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) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube 8:15 Body Meat Active: 2016 (New York, NY) Latest Release: Starchris (Partisan, 2024) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic YouTube 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 rousi...