First came The Twilight Sad, then Frightened Rabbit, then Glasvegas and now another great Scottish band, We Were Promised Jetpacks. Yes, they have a very stupid name, but they are a damn good band! And last night they brought it to the Hi-Dive. I was originally going to the show alone, but my wife and
We Were Promised Jetpacks @ Hi-Dive, 03/06/10 Read More »
Every so often I will be posting under the ‘Derailed’ heading. This is for posts that are outside my normal comfort area…indie rock/pop. Kurt Cobain died in 1994 and I knew I would never see Nirvana live. Layne Staley died in 2002 and I knew I would never see Alice in Chains live. Then a
Derailed: Alice In Chains @ The Fillmore, 02/19/10 Read More »
Last night we caught San Diego’s Ultimate Johnny Cash Tribute, Cash’d Out, at the Bluebird. A friend of mine had seen them at the Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach and highly recommended them. Denver’s own Brent Loveday of Reno Divorce opened up with an acoustic set of his Social Distortion influenced rockabilly punk. His
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Wild Beasts have been hyped for awhile. I tried and tried to get into them and I just couldn’t do it. The high falsettos were like an icepick being driven into my brain. I listened to each album a few times and moved on. But then I had friends start raving about them. And not
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Valentine’s Day this year was spent with a guy, at a Girls show. I was in San Francisco, about 1300 miles away from my wife. Luckily this is a city of good friends. The friend who attended this sold-out show with me at my favorite venue, Great American Music Hall, did not know Girls‘ music.
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After a day drinking beers at Valley Tavern in Noe Valley, I found myself at The Warfield for the first time since the remodel. For a Market Street institution, it was almost eerie how clean the place was. We went to the bar to order our first of many $10 drinks and then found our
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Every so often I will be posting under the ‘Derailed’ heading. This is for posts that are outside my normal comfort area…indie rock/pop. Last night P.O.S and ‘special guests’ brought their punk-influenced form of hip-hop to Denver’s Marquis Theatre. We missed Denver’s own The Pirate Signal, but got there in time to catch most of
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Every so often I will be posting under the ‘Derailed’ heading. This is for posts that are outside my normal comfort area…indie rock/pop When you think of hip-hop hubs, Minneapolis is probably not the first city to come to mind. But the Twin Cities actually have a pretty exciting scene. And now with Def Jux
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Just got back from the Nile show at the Bluebird. I still can’t hear so well, and the ringing in my ears is preventing me from sleeping. Nile is a death metal band from South Carolina, made up of Karl Sanders and Dallas Toler-Wade on vocals and guitar, Chris Lollis on bass and George Kollias
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Every so often I will be posting under the ‘Derailed’ heading. This is for posts that are outside my normal comfort area…indie rock/pop. Went to my first show at Cervantes last night. I saw The Devin Townsend Project and Cynic open up for Between The Buried and Me. I really liked the venue. The sound
Derailed: Between The Buried and Me @ Cervantes, 01/20/10 Read More »
