NYC Show Obsessive

  Bill: Uniform/Poison Ruin/LEYA Venue: Bowery Ballroom , New York, NY Date: 8/30/24 Door: $20 10:45PM Uniform Active: 2013 (New York, NY) Latest Release: American Standard (Sacred Bones, 2024) Facebook   Instagram   Bandcamp   Discogs   Youtube   AllMusic   Setlist 9:45PM Poison Ruïn Active: 2020 (Philadelphia, PA) Latest Release: Confrere ( Relapse , 2024) Facebook Instagram Bandcamp Discogs Spotify AllMusic Setlist 9:00PM LEYA Active: 2020 (Brooklyn, NY) Latest Release: Flood Dreams (NNA Tapes, 2020), Eyeline (NNA Tapes, 2022) Facebook Instagram Bandcamp Discogs Spotify AllMusic Setlist I saw a review from Steve Erickson of the new Uniform in Slate and since I thought he mostly lost interest in the Noise Rock genre long ago, that attention he gave to Uniform was enough to give me the curiosity to check out this show.   I hadn't heard any of the bands yet, but they are all local and the other two have established themselves t...

  Bill: Kilynn Lunsford/Oof!/Vestments Venue: Mama Tried , Brooklyn, NY Date: 8/29/24 Door: FREE 9:30PM   Kilynn Lunsford Active: 2003 (Philadelphia, PA) Related:  Black Egg ,  Little Claw ,  Luxury Prevention ,  Taiwan Housing Project ,  The Dark Places ,  Soul Exhumation Latest Release: Custodians of Human Succession (Ever/Never, 2022) Bandcamp   Instagram   Discogs   AllMusic 8:30pm Oof! Active: 2017 (New York, NY) Latest Release: Mirror Mirror (20/20, 2024) Bandcamp   Instagram 7:30 Vestmen ts Active: 2018 (New York, NY) Latest Release: Dr. Buss (Vestments, 2024) Bandcamp   Facebook   Instagram   Discogs The show on everybody's lips at the Stu Spasm film I Should Have Been Dead Years Ago  Wednesday night was Vestments at Mama Tried.  This served as an after party since much of the same audience were at the show including Vestments sax player Nikki D'Agostino  and drummer Rich Hutchins ...

  Bill: Snail Mail/Tim Heidecker/Fenne Lilly Venue: Central Park Summerstage , New York, NY Date: 8/27/24 Door: FREE 8:30PM Snail Mail Latest Release: Valentine (Matador, 2021), Valentine Demos (Matador/Beat, 2023) Active: 2015 (Ellicott City, MD) Facebook   Instagram   Bandcamp    Discogs     Wiki   Allmusic   Setlist 7:15 pm: Tim Heidecker & The Very Good Band Latest Release: Live In Boulder (Spacebomb, 2023), Slipping Away (Bloodshot, October 2024) Active: 2011 (Allentown, PA) Facebook   Bandcamp    Instagram   Discogs   WIki   AllMusic  Setlist Missed: Fenne Lilly My friend Danny wanted to catch his last shot for the summer at at free Central Park Summerstage show, so Snail Mail was it.  "Oh God, a millennial Matador band" I thought to myself.  Then I thought, “is she a millennial?”  Turns out she is 24 and the cutoff before it becomes Gen Z is 28.  So off into Gen Z land we ...

  Bill: Guitar Summit 2024  Feat. Kurt Rosenwinkel, Nels Cline, Gilad Hekselman, Wolfgang Muthspiel, Mike Stern, Leni Stern, Rodney Jones, Anupam Shobhakar, Camila Meza, and Joel Harrison with Jerome Harris (bass), Harvey Sorgen (drums), Ben Perowsky (drums) Venue: Le Poisson Rouge, New York, NY Date: 8/24/24 Door: $35 (had +1 guest list) 7:00 Rodney Jones (Guitar)/ Jerome Harris (Bass)/ Harvey Sorgen (Drums) 7:15pm  Kurt Rosenwinkel Active: 1997 (Berlin, Germany via Brooklyn, NY via Philadelphia, PA) Latest Release: A Lovesome Thing (with Geri Allen) (Motema/Hardcore Records, 2023) Facebook   Instagram   Bandcamp   Discogs   AllMusic   Wiki 7:30pm Camila Meza Active: 2007 (Chile) Latest Release: Ambar (Masterworks, 2019) Discogs 7:45pm Gilad Hekselman Active: 2006 (Israel) Latest Release: Far Star (Edition, 2022) Discogs 8:10pm Amupam Shobhakar Active: 2014 (Brooklyn, NY) Latest Release: Multiplicity: Leave The Door Open (Whirlwind, 2014) ...

  Bill:  Greaser Phase/Best Dressed Ghost/Ironbound Venue:  Berlin , New York, NY Date: 8/23/24 Door: $15 9:45 PM Greaser Phase Latest Release: Greaser Phase (Greaser Phase, 2024) Active: 2024 (New York, NY) Jonny Couch   Benny Imbriani Facebook   Bandcamp   Instagram 8:45 Best Dressed Ghost Active: 2024 (Jersey City) Youtube 8pm: Ironbound Active: 2024 (Jersey City, NJ) Earlier in the week I got a text from Jonny Couch that his new band Greaser Phase was playing at Berlin, so I took the opportunity to come out, catch up and see the night he put together.  He set it up with a couple bands he's played with in his recently adopted hometown of Jersey City. Ironbound was the first band up.  Considering there is very little info about this band, they had a very full room.  Apparently a couple of them have some skater ties, but he sound was quality country.  The singer was wearing a Gary Stewart hat and the guitarist was quality cosmic rock. ...

Bill:  Big Star's Radio City (50th Anniversary) Venue: White Eagle Hall , Jersey City, NJ Date: 8/22/24 Door: $38 8pm: Big Star Quintet featuring Jody Stephens with  Mike Mills ( R.E.M. ),   Jon Auer ( The Posies ), Pat Sansone ( Wilco ),   and   Chris Stamey ( The dB's ) Facebook   Instagram   Discogs   Setlist   Allmusic   Wiki Youtube Posts: " In The Street " " You Get What You Deserve " " O My Soul " " Don't Lie To Me " The 50th anniversary show of Big Star's second album Radio City was as good a tribute to Alex Chilton and Chris Bell as you can get.  Drummer Jody Stephens, the final surviving member led a group full of musicians from known entities that were influenced by Big Star.   Although Mills was the oldest, turning 72 this October, Chris Stamey is only a couple years younger and Mike Mills was also born later in the 50's.  The young'uns were Sansone of Wilco and Auer of the Posies both born in '69. An...

  Bill:  Spite FuXXX/Tashi Delay/Spirit of a Slain Eagle Venue: Main Drag , Brooklyn, NY Date: 8/21/24 Door: $15 10pm: Spite FuXXX Latest Release: Cum In Pieces (Spite Fuxxx, 2024) Active: 2020 (Brooklyn, NY) Facebook Bandcamp Instagram   Discogs   9pm: Tashi Delay Latest Release: Tashi Delay (Tashi Delay, 2023) Active: 2022 (New Orleans, LA via UK) Facebook Bandcamp    Instagram 8pm: Spirit Of A Slain Eagle Latest Release:  EP  (2013, Spirit of a Slain Eagle) Active: 2013 (Brooklyn, NY) Facebook   Instagram   Soundcloud Had an urge to see a random gig last night and my friend Eric, who is extremely locked into garage punk both local and beyond, recommended this show last Sunday at the Kid Congo gig.  So off I went! Spite FuXX have been around at least 4 years and I've seen their name quite a bit.  Who could miss the XXX in caps in the listing?  It reminds me of something that would play in LA at the dawn of the ...

  Bill: Kid Congo Powers & The Pink Monkey Birds/Lupo Cita Venue: Union Pool , Brooklyn, NY Date: 8/18/24 Door: FREE Headliner: Kid Congo Powers & The Monkey Birds Latest Release: That Delicious Vice (In The Red, 2024) Active: 1979 (NYC & Tucson, AZ) Affiliated: Kid Congo Powers : The Gun Club (1979, 1983, 1985-8), The Cramps (1980-3), Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (1988-90), Congo Norvelle (1993-1998), Knoxville Girls (1999-2001), The Pink Monkey Birds (1997-present)   Mark Cisneros:  America Hearts ,  The Burnouts (2) ,  Chain And The Gang ,  Deathfix ,  Des Demonas ,  Hammered Hulls ,  Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds ,  Medications ,  The Make Up Kiki Solis:  Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds ,  Knife In The Water ,  Rhythm Of Black Lines ,  Those Peabodys ,  Fragile Gang Ron Miller:  The Hareyville Project ,  Up The Academy ,  Switchhitter Facebook ,  Ban...

  Bill: King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard/Geese/DJ Crenshaw Venue: Forest Hills Stadium, Queens, NY Date: 8/16/24 Door: $90.19 (WON TICKETS ON DONYC) Headliner: King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Latest Release:  Flight b714 ((p)doom Records, 2024) Active: 2010 (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) Faceboo k,  Bandcamp ,  Instagram ,  Discogs ,  Setlist , Wiki , AllMusic Opener: Geese Latest Release: 3D Country (Partisan/Play It Again Sam, 2023), 4D Country (Partisan/Play It Again Sam, 2023) Active: 2016 (Brooklyn, NY) Facebook , Bandcamp , Instagram ,   Discogs , Setlist , AllMusic King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have been a curio for some time now.  Since I won tickets to their big 3-hour (announced in advance) show at Forest Hills Stadium, it was time to put that question mark to rest.  Although they started in 2010, they have about 183 releases at this point including singles, comps and so forth, so "touring on the new album" ...

Bill: Meanwhile/Disaffect/No Fucker/Suffocating Madness/Abizm Venue: TV Eye, Ridgewood, Queens, NY Date: 8/14/24 Door: $20 Headliner: Meanwhile Latest Release: :   Reality or Nothing (Feral Ward, 2008) Active: 1995 (Eskilstuna, Sweden) Bandcamp ,  Instagram ,  Discogs ,  Setlist Opener: Disaffect Latest Release: (split with Sanctus Luda) Fuck All Borders (Sanctus Propaganda, 2023) Active: 1991  (Glasgow, Scotland, UK) Facebook   Instagram   Bandcamp   Discogs   Setlist Opener: No Fucker Latest Release: No Future Flexi (No Real, 2003) Active: 2002 (Utica, NY) Facebook   Instagram   Bandcamp   Discogs   Setlist   Opener: Suffocating Madness Active: 2021 (Brooklyn, NY) Latest Release: EP (Roachleg/Active-8, 2021) Instagram   Bandcamp   Discogs Opener: Abism Active: 2021 (New York, NY) Latest Release: Abism (Toxic State, 2021) Bandcamp   Discogs   Setlist   I had an urge to see some new bands...