NYC Show Obsessive

  Bill: Uli Jon Roth Venue: Iridium , 1650 Broadway, New York, NY Date: Sunday 4/26/27 Door: $75 preferred seating  8:15pm Uli Jon Roth Active: 1968 (Duseldorf, Germany) Latest Release: Tokyo Tapes Revisited Live In Japan (UDO, 2016) Affiliated: Scorpions, Electric Sun Featured: Scorpions Virgin Killer (RCA, 1976) Facebook Instagram Discog s Setlist Wiki AllMusic YouTube Spotify NYC has a double dose of Uli Jon Roth last night and tonight.  Originally I won tickets at Sony Hall but that got canceled and replaced at Les Paul's retirement club.  Uli gets a Monday night just like Les did, although I doubt Paul's backup band with make a cameo for Uli.  Not a joke--they used to! Uli is touring on a book, In Search of the Alpha Law , which is a heavy tomb.  The screen backdrop at Iridium wasn't as sharp as venues Uli was used to so he couldn't read an example.  The other big event was the 50th anniversary of the Scorpions Virgin Killer.  The se...

Bill: The Innocence Mission Venue: Sony Hall , 235 W 46 St., New York, NY Date: Friday 4/24/26 Door: $35 (had free pair via DoNYC) 8pm The Innocence Mission Active: 1985 (Lancaster, PA) Latest Release: The Raindrop Cars (Therese, 2025) Midwinter Swimmers (Therese/Bella Union, 2024) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify A decade into the Innocence Mission's existence I heard their album Glow on recommendation and I liked it quite a bit.  Somehow that didn't translate into hearing other albums or seeing them live until now.  Sony Hall was pretty packed out when I got there right before they went on so a corner at end of the back bar was commandeered.  Unfortunately the floor was annoyingly sticky to the point that it was driving me nuts until I couldn't take it anymore and flagged a waitress for a mop.  The supervisor gave me a couple wet rags which quickly got the job done and restored my sanity even as the workers chatte...

  Bill: Luciano/Mesha Steele/DJ Roy Venue: Le Poisson Rouge , 1 58 Bleecker St. , New York, NY Date: Sunday 4/19/26 Door: $69 (had friends +1) 9pm Luciano Active: 1993 (Davyton, Jamaica) Latest Release: Return of the Chronicles (Island, 2022), The Answer (Oneness, 2020) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify It was a long running legend in the mind of a friend that brought me to Jamaican Reggae Roots artist Luciano AKA Luciano Messenjah.  He won tickets and Luciano had been on the bucket list for him since the late 90's.  The story goes that he saw Sizzla in Los Angeles and was raving about it to a friend of his who said to him "you think he is good, you should see Luciano he is better."  I may be paraphrasing a bit but you get the idea.  So my concert buddy had an itch to scratch going back decades.  As for me, I figured anyone ever on RAS Records or VP Records doing Roots Reggae is someone worth checking out, s...

 Bill: The Giraffes/Mustafina/Creatures/Winkie Venue: Lucky 13 Saloon , 644 Sackett St. , Brooklyn, NY Date: Friday 4/17/26 Door: $15 11:30 Creatures Active: 2023 (New York, NY) Latest Release: Creatures (Creatures, 2023) Bandcamp   Facebook   Instagram   Spotify 10:30 The Giraffes Active: 1996 (Brooklyn, NY) Latest Release:  D eadly Aventure (Big Up, 2025), Cigarette (Apesauce Productions, 2024) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify 9:30 Mustafina Active: 2012 (Brooklyn, NY) Affiliated: Alice Donut (Michael Jung, Guitar 1987-2013; David Giffen 1987-2013, Guitar,  Stephen Mose s, Drums 1988-2013) Latest Release:  Drain  (Tee Pee, 2024) Facebook   Instagram   Setlist   Spotify Missed: Winkie Checking in on Mustafina for the first time in a little while.  Seems there was a bit of Montana movin' upheaval for the singer but there she was back in NYC.  Also hadn't seen Hannah Moorh...

  Bill: Raven/Slackjaw/Snow White Venue: The Wood Shop , 21a Meadow St. , Brooklyn, NY Date: Wednesday 4/15/26 Ticket: $25.40 (got in free from +1) 10pm Raven Active: 1974 (Newcastle, UK) Latest Release: All Hell's Breaking Loose (Silver Lining, 2023) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify 9pm Slackjaw Active: 2017 (South Carolina) Latest Release: Official Bootleg (Slackjaw, 2026), " Ascend Me " (Slackjaw, 2025) Bandcamp   Instagram Discog s Setlist   Metal Wiki YouTube Spotify Missed: Snow White Raven have been one of those 80's NWOBHM curios for me to check out since the beginning of time or at least since I got a reissue copy in the early 90's of their second album Wiped Out from 1982 that came a couple years after their debut single.  For whatever reason I knew so little about the band that I thought they were from Canada and categorized them as "early thrash" in my head.  Sometimes I can be oblivious.  H...

  Bill: Fotocrime/Spirits of Leo/Warlander Venue: TV Eye , 16-47 Weirfield St. , Ridgewood, Queens, NY   Date: Sunday 4/12/26 Door: $16 10pm Fotocrime Active: 2015 (Louisville, KY) Affiliated: Coliseum Latest Release:  Security (Artoffact, 2026) Bandcamp   Facebook   Instagram   Discogs   Setlist   AllMusic   Wiki   YouTube Spotify 9pm Spirits of Leo Active: 2013 (New York, NY) Latest Release: Gossamer Blue (a la Carte, 2022) Bandcamp   Facebook Instagram   YouTube Spotify 8pm Warlander Active: 2022 (Los Angeles, CA) Latest Release: Origins (Warlander, 2025) Instagram   YouTube   Spotify   Joe Baxley had his triumphant return to NYC Sunday night with his new multi-media extravaganza Warlander.  He's got a new album coming soon but for now the mystery is part of the Warlander experience.   Since he was in the Barnyard Playboys, he got his old bandmate, the session player extrodinaire John ...