NYC Show Obsessive

  Bill: The Clientele / The Smashing Times Venue:  Le Poisson Rouge , New York, NY Date: 7/30/24 Door: $30, got a friends free extra ticket Headliner: The Clientele Latest Release: I Am Not There Anymore (Merge, 2023) Active: 1991 (London, UK) Facebook ,   Instagram ,  Discogs ,  Setlist ,  Wiki Opener: The Smashing Times Latest Release: This Sporting Life (K/Perrenialm, 2023) Active: 2019 (Baltimore, MD) Instagram   Discogs   Setlist   Somehow I managed to never hear a note of the Clientele in their 30+ years of existence until last night.  James (Rocket) was recovering from a covid bout and sacrificed his ticket, so now I am up to date.  There was a little bit of excitement with the Dice ap where they sent me the email confirming the ticket transfer but somehow the ticket never made it to the ap.  Fortunately they were able so sort it at the door.  Confounded technology! I thought The Clientele were along the lines of ...

  Bill: Redd Kross / Dale Crover (Solo & DJ Set) Venue:  Music Hall of Williamsburg , Brooklyn, NY Date: 7/26/24 Door: $35, got a free +1 Headliner: Redd Kross Latest Release: Redd Kross (In The Red, 2024) Active: 1981 (Hawthorne, CA) Facebook ,   Instagram ,  Discogs ,  Setlist ,  Wiki Missed: Dale Crover I can't seem to remember where I first saw Redd Kross--either the Channel or the Paradise late 80's early 90's, and I've seen the band over the years.  I thought I saw them at the Rat, but that was 1987 and I'm going to say I was underage and couldn't go.  Melvins drummer Dale Crover was drumming for them and maybe I heard him DJ when I arrived, but if there was a solo set I missed it.  I thought he might be DJing due to surgery that took him out of drumming condition for a Melvins tour last year.  Anyway he was fine and drumming for the Kross. As for Redd Kross, they've got a new double album decked out as a Red "White Album" out...

  Bill: 10cc / Robin Taylor Zander Venue: Sony Hall , New York, NY Date: 7/25/24 Door: $55, Paid $28 on Stubhub Headliner: 10cc Latest Release: Live22 (Gouldman Music Ltd, 2022), Graham Gouldman-I Have Notes (Rosala, 2024) Active: 1972 (Stockport, Greater Manchester, England) Facebook ,  Instagram ,  Discogs ,  Setlist , Wiki Opener: Robin Taylor Zander Latest Release: The Distance  (Controversial, 2023) Active Since: 2023, Son of Cheap Trick's Robin Zander and also touring member since 2019 Facebook , Instagram , Discogs , Setlist 10cc last played a reformation gig in 2012 at the NYC Society of Ethical Culture for their 40th anniversary tour.  Prior to that they hadn't played NYC since the Palladium in 1978 after the Godley and Creme departure.  This is Graham Gouldman's 10cc along with Rick Fenn (yes, the one that did an album with Nick Mason) and drummer Paul Burgess along with recent adds Ian Hornal and Keith Heyman. The holy trinity of "The ...

  Bill:   Jah Wobble Venue: Music Hall of Williamsburg , Brooklyn, NY Date: 7/24/24 Door: $35 Headliner: Jah Wobble Latest Release: A Brief History of Now (Cleopatra, 2023) Active Solo: 1980 (London, UK; Public Image Limited 1978-1980) Facebook ,  Instagram ,  Discogs ,  Setlist 65 year old bass player PiL legend Jah Wobble was in town with his band The Invaders of The Heart.  He is insanely prolific to the point he was touring and playing mostly from 2021's Metal Box-Rebuilt In Dub which was a reworking of the seminal Public Image Ltd Metal Box release in a film can (Second Edition in the US in a traditional gatefold those cheap bastards)  He was also selling his latest from last year, A Brief History of Now.  As you can see from Discogs he has dozens and dozens of albums, various bands, collaborations and so forth.  Though he did a version of "Public Image" and I may very well prefer that album for easy listening, Metal Box stands alon...

  Bill:   Mizmor / Amarok Venue:  TV Eye , Ridgewood, Queens, NY Date: 7/23/24 Door: $20 Headliner: Mizmor Latest Release: Prosiac (Profound Lore, 2023) Formed:  2012 (Portland, OR) Facebook ,  Instagram , Discogs , Setlist Opener: Amarok Latest Release: Resilence (Vendetta, 2024) Formed: 2010 (Chico, CA) Facebook ,  Instagram ,  Discogs ,  Setlist I had a request from my Israeli buddy Danny to get a Mizmor shirt with the Hebrew logo so with an open night I walked over to my local, TV Eye. I spoke briefly with the bassist and they had retired their old logo for a more standard black metal looking shirt.   Fortunately, the door person gave me a couple drink tickets so the twenty dollars for the gig wasn't as impactful for a gamble.   Since both bands were on tour from the West Coast, it was good to see something new.  Amarok did a doom sludge thing without solos.  When you see a band like this you realize why Matt...

  Bill: Off! / Fucked Up Venue: Le Poisson Rouge , New York, NY Date: 7/20/24 Door: Sold Out bought advance ticket $45.43 on Dice Headliner: Off! Latest Release: Free LSD (Fat Possum, 2022) Formed: 2010 (Los Angeles) Facebook ,  Instagram ,  Discogs ,  Setlist Opener: Fucked Up Latest Release: One Day (Merge/Fucked Up, 2023) Formed: 2001 (Toronto) Facebook , Instagram , Discogs , Setlist I was on the fence about going to this show and not really feeling a solo venture on this one, but my old college roommate Noah was in town from LA for the show so I jumped at the chance to catch up.  I've seen Keith Morris a bunch of times recently on Circle Jerks tours but hadn't seen Off! in a while or the opening Fucked Up from Toronto.  The funny thing with Off! is I can never remember a single song by them.  I looked at my hard drive and was surprised that with 300,000 tracks, there I didn't have anything by Off or Fucked Up on it.  I fixed that yesterd...

  Bill: Atomic Bitchwax/Mirror Queen/Certain Death Venue:  The Kingsland, Brooklyn, NY Date: 7/16/24 Door: $20.00 (got there early and paid instead of waiting to be on list) Headliner: Atomic Bitchwax Latest Release: Live At Freak Valley Sounds (Heavy Psych Sounds, 2023) Formed: 1993 Facebook , Instagram , Discogs , Setlist Opener: Mirror Queen Latest Release: Inviolate (Tee Pee, 2022) Formed: 2011 Facebook , Instagram, Discogs , Setlist Missed: Certain Death Welcome to the very first post of NYC SHOW OBSESSIVE.  I had a hack on my Meta pages which affects both my Facebook and Instagram personal pages, so I figured I'd get this blog up and going to incorporate photos and clips I take from shows and perhaps a little reflective commentary.  I also decided to break out Facebook pages for my record writeups (The Reverse Collector) and my show posts (NYC Show Obsessive).  That way my personal page will be bland, boring and hopefully less open to getting usurped by th...