NYC Show Obsessive

Bill: Total Bummer Festival Day 2: (Main Hall): Jesus and Mary Chain/julie/Her New Knife/Lathe of Heaven (Ruins) They Are Gutting A Body of Water/Drop Nineteens/Starcleaner Reunion/Blair Venue: Knockdown Center , 52-19 Flushing Ave. , Maspeth, Queens, NY Date: Sunday 5/31/26 Door: $70 (had a +1) 10pm Jesus and Mary Chain Active: 1983 (East Kilbride, Lanarkshire, Scotland) Latest Release: " Pop Seeds " (Fuzz Club, 2024), Glasgow Eyes (Fuzz Club, 2024) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify 8:45pm They Are Gutting A Body of Water Active: 2017 (Philadelphia, PA) Latest Release: " Charter Spec " (ATO/Julia's War/Smoking Room, 2026),   Lotto (ATO/Julia's War/Smoking Room, 2025) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify 8:05 julie Active: 2018 (Orange County, CA) Latest Release: My Anti-Aircraft Friend (Atlantic, 2024) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki...

  Bill: Gogol Bordello/Puzzled Panther/Boris and the Joy Venue: Knockdown Center , 52-19 Flushing Ave ., Maspeth, Queens, NY Date: Saturday 3/27/26 Tickets: $46.36 via Dice (had gifted ticket) 8:45 pm Gogol Bordello Active: 1999 (New York, NY) Latest Release:  We Mean It Man! (Casa Gogol, 2026) Bandcamp   Facebook   Instagram   Discogs   Setlist  AllMusic   Wiki   YouTube   Spotify 7:45 pm Puzzled Panther Active: 2023 (New York, NY) Latest Release: " Strange Memory " (Casa Gogol, 2026)   Fits of Serenity (Casa Gogol, 2025) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discog s Setlist AllMusic   YouTube Spotify Missed: Boris and the Joy I checking in on this years version of the mighty Gogol Bordello. I was hoping to catch Boris and the Joy but the L train stuck 20 minutes at Wilson combined with a 6:45 set time made my seemingly on time leave time make me get there right when Puzzled Panther started up.  I last saw them play at B...

  Bill:  OUTLINE: The Spits/Prison Affair/Times New Viking/Snooper/The Serfs Venue: Knockdown Center, 52-19 Flushing Ave, Maspeth, Queens, NY Date: Friday 3/6/26 Door: $35 (had free ticket from DoNYC) 11pm The Spits Active: 1993 (Seattle, WA via Kalamazoo, MI) Latest Release:  VI  (Thriftstore, 2020) Bandcamp   Facebook   Instagram   Discogs  AllMusic   Setlist   Wiki   YouTube   Spotify 10pm Prison Affair Active:  2018 (Barcelona, Spain) Latest Release: Demo IV (Under The Gun, 2025) Bandcamp Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic    YouTube Spotify 9pm Times New Viking Active: 2003 (Columbus, OH) Latest Release: Over And Over (Siltbreeze, 2012), Dancer Equired (Merge, 2011) Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify 8pm Snooper Active: 2020 (Nashville, TN) Latest Release: Worldwide (Third Man, 2025) Bandcamp Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify MIssed: The S...

  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...

  Bill: Xiu Xiu/Chuquimamani-Condori/Chino Amobi Venue: Ruins @ Knockdown Center , Queens, NY Date: 6/22/25 Tickets: $25 (had a free pair from DoNYC) 8:45pm  Xiu Xiu Active: 2002 (San Jose, CA) Latest Release: 13" Frank Beltrame Italian Stiletto With Bison Horn Grips (Polyvinyl, 2024) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube 7:45pm  Chuquimamani-Condori Active: 2008 (Nashville, TN) Latest Release: DJ E (Chuqumamani-Condori, 2023) Bandcamp   Instagram Discogs Setlist Wiki   6:45pm Chino Amobi Active: 2010 (Tuscaloosa, AL) Latest Release: Eroica (Chino Amobi, 2024) Bandcamp   Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube I had a mental note to see Xiu Xiu for the past 15 years or so after my friend Will told me he liked them.  I heard an early album of theirs that I didn't like that much, but I still had a feeling I should check Xiu Xiu out. I'm glad I did, they were excellent and very different from t...