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Buddies Etc./The Last Throes/Land-Line @ Tom Eurin's Studio, Brooklyn, NY 9/29/24

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  Bill: Buddies Etc./The Last Throes/Land-Line/Jorgen Skjaervold/Robin Ediger-Seto/John Virgo Venue: Tom Eruin's Studio, 240 6th St., Brooklyn, NY Date: 9/29/24 Door: Free Beer: Free Hot Dogs: Free.  Even with Relish! 11:00pm/10:00pm Buddies, Etc. Affiliations:  Joey Truman (Um, Dishwashers), Michael Jung, Stephen Moses (Um, Alice Donut) 10:30 The Last Throes Active: 2014 (Brooklyn, NY) Affiliations: Rob Conger (Jack Bennies) Bandcamp 9pm Land-Line Affiliations: John Lyons (Dishwashers, Barnyard Playboys, Osgood Slaughter), David Gwiazdowski (Saint Bastard, A Bunch of Girls), Jubal Fearing (Saint Bastard, Jack Bennies) 8pm "the lounge thing" Joey Truman, made famous singing for the Dishwashers with John Lyons and later Um puts together a quarterly gig at Tom Eurin's Studio in Gowanus.  Last time I was there, I remembered the stage in the middle of the front of the room but now it is boxed in behind another stage while a "house" exhibition sits where I think...

Deerhoof, Ekko Astral, model home @ Ruins @ Knockdown Center, Maspeth, Queens, NY 9/26/24

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 Bill: Deerhoof/Ekko Astral/model home  Venue: Ruins @ Knockdown Center, Maspeth, Queens, NY Date: 9/26/24 Door: $40.95 on Dice with fee (had free tickets from DONYC) 9pm Deerhoof Active: 1994 (San Francisco, CA) Latest Release: The Free Triple Live Album (Deerhoof, 2024); Miracle-Level (Joyful Noise, 2022) Bandcamp   Facebook   Instagram   Discogs   AllMusic Setlist Wiki YouTube 8pm Ekko Astral Active: 2022 (Washington, DC) Latest Release: Pink Balloons (Topshelf, 2024) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs AllMusic Setlist Wiki YouTube 7pm: model home Bandcamp Active: 2018 (Washington, DC) Latest Release: Wax Fortress (Model Home, 2024) Bandcamp    Instagram Discogs AllMusic Setlist   YouTube I'm trying to figure out the last time I saw Deerhoof.  I seem to think it was in the mid to late aughts.  I'm guessing Southpaw but there is no proof of that.   In Brooklyn they've played plenty over the years including No...

Caerdroia/Ordainment @ Lucky 13, Brooklyn, NY 9/21/24

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 Bill: Caerdroia/Ordainment/LSDemonic Venue: Lucky 13 Saloon, Brooklyn, NY Date: 9/21/24 Door: $15 11pm Caerdroia Active: 2024 (New York, NY) Bandcamp   Instagram   Setlist   Spotify 10pm: Ordainment Active: 2023 (Brooklyn, NY) Instagram Missed: LSDemonic When the early evening show at Mama Tried got out, I was still itching to see some music.  It was the whiskey shots talking even though I had some potato salad there to cut the drinkin'.  Since Mama Tried is way out in Greenwood Heights (or is it still South Slope?), I usually hit Lucky 13 on the way back to Bushwick.  When I got there a show was happening so I paid 15 bucks (!) to roll the dice on some unknown music. The band I walked into was Ordainment and I thought they were pretty good.  It might have been the whiskey talking, but I was just in the mood to see loud young energetic metal.  Caerdroia were of the sludgier variety.  They were good but at some point I hit a wall toward ...

The Chris Brokaw Rock Band/SAVAK/Blank Account @ Mama Tried, Brooklyn, NY 9/21/24

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 Bill: The Chris Brokaw Rock Band/SAVAK/Blank Account Date: 9/21/24 Venue:  Mama Tried , Brooklyn, NY Door: Free 7pm  The Chris Brokaw Rock Band Active: 1990 (Boston, MA) Affiliated: Chris Brokaw  (Guitar, Vocals) :  7 Or 8 Worm Hearts ,  Ativin ,  Charnel Ground ,  Cimt ,  Codeine ,  Come (2) ,  Consonant ,  Dirtmusic ,  GG Allin & The Aids Brigade ,  Hidden Tooth ,  Kahoots ,  Pullman ,  Sunset To The Sea ,  The JLP Sessions Project ,  The Martha's Vineyard Ferries ,  The New Year ,  Lupo Cittá Clint Conley (Bass, Vocals):   Consonant ,  Mission Of Burma ,  The Moving Parts ,  The Space Negros ,  Dredd Foole And The Din Luther Gray (Drums):  Bathysphere (2) ,  Bruce Gertz Quintet ,  Construction Party ,  Cutout (3) ,  David Bond Quintet ,  Dennis Gonzalez Connecticut Quartet ,  Jazz Composers Alliance Orchestra ,...

Jeff Lynne's ELO/Rooney @ Madison Square Garden, New York, NY 9/17/24

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 Bill: Jeff Lynne's ELO/Rooney Date: 9/17/24 Venue: Madison Square Garden , New York, NY Door: (guest list plus 1, resale tickets were $62-$680+) 9:05pm Jeff Lynne's ELO Active: 2014-present under moniker, 1970 (Birmingham, UK as Electric Light Orchestra) Current Members: Jeff Lynne (Vocals Guitar, Electric Light Orchestra ,  George's Band ,  The Idle Race ,  The Move ,  The Nightriders (11) ,  The Olton Orioles ,  The Ordinaires (6) ,  The Trembling Blenders ,  The Warwickshire Wobblers ,  Traveling Wilburys ), Mike Stevens , (Musical Director, Guitar, Backing Vocals, Harmonica), Lee Pomeroy (Bass, Backing Vocals), Milton McDonald (Guitar, Backing Vocals), Marcus Byrne (Piano, Keyboards, Vocodor), Jo Webb (Keybaords, Guitar, Backing Vocals), Shannon Harris (Keyboards), Donavan Hepburn (Drums), Melanie Lewis-McDonald (Backing Vocals), Iain Hornal (Backing and Co-Lead Vocals, Guitar), Jessie Murphy (Violin), Amy Langley (Cello)...