NYC Show Obsessive

Bill: The Innocence Mission Venue: Sony Hall , 235 W 46 St., New York, NY Date: Friday 4/24/26 Door: $35 (had free pair via DoNYC) 8pm The Innocence Mission Active: 1985 (Lancaster, PA) Latest Release: The Raindrop Cars (Therese, 2025) Midwinter Swimmers (Therese/Bella Union, 2024) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify A decade into the Innocence Mission's existence I heard their album Glow on recommendation and I liked it quite a bit.  Somehow that didn't translate into hearing other albums or seeing them live until now.  Sony Hall was pretty packed out when I got there right before they went on so a corner at end of the back bar was commandeered.  Unfortunately the floor was annoyingly sticky to the point that it was driving me nuts until I couldn't take it anymore and flagged a waitress for a mop.  The supervisor gave me a couple wet rags which quickly got the job done and restored my sanity even as the workers chatte...

  Bill: Reverend Horton Heat/Black Joe Lewis/ Piñata Protest Venue: Sony Hall , 235 W 46 St .,, New York, NY Date: Friday 4/10/26 Door: $35 (won tickets from DoNYC) 10pm Reverend Horton Heat Active: 1985 (Dallas, TX) Latest Release: Roots of the Rev (Vol. 1) (Fun-Guy, 2023) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wik i YouTube Spotify 9pm Black Joe Lewis Active: 2007 (Austin, TX) Latest Release: " Five Dollars " (Black Joe Lewis, 2020),  The Difference Between Me and You (Black Joe Lewis, 2018) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlis t AllMusi c Wik i YouTube Spotify Missed:  Piñata Protest Reverend Horton Heat is one of those bands I check in on every ten years or so.  I won tickets for tonight, so no time like the present.  I think I won last time too come to think of it.  Still good, still do "Psychobilly Freakout," still got Jimbo on bass although he is steel gray now.  The kind Reverend notes he looks like William Shat...

  Bill: Zebra/Anything But Human Venue:  Sony Hall ,  235 W 46 St . , New York, NY Date: Sunday 3/1/26 Door: $55 (had a free pair from DoNYC) 9pm Zebra Active: 1975 (Long Island, NY via New Orleans, LA) Latest Releae:   IV (Frontiers, 2003) Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify 8pm Anything But Human Active:  2019 (Dallas, TX) Latest Release: " Life " (Anything But Human, 2025) Facebook   Instagram Discog s Setlist   YouTube Spotify Zebra are doing 50th anniversary dates and coupled with getting a free pair of tickets, no time like the present to finally check them out.  I really only know their first record which I wrote about a couple years back on the other blog.  My friend Kenny had said they were good and when I heard "Who's Behind The Door" I instantly remembered it from 1983 more so than "Tell Me What You Want" and Kenny's favorite "Bears."  Those songs seem like established hits now when they we...

  Bill: Barrington Levy/Brandon Rootz Venue: Sony Hall , 235 W 46 St ., New York, NY Date: 8/15/25 Ticket: $40 (had a free +1) 9:15 Barrington Levy Active: 1976 (Clarendon, Jamaica) Latest Release: " Money Is The Drug " (Black Roses, 2023) " Virus " (Barrington Levy, 2018), Acousticalevy (Doctor Dread Presents/Heartbeat, 2015) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube 8:15 Brandon Rootz Active: 2017 (Kingston, Jamaica via California) Latest Release: " Cruising Girl " (King Jammy, 2025) Facebook Instagram   AllMusic Wiki YouTube Barrington Levy is one of those great Reggae names I've somehow didn't know much of over all these years.  I remember hearing of him in the 80's and thought his name was pronounced Lev-ee.  Then I heard a Jamaican DJ pronounced it Lee-vee with sound convincing authority that from that day forward I never mispronounced Barrington's last name. So all these years later my friend had an...