Zombie Zombie
J'aime bien. Billed as the headliner, their setup was complex enough that after their soundcheck, they opted to start the night off (rather than de-rig things). And so they became a very, very hard act to follow.
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Pissed Jeans w/ Purling Hiss and Priests
Pissed Jeans' frontman made the announcement: "folks, there's a very special guest in the audience tonight by the name of Dave ————— that's right Dave Matthews is in the house…"
Mazzy Star
UPDATE: I wrote my original post about 48 hours after the show. My short term memory failed me and as a result I was unduly soft. My take on the music stands; but not on Hope Sandoval's stage presence. I initially chose to go along with what people have referred to as "stage fright" and […]
Jon Hopkins, Clark, Nathan Fake
Expectations: This show was billed as an "early" show–a double billed electronic performance set with a third as an opener. Doors at 6 with the assumption that music would start shortly thereafter. We'd watch some knob turning, shake our bodies a bit, and have a seat at a nearby restaurant for dinner no later than […]
Jacco Gardner w/ Alex Bleeker and the Freaks, Celestial Shore
Second stop on the Introduce Beau-Frere to Rock Shows tour. Finding an all ages show in New York that's bearable, interesting, and worth the buck isn't all that easy. Fortunately, there's a place in Williamsburg called Death by Audio (DBA) that hosts all ages shows, with a focus on indie, most nights of the week. […]
Atoms for Peace
When you get to a show and the first thing you see after getting out of your car is a late model red pick up truck with a piano being played by a bearded man in the bed of the truck and atop that piano is a real live bull dog, then you're probably in […]
The XX with Grizzly Bear
A perfect summer evening on the lawn at Merriweather. It would not be a difficult argument to make to reverse the lineup of this show and tour, but that's just quibbling. The XX, whose entire discography consists of no more than 20 songs — few (if any) lasting beyond 4 minutes — covered just about […]
Deerhunter w/ Jackson Scott
"If you like our tuning so much, I hope you will enjoy the playing more…" -Ravi Shankar "I'm wearing a Black Flag t-shirt and playing a tamborine." -Thought of Frankie Broyles Please consider sending a charitable donation to the American Red Cross. All proceeds will be used to support blood banks for the […]