NYC Show Obsessive

  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...

  . Bill: Swans/Little Annie & Paul Wallfisch Venue: Brooklyn Steel , 319 Frost St ., Brooklyn, NY Date: 10/7/25 Door: $40 (had a free +1) 8:30pm Swans Active: 1982 (New York, NY) Latest Release: Birthing (Young God, 2025) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Missed: Little Annie & Paul Wallfisch Michael Gira requested at the start of the show to refrain from cell phone use during the performance, so in the spirit of that, I didn't get any photos or clips.  I'm sure somebody will put something up down the road.  I went with a pro photographer and got her plus one which meant we got to hang in the upper area that was roped off.  She got her photos up front in the prescribed 30-minute allotted time and I "held" a spot in the front of the section.  I thought maybe being up in back might save my ears, but no Swans are still fuckin loud, and my ears are still a little shot this morning although not as shot as they used to...

Bill: Soccer Mommy/L'Rain Venue: Brooklyn Steel , Brooklyn, NY Date: 1/30/25 Door: $25 via AXS Resale ($35 was face, AXS had only resale tickets day of show) 9:30pm Soccer Mommy Active: 2015 (Nashville, TN) Latest Release: Evergreen (Loma Vista, 2024) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs AllMusic Setlist Wiki YouTube 8:10pm L'Rain Active: 2017 (Brooklyn, NY) Latest Release: I Killed Your Dog (Mexican Summer, 2023) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs AllMusic Setlist Wiki YouTube I had a couple people tell me about Soccer Mommy in recent years including a friend that was considering coming up from DC to check her out, work permitting.  Work did not permit, but I noticed there was a resale ticket going for $25 the morning of the show, so I bought it to satisfy my own curio.  I went in not having heard a note of either band.   I had an ulterior motive.  My Pilates trainer has been on me to get 10,000 steps minimum in on days I'm not doing a class, so...