Unlike most Grammy Awards ceremonies, there are actually a few great bands performing at this year’s event on February 8. Paul McCartney and Radiohead join Jay-Z, T.I. and Kanye West
Saturday night I went and saw Vic Chesnutt & Elf Power at the Middle East upstairs in Cambridge. I’ve got a friend who I now call “Indie Dan” that is constantly throwing new bands my direction. After the fourth time he bugged me about going to this show I gave a listen to the 2008 release Dark Developments
Chesnutt, from his wheelchair which he is bound to after a car accident, had an abrasive but playful interaction with the crowd all night as he explained the meanings behind some of his songs and humorously turned down song requests. Especially comical was his explanation that a song titled Teddy Bear was in his words “About fucking…”. No, it wasn’t about fucking a teddy bear. Three songs into his set, Chesnutt confirmed what I had thought was going on: That they were playing Dark Developments in its entirety. Chesnutt’s low and somewhat raspy voice sounded as good live as it does in the studio.
Here’s some video from a show last year at the Santa Fe Brewing Company:
READ ON for more of DaveO’s review of Vic Chesnutt & Elf Power…
It isn’t often that Wilco fans based in the Northeast get to see singer/guitarist Jeff Tweedy solo shows without having to fly somewhere, so there’s been all sorts of excitement
With the festival season right around the corner, the rumor mill is turning. Earlier today, Gigwise reported that concert promoter Golden Voice is currently courting David Bowie for the headline
[youtube]QdGGqScwe4w[/youtube] Franz Ferdinand – Ulysses
It’s been a long time since the last single track edition of Stormy Mondays, and this one is a treat: an hour long jam hosted by Albert Collins and featuring
Sunday is the end of the weekend no matter how you cut it. You work nine to five for five days running and between the commute and the assholes at work, by Friday you have had a butt full. So, Friday night you either get the party started, exposing the pent up angst from the work week to your personal party mantra, or you retreat to your home, relaxing in preparation for some time to yourself. The next 48 hours belong to you, not the job.
The weekend is made for chores, sports, family, socializing etc. Some weekends are busy enough you actually look forward to getting back to work so you can slow the pace. On those weekends, Sunday night is the cooling down period. An early dinner, check out 60 Minutes (“Rooney, trim those damn eyebrows”) and decompress. Center yourself and prepare for the next five days of nose to the grindstone. That is unless the “Here Comes The Law” tour has hit your town on Sunday night. If that’s the case, you may as well leave your boss a voicemail saying you won’t be able to make it Monday morning and then go to the show. There’s a better than 50% chance you won’t be crashing early enough to get to work anyway.
The Here Comes The Law tour features three energetic artists from Law Records: Georgia’s Passafire, the Supervillains from Orlando and the Big Island’s Pepper. To categorize these three bands, folks use words like reggae, ska, punk, and funk. Descriptive pigeon holes. These bands all rocked. READ ON for more of AJ’s Here Comes The Law tour review…
VH1 Classic will air a look at The Band’s 1969 self-titled album, sometimes known as the “Brown Album” on Thursday at 4PM. The album came amid high expectations following 1968’s
Donna Jean Godchaux and Jeff Mattson are pleased to announce that “Donna Jean and the Tricksters” has morphed into the Donna Jean Godchaux band with Jeff Mattson. Along with Godchaux
Peter, Bjorn and John have announced dates of a spring tour, kicking off April 21 in Minneapolis, MN. The outing will support the release of their upcoming record ‘The Living
