October 2011

The co-headling Dawes/Blitzen Trapper  bill made for a quintessential first week gig at Phoenix’s new Crescent Ballroom. The Ballroom offers excellent sight lines along with small bleacher section,  good beer, no douche-bag staff – allowing  the venue to appear it was built from a indie record store war-room strategy –    “how to build a kick-ass music room.” And here were two bands that have experience playing both big and small stages and who play with an experimental folk side that are influenced by Jackson Browne to the Flaming Lips.