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The Charlatans UK @ Brooklyn Steel, Brooklyn, NY 9/26/26

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Bill: The Charlatans UK/Frankie Rose Venue: Brooklyn Steel, 319 Frost St. , Brooklyn, NY Date: Saturday 9/26/26 Door: $47.50 9pm The Charlatans UK Active: 1988 (West Midlands, UK) Latest Release: We Are Love (BMG, 2025) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify Missed: Frankie Rose Long running UK band The Charlatans came back to Brooklyn Steel.  This was the third time I've seen them, each one because my friend Kenny from Boston was in town.  We even hang out in the same spot outside the doors on the right side of the stage.  Kenny would have blown this show off if the CBGB's Festival he came down for hadn't been canceled due to the Nor'easter, but what the hell why not keep a modern tradition. The thing that sets the Charlatans apart is the Hammond Organ.  They aren't a greatest hits band and do a healthy amount from their new album We Are Love.  Founding bass player Martin Blunt is the longest standing member and vocal...
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Iron Maiden/Megadeth/Anthrax @ Sports Illustrated Stadium, Harrison, NJ 9/6/26

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  Bill: Iron Maiden/Megadeth/Anthrax Venue: Sports Illustrated Stadium , 600 Cape May S t., Harrison, NJ Date: Sunday 9/6/26 Ticket: $137 (Pit with 2 $25 off Live Nation Coupons on Ticketmaster) 8:50pm Iron Maiden Active: 1975 (London, UK) Latest Release: Senjutsu (Parlophone/BMG, 2021)  Bandcamp   Facebook Instagram Discogs AllMusic Setlist Wiki YouTube   Spotify 7:05 Megadeth Active: 1983 (Los Angeles, CA) Latest Release: Megadeth (BLKIIBLK, 2026) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify 6:10pm Anthrax Active: 1981 (Queens, NY) Latest Release: Cursum Perficio (Nuclear Blast/Megaforce, out 9/18/26), XL (MCMLXXXI-MMXXI) (Not on Label, 2022) Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify I have to say this Iron Maiden experience was different than the Iron Maiden experience I had at Barclays Center a couple years ago.  First off, this was a greatest hits tour with a near perfect main setlist...
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Verve's 70th Anniversary featuring Samara Joy & Christian McBride/Mei Semones @ Central Park Summerstage, New York, NY 9/2/26

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  Bill: Samara Joy & Christian McBride/Mei Semones & Friends Venue: Central Park Summerstage , E 68 St. at 5th Ave. , New York, NY Date: Wednesday 9/2/26 Door: Free 8:30pm Samara Joy & Christian McBride Active: Joy: 2019 (Bronx, NY), McBride: 1989 (Montclair, NJ via Philadelphia, PA) Latest Release: Joy: Portrait (Verve, 2024), McBride: Without Further Ado, Vol. 1 (Mack Avenue, 2025), Trilogy 3 (with Chick Corea & Brian Blade) (Universal, 2025) Joy: Bandcamp Facebook   Instagram   Discogs   Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify McBride: Bandcamp Facebook  Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify 7:30pm Mei Semones & Friends Active: 2022 (Brooklyn, NY via Ann Arbor, MI) Latest Release: Animaru (Bayonet, 2025) Featured Release: Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto- Getz/Gilberto (Verve, 1964) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlis t AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify Verve Records 70th anniversary focused on the ...
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Swervedriver/Slow Fiction @ Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY 8/29/26

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  Bill: Swervedriver/Slow Fiction/The Still Out Venue: Music Hall of Williamsburg , 66 N 6 St., Brooklyn, NY Date: Saturday 8/29/26 Ticket: $31 (resale via AXS, Door $40) 9:45pm Swervedriver: Raise at 35 Active: 1989 (Oxford, UK) Latest Release: Raise: Demos ( Outer Battery , out 10/3/26), " Flawed " (554874 Records, 2026),   Future Ruin s (Rock Action, 2019) Featured Release: Raise (A&M, 1991), Mezcal Head (A&M, 1993) Bandcamp Facebook I nstagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify 8:45 Slow Fiction Active: 2022 (New York, NY) Latest Release: Dollhouse (Tight Knit, 2026) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusi c  YouTube Spotify Missed: The Still Out Adam Franklin has been about in NYC seemingly at least a couple decades, so I was wondering what Swevedriver constituted for band members nowadays since I first saw them all the way back when Raise came out at T.T. The Bears in Cambridge .  The Raise debut was featured thi...
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Sun Voyager @ Lucky 13 Saloon, Brooklyn, NY 8/28/26

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  Bill: Sun Voyager/Borracho/Mean Green/Green Hog Venue: Lucky 13 Saloon, 644 Sackett , Brooklyn, NY  Date: Friday 8/28/26 Door: $20 11pm Sun Voyager Active: 2014 (New York, NY) Latest Release: " Coming Down " (Tee Pee, 2026), Sun Voyager (Ripple Music, 2022) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Riffipedia   YouTube Spotify Another succesful Tee Pee night out.  I got to Lucky 13 a little after 10 on the longest Uber share ever.  I did get a slow tour to an East NY hospital over to the Eastern Parkway t before co-passengers picked up after me we dropped off and I could head West to Gowanus, 3rd Ave and Lucky 13.  My early plan was to get there early and see all 4 bands but day turned into night and suddenly Kenny was the one getting there first and I got the car to avoid the hour plus B26 to the R train from home but it saved no time.    Once there, we couldn't pry ourselves away from the callipygian wonders parading up and d...
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Death Side/Guerra Final/Vaxine/Salvaje Punk @ Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY 8/25/26

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  Bill: Death Side/Guerra Final/Vaxine/Salvage Punk/Nisemono/Dead Sky Venue: Bowery Ballroom , 6 Delancey St. , New York, NY Date: Tuesday 8/25/26 Door: $40 (had a gifted ticket via Ticketmaster) 11:45pm Death Side Active: 1983 (Tokyo, Japan) Latest Release: Unreleased Tracks & Video Archives (Break The Records, 2021), Save The Live House Benefit (Break The Records, 2020) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic   MRR   YouTube Spotify 11pm Guerra Final Active: 2021 (Dallas, TX) Latest Release: Purgatorio (Desolate, 2024) Bandcamp    Discogs Setlist   MRR 10:15pm Vaxine Active: 2019 (Brooklyn, NY) Latest Release: (with The Last Survivors) Split EP (General Speech, 2025), Frontal Lobotomy (Discos Enfermos/Toxic State, 2024) Bandcamp   Instagram Discogs Setlist Spotify 9:30pm Salvaje Punk Active: 2020 (New York, NY) Latest Release: Salvaje Punk (Toxic State, 2023) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discog s Setlist   MRR YouTube...
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Acid Bath @ The Rooftop at Pier 17, New York, NY 8/21/26

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 Bill: Acid Bath/Obituary Venue: The Rooftop at Pier 17 , 89 South St., Pier 17, New York, NY Date: Friday 8/21/26 Ticket: Free on List via DoNYC (face was $69.50 plus fees) 8pm Acid Bath Active: 1991 (Hourna, LA) Latest Release: Paegan Terrorism Tactics (Rotten Records, 1996) Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist     AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify Missed: Obituary I had a group meetup at Seahorse near Pier 17 before the show, so we didn't make it out in time for Obitiuary who went on at 7.  We got in just as they were wrapping and the "Slowly We Rot" screen was out.  I've seen them a couple times since the start of this blog, so I'm sure they were good.  This is also the 4th time I've seen Acid Bath.  For a "special occasion" band, it seems like they are playing more and more and getting bigger and bigger.  The Rooftop at Pier 17 is a 3,500 capacity venue and I'd say it was about 80-90% full.  The weather cooperated, and the storm th...
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