie ends.  Some technical pixilation issues happened throughout the film but nothing got paused and Goblin played on. Keyboardist Claudio Simonetti has kept this band up year after year.  There is always a film to rotate. It seems like they've been doing their tour runs around Halloween-time.  Of course, nowadays Halloween is an extended 10 day to 2 week holiday as you could see costumes in the streets o...
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The Jayhawks @ Town Hall, New York, NY 10/23/26

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  Bill: The Jayhawks/The Cactus Blossoms Venue: Town Hall , 123 W 43 St., New York, NY Date: Friday 10/23/26 Ticket: Free +1 (last row of balcony but we went to the Orchestra and hijacked aisle seats in an empty row) 9pm The Jayhawks Active: 1984 (Minneapolis, MN) Latest Release: Sanctuary Park (Sham, 2026) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify Missed: The Cactus Blossoms I've been listening to the Jayhawks nearly as long as they've been around, but somehow never saw them live.  No Time like the present as they were doing a Town Hall gig that my friend/ pilates boss Dana had a photo shoot for the show and invited me along as her plus one.  We had the very last row in the balcony and after she did her shoot noticed there were a bunch of empty orchestra rows, so we got a round in the lobby and grabbed aisle seats in an open row downstairs a few songs in after she was done with her official shooting. With a band like Jayhawks, it...
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K-Holes @ TV Eye, Queens, NY 10/16/26

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 Bill: K-Holes/Genre Is Death/Crush Venue: TV Eye , 16-47 Weirfield St. , Ridgewood, Queens, NY Date: Friday 10/16/26 Door: $28 (walked in last half of set) 11pm K-Holes Active: 2010 (Brooklyn, NY) Latest Release: Dismania (Hardly Art, 2012) Bandcamp   Instagram Discogs Setlist   AllMusic YouTube Spotify ,   There was a bit of "buzz" on the one-off reunion show for the downtown band K-Holes complete with a $28 door that I somehow avoided by getting there late.  I didn't think I had a chance to see them at all coming out of Irving Plaza at 10:30 but text reports as I made my way on the L train from Union Square to Halsey kept me updated until a few stops away at 11:06 I got the alert "they have started."   So, having never seen K-Holes or heard them, I had no preconceived notions except for a guess that they were some kind of downtown "new" no wave band.  New from 15 years ago, which is still new to me since sometimes it takes 10 or 20 ye...
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Rocket From The Crypt/Man...Or Astro-Man? @ Irving Plaza, New York, NY 10/16/26

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  Bill: Rocket From The Crypt/Man...Or Astro-Man? Venue: Irving Plaza, 17 Irving Pl., New York, NY Date: Friday 10/16/26 Ticket: $25 (via Tickpick) 9pm Rocket From The Crypt Active: 1990 (San Diego, CA) Latest Release: Scream Frankenstein Scream (Swami, 2026) Featured Album: Scream Dracula Scream (Interscope, 1995) Faceboo k Instagram Discogs Setlist Wiki AllMusic YouTube Spotify 8pm Man...Or Astro-Man Active: 1992 (Auburn, AL) Latest Release: R/O/Y/G/B/I/V Recordings Live From The BBC (Chunklet Recordings, 2024), Live At Third Man Records (Third Man, 2017) Bandcamp    Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist Wik i AllMusic YouTube Spotify You know time is gone by when a band you haven't seen in a while has reformed to tour on an album of outtakes from the album you didn't like as much as the previous one.  That prior tour cycle was the last time I saw Rocket From The Crypt, circa 1994 and truth be told that was probably also around the last time I saw Man..Or A...
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