shows attended in 2024

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  • went to 39 shows in 2024
  • missed at least 4 shows I had tickets for
    • there were probably others but these are the ones that I lament the most
      • Foxing in Manhattan, NY
      • The Blood Brothers • Uniform in Brooklyn, NY
      • The Dismemberment Plan in Washington, DC
      • Chat Pile • Agriculture in Detroit, MI
  • on median, went to a show every 5 days
    • average every 8.3 days
      • at least one show every month
    • longest stretch between shows was 42 days
      • bunch of work travel
        • …followed by illness
  • saw The Armed play with 3 different drummers
    • Urian Hackney 🥁 Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Outline
    • Nick Yacshyn 🥁 United Kingdom shows
      • also saw him with SUMAC!
    • Billy Rymer 🥁 No Rest Fest
      • also saw him with The Dillinger Escape Plan!
  • ⭐‘d some especially meaningful shows
    • didn’t see a bad show last year, though!

Hot Rod Circuit2 • Punchline • Sharkswimmer

venue

  • Le Poisson Rouge | Manhattan, NY

notes

  • real throwback show!
  • been 20+ years since last saw Hot Rod Circuit
    • last time might have been with The Get Up Kids who I see later in the year!

SUMAC • Ava Mendoza • Chained to the Bottom of the Ocean

venue

  • TV Eye | Queens, NY

notes

  • originally booked at Saint Vitus
    • but it got shut down the night before (RIP)
    • moved to a matinee show at TV Eye, started at ~2:00pm
  • a bit late, unfortunately caught just the last song of CTTBOTO
  • love SUMAC
    • The Healer one of the best albums released in 2024
    • everyone in the band rules
      • saw Brian play with Botch last year
        • …and These Arms Are Snakes a few times over the years
        • need to catch Russian Circles at some point!
      • saw Nick play with The Armed last year
      • saw Aaron play with Isis (the band) in early 2000s
        • with These Arms Are Snakes supporting
          • …which is how he originally met Brian
        • got a tattoo from him over the summer
          • if you find yourself in Seattle area and like tattoos, get some work from him, he’s great

⭐ mclusky • Pure Adult • The Martha’s Vineyard Ferries

venue

  • Warsaw | Brooklyn, NY

notes

  • Pure Adult was performing
  • finally got to see mclusky after 20 years of listening!
    • they were so happy to be in Brooklyn, tears might have been shed
      • whole cursed history of them trying to get to New York
        • even this time: they made it, but airline lost their pedals!
    • Damien on bass, such a fun performer
      • also in The St. Pierre Snake Invasion
        • took me too long to listen to them, they rule

The Armed4 • The HIRS Collective

venue

  • Spirit Hall | Pittsburgh, PA

notes

  • hard to tell, but I’m in the show poster
    • bottom left, “WSG” intersects my face, look for the stripes
    • photo was taken at 2023 St. Andrews show in Detroit
  • made new friends!
    • recognized from Detroit show
  • first time seeing HIRS, wild performance
    • playing with Jake from Eye Flys
    • half The Armed joined Jenna and Jake for the last song
  • weirdly low energy crowd!

⭐ The Armed5 • The HIRS Collective2 • Kipp Stone2 • Honeybee

venue

  • Mahall’s | Cleveland, OH

notes

  • last saw Kipp Stone at the St. Andrews show
  • Daniels from the Pittsburgh/Detroit show also came out
  • convinced work friend to come out, blew his mind
  • Jenna from HIRS pulling amp into middle of crowd to perch on and sing “Big Shell” with The Armed

Sleepwell • Holiem • Glimmer • Cohort B

venue

  • Mercury Lounge | Manhattan, NY

notes

  • Cohort B incredible, looking forward to catching them more
    • listen to 1001 LUKEWARM USA
    • drummer was playing so hard
      • last cymbal hit of the set, crash flies off clatters to center stage, fantastic timing
  • great seeing Jeff and Jay in Glimmer!
    • shared bills with their old band Dead Stars
  • Holiem literal children but played like a much more experienced band
    • they booked the show, booked Sleepwell because they wanted to see ’em at an all-ages show
    • bassist leaving the band to go to college
  • Sleepwell ripped
    • with zero pedals!
      • not even tuners!
      • plugged straight into amps driving them hard to get distortion
        • rare to see!

Wendy Eisenberg, Caroline Davis • Patrick Shiroishi, Che Chen, Lesley Mok

venue

  • Property is Theft | Brooklyn, NY

notes

  • first of two shows that night
  • great jazz improv trio with Patrick
    • a hot minute since seeing a jazz improv set
  • seen Wendy in Editrix, this material was fantastic
    • music stand in front of her, at the end turned it around, it said “therapy in session - do not disturb. thank you”

Agriculture

venue

  • TV Eye | Queens, NY

notes

  • second show of the night!
  • Agriculture’s first show in NYC
  • joyful experience
  • got to pass along a “hello!” from Patrick
    • all from LA and he played on their record

Chris Williams, Kalia Vandever, Patrick Shiroishi2

venue

  • Roulette | Brooklyn, NY

notes

  • watch it
  • don’t get enough avant jazz in my life
    • really enjoyed it
      • should go to Roulette more often!

Joanna Mattrey, gabby fluke-mogul, Patrick Shiroishi3

venue

  • Roulette | Brooklyn, NY

notes

  • watch it
  • rad seeing 3 very different performances from Patrick in one week!
  • lot more stage/room performance in this one

⭐ METZ • Gouge Away

venue

  • Bowery Ballroom | Manhattan, NY

notes

  • two band bill, love it
    • both their new records are excellent
  • Gouge Away killed it
    • Deep Sage early favorite album of 2024
    • wild crowd for their set
    • “Ghost” as a closer 🤌🏽
  • really glad to see METZ before their indefinite hiatus 😭
    • Up On Gravity Hill a banger record to go out on
    • unplanned encore!
    • took one of my favorite show photos during their set
  • hung out with a Daniel and ran into an old pal

Black Country, New Road • Horsegirl • Camera Picture

venue

  • Brooklyn Paramount | Brooklyn, NY

notes

  • first time at Brooklyn Paramount
    • it is extra tiring to stand on the sloped part of the floor all night!
    • lights kinda blasting us in the face the whole time

The World is a Beautiful Place and I am No Longer Afraid to Die • Chained to the Bottom of the Ocean2 • Burr

venue

  • TV Eye | Queens, NY

notes

  • wild this was (probably) my first time seeing TWIABP
    • went to college with a few of the original members, drummer is from my hometown and I used to see his other bands
    • saw a lot of shows before I quit drinking that I straight up don’t remember, maybe I did see them!
  • glad I made up for missing CTTBOTO earlier in the year

⭐ Chat Pile • portrayal of guilt2 • Nightosphere

venue

  • The Grey Eagle | Asheville, NC

notes

  • absolutely banging lineup
  • hung out with one of my oldest pals who I hadn’t seen in a while and brought him to the show
  • portrayal of guilt put out top 3 album of 2023 for me, Devil Music
  • Nightosphere’s Katabasis another 2023 highlight
    • they were great and super nice 🥹
  • Chat Pile released probably my most listened to 2022 record, God’s Country
    • Luther coming out during encore, trying to tune, then saying “fuck it; it’s noise rock”

⭐ melt-banana • The Flying Luttenbachers • Tomato Flower • babybaby_explores

venue

  • The Hall at Elsewhere | Brooklyn, NY

notes

  • super fun lineup overall
  • The Flying Luttenbachers were nuts
  • listening to melt-banana forever, first time seeing them!
    • did not expect the pit to go as hard as it did
    • loved for the encore they said “we have 7 more songs, but don’t worry 6 are quick”
      • then played 6 songs in about 2 minutes.

Goat Girl

venue

  • Brudnell Social Club | Leeds, UK

notes

  • never listened to Goat Girl, went to this show on a total whim
  • wanted to check out the venue before The Armed the next night
  • great pies at Brudnell
  • interesting room
    • more like a rec room than a venue
      • drop ceilings!

⭐ The Armed6 • Bathing Suits

venue

  • Brudnell Social Club | Leeds, UK

notes

  • more delicious pies
  • excellent hanging with some new friends and internet pals
  • first time seeing The Armed play “Music Becomes a Skull”
  • first time seeing Max Frank (snax) on guitar
  • reminded of VFW, American Legion hardcore shows of my youth
    • …but with an an absolutely bonkers lighting rig
    • Randall punched through the ceiling and ripped down a tile while on top of the crowd
      • there was some loose 🎊 confetti 🎊 in the ceiling???

⭐ The Armed7 • Empire State Bastard

venue

  • HERE at Outernet | London, UK

notes

  • state-of-the-art venue with a massive video wall behind them
    • incredible contrast to the night before
  • barrier show, boooo
  • Empire State Bastard new to me and excellent
  • The Armed visuals were wild
    • wish it were recorded!
  • both the UK shows were a blast

Gina Volpe • Leathered

venue

  • The Sultan Room | Brooklyn, NY

notes

  • first time at The Sultan Room
  • went to see my pal Amanda who was doing double duty in both bands
  • got to hang with a bunch of friends I hadn’t seen in a while!

The Dillinger Escape Plan2 • Car Bomb • Candy

venue

  • Brooklyn Paramount | Brooklyn, NY

notes

  • last saw The Dillinger Escape Plan at Middle East Downstairs in early 2000s
    • Horse the Band opening, still top 3 wildest crowds I’ve been in
  • loved the visuals/lighting on the drum kit
    • lighting in general was outta control
  • Dimitri breathing fire

⭐ Outline Festival

lineup

  • The Armed8
  • Chat Pile2
  • King Woman
  • Ragana
  • Cloakroom
  • showed up late, missed Couch Slut

venue

  • Knockdown Center | Brooklyn, NY

notes

  • top-to-bottom every band on this bill ruled
  • met up with some old friends and made new friends
  • love getting people to come see The Armed for the first time
  • for a six band bill, show was well paced (up until the thunderstorm)
    • two stages but no overlapping sets
      • thunderstorm pushed King Woman to the inside stage
  • first time seeing Meg O’Neil with The Armed
    • double duty, playing bass with King Woman

⭐ Scarcity • Crippling Alcoholism • THiN

venue

  • trans-pecos | Queens, NY

notes

  • release show for The Promise of Rain
    • one of my fav releases
  • Crippling Alcoholism new to me
  • THiN also new to me, great performance
    • end of the set, drummer threw some spare trash cymbals into the crowd, jumped off stage, writhed around on them, pretty sick
  • Scarcity ruled, glad I got to see them play this record
    • love fucking with the tuners as part of a song
    • Doug Moore from Pyrrhon killing it on vox
      • Exhaust, another one of my fav releases of 2024
        • bummed I couldn’t catch show with Inter Arma in September!

Halloween • Like a Doll • Bedridden • Sex Week

venue

  • trans-pecos | Queens, NY

notes

  • went on a whim, didn’t know anyone playing!
  • Sex Week was fun to watch, always love some good megaphone use
  • great bassist in Bedridden

Model/Actriz2 • Water From Your Eyes • Kassie Krut

venue

  • on a boat in the hudson river | Manhattan, NY

notes

  • spouse came along
    • enjoys boats enough she didn’t care who’s playing
      • ended up really liking Water From your Eyes
        • glad we saw them before their hiatus 😭
    • I do not like boats at all
      • wanted to see this lineup enough to tolerate boat
  • Kassie Krut new to me
  • Cole from Model/Actriz dressed like a pirate
  • shocked it ended right on time
    • docked within minutes of M/A’s set ending

⭐ Couch Slut • Ragana2 • Sunrot • Channel Vessel

venue

  • trans-pecos | Queens, NY

notes

  • Channel Vessel new to me
    • recordings were alright; liked them a lot live!
  • Sunrot rules
    • brutal set
    • brought someone from Queer Fight School
      • started set giving the mic to talk about the work they’re doing
      • gave space at the merch table
  • loved seeing Ragana right up close in a smaller setting
  • Couch Slut most intense performance of the year
    • don’t know how Megan can keep this up
      • glad for a chance to see them after missing their Outline set
    • You Could Do It Tonight, harrowing album
    • brutal music out of a Hello Kitty guitar

boyscoutmarie • Wiring • Cohort B2

venue

  • mudhouse | Brooklyn, NY

notes

  • first house show in a long time
  • went for Cohort B
    • even better than the first time I saw them
    • bummed I couldn’t make their show opening for The Jesus Lizard
      • super rad they got that opportunity, they deserve it
  • boyscoutmarie was fun!
    • love some guitar/bass swapping
    • fantastic drummer
    • Staci’s voice is so distinct

Newfound Interest in Connecticut • Common Sage • Fake Pollocks

venue

  • Baby’s All Right | Brooklyn, NY

notes

  • Newfound Interest in Connecticut played much more chaotic than I expected!
    • felt like the show might fall of the rails at any moment, it was fun
    • Staci from boyscoutmarie was there, got on stage during an invited audience participation moment

Grave Animosity • Blind Equation • Snow Ellet • Afraid of Crushes

venue

  • Beat Kitchen | Chicago, IL

notes

  • Chicago for work, asked a local friend about shows, she suggested this one
  • Afraid of Crushes first ever show, fun seeing that “first ever show” energy
  • someone brought a bunch of different Sonic plushies (Sonic, Tails, Shadow, Amy Rose, etc.)
    • gave them to bands as they were playing
      • bands went with it and used them as props during their set
  • Blind Equation only band I knew going in
    • great set; crowd was into it

⭐ Uniform • Poison Ruïn • LEYA

venue

  • Bowery Ballroom | Manhattan, NY

notes

  • release show for American Standard
    • most listened to album in 2024
  • got to chat with Lex from Sunrot, he’s great
  • LEYA harp & violin duo new to me
  • Uniform blew me away
    • so good I’m mad at myself for waiting this long to see them
    • didn’t anticipate sheer energy of their performance
      • vocalist is incredible
    • two drummers!
      • kept perfect time!!
        • seen multiple drummer setups not work well, this worked
    • two bassists!
      • pummeled by low end
    • gonna do the 2 bass/2 drums setup at Roadburn 2025
      • link points to the right page at time of writing
        • but the link doesn’t have the date or festival edition in it
          • so if Uniform plays again in the future I imagine this page might be replaced.

Leprous • The World is a Beautiful Place and I am No Longer Afraid to Die2 • Fight the Fight

venue

  • Racket | Manhattan, NY

notes

  • first time at Racket
    • show moved, inaccurate poster
  • went for TWIABP playing in the middle of a Norwegian metal sandwich
  • spouse came along and we hung out in the balcony
  • first show using Crystal Guardian custom earplugs
    • highest possible recommendation
    • get yourself some molded earplugs, for real

Netherlands2

venue

  • TV Eye | Queens, NY

notes

  • went to see friend playing drums in Netherlands
  • yapping with pals not seen in ages, missed the other bands

The Get Up Kids2 • Smoking Popes

venue

  • Warsaw | Brooklyn, NY

notes

  • last saw The Get Up Kids in early 2000s
    • Providence, at Lupo’s I think?
      • wish 2000s era livejournal still around to know for sure!
        • ☠️ absolutely do not wish that ☠️
  • screaming along with a bunch of other ~40 year olds = a blast

Soul Coughing

venue

  • Terminal 5 | Manhattan, NY

notes

  • first time at T5 since the latest renovation
    • notoriously one of the worst venues in NYC
      • …but i’ll give it to ‘em, improved layout over old T5
  • one band bill!
  • effortless energy to their performance
  • love upright bass
  • interesting drum setup
    • hella snares
    • cymbal looking like a spiral cut potato, sounds like trash
      • learned it’s a spiral trash cymbal, love that name
  • Mark degli Antoni killed it on the sampler

Cave In2 • Coalesce • Eye Flys

venue

  • The Meadows | Brooklyn, NY

notes

  • rad seeing Jake from Eye Flys again after seeing with HIRS earlier in the year
    • released a great self-titled rock & roll record in 2024
  • powerful energy from Coalesce
    • easily one of the top 5 bands named after SQL functions
    • another band in rotation for 20+ years didn’t get to see until now
  • enjoyed seeing Cave In play a smaller room
    • saw at Roadrunner in Boston last year opening for Botch
      • didn’t enjoy that venue!

TV on the Radio

venue

  • Webster Hall | Manhattan, NY

notes

  • first time at Webster Hall since they renovated
  • pal with tickets showed up late so we missed Soul Glo
    • also thought he got a ticket for my spouse, but did not!
      • sold out show 😬
        • …but able to buy a box office ticket 😌
  • sung happy birthday to Daniel from Interpol
  • Kip Malone’s hand-painted jacket was sick

A Very Model/Actriz3 Chrismukkah 4

lineup

  • Model/Actriz3
  • Mary in the Junkyard
  • Magdalene

venue

  • TV Eye | Queens, NY

notes

  • Magdalene the first 2024 performance with no instruments on stage
    • unexpected!
    • just vocalist and dancers
  • first tour in the US for Mary in the Junkyard
  • another excellent performance from Model/Actriz
    • always end on microphone cable duty when Cole prowls around the audience
    • new songs! getting me stoked for the next album
      • don’t know if name is final, but “Red Fish” 🤌🏽🤌🏽🤌🏽

🏆 No Rest Fest

lineup

  • The Armed9
  • JUS
  • Decliner
  • Prostitute
  • Mango Starr
  • Fogrot
  • Festering Hag
  • Patrick Shiroishi4

venue

  • El Club | Detroit, MI

notes

  • great reuniting with fellow Daniels
    • pal got engaged!
      • immediately lost the engagement ring in the pit
        • …but it was found!
          • … and a bunch of us worked together to return it
    • new pals got married on stage at the end of the show!
      • wedding certificate signed by Dan Greene
  • screen printing at the venue, so sick
    • No Rest Fest logo printed on a striped shirt
  • 10th time seeing Patrick Shiroishi perform on stage
    • first time solo, loved his set!
  • shoutout Steven Pritchett, whoever you are, for capturing and posting a bunch of videos linked below
  • Prostitute instant new fav
  • wild The Armed set
    • Strokes fake-out into “Party at Pablo’s”
  • absolutely pumped for the new album
  • cannot wait for NRF 2025

⭐ Uniform2 • Pharmakon • Wolf Eyes • True Body2

venue

  • Small’s | Detroit, MI

notes

  • with a bunch of Daniels who hung around after NRF
  • great seeing True Body again, loved their set
    • saw them open for portrayal of guilt last year
    • check out their record Love Spell
  • finally got to see Wolf Eyes!
    • listening to them since my teens
    • watching resonant waves on the bass drum head
  • Pharmakon 😮
    • one of the best performances all year
      • don’t even know how to describe it
    • can’t believe it took me going to Detroit to see her
      • she’s from NYC! I’ve been missing out!!
    • Maggot Mass, phenomenal noise record
  • god damn Uniform rules
    • standard setup, just 1 bass/drums
    • looser performance than record release show
      • not doing the record note-for-note
        • record release was closer recording
      • been living with the setlist, comfortable with it
        • near the end of a their tour
    • incredible performance of “American Standard”
  • lucky this was in Detroit right after NRF
    • what a great weekend of shows

⭐ Lightning Bolt4 • Deli Girls2

venue

  • 1896 Studios | Brooklyn, NY

notes

  • saw Deli Girls open for Black Eyes last year, they’re great
    • only heard them this time from all the way in the back
      • back of the room for opener = front of the room for ⚡
        • set up on the floor opposite the stage
  • ≧20 years since last saw Lightning Bolt!
    • first time front row though, jesus christ
      • ribs fucked from NRF
        • bad idea to be up front
          • …but holy shit what a blast
      • Bassist Brian said “when you get pushed forward, try to be careful of the pedals…but maybe the crowd won’t push this time?”
        • 🌊 tidal wave of humans 🌊