NYC Show Obsessive

 Bill: Joudy/DeadTooth/Desert Sharks/Dawglet Venue: TV Eye , 16-47 Weirfield St. , Ridgewood, Queens, NY Date: Wednesday 7/22/26 Door: $20 10:30pm Joudy Active: 2022 (New York, NY via Venezuela) Latest Release:  Permanent Maintenance (Trash Casual, 2026) Bandcamp   Facebook   Instagram   Setlist   YouTube   Spotify Missed: Dead Tooth / Desert Sharks / Dawglet I finished up work an hour early to catch Kenny's new found friends Joudy (pronounced Howdy).  They have an interesting story having coming from Venezula.  I saw them a couple years ago in the middle of like 12 bands and at the time thought they had a Meat Puppets feel.  They are doing a bit more of a straightforward  commercial grunge approach now.  The crowd for this was bigger and seemed totally different than last time.  This was their record release for Permanant Maitenance on the Trash Casual label.  Their new labelmates Dead Tooth were on right before, bu...

  Bill: Sugar Venue: Webster Hall , 125 E. 11 St. , New York, NY Date: Sunday 5/3/26 Ticket: $59 50 Face plus fees (got a friends ticket for $40) 8:30pm Sugar Active: 1992 (Brooklyn, NY via Minneapolis, MN/Boston, MA/Athens, GA) Affiliated: Bob Mould ( Hüsker Dü ), David Barbe ( Mercyland ), Malcolm Travis ( Human Sexual Response ) Latest Release: " Long Live Love " (BMG Rights Management, 2026), ' House of Dead Memories " (BMG Rights Management, 2025) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify While Sugar didn't carry the deep nostalgic impact that  Hüsker Dü  or even Human Sexual Response has for me, I did have a residual desire to check in on their reformation on a slightl y greater urge in comparison to seeing Bob solo.  I guess that is because it guaranteed I was going to see a full band vs Bob alone with guitar, which I last went to at Iridium .  No dig on that, I enjoy Bob Mould in any format, but I prefer him with a...

Bill: The Innocence Mission Venue: Sony Hall , 235 W 46 St., New York, NY Date: Friday 4/24/26 Door: $35 (had free pair via DoNYC) 8pm The Innocence Mission Active: 1985 (Lancaster, PA) Latest Release: The Raindrop Cars (Therese, 2025) Midwinter Swimmers (Therese/Bella Union, 2024) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify A decade into the Innocence Mission's existence I heard their album Glow on recommendation and I liked it quite a bit.  Somehow that didn't translate into hearing other albums or seeing them live until now.  Sony Hall was pretty packed out when I got there right before they went on so a corner at end of the back bar was commandeered.  Unfortunately the floor was annoyingly sticky to the point that it was driving me nuts until I couldn't take it anymore and flagged a waitress for a mop.  The supervisor gave me a couple wet rags which quickly got the job done and restored my sanity even as the workers chatte...

  Bill: Reverend Horton Heat/Black Joe Lewis/ Piñata Protest Venue: Sony Hall , 235 W 46 St .,, New York, NY Date: Friday 4/10/26 Door: $35 (won tickets from DoNYC) 10pm Reverend Horton Heat Active: 1985 (Dallas, TX) Latest Release: Roots of the Rev (Vol. 1) (Fun-Guy, 2023) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wik i YouTube Spotify 9pm Black Joe Lewis Active: 2007 (Austin, TX) Latest Release: " Five Dollars " (Black Joe Lewis, 2020),  The Difference Between Me and You (Black Joe Lewis, 2018) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlis t AllMusi c Wik i YouTube Spotify Missed:  Piñata Protest Reverend Horton Heat is one of those bands I check in on every ten years or so.  I won tickets for tonight, so no time like the present.  I think I won last time too come to think of it.  Still good, still do "Psychobilly Freakout," still got Jimbo on bass although he is steel gray now.  The kind Reverend notes he looks like William Shat...

  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...

Bill: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds/St. Vincent Venue: Barclays Center , Brooklyn, NY Date: Thurs 4/17/25 Ticket: $56.90 (Box K8 via StubHub) 8:25 pm Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Active: 1983 (Melbourne, Australia) Affiliated: The Birthday Party (1977-1983), Grinderman (2006-2013). The Boys Next Door (1973-1978) Latest Release: Wild God (Bad Seed/Play It Again Sam, 2024) Facebook Instagram Discogs   AllMusic Setlist Wiki YouTube   Billboard 7:00pm St. Vincent Active: 2006 (Los Angeles, Dallas, NYC...) Affiliated: The Polyphonic Spree (Dallas, TX, 2003-4) Latest Release: All Born Screaming (Total Pleasure, 2024) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs AllMusic Setlist Wiki YouTube I've had a bit of a hobbled week with a knee injury so I made my return to the live music world "fancy" style buying a box seat for around $60 in the aisle at Barclays Center for Nick Cave.  Some friends of mine had bought section 225 above but that section was going for $78 and the box ...