NYC Show Obsessive

  Bill: The Hard Quartet/Rat Henry/DJ Fantasy Man Venue: Union Pool, 484 Union Ave , Brooklyn, NY Date: 8/17/25 Ticket: Free 4:30pm The Hard Quartet Active: 2023 (Malkmus: Chicago via Santa Monica, CA, Sweeney: New Jersey, Kelly: Van Nuys, CA & White: Melbourne, Australia) Affiliated: Stephen Malkmus (Pavement), Matt Sweeney (Chavez, Zwan), Emmett Kelly (Cairo Gang, The Double), Jim White (Dirty Three, The Double) Latest Release: Lies (Something You Can Do) b/w Coreopsis Trail (Matador, 2025), The Hard Quartet (Matador, 2024) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube 3:30pm Rat Henry Active: 2018 (New York, NY) Latest Release: Material Pop Volume One (Rat Henry, 2025) Bandcamp Facebook   Discogs Setlist    YouTube This free Sunday afternoon show was part of Union Pool's regular outdoor Summer Thunder series.  Last years around this time was Kid Congo Power and the year or before that I saw Malcolm Mooney of Can in similar c...

  Bill: Los Mirlos Venue: Damrosch Park, Lincoln Center , New York, NY Date: 7/10/25 Door: Free 8:00pm Los Mirlos Active: 1972 (Lima via Moyobamba, Peru) Latest Release:  Corazón Amazónico (Los Merlos, 2018), (with Astros de Mendoza)   Abducción Amazónica (Fokoaq, 2021) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Los Mirlos are the long running Peruvian Cumbia group.  I listened to their first a lbum from 1973,  El Sonido Selvático  the other day and decided to check the band outside free at Lincoln Center.   I hadn't seen anything there for a few years, but NYC has this thing where if you go somewhere you rarely or never go to, you find yourself back there within days. The guitar sounds like a tremolo drenched Latin Ventures.  Live those guitarists Danny Johnston and Jorge Luis Rodriguez Perez the son of founding vocalist Jorge Rodriguez Grandez are Gods.  The younger Jorge joined much later so that makes D...

  Bill: Antone's 50th Anniversary Celebration featuring Jimmie Vaughan/Sue Foley/Benny Turner/Big Bill Morganfield/Lil' Ed Williams/CJ Chenier/Kam Franklin/John Primer/Jivin' Gene/Lurrie Bell/The Texas Horns Venue: Damrosch Park (Gugenheim Bandshell), Lincoln Center , New York, NY Date: 6/29/25 Door: Free 9pm Jimmie Vaughan Active: 1964 (Dallas, TX) Affiliated: The Fabulous Thunderbirds Latest Release: The Jimmie Vaughan Story (The Last Music Company, 2021), Baby Please Come Home (The Last Music Company, 2019) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube 8:50pm Big Bill Morganfield Active: 1983 (Chicago, IL) Affilated: Muddy Waters (father) Latest Release:" Stop This Mess " (William Morganfield, 2020) Facebook Instagram   Discogs Setlist   AllMusic Wiki   YouTube 8:45pm Lurie Bell Active: mid 70's  (Chicago, IL) Affiliated: Koko Taylor, Eddie Clearwater, Big Walter Horton,  Latest Release: Set Me Free (with Frank Catalano) (C...

 Bill: The Chris Brokaw Rock Band/SAVAK/Blank Account Date: 9/21/24 Venue:  Mama Tried , Brooklyn, NY Door: Free 7pm  The Chris Brokaw Rock Band Active: 1990 (Boston, MA) Affiliated: Chris Brokaw  (Guitar, Vocals) :  7 Or 8 Worm Hearts ,  Ativin ,  Charnel Ground ,  Cimt ,  Codeine ,  Come (2) ,  Consonant ,  Dirtmusic ,  GG Allin & The Aids Brigade ,  Hidden Tooth ,  Kahoots ,  Pullman ,  Sunset To The Sea ,  The JLP Sessions Project ,  The Martha's Vineyard Ferries ,  The New Year ,  Lupo Cittá Clint Conley (Bass, Vocals):   Consonant ,  Mission Of Burma ,  The Moving Parts ,  The Space Negros ,  Dredd Foole And The Din Luther Gray (Drums):  Bathysphere (2) ,  Bruce Gertz Quintet ,  Construction Party ,  Cutout (3) ,  David Bond Quintet ,  Dennis Gonzalez Connecticut Quartet ,  Jazz Composers Alliance Orchestra ,...

  Bill: Snail Mail/Tim Heidecker/Fenne Lilly Venue: Central Park Summerstage , New York, NY Date: 8/27/24 Door: FREE 8:30PM Snail Mail Latest Release: Valentine (Matador, 2021), Valentine Demos (Matador/Beat, 2023) Active: 2015 (Ellicott City, MD) Facebook   Instagram   Bandcamp    Discogs     Wiki   Allmusic   Setlist 7:15 pm: Tim Heidecker & The Very Good Band Latest Release: Live In Boulder (Spacebomb, 2023), Slipping Away (Bloodshot, October 2024) Active: 2011 (Allentown, PA) Facebook   Bandcamp    Instagram   Discogs   WIki   AllMusic  Setlist Missed: Fenne Lilly My friend Danny wanted to catch his last shot for the summer at at free Central Park Summerstage show, so Snail Mail was it.  "Oh God, a millennial Matador band" I thought to myself.  Then I thought, “is she a millennial?”  Turns out she is 24 and the cutoff before it becomes Gen Z is 28.  So off into Gen Z land we ...