NYC Show Obsessive

  Bill: The Messthetics/Brandon Seabrook/Trinary System Venue: Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker St., New York, NY Date: Wednesday 5/6/26 Ticket: Door $27 (had a +1) 9:30pm The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis Affiliated: Fugazi Active: Messthetics: 2016 (Washington, DC), James Brandon Lewis: 2010 (New York, NY via Buffalo, NY) Latest Release: Deface The Currency (Impulse, 2026) Messthetics: Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify James Brandon Lewis: Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist    AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify 8:30 Brandon Seabrook Active: 2011 (Brooklyn, NY) Latest Release: Hellbent Daydream (Pyroclastic, 2024) Bandcamp Instagram Discog s Setlist AllMusic WIk i YouTube Spotif y 7:30 Trinary System Active: 2016 (Boston, MA) Affiliated: Roger Miller (Mission of Burma) Latest Release: The Hard Machine (Cunieform, 2025) Bandcamp Facebook I nstagram Discog s Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTub e Spotify This...

  Bill: Luciano/Mesha Steele/DJ Roy Venue: Le Poisson Rouge , 1 58 Bleecker St. , New York, NY Date: Sunday 4/19/26 Door: $69 (had friends +1) 9pm Luciano Active: 1993 (Davyton, Jamaica) Latest Release: Return of the Chronicles (Island, 2022), The Answer (Oneness, 2020) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify It was a long running legend in the mind of a friend that brought me to Jamaican Reggae Roots artist Luciano AKA Luciano Messenjah.  He won tickets and Luciano had been on the bucket list for him since the late 90's.  The story goes that he saw Sizzla in Los Angeles and was raving about it to a friend of his who said to him "you think he is good, you should see Luciano he is better."  I may be paraphrasing a bit but you get the idea.  So my concert buddy had an itch to scratch going back decades.  As for me, I figured anyone ever on RAS Records or VP Records doing Roots Reggae is someone worth checking out, s...

  Bill: EXTC (Terry Chambers & Friends) Venue: Le Poisson Rouge , New York, NY Date: 6/12/25 Door: $30 (had a free pair from DoNYC) 7:30pm EXTC Active: 2019 (Swindon, UK) Affiliated: XTC Latest Release: Live USA, Vol. 1 (EXTC, 2024) Facebook Instagram Discogs AllMusic Setlist Wiki   EXTC is XTC's drummer Terry Chambers doing covers much in the way Nick Mason does a tribute with Saucerful of Secrets.  He is joined by Steve Hampton on guitar and Terry Lines on bass.both of a band Dead Crow Road.  Hampton also played with Joe Jackson and The Vapors. The show was two sets no opener, roughly 20 songs by XTC.  You got hits like "Making Plans For Nigel" and "The Mayor of Simpleton" as well as "This Is Pop" from White Music, "Generals And Majors" from Black Sea and "Ball and Chain" from English Settlement.  Overall this was a cool overview.  Despite their big hits in the later 80's, they hadn't toured since 1982 save for  ...

  Bill: Paradise Lost/Trouble/Northern Heretic Venue: Le Poisson Rouge , New York, NY Date: 5/22/25 Door: $40 (had free ticket from DoNYC) 7:45 Trouble Active: 1978 (Chicago, IL) Latest Release: The Distortion Field (FRW, 2013) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube 7pm Northern Heretic Active: 2022 (New York, NY) Affiliated: Kings Destroy, Eternal Black, Clothesline, End Of Hope, Electric Frankenstein Latest Release: " And One More... " (Northern Heretic, 2025) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram   Setlist   YouTube Encyclopedae Metallum Missed: Paradise Lost I won a pair of tickets for two shows in one night, so I did split duty between Le Poisson Rouge and Knockdown Center.  I hadn't seen the current constitution of Trouble that classic era guitarists Rick Wartell and Bruce Franklin have put together, so no time like the present.  I did see vocalist Kyle Thomas on stage around 1999 on a trip to Maryland.  At the time I didn't know Er...

  Bill: Guitar Summit 2024  Feat. Kurt Rosenwinkel, Nels Cline, Gilad Hekselman, Wolfgang Muthspiel, Mike Stern, Leni Stern, Rodney Jones, Anupam Shobhakar, Camila Meza, and Joel Harrison with Jerome Harris (bass), Harvey Sorgen (drums), Ben Perowsky (drums) Venue: Le Poisson Rouge, New York, NY Date: 8/24/24 Door: $35 (had +1 guest list) 7:00 Rodney Jones (Guitar)/ Jerome Harris (Bass)/ Harvey Sorgen (Drums) 7:15pm  Kurt Rosenwinkel Active: 1997 (Berlin, Germany via Brooklyn, NY via Philadelphia, PA) Latest Release: A Lovesome Thing (with Geri Allen) (Motema/Hardcore Records, 2023) Facebook   Instagram   Bandcamp   Discogs   AllMusic   Wiki 7:30pm Camila Meza Active: 2007 (Chile) Latest Release: Ambar (Masterworks, 2019) Discogs 7:45pm Gilad Hekselman Active: 2006 (Israel) Latest Release: Far Star (Edition, 2022) Discogs 8:10pm Amupam Shobhakar Active: 2014 (Brooklyn, NY) Latest Release: Multiplicity: Leave The Door Open (Whirlwind, 2014) ...

  Bill: Off! / Fucked Up Venue: Le Poisson Rouge , New York, NY Date: 7/20/24 Door: Sold Out bought advance ticket $45.43 on Dice Headliner: Off! Latest Release: Free LSD (Fat Possum, 2022) Formed: 2010 (Los Angeles) Facebook ,  Instagram ,  Discogs ,  Setlist Opener: Fucked Up Latest Release: One Day (Merge/Fucked Up, 2023) Formed: 2001 (Toronto) Facebook , Instagram , Discogs , Setlist I was on the fence about going to this show and not really feeling a solo venture on this one, but my old college roommate Noah was in town from LA for the show so I jumped at the chance to catch up.  I've seen Keith Morris a bunch of times recently on Circle Jerks tours but hadn't seen Off! in a while or the opening Fucked Up from Toronto.  The funny thing with Off! is I can never remember a single song by them.  I looked at my hard drive and was surprised that with 300,000 tracks there, I didn't have anything by Off or Fucked Up on it.  I fixed that yesterd...