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Hanson/Meiko: House of Blues, Anaheim, CA 10/10/11

Kathrine Bryan September 28, 2011 No Comments

It is crazy to think that Hanson has been playing professionally for nearly 20 years. The three brothers (Isaac, Taylor and Zach), found success with their highly successful hit, “MMMBop” in 1997, and since then, have managed to maintain their loyal, if not obsessive, fan base of young girls. Fast forward to 2011 and the young girls have become twenty to thirty-something women, but their unyielding love is still apparent.

Neon Indian: Era Extra

Jeff Demars September 27, 2011 No Comments

Above all, Neon Indian’s sophomore effort Era Extraña illustrates the band’s musical maturation and showcases the evolution of their style, departing from their ambient, sample-speckled debut without losing its defining characteristics.

Wilco: The Whole Love

Jeff Strowe September 26, 2011 No Comments

All troubled thoughts and hand-wringing should cease however, as Wilco has released The Whole Love, a fully realized collection of tunes versatile, commanding, and magnificent. This album is bold, yet painted with deft touches; powerful and evolved, yet simple and stripped down when need be; grippingly philosophical yet still fun enough to demand sing-alongs.

Phish: Champlain Valley Expo, Essex Jct, VT 9/14/11

Doug Collette September 23, 2011 No Comments

With first estimates of one million plus dollars raised from Phish’s Benefit for Vermont Flood Recovery on September 14, it’s going to be hard to quell calls for another such affair, especially in light of the flawless execution of the occasion (from announcement to ticket sales to actual show operations) plus the absence of any negative affects on the surrounding community the day of the concert. After all there’s no shortage of worthwhile causes and the fanbase would certainly welcome a sequel given what they witnessed this full-moonlit night.

The Hold Steady: Beekman Beer Garden Beach Club, New York, NY 9/17/11

Shawn Donohue September 23, 2011 No Comments

Concert Confidential and EventbriteNYC got together last week and announced with the quickness a series of 5 simultaneous concerts across the country with proceeds and donations going to charity. New York City were blessed with hometown heroes The Hold Steady who were announced as the headliners for Saturday Night’s shindig in downtown Manhattan. It was short notice, and a quick turnaround but the Unified Scene was on hand to party with the boys for a worthy cause down by the South Street Seaport.

Katie Herzig: The Waking Sleep

Peter Zimmerman September 22, 2011 No Comments

This is her most consistent effort yet, and the process of building the songs up from programmed sounds reveals Herzig’s deft architectural hand, and the fact that she’s chosen bouncy, spirited and cathartic as her palette further bolsters the album. The next step will be learning how to incorporate lyrically the more intimate and raw moments of introspection, but this is an admirable first step in the right direction.

Grayson Capps: The Lost Cause Minstrels

Gerry Hardy September 21, 2011 No Comments

With his newest release – The Lost Cause Minstrels – on the Potato Head Family label, Grayson Capps takes his music in a new direction. Having lived in both New Orleans and Nashville, the Alabama native recently returned home and seems to further embrace his roots.

Okkervil River: Lincoln Theatre Raleigh, NC 9/13/11

Jeff Strowe September 21, 2011 No Comments

Will Sheff is a densely literate songwriter of the highest degree. Like a good novelist, his songs reveal layers as they progress, adding intrigue and possibility to the plot and subtle nuance to the characterization, while weighty symbolism abounds throughout. The man also likes his hand-claps, as Sheff raucously urged and prodded the crowd to “throw their hands up” and clap along to the beats of some of the band’s best-known numbers

Tom Waits on Tom Waits: by Paul Maher Jr.

Ric Hickey September 21, 2011 No Comments

Tom Waits On Tom Waits brings together a large number of interviews conducted throughout the great man’s storied career. Covering a remarkable 35-year span from 1973 to 2008, this collection employs Waits’ own words to paint a vivid self portrait of a highly original American artist and iconoclast. The book makes for a very intriguing chronology of Waits’ development as a songwriter, recording artist and performer. Fiercely protective of his private life and notoriously reclusive, Waits nonetheless has always been a lively and unpredictable interview subject.

St. Vincent: Strange Mercy

Jeffrey Taylor September 19, 2011 No Comments

2007’s personality-driven Marry Me and the production-forward Actor have been rounded out by Strange Mercy’s maturity, honesty and skill to make a solid, progressive and enviable career trilogy that showcases Annie Clark’s talent, innovations and development as an all-around artist.

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