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: 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: Deerhoof/Ekko Astral/model home  Venue: Ruins @ Knockdown Center, Maspeth, Queens, NY Date: 9/26/24 Door: $40.95 on Dice with fee (had free tickets from DONYC) 9pm Deerhoof Active: 1994 (San Francisco, CA) Latest Release: The Free Triple Live Album (Deerhoof, 2024); Miracle-Level (Joyful Noise, 2022) Bandcamp   Facebook   Instagram   Discogs   AllMusic Setlist Wiki YouTube 8pm Ekko Astral Active: 2022 (Washington, DC) Latest Release: Pink Balloons (Topshelf, 2024) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs AllMusic Setlist Wiki YouTube 7pm: model home Bandcamp Active: 2018 (Washington, DC) Latest Release: Wax Fortress (Model Home, 2024) Bandcamp    Instagram Discogs AllMusic Setlist   YouTube I'm trying to figure out the last time I saw Deerhoof.  I seem to think it was in the mid to late aughts.  I'm guessing Southpaw but there is no proof of that.   In Brooklyn they've played plenty over the years including No...

  Bill:  Russian Circles / Tower / Acid King / High Desert Queen / Truckfighters / Green Lung / Infinity Ring / Dozer / Eagle Twin / Trace Amount / Hippie Death Cult / Spaceslug / Gozu / Beinn / Kadabra Venue: Knockdown Center , Maspeth, Queens, NY Date: 9/14/24 Door: (Free, did Tee Pee merch table) 10:30pm Russian Circles Active: 2004 (Chicago, IL) Latest Release: Gnosis (Sargent House, 2022) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs AllMusic Setlist Wiki   Encyclopaedia Metallum   YouTube 9:40pm Tower Active: 2015 (New York, NY) Latest Release: Shock To The System (Cruz del Sur Music, 2021) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs AllMusic Setlist    Encyclopaedia Metallum 8:50pm Acid King Active: 1993 (San Francisco, CA) Members/Affiliated: Lori S (Guitar, Vocals): Bhang Revival (1989-1991) Latest Release: Beyond Vision (Blues Funeral Music, 2023) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs AllMusic Setlist Wiki Encyclopeadia Metallum   YouTube 8:15...