I caught a little bit of the Terry Gilliam-directed MSG live broadcast on YouTube last night and what I saw was pretty great. Arcade Fire seemed completely at ease graduating into the “arena rock band” class last night. For a moment there, it looked like Win Butler was just reciting from the Cheesy Arena Stage [...]
Last night David Gray called me a “Cheeky straggler,” here is how it went down… On a slow Thursday night in Portland, the Irish troubodour, David Gray, swept into town and under the radar. After a quick stop at the Kink Live Performance Lounge, he gifted approximately 50 dedicated fans to a private set to [...]
Blur, recently reunited and rust free, apparently tore it up last night at Glastonbury. Glastonbury 2009 has been mocked for it’s “dad-rock” leanings with the likes of Neil Young and Bruce Springsteen, but Blur triumphed by the sheer energy, excitement and a barrage of hit after hit after hit song. “Girls and Boys literally throbs with [...]
Should have wrote about this yesterday, but I got caught up in the Celtics game (they had no business winning) and then the season finale of Fringe (good but a little too Golden Compass for my liking). Regardless, Montreal’s Patrick Watson made their first visit to Portland on Monday night and they were every bit [...]
Contrary to the opinion of Phil Gallo of Live Daily, Van Morrison was so non-engaging that people were talking throughout the audience during the second night of his three-night LA stop. The first set was mostly newer songs. They were great songs but no one was familiar with them. He played a few gems: “It [...]
Eric Johnson has always been a hard musician to pin down, whether it was the early country-psych-pop incarnation of his band The Fruit Bats or disappearing into his role as fifth member of Portland’s The Shins and sometimes member of San Francisco’s Vetiver. Even his decision to put The Fruit Bats on hold in early [...]
So I’m still alive, sort of.? It’s been grueling going to shows and work and pretending to maintain this whole blog thing.? I should, when time allows tomorrow morning, have some awesome video for you guys.? Over the past two days I’ve caught some great bands and made some nice discoveries. However, there is much [...]
Go figure my camera died on the way to the show and I couldn’t get many picks.? But despite the lack of visuals, the band put on another high energy show.? The last time they were here they played over at The Crystal Ballroom, which seemed a bit cavernous for them, nestled comfortably at The [...]
Now, don?t laugh Or do, because really, that?s the point. As a 20-year-old self-professed ?hipster? who went to see Weird Al last Friday night, I have no right to take myself or my scene cred too seriously. Weird Al Yankovic?s Straight Outta Lynwood Tour began in March 2007 and reaches its last leg this August. [...]
I didn’t even realize 50 Cent was still making music.? Shows how little I know. The New York Times has a piece about 50 Cent’s tour to promote his new album, “T.O.S.: Terminate on Sight”?apparently someone didn’t tell him that “on” doesn’t need its own initial, but whatever. Since getting shower-screwed with album sales by [...]
