Shawn Donohue, Author at Glide Magazine

4 Knots Festival: The Black Angels, Titus Andronicus, Davila 666: South Street Seaport, NY, NY 7/16/11

Shawn Donohue July 21, 2011 No Comments

The Village Voice has annually crafted one of New York City’s premier summer concerts with their Siren Festival. Last year marked the 10th and final installment of that gathering though as the downtown free paper turned over a new leaf and started advertising their new 4 Knots Festival this summer. The obvious change was that no longer would the show take place out in Coney Island but downtown in the South Street Seaport.

Grooms: Prom

Shawn Donohue July 14, 2011 No Comments

The Brooklyn three piece Grooms sophomore release, Prom, is an entanglement of twists, off kilter timings and hot pop injections.

Wilco’s Solid Sound Festival: MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA 6/24-6/26/11

Shawn Donohue July 1, 2011 No Comments

The Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art played host to a crowd of elder fans and families who gathered for a pleasant weekend artistic experiences in the Berkshires. The title of the festival itself, “Solid Sound”, hinted at a range of music and noise and that was certainly delivered upon, even going the extra mile to showcase natures wet splashing of spastic downpours. The first night was almost a complete washout with massive delays in host and headliner Wilco’s set as the gathering waited for Mother Nature to lend a hand.

Arctic Monkeys: Suck It And See

Shawn Donohue June 24, 2011 No Comments

The Arctic Monkeys fourth proper release is unlike any of their past work which keeps things fresh and adds to their growing catalog of enchanting songs. This time around the group focuses their talents on 60’s pop, crafting ditties that can jangle a tambourine or trip out a touch in front of Alex Turner’s ear catching lyrics.

Steve Earle: I’ll Never Get Out Of This World Alive

Shawn Donohue June 20, 2011 No Comments

Steve Earle is all over the place lately as actor, writer, activist, and maintaining his first love, music. The tunes get their proper due on this fantastic new release, I’ll Never Get Out Of This World Alive. The title is taken from Hank Williams final single; Earle has a strong affinity for Williams (titling his first novel the same thing) and as someone who never shy’s away from his idols (see the album Townes) there is history seeping from these tracks, a lot of personality too.

The Rough Seven: Checkpoint Charlie

Shawn Donohue June 6, 2011 No Comments

Delayed by drummer Mike Andrepont’s uptown gig, The Rough Seven didn’t get started until well into Sunday morning, but no matter as the garage gospel band brought all that was holy into the night’s darkest hours. These 7 had the exuberant crowd eating out of its hands from the get go with sing-a-long favorites “Sugar Daddy” and “Give Up Your Dreams” echoing out into the nearby Mississippi.

Thurston Moore: Demolished Thoughts

Shawn Donohue May 24, 2011 No Comments

Thurston Moore took a lot less time between solo albums (4 years instead of 12) and brought in a high profile producer to help things along this time around. Instead of mining his art/noise rock tendencies Demolished Thoughts plays totally acoustic without a crashing crescendo or drum fill anywhere to be found.

Warren Haynes Band: Beacon Theatre, New York, NY 5/12/11

Shawn Donohue May 22, 2011 No Comments

Warren Haynes picked the friendliest confines he could think of to kick start his Man in Motion Tour, New York Cities Beacon Theater. He may have played this venue more then any other artist over recent years and was clearly in a good mood as he showed off his new six piece band complete with Saxophone and backup singer.

The Dirtbombs: Party Store

Shawn Donohue May 18, 2011 No Comments

The Dirtbombs have always loved their covers and with 2001’s excellent soul and R&B rethinking, Ultraglide In Black the group showed their prowess in this realm. 2011 is apparently now the time to tackle songs from the Detroit Techno scene of the 1980’s. While there was a direct line drawn between The Dirtbombs retro garage shake and the soul of their cities 60’s and 70’s this techno connection is a bit more tedious causing the efforts here to vary in quality.

Alberta Cross: Hudson Hotel, NY, NY 4.27.11

Shawn Donohue May 3, 2011 No Comments

It is always exciting when a band steps out of the recording studio to showcase some new tunes live and Alberta Cross did just that on Wednesday night in the middle of Manhattan.

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