While out on vacation in San Francisco last week, I had the opportunity to take in a blistering show at The Independent from the Providence-based country-folk-rock act Deer Tick. The
Over the past few years, HT favorites Umphrey’s McGee have padded their summer schedule with co-bills featuring the likes of the Disco Biscuits and STS9. This year, the prog-jammers are
Camera Obscura’s show at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C. on June 21 should have been phenomenal: a series of tight, precise readings drawing largely from the band’s last two – and strongest – albums.
But sometimes, great songs just aren’t enough. There’s something to be said about what stage presence can mean to a show. Someone needs to tell Camera Obscura. The sextet’s lack of energy during the 65-minute set kept their performance from reaching anything more than a pleasant collection of tunes.
Simply put, it felt like you were at home listening to a record, until you remembered you were in a rock club. Some people certainly enjoyed it, and the band didn’t disappoint, playing the crucial tracks from its four-album output. But there was just something missing — an unmistakable quality that separates a great performance from an adequate one.
READ ON for more of Rudi’s take on Camera Obscura’s recent concert…
Chromeo – Bonafide Lovin’ (Live at Rothbury)
It’s a good week for great music on the late night talk shows when you have David Letterman welcoming Connor Oberst’s newest project (Monday) and Levon Helm (Thursday). Death Cab
[Originally Published 7/4/07] We’ve got an abridged version of GTA for this week’s edition — well, less words, more links. There’s something for everyone on the list of streamable shows
I totally forgot to mention in today’s Televised Tune – the column featuring television listings we started two years ago – that Sundance will be showing the Wilco film Ashes
I was recently at the Two Boots Pizzeria on Bleecker Street between Broadway and Lafayette when I saw a painted ice cream sign on their window. Seems that Two Boots has partnered with Max & Mina’s Ice Cream of Queens to make Cajun inspired flavors for their pizza locations.
As there are many people who read this blog that are annual JazzFest visitors, I have to say that I had the Banana’s Foster flavor and it was great. As you can see on the attached pic, Two Boots has even taken the extra step to suggest their custom slice->Max & Mina ice cream pairings. This is some good stuff, I may have to head out to Queens to check out the original Max & Mina’s in Kew Gardens which is at 7126 Main St, Flushing. I am always out there looking for new foodie discoveries…
Other goings on in the foodie-verse this week
With all of the new food trucks popping up, you knew something was brewing behind the scenes: The NY Times broke the story Tuesday afternoon: Six Arrested in Probe of City’s Food Vendors.
READ ON for more goings on from Jon…
Sundance teamed up with Brushfire Records to create a 45 minute documentary about the Kokua Festival in Hawaii, an event which raises funds for environmental causes, that will air on
The days of Phish-related speculation being relegated to message boards and blogs seem to be over as local papers pick up on these rumors and run with them. We’ve got
