NYC Show Obsessive

                                             Bill:  On The Streets Again 4: Mess/Béton Armé/California's Slugger/Restraining Order/Bullshit Detector/The Slads/Incendiary Device/XL Bully/Strongarm and the Bullies Venue: The Meadows , 17 Meadow St. , Brooklyn, NY Date: Sunday 7/19/26 Door: $35 11:40pm Mess Active: 2020 (Guadalajara, Mexico City, Mexico) Latest Release: Somos Mess (Mess, 2026) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist    AllMusic YouTube Spotify 10:40pm Béton Armé Active: 2018 (Montreal, Quebec, Canada0 Latest Release: Coup de Foudre (Urban Styles, 2025). Renaissance (La Vida es La Mas, 2025) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusi c YouTube Spotify 9:55PM California's Slugger Active: 2022 (Chico, CA) Latest Release: Dead State (Try and Stop Me Records, 2024) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusi ...

 Bill: Skitzopolis/Lifestyle Change/Johnny Mellor's Bastardos/Oedipus Triple Rex Venue: Otto's Shrunken Head , 538 E 14 St. , New York, NY Date: Sunday 6/28/26 Door: Free 10:00pm Skitzopolis Active: 2014? (New York, NY) Instagram   YouTube 9pm Lifestyle Change Active: 2025 (New York, NY) Latest Release: The Lifestyle Change (Lifestyle Change, 2025) Bandcamp Instagram Missed: Johnny Mellor's Bastardos/Oedipus Triple Rex I had one of those days I went to run East Village errands and procrastinated going home by doing a bar crawl up Avenue A to the L train.  First up from storage was Lucky's.  Modern rock producer Jake Sinclair was setting up.  He is responsible for stuff like Panic At The Disco and Fall Out Boys.  Stuff I have spent 20 years totally ignoring.  He was wearing a Mike Viola shirt which is an old Boston rock name of somebody else I ignored in the 80's, but was curious about.  I went to ask about it given my 80's MA roots but didn't ge...

  Bill: Lambrini Girls/Big Girl Venue: Warsaw , 261 Driggs , Brooklyn, NY Date: Tuesday 6/16/26 Ticket: $59 (via Tickpick a week in advance, dropped to $35 day of) 9pm Lambrini Girls Active: 2019 (Brighton, UK) Latest Release:" Cult of Celebrity" (City Slang, 2026)  Let The Dogs Out (City Slang, 2025) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify 8pm Big Girl Active: 2021 (New York, NY) Latest Release: Dye (Big Girl, 2025) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram   Setlist YouTube Spotify 2-4-6-8 who do we appreciate?  Well, you got to hand it to the Lambrini Girls they turned it into a memorable song CUNTY! Correctly titled "Cuntology 101" because the British always seem more academic in the US.   Of course all the signposts of modern 20something ideology are there because how could it not be?  So you get your Free Palestine/Safe Space/Shoplift (responsibly from Corporations)/Shoot The Face of a Health Care CEO mantra pai...

  Bill: The Mekons Venue: Mercury Lounge , 217 E Houston St. , New York, NY Date: Saturday 6/6/26 9pm Tickets: $39 advance via Tickpick 9:50 pm The Mekons Active: 1976 (Chicago, IL via Leeds, UK) Latest Release: Horror (Fire, 2025) Horrorble (Mekons vs Tony Maimone) (Fire, out 6/12/26) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wik i YouTube   Spotify The last time I saw the Mekons, The Curse of the Mekons was the new release and the year was 1991 at the long gone Nightstage in Cambridge, MA.  35 years on, the band seemed a little less rocking and a little more subdued but not wholly out of character.  There was a little more drunken banter as the band had played a show earlier in the evening. There were difference in the two shows.  The late crowd got exclusives on "Land Ahoy," "Secrets," "Big Zombie," "Tina and "Where Were You?" but missed out on"Keep On Hoppin'," "Simone On The Beach," "Mudcra...

  Bill: Cock Sparrer/Michael McColgan & The Bomb Squad/No Time/Dark Thoughts Venue: Brooklyn Paramount, 385 Flatbush Ave Ext, Brooklyn, NY Date: Sunday 3/29/26 Tickets: $21 (via Tickpick advance) 9:30pm Cock Sparrer Active: 1972 (London, UK) Latest Release: Hand On Heart (Pirates Press, 2024) Bandcamp F acebook Instagram Discogs Setlist Wiki  AllMusic Y ouTube Spotify 8:30 Michael McColgan & The Bomb Squad Active: 2025 (Boston, MA) Affiliated: Dropkick Murphys (1996-1998), Street Dogs (2002-present) Instagram   Discogs   Setlist   Wiki   AllMusic  Y ouTube 7:30 No Time Active: 2014 (Pittsburgh, PA) Latest Release: Comply or Die (TKO, 2025) Bandcamp   Instagram   Discogs   Setlist   YouTube  S potify Missed: Dark Thoughts Although they have been active since 1972, Cock Sparrer made their biggest impact in the first half of the 80's as one of THE faces of British Oi punk.  They issued music on Decca before tha...

  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: Angry Samoans/Runny (Globe was last band on early show headlined by Imposters) Venue: Gold Sounds , 44 Wilson Ave. , Brooklyn, NY Date: Saturday 3/21/26 Door: $25 12am Angry Samoans Active: 1978 (Los Angeles, CA) Latest Release: Fuck The War (Triple X, 2005) Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlis t AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify 11pm Runny Active: 2011 (Brooklyn, NY) Latest Release: California Uber Phallus (Baynestudio, 2017) Bandcamp   YouTube Spotify 10pm Globe Active: 2025 (New York, NY) Latest Release " Pretend " (Globe, 2025) Bandcamp  I nstagram   YouTube Spotify After  checking out Jonny Couch at Sleepwalk, I walked over to Gold Sounds, a little under a mile away.  Angry Samoans I haven't seen since 1987 in Boston.  Only the drummer Bill Vockeroth remains from that band.  Metal Mike and Greg Turner aren't in this touring lineup.  Initially Bill toured as Angry Samoan but he reverted to touring under the band name in 2025....

 Bill: The Saints '73-'78/chimers Venue: Music Hall of Williamsburg , 66 N 6 St ., Brooklyn, NY Date: Friday 11/14/25 Door: $45 9pm The Saints '73-'78 Active: 2024/1973 (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia)  Affiliated: The Saints, Ed Kuepper, Ivor Hay,  Mark Arm (Mudhoney, Green River), Mick Harvey (Birthday Party, Bad Seeds), Peter Oxley (The Sunnyboys, The Aints) Latest Release: Live Nights In Venice, Vol. 1 (In The Red, 2025) Featured Release: (I'm) Stranded Deluxe (In The Red, 2024/1977) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify 8pm chimers Active: 2020 (Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia) Latest Release: Through Today (Poison City, 2024) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic   YouTube Spotify The touring tribute band to The Saints features surviving member guitarist Ed Kuepper and drummer Ivor Hay with ringers like Mark Arm for vocals and Mick Harvey for second guitar as well as bass player Peter ...

  Bill:  Annihilation Time ,  Crux ,  Claimed Choice ,  Bog People ,  No Time ,  Fuerza Bruta ,  Concrete Elite , No Guard ,  XL Bully (On The Streets Again 3, Day 2) Venue:  Brooklyn Monarch , Brooklyn, NY Date: 7/19/25 Door: $90 (was on Tee Pee's +1) 9pm Annihilation Time Active: 2001 (Oxnard, CA) Latest Release: Down In The Street 7" (It's Alive, 2021), III-Tales of the Ancient Age (Tee Pee, 2008) Bandcamp    Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Missed: everybody else Guitarist Graham Clise's long running band Annihilation Time came to town for the first time in God knows how long.  Last time was rumored to be the Charleston on Bedford when they were having shows in the basement.  Graham was in town recently for Stepmother so it seems like he was just around town.  That's the way it goes! I had a late meetup and got there standing outside waiting for Kenny coming from the other direction while...