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Marshall Crenshaw/The Bongos @ Sony Hall, New York, NY 11/10/25

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  Bill: Marshall Crenshaw/The Bongos Venue:  Sony Hall ,  235 W 46 St . , New York, NY Date: Monday 11/10/25 Door: $39.50 (had free pair from DoNYC) 9pm Marshall Crenshaw Active: 1981 (Detroit, MI) Latest Release: From "The Hellhole"   (Yep Rock, 2025) Biggest/FirstRelease: Marshall Crenshaw (Warner Bros., 1982) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify 8pm The Bongos Active: 1980 (Hoboken, NJ) Latest Release: The Shroud of Touring: Live In 1985 (Jem, 2025) Biggest Release: Numbers With Wings (RCA, 1983) First Release: Drums Along The Hudson (PVC, 1982) Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify Finally saw these two bucket list acts from the early 80's that I somehow never saw before.  Marshall Crenshaw has a new one on Yep Rock called From "The Hellhole."  The Bongos reform sporadically, and they have a new live archival release. The Bongos in 2025 pull mostly from their first Dr...

The Mars Volta/Kianí Medina @ Brooklyn Paramount, Brooklyn, NY 11/9/25

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  Bill: The Mars Volta/Kianí Medina/Feliz Y Dada Venue:    Brooklyn Paramount ,  385 Flatbush Ave. Ext . , Brooklyn, NY Date: 11/9/25 Door: $86 (won tickets on DoNYC) 9:30 The Mars Volta Active: 2001(El Paso, TX) Latest Release:  Lucro Sucio; Los Ojos del Vacío ( Clouds Hill Records, 2025) Biggest Release:  De-Loused in the Comatorium   (Universal, 2003) First Release: Tremulant EP (Gold Standard Laboratories, 2002) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify 8:30 Kianí Medina Active: 2007 (Puerto Rico) Latest Release: " Muy lejos del encanto " (Pomero, 2025) Instagram Discogs Setlist    YouTube   Missed: Feliz Y Dada Mars Volta had long been a bucket list band to check out.  I've only really heard their 2005 album Francis The Mute, so I had no idea what they've been doing all these 20 years since.  DoNYC papered this show as a bonus free show, so free was a motivator to finally ch...

GBH/Slaughterhouse/The Mainliners @ Gramercy Theatre, New York, NY 11/7/25

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  Bill: GBH/Slaughterhouse/The Mainliners Venue: Gramercy Theatre, 127 E 23 St ., New York, NY Date: Friday 11/7/25 Door: $35 (paid $25 via Tickpick) 9:30 GBH Active: 1978 (Birmingham, UK) Latest Release: Momentum (Hellcat, 2017) Biggest/First Release: City Baby Attacked By Rats (Bronze/Clay, 1982) Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify 8:45 Slaughterhouse Active: 2018 (Los Angeles/South Bay, CA) Latest Release: Sick and Tired (Slaughterhouse, 2025) Biggest Release: Fun Factory (Recess, 2021) First Release: Slaughterhouse (Slaughterhouse, 2018) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist   YouTube Spotify 8pm The Mainliners Active: 2022 (Hollywood/Los Angeles, Latest Release: Discography (The Mainliners, 2025) Bandcamp   Instagram Discogs Setlist     YouTube Spotify It had been a few years since I last saw Charged GBH and 39 years since the first time on the Punks vs Skins tour with Agnostic Front opening in 1986 at ...

Boris/Uniform @ Brooklyn Steel, Brooklyn, NY 11/4/25

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  Bill: Boris/Uniform Venue: Brooklyn Steel , 319 Frost St ., Brooklyn, NY Date: 11/4/25 Door: $35 (had a friends extra advance ticket--thanks James!) 9:15 Boris Active: 1992 (Tokyo, Japan) Latest Release: Performing Pink In Its Entirety-Live at Shindaita Fever 20160924 (Relapse 2025), Live Noise Alive (Fangs Anal Satan, 2025), Fade (Fangs Anal Satan, 2022) Featured Release: Pink (Southern Lord, 2005) Bandcamp   Facebook   Instagram   Discogs   AllMusic   Setlist   Wiki  YouTube   Spotify 8pm Uniform Active: 2013 (New York, NY) Latest Release:  American Standard  (Sacred Bones, 2024) Facebook   Instagram   Bandcamp   Discogs   Setlist    AllMusic   Wiki  Youtube   Spotify This year Boris are doing a look back at the Pink album on it's 20th anniversary.  Last year it was Amplifier Worship.  They have such a massive discography they could pay tribute to many things, but Pink is...

John Cale's Steam on Glass/Heinali & Andriana-Yaroslava Sienko @ Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, NY 11/2/25

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  Bill: John Cale's Steam on Glass/Heinali & Andriana-Yaroslava Sienko Venue: Wu Tsai Theater , David Geffen Hall ,  Lincoln Center, 10 Lincoln Center Plz. , New York, NY Date: 11/2/25 Door: $5 (bought advance ticket), Suggested Donation Performance 8:30 John Cale 's Steam on Glass Year Active: 1957 (Garnant, Carmarthenshire, Wales) Associated: Velvet Underground Latest Release: POPtical Illusion (Double Six/Electric Drone, 2024), MiXology, Vol. 1 (Double Six/Electric Drone, 2025) Biggest Release: Paris 1919 (Reprise, 1973) First Release: Vintage Violence (Columbia, 1970) Bandcamp Facebook   Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify 7:30 Heinali & Andriana-Yaroslava Sienko Years Active: Heinali 2010 (Kiev, Ukraine), Andriana-Yaroslava Sienko 2022 (Lviv, Ukraine) Latest Release: Hildegard (Unsound, 2025), Andriana-Yaroslava Sienko- Atlantis  (Adriana-Yaroslava Sienko, 2025) Biggest Release: Heinali- Kiev Eternal (Injazero, 2023) First Release:...

Claudio Simonetti's Goblin: Deep Red 50th Anniversary Tour @ City Winery, New York, NY 10/24/25

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   Bill: Goblin (Performing Score To Deep Red (1975 dir: Dario Argento) Venue: City Winery , 25 11th Ave ., New York, NY Date: 10/24/25 Door: $100/$80/$65/$55/$45 (had a +1) 8pm Claudio Simonetti's Goblin Active: 1972 (Rome, Italy) Latest Release: The Other Hell (Soundtrack) (Cinevox, 2025 Reissue, 1979) Biggest Release: Suspiria (Cinevox, 1977) First Release/Featured Release: Profoundo Russo (Deep Red) (Cinevox, 1975) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify The split of keyboardist Claudio Simonetti and guitarist Fabio Pignatelli went all the way back to 1978 after the Zombi (Dawn of the Dead) soundtrack.  Claudio Simonetti still tours as Goblin and feature archival material.  This year being the 50th Anniversary of Deep Red, the bands debut Soundtrack, Simonetti is scoring the film live before doing a set of career scoring highlights after (Suspiria, Halloween.  Bass player Cecila Nappo joined in 2018 and she is the...

The Legendary Pink Dots @ The Sultan Room, Brooklyn, NY 10/23/25

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 Bill: The Legendary Pink Dots/Orbit Service Venue: The Sultan Room , 234 Starr St ., Brooklyn, NY Date: 10/23/25 Door: $34.09 (DICE Ticket, I won pair on DoNYC) 8:30pm The Legendary Pink Dots Active: 1980 (London, UK/Nijmegen, Netherlands) Latest Release: So Lonely In Heaven (Metropolis, 2025), Chemical Playschool Vol. 25 (Legendary Pink Dots, 2025) Biggest Release: The Crushed Velvet Apocalypse (Play It Again Sam, 1990) First Release: Only Dreaming (Legendary Pink Dots, 1981) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify Missed: Orbit Service Trying to figure out the set times was a little difficult with a 7pm door.  My guess was somewhere in the 8:45-9:15 range with the opener at 8, but from my 8:38 arrival, the Dots were already on. The Legendary Pink Dots lead by Edward Ka-Spel are one of those long running (45 years since 1980) entities that have cranked out a nearly infinite amount of music.  The ones I knew were the ones Pl...