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A friend of mine recently hiked the Appalachian Trail for two weeks and finished up with a short visit to DC. He showed me a map that he picked up along the way that did a really nice job of showing elevation from point to point along the trail. This map, and 1000 other things, […]
July and August are not great months for concert-goers in many parts of Europe. Cities like Paris turn to virtual ghost towns as their residents take advantage of their liberal holiday culture. Apparently booking agents are aware of this and either do the same or follow Europe's listeners to their various beach town destinations. So […]
"…Amazing show for us TRUE fans who have seen Idioteque and EIIRP enough, and appreciate some different songs that we've NEVER seen live. Go see Aerosmith if you wanna see nothing but popular shit." -Donovangoode That little ditty is compliments of an At Ease reader in response to someone that criticized Radiohead for closing last […]
Is it your local church choir? No. Is it a cult? Maybe. Am I member? Probably. The first time I saw the Polyphonic Spree, I had virgin ears. I saw them at a free show on a beautiful day on the outside plaza (Millenium Stage) of the Kennedy Center. I hadn't heard a single note […]
I'm sorry for asking you to quit your incessant talking while Chairlift finished their encore. (No I'm not.) And I'm sorry for deliberately spilling water on the floor beside your open toe shoes because you were elbowing me and my girlfriend. (No I'm not.) End Confession. May a heaven await me. Putting that annoyance behind […]
Four solid bands, $10? Done deal. Seriously, any one of these acts could have asked for $10. For my first Manhattan show, I was very happy. It took only minutes for me to forget that I was disappointed about not being able to get tickets for the Rapture at Bowery Ballroom or for Death of […]
Since some point when I was in undergrad, I've consistently said Radiohead is my favorite band. The music/noise they make is unearthly and being somewhere other than earth sounds pretty good a lot of times. But for the thousands of times I've listened to each of those Thom Yorke led vocal tracks, I still hardly […]
I think I just saw the future. First, I still appreciate the full album experience over a handful of good tracks. Second, because of various other life factors (getting older, changing priorities etc), there's been less music consumption in my life. Spotify changed that. Because of Spotify and a $10 monthly subscription, I am now […]
Does a good show require more than sonic entertainment? Maybe not, but a great one might. I'm referring to the visual entertainment that seems to be a more and more common pairing for today's musicians. Backdrops of eye candy that match the music and help set a mood can really bring something extra to a […]