NYC Show Obsessive

  Bill: Towncryer/Stephanie M. Hall Venue: Cowgirl Seahorse , 259 Front St. , New York, NY Date: Taco Tuesday 2/10/26 Door: Free 8:15 Towncryer Affiliated: Mirror Queen, Roger That, Hopewell, Ghost of Past Mistakes Active: 2021 (Brooklyn, NY) Facebook 7:30 Stephanie M. Hall Active: 2024? (New York, NY via Memphis, TN) Affiliated: Stephanie Marie and the Double Knit Players Instagram   YouTube Towncryer continued their run of gigs at Seahorse.  Rich Meyer liked opener Stephanie M. Hall's band quite a bit.  I'm assuming that is Stephanie Marie and the Double Knit players.  She started the night solo acoustic with original material.  The one she said was her favorite to play was the one I took a clip of.  She closed with "Steel & Glass" by John Lennon from Walls and Bridges. The Cryer did their usual two sets of their mainstays of..what did Kenny call it?  Melodies, Rockers, Blues and I thought there was a 4th cover category they rotate.  Pe...

  Bill: The Tubs/Low Healer Venue: Union Pool , 484 Union Ave. , Brooklyn, NY Date: Tues 2/3/26 Door: Free 9pm The Tubs Active: 2018 (London, UK via Cardiff, Wales) Affiliated: Joanna Gruesome Latest Release: Cotton Crown (Trouble In Mind, 2025) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify 8pm Low Healer Active: Active: 2025 (New York, NY) Latest Release: Hold Music (Low Healer, 2025) Bandcamp   Instagram Setlist   YouTube Spotify I heard a few tracks by The Cadiff (or I guess London now sez Bandcamp) band The Tubs.  They have two vocalist and one of them sounds like a speedy Nick Saloman.  Other people have compared Owen William's voice to Richard Thompson and I thought that too, but the guitar liscks sound like poppier Bevis Frond songs.  That didn't really transfer as well live, I feel this is a band I prefer their recordings.  It might be a style thing where I'd rather hear it than see it.  I'm streaming ...

  Bill: The F. U.'s/Bowhead/DIYing Breed/Boiling Point Venue: Bar Freda , 8-01 Seneca Ave. Ridgewood, Queens, NY Date: 1/23/26 Door: $18 11pm The F.U.s Active: 1982 (Boston, MA) Affiliated: Straw Dogs Latest Release: Death Squad Nostalgia (The F.U.'s, 2022) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify 10pm Bowhead Active: 2019 (New York, NY) Latest Release: The Mutiny (Bowhead, 2025) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram   9pm DIYing Breed Active: 2016 (New York, NY) Latest Release: " Alex " (DIYing Breed, 2019) Bandcamp   Facebook 8pm Boiling Point Active: 2024 (North NJ) Boston's long running hardcore band The F.U.'s came down to NYC.  Their original bass player Wayne Maestri passed last week.  He was in the band during the peak early 80's years as well as when they became the Straw Dogs later in the 80's.  John Sox was singing the hits of yore like "Young Fast Iranians," "Daisy Chain" and of course ...

Bill: The Lemonheads Venue: Lucinda's , 169 Ave A , New York, NY Date: 1/21/26 Door: Free 7pm The Lemonheads Active: 1986 (Boston, MA) Latest Release: Love Chant  (Fire, 2025) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify In recent decades The Lemonheads would be something I'd blow off, but they/Evan Dando were doing a free acoustic gigs at Lucinda Williams new bar, so I figured what the hell, I didn't see Lucinda herself playing there a few days ago, so maybe I'd check it out. I knew it was a dice roll since Ticketweb gave out free advance tickets that weren't tickets at all, just something for the club to gauge how many people were coming.   "RSVP" in NYC parlance.   I think it was a little too much to do it this way because the overage wasn't "that" much.  Better to just cram people in, tell them it is sold out and let the bar sell drinks than making people stand a hour, let people in in dribs and drabs ...

  Bill: Richard Lloyd Group/City Lights Venue: Sleepwalk , 251 Bushwick Ave ., Brooklyn, NY Date: Tues 1/20/26 Door: $20 9pm Richard Lloyd Group Active: 1973 (New York, NY) Affiliated: Television Latest Release: The Countdown (Plowboy, 2018) Facebook   Instagram   Discogs   AllMusic   Setlist   Wiki   YouTube   Spotify 8pm City Ice Active: 2024 (Brooklyn, NY) Latest Release: " Rough Sleeper " (City Ice, 2025) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram   YouTube Spotify I hadn't seen Richard Lloyd in a little over a year, so I thought I'd check in at the start of his 3 day NYC club run.  He is doing Union Pool tonight and Baker Falls Friday with a Jersey date at Crossroads in Garwood opening for the Dictators Thursday.  Busy for sure, part of a longer January tour that stated at the beginning of the month. Unfortunately Johnny Law came to call with decibel counters, so the Group were forced to turn their amps down "5 percent" before they st...

  Bill: Black Helicopter / Spiller / Daughter of the Vine Venue: Deep Cuts , 21 Main St. , Medford, MA Date: 1/9/26 Door: $15 10pm Black Helicopter Active: 2000 (Boston, MA) Affiliated: Green Magnet School, Kudgel Latest Release: Balancing Act (Best Brother, 2025) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify 9pm Spiller  Active: 2024 (Boston, MA) Affiliated: Titanics, Gang Green, Underball, Jerry's Kids, Northern Skulls, Green Magnet School Latest Release: What Have I Won EP (Spiller, 2025) Bandcamp Facebook   YouTube   8pm Daughter of the Vine Active: 2023 (Cambridge, MA) Affiliated: Mr. Airplane Man, The Concerns, The Konks Latest Release: Mystic Valley PKWY (Sol Pwr, 2024) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs   YouTube Spotify I finally got around to ordering the new Black Helicopter album at the behest of latest member edition Mark Erdody.  He asked me to write about it, but I don't have the "format" to do new re...