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Keane: Paramount Theater, Seattle, WA 1/30/07

Gabriel Scheer February 8, 2007 No Comments

Playing against a simple yet intriguingly-utilized backdrop (including five flat-screen televisions showing various different angles on the trio throughout the show), Keane delivered a set with the polish of so many British pop/rock groups. Chaplin’s voice had the crystal clarity of their recordings, rising at times with the grace and power of Freddy Mercury, yet harkening often to the earnest soulfulness of Coldplay’s Chris Martin.

Matt Costa / G Love & Special Sauce: Showbox, Seattle WA 1.24.07

Gabriel Scheer February 4, 2007 No Comments

Folk-rockin’ singer-songwriter Matt Costa is one of those musicians who just seem like they should “make it” (and indeed, he already almost has – but in a different role, as a pro skateboarder).

Cold War Kids : Pianos 1/10/07 & Mercury Lounge 1/24/07 – New York, NY

Shawn Donohue February 1, 2007 No Comments

A unique bi-costal tour popped up at the end of the last year. It was announced that the indie buzz band, the Cold War Kids, would be playing intimate New York venues three Wednesday nights in January, before flying cross-country each Friday night to play their hometown L.A. clubs. This approach might infuriate the dozen or so people living in the vacant prairie land between New York and Los Angeles, but it’s a strategy that solidifies the band’s foothold in the two U.S. music Mecca’s in a very short period of time.

The Wood Brothers: Club Passim, Cambridge, MA -1/21/2007

Andrew Bruss January 31, 2007 No Comments

On a Boston night, where the hometown New England Patriots were in the process of losing the AFC championship, the Wood Brothers were bringing their unique blend of folksy, jazzed out Americana to a small crowd at Club Passim.

NYE with The String Cheese Incident – San Francisco Concourse Center

Jason Gershny January 25, 2007 No Comments

For two nights the String Cheese Incident, Peak Experience and Anon Salon organized one amazing New Year’s party. The Concourse Exhibition Center is a long, yet not too wide, venue that housed three separate stages. From one stage to the next one could wonder from a mostly nude burlesque show, to an electronica D.J. spinning tunes, to the eclectic S.C.I. tapping into their ever varied bag of musical tricks.

New Years Eve with Tea Leaf Green: Theater of Living Arts, Philadelphia, PA

C. Bradford Craig January 21, 2007 No Comments

Unassuming, modest, radiant, warm; and with a stage presence that hasn’t been seen in awhile are words to describe one of the hottest acts to come into the fold in recent memory. This quartet based in San Francisco calls themselves Tea Leaf Green.

Matisyahu: Avalon, Boston, MA

Andrew Bruss January 12, 2007 No Comments

Seeing the energy of the show was “through-the-roof,” Matisyahu and his Hanukkah extravaganza gave Boston a performance at the Avalon Ballroom that was more than worthy of a cliché “two thumbs up.”

My Morning Jacket/Elvis Perkins In Dearland: Marquee Theater, Tempe, AZ – 1/3/2007

Shane Handler January 11, 2007 No Comments

Has My Morning Jacket ever evoked a negative word from anyone? From a revered late night Bonnaroo performance, to countless year end best of lists for 2005’s Z, to the accolades for 2006's live Okonokos, the Kentucky rockers can’t fathom a “this sucks” from anyone.

The Hold Steady: Pearl Street, Northampton MA 12.15.06

Andrew Bruss January 3, 2007 No Comments

By continuously “throwing it all out there,” saturating the market with catchy rock tunes that are driven from the heart, and making more top ten of 2006 lists than can be counted, the Hold Steady are showing the rock world what their fan base already knows. They’re not necessarily going to “save rock and roll,” but they’re definitely giving it a long needed jump-start.

Warren Haynes Christmas Jam: Asheville Civic Center, Asheville, NC 12/16/06

Chad Berndtson December 20, 2006 No Comments

Warren Haynes' Christmas Jam has been around for 18 years, but was a strictly provincial affair up until the late 90’s. WarrenBase, the side project section of the indispensable MuleBase, reveals that it was still a loose gathering of acoustic and electric sets, local bands, and the appearance of only one or two major acts before it began to mushroom. Later it moved to the Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, and finally the main arena in the Asheville Civic Center, where it'll presumably stay.

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