NYC Show Obsessive

                                        B ill: Cosmic Sonic Rendezvous Cosmic Stage: The Meadows 11:15 Dead Meadow 60min 10:05 Al-Qasar 45min 8:40 The Atomic Bitchwax 60min 7:30 Electric Citizen 50min 6:30 Mirror Queen 45min 5:30 Worshipper 45min 4:30 Alreckque 45min Sonic Stage: The Wood Shop 11:30 Sphaèros Possession 10:30 Satan's Satyrs 9:20 Sun Voyager 8:10 Casket Rats 7:05 The Golden Grass 6:15 Dead Hits (30min set) 5:10 River Cult Venue: The Meadows , 17 Meadow St ., Brookyn, NY & The Wood Shop , 21A Meadow St , Brooklyn, NY Date: Saturday 5/24/26 Door: $50.80 all in day pass advance (worked merch so was free for me) 11:15 Dead Meadow Active: 1998 (Washington, DC) Latest Release: Voyager To Voyager (Heavy Psych Sounds, 2025) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify 10:05 Al-Qasar Active: 2015 (Paris, France) Latest Release: Uncovered (W...

  Bill: Fotocrime/Spirits of Leo/Warlander Venue: TV Eye , 16-47 Weirfield St. , Ridgewood, Queens, NY   Date: Sunday 4/12/26 Door: $16 10pm Fotocrime Active: 2015 (Louisville, KY) Affiliated: Coliseum Latest Release:  Security (Artoffact, 2026) Bandcamp   Facebook   Instagram   Discogs   Setlist   AllMusic   Wiki   YouTube Spotify 9pm Spirits of Leo Active: 2013 (New York, NY) Latest Release: Gossamer Blue (a la Carte, 2022) Bandcamp   Facebook Instagram   YouTube Spotify 8pm Warlander Active: 2022 (Los Angeles, CA) Latest Release: Origins (Warlander, 2025) Instagram   YouTube   Spotify   Joe Baxley had his triumphant return to NYC Sunday night with his new multi-media extravaganza Warlander.  He's got a new album coming soon but for now the mystery is part of the Warlander experience.   Since he was in the Barnyard Playboys, he got his old bandmate, the session player extrodinaire John ...

 Bill: The Legendary Pink Dots/Orbit Service Venue: The Sultan Room , 234 Starr St ., Brooklyn, NY Date: 10/23/25 Door: $34.09 (DICE Ticket, I won pair on DoNYC) 8:30pm The Legendary Pink Dots Active: 1980 (London, UK/Nijmegen, Netherlands) Latest Release: So Lonely In Heaven (Metropolis, 2025), Chemical Playschool Vol. 25 (Legendary Pink Dots, 2025) Biggest Release: The Crushed Velvet Apocalypse (Play It Again Sam, 1990) First Release: Only Dreaming (Legendary Pink Dots, 1981) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify Missed: Orbit Service Trying to figure out the set times was a little difficult with a 7pm door.  My guess was somewhere in the 8:45-9:15 range with the opener at 8, but from my 8:38 arrival, the Dots were already on. The Legendary Pink Dots lead by Edward Ka-Spel are one of those long running (45 years since 1980) entities that have cranked out a nearly infinite amount of music.  The ones I knew were the ones Pl...

  Bill: Kula Shaker/The Mystery Lights/Dinowalrus Venue: Irving Plaza , 17 Irving Pl ., New York, NY Date: 9/22/25 Tickets: $47.50 (got free from DoNYC) 9:50pm Kula Shaker Active: 1993 (London, UK) Latest Release:   Natural Magick (Strange F.O.L.K., 2024) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube 8:40pm The Mystery Lights Active: 2008 (Brooklyn, NY via Salinas, CA) Latest Release: Before You Realize It b/w Cerebral Crack (Wick, 2025)  Purgatory (Wick, 2024) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic   7:50pm Dinowalrus Active: 2007 (Brooklyn, NY) Affiliated: Titus Andronicus Latest Release: " A Day Of Doing Nothing " (Dinowalrus, 2025), Complexion (Personal, 2014) Bandcamp Facebook Instgram Discogs Setlist Wiki YouTube Kula Shaker has been a bucket list band to see since I got their first CD on my old friends' recommendation.  I probably haven't heard it since 1996 but songs like "Hey Dude" and "...

  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...