Mdou Moctar/Body Meat @ Ruins at Knockdown Center, Queens, NY, 9/12/25

 


Bill: Mdou Moctar/Body Meat/duendita

Venue: Ruins at Knockdown Center, 5219 Flushing Ave, Maspeth, Queens, NY

Date: 9/13/25

Ticket: $38.11 on Dice (won tickets from DoNYC)

9:15 Mdou Moctar



Active: 2008 (Abalak, Niger)

Latest Release: Tears of Injustice (Matador, 2025)

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8:15 Body Meat



Active: 2016 (New York, NY)

Latest Release: Starchris (Partisan, 2024)

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Missed: duendita

This is the 3rd time I've seen Mdou Moctar in a fairly short time span.  This means seeing some more uniformly excellent guitar playing from Mohamadou Souleymane.  They are one of the best bands out there and are in the groove of a steady active current band releasing and playing and releasing some more and playing some more.   Maybe my favorite in terms of "current bands."   I will say I thought Mohamadou did a little less audience rousing clapping than he had previously, but he did it at least once.  Maybe this is a sign of confidence as he has become more established, maybe it is the tone of the music.  

Body Meat were a drum pads and auto tune vocal duo that have been around roughly a decade.   Not really my bag, so I tried to zone in on what the drummer was doing.

FOR FURTHER REVIEW:

Takaat @ TV Eye, Queens, NY 6/5/25


 









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