NYC Show Obsessive

Bill: Soccer Mommy/L'Rain Venue: Brooklyn Steel , Brooklyn, NY Date: 1/30/25 Door: $25 via AXS Resale ($35 was face, AXS had only resale tickets day of show) 9:30pm Soccer Mommy Active: 2015 (Nashville, TN) Latest Release: Evergreen (Loma Vista, 2024) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs AllMusic Setlist Wiki YouTube 8:10pm L'Rain Active: 2017 (Brooklyn, NY) Latest Release: I Killed Your Dog (Mexican Summer, 2023) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs AllMusic Setlist Wiki YouTube I had a couple people tell me about Soccer Mommy in recent years including a friend that was considering coming up from DC to check her out, work permitting.  Work did not permit, but I noticed there was a resale ticket going for $25 the morning of the show, so I bought it to satisfy my own curio.  I went in not having heard a note of either band.   I had an ulterior motive.  My Pilates trainer has been on me to get 10,000 steps minimum in on days I'm not doing a class, so...

  Bill: Stereo MC's/Alex English x Cryostatik Venue: Music Hall of Williamsburg , Brooklyn, NY Date: 1/24/25 Door: $54 (AXS online at showtime, I had guest list +1) 9pm: Stereo MC's Active: 1985 (London, UK) Latest Release: " Changes " (with Adam Port, Freerange, 2017), Emperor's Nightingale (IK7, 2011) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs AllMusic Setlist Wiki Youtube 8pm Alex English x Cryostatik Active: 2019 (New York, NY) Latest Release: " Bassgiving " (Cryostatik, 2019) Bandcamp (Cryostatik) Threads ( Alex English ) ( Cryostatik ) Stereo MC's are doing a quick 3 show run of Philadelphia/Brooklyn/Cambridge presumably for 40th anniversary dates.  This was their first time in NYC in over 20 years.  Their breakthrough album Connected from 1992 was the feature and they also went back to their 1989 debut 33-45-78 .  They totally ignored their last album Emperor's Nightingale from 2011. Outside of "Connected" the song, I didn...

  Bill: Valley Lodge/Roger That! Venue: Mercury Lounge , New York, NY Date: 1/22/25 Door: $15 (guest list from Roger That!) 7:30pm Valley Lodge Active: 2005 (New York, NY) Affiliated: Dave Hill   Latest Release: Shadows In Paradise (Tee Pee, 2024) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs   AllMusic YouTube Wiki 6:30pm Roger That! Active: 2017 (Brooklyn, NY)  Affiliated: Windbreaker (2017-2020, changed name to Roger That!), Kenny "Kreisor", Guitar Vocals: Mirror Queen, Kreisor, Aytobach Kreisor Latest Release:  Flashback Fever  (Tee Pee, 2024) Facebook   YouTube Tee Pee's "power pop" wing made for an early evening double bill at Mercury Lounge Wednesday.  Valley Lodge is the long running band led by funnyman Dave Hill.  The Lodge are rooted in midwestern bands from Cleveland since Dave did time in Cobra Verde and former member John Kimbrough was in Walt Mink from Minneapolis.  Dave's been working his solo comedy show off broadway, so he c...

  Bill: Town Cryer/Soul Cake Venue: Cowgirl Seahorse , New York, NY Date: 1/20/25 Door: Free 8:30 PM Town Cryer Affiliated: Mirror Queen, Roger That, Hopewell, Ghost of Past Mistakes 7:30 PM Soul Cake Affiliated: Bowery Boys, Irthlings, Fugitives Facebook   Monday nights singer/songwriter series at Seahorse near South Street Seaport in lower Manhattan brought back regulars Town Cryer with Joff Wilson's trio Soul Cake opening.  I got there a little late as Joff noted but I did catch 7 songs starting with their Cure cover.  This format was guitar-bass-flute for Soul Cake.   Joff's calling card song for years has been " When The War Is Over " which he closed with.   Kenny has added a drummer after he and Rich Meyer became a duo, so we could call it a band at this point.  Both have been around enough to have originals to mix with covers.   They whipped their drummer into shape with 20 songs to learn in the past month.  They do some...

  Bill: The James Rocket/Curtis Suburban/St. Divine Venue: Young Ethel's , Brooklyn, NY Date: 1/5/25 Door: Free 5:15pm Curtis Suburban Active: 2004 (New York, NY) Latest Release: On Our Way Downtown (Curtis Suburban, 2020) Bandcamp   Facebook    Discogs Setlist AllMusic YouTube   4pm The James Rocket Active: 2012 (Brooklyn, NY) Latest Release: Burnout (James Rocket, 2020) Bandcamp   Facebook   Instagram   YouTube 3pm St. Divine Active: 2024 (Brooklyn, NY) Latest Release: Mirror (St. Divine, 2024) Bandcamp   Instagram   Setlist My A Bunch of Girls/Saint Bastard co-hort James Roy put together a great show featuring his band The James Rocket at Young Ethel in Park Slope on a Sunday afternoon.  Perfect for a first weekend in January and he had a nice full room.  I got there roughly mid-set for St. Divine, an excellent Americana band with Emmylou Harris-style harmonies from Judy Ann Nock along with Will Croxton.  They ha...