THIS WEEK: Halloween (1978) duh

+Live Skull-Legendary NY noise rock band of the manic 80’s, live and kicking. New York Times critic Robert Palmer called them “as challenging, as spiritually corrosive, and ultimately as transcendent as Albert Ayler’s mid-’60s free-jazz or the implacable drone-dance of the early Velvet Underground. It’s one of the essential sounds of our time.

+Quattracentaa- is a three-piece, no-wave art rock band from Baltimore, MD. Like an early Renaissance painting, their music is grand, saturnine, and cathartic.

+Katheryn McGaffigan w Hannah Moorhead (Giraffes)- Katheryn McGaffigan with Hannah Moorhead: Raw, driven acoustic songs with haunting melodies

+Drummers Can Achieve- sling upbeat power pop and shoegaze songs that poke fun at the randomness, heartbreak, joy, and absurdity of modern life.  This indie rock quartet crafts high-energy, toe-tapping ditties about the pets that own us, cities that change shape, skinwalkers passing as people, and the plight of mammals creating art from inside the belly of a capitalistic beast.  

+The Lookout Honeys- una banda punk femenina, have played three short tours in Latin America, as well as an overabundance of shows while traveling through the states near their hometown of Brooklyn. This all-female group is bursting with hot-rodding riffs and snarling vocals, hearkening back to classic dark punk. 

+The Planes- are a four-piece indie rock band from Brooklyn, NY. Since their founding in 2010 by guitarist/singer Stephen Perry, they’ve earned a reputation for writing catchy indie rock jams, showing up to gigs on time, and taking that last drink ticket off your hands, y’know, if you’re not going to use it anyway and it would just go to waste.

+Even Twice-

+Girls on grass-

+Pastel Hell-

+Life in a Blender-

+Nuclear Family Fantasy - explores the impact of growing up with the illusion that the nuclear family is still the ideal. Their songs convey the struggles with addiction and mental health that sometimes result from being expected to continue believing in the attainability of the American Dream.  

+Viennetta- NYC trio of 2 Joans and a JB. We write songs about among other things, communication or lack thereof, lustful longing, procrastination, getting in your own way, being in your head, and feeling out of your mind. 

+Tiers la Familia- started life on cassette with releases of punk beat tapes by bandleader Sef Sidney before developing into an experimental pop group that has played live now since 2023. Augmented by Jeff Tobias (Modern Nature, Sunwatchers) and Cheryl Kingan (75 Dollar Bill Little Big Band, The Scene Is Now), TLF plays frequently in Brooklyn and Queens where they turn Sidney’s songwriting into a singularly weirdo party-vibe.

**LAST PERFORMANCE OF 2025**

𝑶𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒏𝒖𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒔𝒖𝒏…

The Last Summer is a Rock Opera starring Christoph Whitbeck and Haley Bowery as star-crossed revolutionaries traversing the trials of love and loss in the nuclear apocalypse.

A dramatic one-night only performance at Mama Tried featuring live rock music from the Teenage Death Squad, sparkling costumes, and a whole lot of ooze.

+NAPE NECK- Leeds, UK post-punk trio in the tradition of kinetic/frenetic/rhythmic acts like The Ex, Erase Errata, Delta 5, etc. This marks their US debut and they will be celebrating the release of their new LP "The Shallowest End" - due out 9/19 on Dot Dash Sounds w/ 1st U.S. tour!

+NATURAL DISASTERS- Heavy local trio bringing the noise-infused, damaged indie rock action. New cassette, recorded by Martin Bisi, out now on Outburst Records. 

+pHoaming Edison - James from Fly Ashtray is back with his side-project band returning to the stage for their first show in 10 years! .  Arty, indie, clever, psych-pop tunes.  

Sponsored by Hornitos Tequila

+Still Minders- A country rock supergroup featuring long time heads Dave Shuford (No-Neck Blues Band, Rhyton), JR Bohannon (Torres) and Rob Smith (Pigeons, Animal Surrender).

+Zachary Cale- Zachary Cale has been a fixture of the underground music scene in NYC for over 20 years. Often cited as a songwriter’s songwriter, his eclectic musical influences have guided his own unique style of songcraft. Whether alone with an acoustic guitar in an intimate room or on a festival stage with a full band, the song itself has always been his magnetic north. An expressive singer and masterful guitarist Cale has honed his craft over years of touring and recording.

+Names Divine- Names Divine is a rock trio fronted by Kendra Amalie who also performs solo under the name Kendraplex. An expressive singer and guitarist Kendra crafts heady tunes both dark and cosmic.

Celebrating one year of Under the BQE Press!

Extremely cheap beer while supplies last thanks to Five Boroughs Brewing! Unsolicited writing prompts on every coaster! And so much underground literary talent on one stage that you may completely conceptualize and birth your next best seller JK Rowling style on a bar nap before you even leave Mama Tried! (I swear.)

Our flash reading series involves snippets of works-in-progress no longer than 5 minutes. Meet our next BQE author Judson Merrill and hear a little flash from his forthcoming novel Paranoid Storytelling along with friends Brian Russ (of the band Hand Gestures), Leo Kouklanakis (of the band Katzin), Heidi Diehl (Lifelines) & Stephen Aubrey (The Assembly). All to a sweet cosmic funk soundtrack provided by The Vinyl Historian.

Books and possibly some merch for sale if I can motivate myself to screenprint some sweatshirts & t-shirts. And birthday cake! 

+Freaky Wilderness-

+Lookout Honeys-

+Hila the Earth-

+Jounce-

DJ Coconut

Sponsored by Jim Beam

Sloppy Heads will be joined by the very heavy lineup of Geologist (doing a solo hurdy-gurdy set!) and Tom Carter & Pat Murano, with honorary Head James McNew DJ’ing before, between and after.

+Sinead Youth- Sinead O'Connor tribute band featuring:
Clara Latham (New Pope, Starring) - vocals/guitar
Peter Kerlin (Animal, Surrender!, Sunwatchers) - bass

Dan Friel (Upper Wilds, Parts & Labor) - drum machine/electronics

+The Re-Cliners- 4-Piece covering the tunes of Patsy Cline. Based in Queens NYC

On the second Monday of each month our friend and neighbor plays selections from his library of classic disco and soul videos.

Pogues Tribute

+Arklight- Experimental rock band from Queens. Punk energy, haunting atmospherics, and metallic noise incursions perched atop a throbbing, tribal rhythmic base. 

+Short Porch- Dark, lyrical storytelling over Crazy Horse meets garage soul grooves. Murder ballads for thinking fellers. 

+Woodhead- Woodhead combines no-wave, post-punk, avant-garde improv, beautiful feedback and ballads creating a texture not quite like anything you've ever heard.  

+Psychic Lines- Phil Jacob’s baffling melodies and existential musings, carried by basser Dann Baker and drummer Nancy Polstein. Like Leonard Cohen leading Lee Ranaldo into Gerry Rafferty’s underwater lair.

+The Zolephants- Protoplasmic-surf-spaghetti-western trio from the foothills of Brooklyn. They combine deep-space synthesizers and electronics with silver-surfing baritone guitars and bombastic drums.

+Deep Brain- Caring trio. Just trying to help.

Duets with the BQE

+Chris Libutti-

+Emma Houton-

+Dan Friel-

+Jeff Tobias-

+Nassau Mausoleum-

+Miss ambivalent- Jeong Lim yang— voice, bass, Santiago Leibson— keyboard, Kevin shea— drums

+PLAiDE- Sun Yoo - sax, AE30, Jonathan Paik - Nord keys, Marty Kenny - Electric bass, TBA — drums

+Christian Rutledge- is a drummer turned troubadour whose country-tinged folk songs are like a slow walk through the boroughs of NYC. His critically-acclaimed debut album, An Inch of This New York Mile, is a celebration of the city and the people he calls home. 

+Sweetbreads- is Melody Stolpp’s Brooklyn based singer-songwriter project. Focusing on sweet sounding melodies and heartfelt lyrics, her songs aim to bend your ear and twist your heart. Her first full length album, “Punisher of Love” is in the works and will begin being released in the fall. 

+Jesse Torres Trio- is a NY based 'acoustic power trio' featuring Pete Coco on double bass and Paul Ceglio on drums. With a sound that ranges from folk to driving pop/rock, their songs contain colorful harmony, dynamic melodies and emotional lyrics, and are performed with a sensibility of improvisation and communication between the band members. 

+LOVE, BURNS- NYC area song-smith, Phil Sutton headlines this special one with his current killer band/project - past leader of Pale Lights and Comet Gain - this latest band delves into the lovely jangle pop with past members of Ladybug Transistor, Crystal Stilts and Great Lakes - purity

plus Chunklet Industries artists:

+ULTRA LIGHTS- NYC debut from this fantastic, jagged indie rock outfit our of Atlanta! Searing, guitar driving art-punk and the newest addition to the fine Chunklet Industries label - they hit the NYC area for a WFMU session as well!

+FAKE NUDES- Philly arty, garage-psych rocknrollers lead by Armen from Honey Radar...in fact, the band is 3/4 Honey Radar!!  New EP out this Spring and this is their Mama Tried debut!