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  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...

   Bill: Takaat/Masami Tomihisa/Aswan Dam Venue:  TV Eye , Queens, NY Date: 6/5/25 Door: $15 10pm Takaat Active: 2025 (US via Niger) Affiliated:  Mdou Moctar Latest Release: Takaat Is Noise, Vol. 1 (Purplish Records, 2025) Bandcamp   Facebook   Instagram   Discogs   Setlist    YouTube 9:30 Masami Tomihisa Active: 2024 (NYC via Japan) Latest Release: (with Amadou Ousami Ali) Unaccompanied (Purplish Records, 2024) Missed: Aswan Dam Mdou Moctar's spin off band with their rhythm section of American (From DC) Michael Coulton and Niger based drummer Souleymane Ibrahim adds Ahmoudou Madasane on guitar/vocal in the Tuareg style.  Fast paced, distorted psychedelic guitar that has a distinct feel.  People tend to handclap and jump while the band plays.  Takaat played 45 minutes plus an encore and were uniformly excellent.  The couple times I've see Mdou Moctar it is the same, but that band is clearly lead by Mahamadou Souleyman...

Bill: Stepmother/Loosey/Brower/Disket Venue: TV Eye , Queens, NY Date: 4/3/25 Door: $20 (had list +1) 11pm Stepmother Active: 2022 (Melbourne, Australia) Affiliated: Witch, Lecherous Gaze, Annihilation Time, Rot TV Latest Release: " Vacant State " (Legless, 2025),  Planet Brutalicon (Tee Pee, 2023) Bandcamp    Instagram Discogs AllMusic Setlist    YouTube 10pm Loosey Active: 2021 (New York, NY) Latest Release: Spring Promo '24 (Loosey, 2024) Bandcamp   Instagram   Setlist   YouTube Missed: Brower , Disket Coming from Sacri Monti's set opening for Elder, the other Tee Pee band of the night featured members of Tee Pee bands past.  Actually there was a third Tee Pee band, Valley Lodge who were in Park Slope at Littlefields but we had to catch the two out of town bands that rarely come around.   Stepmother is led by Melbourne's Graham Clise who played in Witch starting around 2009 with the late great Dave Sweetapple and J Mascis....