Once the All Time Low started performing their second song of the evening, the female fans started throwing bras on stage, many of them with phone numbers. Lead singer/guitar player, Alex Gaskarth, announced that all the bras get to be placed on Jack’s mic stand.
Despite the criticisms, The Head and the Heart is an excellent debut album. The musicianship is high and they clearly have strong songwriting capabilities. As the band tours this album for the next year or two, they will no doubt gain quite the following, as these songs are infectious, heartfelt and downright stunning. In lesser hands, this album could have become a hodgepodge of affected Americana, but The Head and the Heart prove their skilled hand at producing a sincere work of impressive talent.
Virtually as impenetrable as it is alluring on first listen, Fleet Foxes’ Helplessness Blues ultimately becomes one of those albums that reveals something new about the music and the band that made it on each successive hearing.
With the upcoming release of her new live album, Live at Benaroya Hall with the Seattle Symphony, Brandi Carlile opened up about all aspects of her career, ranging from beginning in Seattle up to the new studio album she’s already recorded. In the meantime, we also touched upon her strong bond with the Indigo Girls, her love for recreating synth-based 80s music and why she’s carrying on Dolly Parton’s well-deserved diva flame.
Last August, Grateful Dead/Furthur bassist Phil Lesh made a surprise appearance at one of Levon Helm’s Midnight Rambles at The Band drummer’s studio in Woodstock, NY. Phil opened the night
Welcome to back Strange Brew, where each month we’ll take a close look at a new or notable beer, or just one we think you should be drinking…
I’ve been slacking a bit over the last few months with this column, but it’s not from a lack of enjoying my fair share of great beers. So let’s remedy that, by brushing the dust off of the proverbial Strange Brew bottle for our first column of 2011. This time around we’re featuring a selection from a relative newcomer to the craft beer scene – Pretty Things Beer And Ale Project, who have only been around since 2008, and released its first beer for public consumption just two years ago. Based in Westport, MA and run by the husband and wife team of Dann and Martha Paquette, Pretty Things is part of a growing movement of “nano-gypsy” brewers who don’t have their own permanent space, instead choosing to rent space at other breweries to produce their beer.
The small batch brewery produces rustic British and Belgian-inspired beers and even designs the label art. Pretty Things offers up three year-round releases: Jack D’Or (their flagship beer), Baby Tree and this month’s Strange Brew pick – St. Botolph’s Town, as well as a rotating selection of seasonal offerings.
Why You Should Drink It?: Pretty Things St. Botolph’s Town pours a deep chocolatey brown, with a thin almost nonexistent white head. Your immediate smells of this rustic dark ale, which was inspired by some of the brewers favorite beers from Yorkshire, Enlgand, are of sweet dry fruits (raisins, dates), brown sugar and chocolate. This very drinkable medium bodied beer has a dry, nutty, slight smoky flavor upfront that mixes well with its malty sweetness that lingers after your first sip. For those lucky enough to live in a state where Pretty Things distributes their beers, St. Botolph’s is a great starting point. Especially for those who might be intimated by some of their stronger offerings.
READ ON for more on Saint Botolph’s Town Rustic Dark Ale…
The Hoxeyville Music Festival returns to the scenic Manistee National Forest in Wellston, MI on August 19-21 boasting a lineup that features HT faves Umphrey’s McGee, Greensky Bluegrass and Dumpstaphunk.
A few weeks ago, my good friend DaveO dedicated his Friday Mix Tape playlist to songs that dropped the names of other songs in its lyrics. To take DaveO’s concept off
It’s ladies night on the networks tonight. Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings are set to appear on CBS’s The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson while over on NBC’s Late
Umphrey’s McGee will be augmented by John Oates of Hall & Oates fame during their late night set at Mountain Jam on Saturday, June 4. Oates first performed with Umphrey’s
