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Cosmic Sonic Rendezvous Day 2: Pentagram/Eyehategod/Legions of Doom/The Obsessed/Sacri Monti/Dave Hill/Mick's Jaguar/Carousel @ Brooklyn Monarch & The Wood Shop, Brooklyn, NY 5/24/26

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  Bill: Cosmic Sonic Rendezvous Updated Sunday, May 24 Rain Schedule [ 1 ] Cosmic Stage (The Brooklyn Monarch) 4:00 PM : Beer Garden Rain Slots (including Dave Hill moving to the main stage at 4:30 PM) 5:40 PM : Sacri Monti 7:00 PM : The Obsessed 8:20 PM : Legions of Doom 9:45 PM : Eyehategod 11:15 PM : Pentagram Sonic Stage (The Woodshop) 4:30 PM: Spit Shine 5:30 PM : Sabbath Warlock 6:30 PM : Cat's Eye  7:30 PM : Black Moon Cult 8:40 PM : Ike's Wasted World 9:40 PM : Sphaèros Possession 10:15 PM : Carousel (Reunion Set) 11:10 PM : Magick Potion 12:10 AM : Mick's Jaguar Venue: Brooklyn Monarch  , 23 Meadows St. , Brooklyn, NY & The Wood Shop , 21a Meadows St , Brooklyn, NY Date: Sunday 5/24/26 Ticket: $63.50 (was doing merch and had a 2-day free wristband) 4:30  Dave Hill Active: 1995 (NYC via Cleveland) Affiliated: Valley Lodge, Painted Doll, Witch Taint, Sons of Elvis Latest Release: The Pride of Cleveland (Dave Hill, 2020) Facebook Instagram Discogs Setl...
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Cosmic Sonic Rendezvous Day 1: Dead Meadow/Al-Qasar/Atomic Bitchwax/Electric Citizen/Mirror Queen/Worshipper/Alreckque/Sphaèros Possession @ The Meadows/The Wood Shop, Brooklyn, NY 5/23/26

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                                        B ill: Cosmic Sonic Rendezvous Cosmic Stage: The Meadows 11:15 Dead Meadow 60min 10:05 Al-Qasar 45min 8:40 The Atomic Bitchwax 60min 7:30 Electric Citizen 50min 6:30 Mirror Queen 45min 5:30 Worshipper 45min 4:30 Alreckque 45min Sonic Stage: The Wood Shop 11:30 Sphaèros Possession 10:30 Satan's Satyrs 9:20 Sun Voyager 8:10 Casket Rats 7:05 The Golden Grass 6:15 Dead Hits (30min set) 5:10 River Cult Venue: The Meadows , 17 Meadow St ., Brookyn, NY & The Wood Shop , 21A Meadow St , Brooklyn, NY Date: Saturday 5/24/26 Door: $50.80 all in day pass advance (worked merch so was free for me) 11:15 Dead Meadow Active: 1998 (Washington, DC) Latest Release: Voyager To Voyager (Heavy Psych Sounds, 2025) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify 10:05 Al-Qasar Active: 2015 (Paris, France) Latest Release: Uncovered (W...
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Sphaèros Possession/Qiujiang Levi Lu @ Sleepwalk, Brooklyn, NY 5/22/26

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  Bill: Cosmic Sonic Rendezvous Pre-Party featuring Sphaèros Possession/Quijiang Levi Lu Venue: Sleepwalk , 251 Bushwick Ave. , Brooklyn, NY Date: Friday 5/22/26 Door: $10 (free for me as I was supposed to do door, but house had a doorman so I was relieved) 9pm  Sphaèros  Possession Active: 2018 (Paris, France) Affiliated: Aqua Nebula Oscillator (2008-2015) Latest Release: Possession (Pan European Recording, 2020) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs   AllMusic YouTube Spotify 8pm Qiujiang Levi Lu Active: 2024 (New York, NY) Latest Release:   Nuó Xiǎng ( with Camilo Ángeles) (Qiujiang Levi Lu, 2025) Bandcamp   Facebook   Instagram   YouTube   Spotify Cosmic Sonic Rendezvous aka Kennyfest has officially kicked off.  Sphaèros will be finishing both nights on the "Sonic" stage at the Wood Shop portion of the festival tonight and tomorrow.  His band was Aqua Nebula Oscillator which had it's run from around 2008-15. ...
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Silkworm/Come @ Elsewhere, Brooklyn, NY 5/11/26

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 Bill: Silkworm/Come Venue: Elsewhere , 599 Johnson Ave ., Brooklyn, NY Date: Monday 5/11/26 Door: $30 9pm Silkworm Active: 1987 (Seattle, WA via Missoula, MT) Latest Release: Chokes EP (12XU, 2006)  Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discog s Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify 8pm Come Active: 1990 (Boston, MA) Latest Release: AKA The Come Club (Chunklet Industries, 2021), Gently Down The Stream (Matador, 1998) Bandcamp Facebook I nstagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify There was a hint of 90's nostalgia in the march of the grays Monday night at Elsewhere.  Silkworm started in the later 80's but really hit their stride around 1998 with Firewater and put records out until their drummer Michael Dahlquist was killed in a car accident in 2005.  They took time off,  but reformed in 2024 to tribute Steve Albini.  There isn't any new releases yet, just archival stuff, but you know how that goes.  Interestingly, Joel R.L. Phelps, who...
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The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis/Brandon Seabrook/Trinary System @ Le Poisson Rouge, New York, NY 5/6/26

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  Bill: The Messthetics/Brandon Seabrook/Trinary System Venue: Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker St., New York, NY Date: Wednesday 5/6/26 Ticket: Door $27 (had a +1) 9:30pm The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis Affiliated: Fugazi Active: Messthetics: 2016 (Washington, DC), James Brandon Lewis: 2010 (New York, NY via Buffalo, NY) Latest Release: Deface The Currency (Impulse, 2026) Messthetics: Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify James Brandon Lewis: Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist    AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify 8:30 Brandon Seabrook Active: 2011 (Brooklyn, NY) Latest Release: Hellbent Daydream (Pyroclastic, 2024) Bandcamp Instagram Discog s Setlist AllMusic WIk i YouTube Spotif y 7:30 Trinary System Active: 2016 (Boston, MA) Affiliated: Roger Miller (Mission of Burma) Latest Release: The Hard Machine (Cunieform, 2025) Bandcamp Facebook I nstagram Discog s Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTub e Spotify This...
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