NYC Show Obsessive

  Bill: The Taxpayers/Pigeon Pit/The HIRS Collective Venue: The Meadows , Brooklyn, NY Date: 6/28/25 Door: $35 (was +1 on list) 8:30pm The Taxpayers Active: 2007 (Portland, OR) Latest Release: Circle Breaker (Earnest Jenning Record Company, 2025) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube 7:30pm Pigeon Pit Active: 2014 (Olympia, WA) Latest Release: Crazy Arms (Ernest Jenning Record Co., 2025) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic YouTube 6:30pm The HIRS Collective Active: 2011 (Philadelphia, PA) Latest Release: We're Still Here (Get Better Records, 2023) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Yesterday's show I went to because my Land-Line cohort thought he was putting up the middle band who were friends with his niece in Olympia.  He had a +1 so I had an early Saturday night meetup to see the show.  I knew absolutely nothing and maybe the thing I take away from it is how this scene or s...

  Bill: Cheater Slicks/Atlantic Thrills/Liquor Store Venue: Alphaville , Brooklyn, NY Date: 6/27/25 Door: $25 9:30 Cheater Slicks Active: 1987 (Columbus, OH via Boston) Latest Release: " I Am Low " 7" (Morbid Web, 2025) " Endgame " 7" featuring Don Howland (Morbid Web, 2025) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube 8:45pm Atlantic Thrills Active: 2015 (Providence, RI) Latest Release: III Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist    YouTube 8:00pm Liquor Store Active: 2010 (New York, NY) Latest Release: In The Garden (Almost Ready, 2023) Bandcamp Facebook Discogs   YouTube I hadn't seen the Cheater Slicks since I played with them on a Billy Ruane birthday showcase around 1991 or 2.  They moved to Columbus and while there was scuttlebutt that they played at some point or another, I never caught wind of it.  I remembered why I liked them so much.  There's a very singular take of this garage-punk.  Amped up loud ...

  Bill: Boris Gachot/Jonny Couch Venue:  Danger Danger , Brooklyn, NY Date: Thurs 6/26/25 Door: unsure if cover, got there early before anyone was at the table, Boris' linktree says $15 10:30  Boris Gachot Active: 2024 (New York, NY) Latest Release:  Long Way Round  (Boris Gachot, 2025) Instagram  Setlist  YouTube   9:30  Jonny Couch Active: 2016 (Jersey City, NJ) Latest Release:  Mystery Man  (Damaged Sofa, 2019) Bandcamp   Facebook   Instagram   Discogs   Setlist   AllMusic     YouTube I got a text a couple days ago from Jonny Couch that he was playing at Danger Danger on 232 Knickerbocker.  I live about a half hour walk away and I hadn't been there yet.  Not only did I get to catch up with Jonny and see his show but also got to finally check out Danger Danger which opened 2023.  The bartender was actually from Worcester!  My kinda place. Jonny was mostly doing stuff I knew bu...

  Bill: Xiu Xiu/Chuquimamani-Condori/Chino Amobi Venue: Ruins @ Knockdown Center , Queens, NY Date: 6/22/25 Tickets: $25 (had a free pair from DoNYC) 8:45pm  Xiu Xiu Active: 2002 (San Jose, CA) Latest Release: 13" Frank Beltrame Italian Stiletto With Bison Horn Grips (Polyvinyl, 2024) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube 7:45pm  Chuquimamani-Condori Active: 2008 (Nashville, TN) Latest Release: DJ E (Chuqumamani-Condori, 2023) Bandcamp   Instagram Discogs Setlist Wiki   6:45pm Chino Amobi Active: 2010 (Tuscaloosa, AL) Latest Release: Eroica (Chino Amobi, 2024) Bandcamp   Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube I had a mental note to see Xiu Xiu for the past 15 years or so after my friend Will told me he liked them.  I heard an early album of theirs that I didn't like that much, but I still had a feeling I should check Xiu Xiu out. I'm glad I did, they were excellent and very different from t...

  Bill: Paul McCartney Tribute Featuring Nite Music/Rich Meyer/Skyjectors/Wild Honey Pie/HoloVortex/Leigh Celent/Brian Kish/Michael Lynch Venue: The Gutter , Brooklyn, NY Date: 6/15/25 Door: Free 10:45 Nite Music Active: 2022 (Brooklyn, NY) Latest Release: " Never Let You Go " (Nite Music, 2025) Bandcamp   Facebook   Instagram   10:30 Rich Meyer Active: 1996 (Brooklyn, NY) Affiliated: Ghost of Past Mistakes, Hopewell, Mercury Rev Facebook   Instagram   Discogs   9:55  The Skyjectors Active: 2024 (New York, NY via Philadelphia, PA) Instagram Missed: The  Wild Honey Pie /HoloVortex/ Leigh Celent / Brian Kish / Michael Lynch The Gutter had a low key annual Paul McCartney Sunday night tribute show that Rich Meyer was involved with, so I met up with Kenny, Rich & Darla to grab some food at Bennie's after the BBQ pop up we were looking for near the Gutter was closed.  I had no idea who was playing or what the format was but fortunatel...

  Bill: EXTC (Terry Chambers & Friends) Venue: Le Poisson Rouge , New York, NY Date: 6/12/25 Door: $30 (had a free pair from DoNYC) 7:30pm EXTC Active: 2019 (Swindon, UK) Affiliated: XTC Latest Release: Live USA, Vol. 1 (EXTC, 2024) Facebook Instagram Discogs AllMusic Setlist Wiki   EXTC is XTC's drummer Terry Chambers doing covers much in the way Nick Mason does a tribute with Saucerful of Secrets.  He is joined by Steve Hampton on guitar and Terry Lines on bass.both of a band Dead Crow Road.  Hampton also played with Joe Jackson and The Vapors. The show was two sets no opener, roughly 20 songs by XTC.  You got hits like "Making Plans For Nigel" and "The Mayor of Simpleton" as well as "This Is Pop" from White Music, "Generals And Majors" from Black Sea and "Ball and Chain" from English Settlement.  Overall this was a cool overview.  Despite their big hits in the later 80's, they hadn't toured since 1982 save for  ...

   Bill: Takaat/Masami Tomihisa/Aswan Dam Venue:  TV Eye , Queens, NY Date: 6/5/25 Door: $15 10pm Takaat Active: 2025 (US via Niger) Affiliated:  Mdou Moctar Latest Release: Takaat Is Noise, Vol. 1 (Purplish Records, 2025) Bandcamp   Facebook   Instagram   Discogs   Setlist    YouTube 9:30 Masami Tomihisa Active: 2024 (NYC via Japan) Latest Release: (with Amadou Ousami Ali) Unaccompanied (Purplish Records, 2024) Missed: Aswan Dam Mdou Moctar's spin off band with their rhythm section of American (From DC) Michael Coulton and Niger based drummer Souleymane Ibrahim adds Ahmoudou Madasane on guitar/vocal in the Tuareg style.  Fast paced, distorted psychedelic guitar that has a distinct feel.  People tend to handclap and jump while the band plays.  Takaat played 45 minutes plus an encore and were uniformly excellent.  The couple times I've see Mdou Moctar it is the same, but that band is clearly lead by Mahamadou Souleyman...

  Bill: Khanate/Qiujiang Levi Lu Venue: Le Poisson Rouge , New York, NY Date: 6/4/25 Door: $40 (won a pair of tickets from Oh My Rockness) 9pm Khanate Active: 2000 (New York, NY) Affiliated:  Stephen O'Malley  ( Burning Witch ,  Thorr's Hammer ,  Sunn O)))) ,   James Plotkin  ( OLD ,  Phantomsmasher ),    Tim Wyskida  ( Blind Idiot God ),   Alan Dubin  ( OLD ) Latest Release: To Be Cruel (Sacred Bones, 2023) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Encyclopaedia Metallum 8:00pm Qiujiang Levi Lu Active: 2024 (New York, NY) Latest Release: Electricity as blood (Qiujiang Levi Lu, 2024) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram YouTube Khanate was doing a 2-night stand a LPR this week and I won a pair of tickets to night 2.  Somehow I managed to never know anything about them for 25 years but they did have Stephen O'Malley from Sunn0))) in the band who I've seen plenty over the years. They als...