{"id":369616,"date":"2026-07-11T16:52:05","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T16:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/369616\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T16:52:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T16:52:05","slug":"san-antonio-dj-sue-problemas-new-york-tour-landed-her-there-in-the-middle-of-the-spurs-knicks-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/369616\/","title":{"rendered":"San Antonio DJ Sue Problema\u2019s New York tour landed her there in the middle of the Spurs-Knicks Finals"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"San Antonio DJ Sue Problema didn\u2019t mean to time her first New York tour to coincide with the NBA Finals, but it worked out that way \u2014\u00a0and much to her benefit. Credit: Courtesy Image \/ DJ Sue Problem<\/p>\n

Of all the weekends to end up in Brooklyn playing a string of shows, San Antonio DJ Sue Problema couldn\u2019t have picked more of a banger.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In a twist of fate, she lined up a three-show tour that spanned June 5-8, the peak of last month\u2019s riveting Knicks-Spurs championship series. It wasn\u2019t planned \u2014\u00a0she\u2019d had the first gig booked five months ago \u2014\u00a0but it ended up turning into a musical reunion for expat San Antonians while giving her an unexpected jolt of exposure.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Rebecca Gonzales took on the handle Sue Problema when she was a zine-maker in the late \u201990s. Since then, she\u2019s built a reputation for spinning deep-cut selections in genre-hopping sets \u2014 an approach bolstered by her day job as an archivist for Bexar County.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Gonzales\u2019 New York jaunt allowed her to do more than show off her crate-digging skills. At one point she ended up spinning for a \u201csleeper cell\u201d of Spurs fans gathered at Doris, a Brooklyn bar co-owned by her friend from home, Jessica Warner.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The New York Times even featured the party in a story about Spurs fans across the city\u2019s five boroughs cheering on their team\u2019s first Finals run since 2014.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had no idea the Spurs would be playing, but as we were getting closer and closer, we realized we\u2019d be rooting for the Spurs in New York,\u201d Gonzales said of her set at Doris. \u201cWe put our jerseys on inside. I brought an H-E-B bag, and everyone loved it. It was a great experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

Because of the timing, Gonzales said she briefly worried about performing as a San Antonio DJ\u00a0on the Knicks\u2019 home turf.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the playoffs, I was like, \u2018Oof, how is this going to land?\u2019 The flyers all said San Antonio,\u201d she said. \u201cBut nobody gave me a hard time. It actually felt really good to represent San Antonio.\u201d<\/p>\n

Indeed, Knicks fans more than tolerated Gonzales\u2019 special appearance. She said the trip was a great opportunity to expand her music network and meet more people like those who made her tour possible in the first place.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was really through friends, music friends, connecting me with other people,\u201d she said. \u201cThe tour ended up being a great way to meet folks in New York, too.\u201d<\/p>\n

To be sure, the trek allowed her to jump between music scenes and subgenres. At the club Cassette in Queens, she served up a night of boogie and disco. At Mama Tried, a divey Brooklyn spot, she played the record release show for Skirting, a longtime friend\u2019s band.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And at Barb\u00e8s, a legendary venue known for bringing in international talent, she closed out the trip with a cumbia set alongside Milagro Verde, a Bushwick-based Peruvian chicha band.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery country has its own interpretation of cumbia,\u201d Gonzales said. \u201cPeru has chicha. Ecuador has synthesizers. Mexico leans Colombian. I love tracing those histories.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another fortuitous highlight came when she landed a set at The Lot Radio<\/a>, the Brooklyn\u2011based online station that\u2019s become a coveted stop for DJs worldwide. The opportunity came through San Antonio-raised Andy Beta, a music writer she met while attending high school.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Beta, who now lives in New York, holds a residency at the station and is the author of Cosmic Music: The Life, Art, and Transcendence of Alice Coltrane, a critically acclaimed biography released this spring.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I told [Beta] I was coming to New York, he asked if I wanted him to see about getting me on The Lot,\u201d Gonzales said. \u201cI ended up with a one\u2011hour recorded set \u2014 a huge deal for DJs \u2014 and it wasn\u2019t even part of the original tour plan. Just a really nice surprise.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Gonzales\u2019 trip to New York allowed her to catch up with friends and bask in plenty of SA vibes, music ultimately drove the visit. She arrived with a suitcase lined in cardboard and packed almost entirely with records.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI brought some shirts, two pairs of pants, an extra pair of shoes \u2014 and then just records,\u201d she said. \u201cMusic is my obsession. I go down rabbit holes for hours.\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n

Indeed, Gonzales\u2019 residencies back home also reflect a DJ who treats vinyl records less like collector\u2019s items and more like a living archive.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In addition to disco nights at Little Death, locals can find her behind the decks at the Summer Vinyl Series at cocktail bar Jue Let in the Pearl District. The DJ runs the latter through \u00a1Viaje! World Vibrations, the global-music venture she co-owns with DJ Rambo Salinas.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201c[Jue Let] has been a good new home. We\u2019ve been searching for a place that feels like home and has a good sound. That\u2019s really important to us,\u201d Gonzales said.<\/p>\n

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