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The Inaugural Hopscotch Music Festival – Ten Things Good & Bad: Downtown Raleigh, NC – 9/9-9/11/10

Bryan Rodgers September 20, 2010 No Comments

The inaugural Hopscotch Music Festival went off far better than most could have anticipated. Enthusiastic, well-mannered crowds managed to fill the downtown Raleigh, NC streets for three days with barely any issues, save a few very packed shows that left many fans milling about in the cool night air. There was an awful lot of music to experience and a lot of concrete to tread, but a few moments stand out. Here are seven good and three bad things I managed to experience over the weekend.

Truth & Salvage Co.: Lolas Room, Portland, OR 9/15/10

Chris Calarco September 20, 2010 No Comments

On Wednesday September 15th, Truth and Salvage Co, a barnstorming new outfit with six musicians from disparate parts of the country, began their “Great Northwest Music Tour” at Lola’s Room in Portland, OR. The “Tour” is just part of a much larger west coast romp for these purveyors of a sweet and polished new Americana sound.

Gaslight Anthem: The Showbox, Seattle, WA 9/13/10 & Crystal Ballroom, Portland, OR 9/14/10

Chris Calarco September 17, 2010 No Comments

The Gaslight Anthem touched down in the Pacific Northwest on Monday September 13th to play Seattle’s Showbox SODO and Portland’s Crystal Ballroom. Central Jersey’s finest export since Carmela Soprano became Nurse Jackie is making a jump in venue size since the June release of their critically acclaimed third full length, American Slang.

Dweezil Zappa: Return Of The Son Of…

Tim J. Nelson September 17, 2010 No Comments

Listening to Dweezil Zappa’s Return of The Son of …, one is reminded of the genius and musical originality of Frank Zappa, who died at age 53, in 1993, of prostate cancer. Dweezil, one of Zappa’s four children, is a musical master and prodigy in his own right, and this heartfelt tribute is rife with Frank Zappa classics, fourteen to be exact.

Interpol: Interpol

Jeff Strowe September 15, 2010 No Comments

With their new self-titled LP, Interpol fail to awake from their nap and instead have created an album that wraps the listener in a blanket, slips them a sleeping pill and puts them to bed for the night. Loosely based on the concept of a disintegrating relationship, the band shuffles out one tired, mopey dirge after the next as they fail to give the listener any reason to care about the lyrics let alone turn up the volume dial and rock out.

Dead Confederate/Alberta Cross: Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA 9/8/10

Eric Podolsky September 14, 2010 No Comments

As hard-rocking as their show is, the biggest feeling that I got from Alberta Cross' performance was one of massive potential yet to be realized. They are only one album deep into their career, and it is clear that this band should become much bigger as they hone their songcraft and build their strengths as a group.

TheTrio of Oz: The Trio of Oz

Brian Robbins September 14, 2010 No Comments

Discovering The Trio of OZ via their debut album has been one of those unexpected pleasures that happens every once in a while. I didn’t see this one coming, boys and girls – but I’m glad it did. Pianist Rachel Z, drummer Omar Hakim, and bassist Maeve Royce have laid down a jam-laden jazz album chock full of emotion and life. Some of the jams captured here take you through more twists and turns than the average feature-length movie: tension that gives way to wistful sweetness or jump-in-the-air joy, with enough peaks and dips and drifts and glides to hook you in and make you want to find out just where the thing is going next.

R.E.M.: Fables of the Reconstruction – 25th Anniversary Edition

Doug Collette September 14, 2010 No Comments

Few archival releases are as revelatory as this 25th Anniversary edition of R.E.M.’s , so it’s perfectly appropriate the packaging recalls nothing so much as a limited edition, designed by the band itself. Replica LP sleeves, individual portraits of the four men as well as a booklet and a large foldout poster are all extensions of the original artwork.

Panda Bear: Music Fest NW, Portland, OR 9/8/10

Chris Calarco September 10, 2010 No Comments

Panda Bear is embarking on a rare U.S. tour in anticipation of his fourth LP, Tomboy, to be released “in a month or two” according to Noah’s recent talks with indie tastemaking blog, Brooklyn Vegan. A one-man band whose popularity skyrocketed with the 2007 critically acclaimed, Person Pitch; one of the more innovative and unique albums to hit the streets in a long time.

Soulive: Rubber Soulive

Brian Robbins September 10, 2010 No Comments

Rubber Soulive is an album full of tunes done for the exactly right reason: total love for the subject at hand. Add in the groove factor and you have one great piece of work.

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