NYC Show Obsessive

 Bill: The James Rocket/Poppy/Roger That! Venue: Young Ethel's , Brooklyn, NY Date: Sun 4/27/25 Door: Free 5pm The James Rocket Active: 2012 (Brooklyn, NY) Latest Release:  Burnout  (TheJames Rocket, 2020) Bandcamp   Facebook   Instagram   YouTube 4pm Poppy Active: Active: 1998 (Philadelphia, PA) Latest Release: Still There (Poppy, 2024) Bandcamp    3pm Roger That! Active: 2017 (Brooklyn, NY)  Affiliated: Windbreaker (2017-2020, changed name to Roger That!), Kenny "Kreisor", Guitar Vocals: Mirror Queen, Kreisor, Aytobach Kreisor Latest Release:  Flashback Fever  (Tee Pee, 2024) Facebook   YouTube James of James Rocket put todays show together with Roger That! kicking the day off and Philadelphia's Poppy in the middle.  I thought Poppy were pretty good and they left out free cd's and vinyl, so I grabbed a CD.  They reminded me of an early 90's Boston indie rock band.  I guess that's Northeast.  I liked main ...

  Bill: The James Rocket/Curtis Suburban/St. Divine Venue: Young Ethel's , Brooklyn, NY Date: 1/5/25 Door: Free 5:15pm Curtis Suburban Active: 2004 (New York, NY) Latest Release: On Our Way Downtown (Curtis Suburban, 2020) Bandcamp   Facebook    Discogs Setlist AllMusic YouTube   4pm The James Rocket Active: 2012 (Brooklyn, NY) Latest Release: Burnout (James Rocket, 2020) Bandcamp   Facebook   Instagram   YouTube 3pm St. Divine Active: 2024 (Brooklyn, NY) Latest Release: Mirror (St. Divine, 2024) Bandcamp   Instagram   Setlist My A Bunch of Girls/Saint Bastard co-hort James Roy put together a great show featuring his band The James Rocket at Young Ethel in Park Slope on a Sunday afternoon.  Perfect for a first weekend in January and he had a nice full room.  I got there roughly mid-set for St. Divine, an excellent Americana band with Emmylou Harris-style harmonies from Judy Ann Nock along with Will Croxton.  They ha...

 Bill: Even Twice/Ghost of Past Mistakes Venue: Young Ethels , Brooklyn, NY Date: 10/12/24 Door: Free 4:30pm Even Twice Active: 2011 (Brooklyn, NY) Latest Release: Over/Underground (Even Twice, 2024), This Is Boomerang (Rock Hand, 2019) Bandcamp   Facebook   Discogs   AllMusic   YouTube 3:30pm Ghost of Past Mistakes Active: 2019 (Brooklyn, NY) Affiliated: Rich Meyer  (Hopewell) Facebook   Instagram   Discogs   I went to Young Ethel's Saturday afternoon since I promised Rich last week at Mama Tried that I would see his show.  I last remembered seeing him debut the band at the Gutter all the way back in 2019.  He's done some recording with this band and played around town here and there and it is coming together.  In this one he is the frontman as opposed to being bass player in Hopewell or sideman for other things. Even Twice have been around over a decade and even have physical releases.  I noticed one of the duo wearing...