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Monthly Archives: September 2009
Recommended Wednesday Show: Rock for Reform at Glasslands
I helped to book this show for my friend’s amazing organization, Young Invincibles. Their goal is to help spread awareness amongst young people about how important health care reform is to this country. A very, very important cause, and a very, very good night of music. I’ve blogged about The Woes and Phil and the [...]
MP3 Roundup: Islands, Volcano Choir, WHY?
I’ve been enjoying these three songs this week. The new Islands album, Vapours, is still not their first album, but it’s definitely better than the last one. This is the first track off Vapours, and I like it because of the way it deals with New York. Bon Iver’s side-project, Volcano Choir, has been all [...]
Photos: Ganglians and Wavves at Santos Party House
I’m not sure what the best part of tonight was. It was either the fact that Wavves totally and absolutely rocked, or it was one very special conversation I overhead. A not-s0-young man with the exact same haircut as Nathan Williams (seriously, exactly the same, shaved on the sides with a ducktail in the back) [...]
Photos: pow wow! and Your Nature at Southpaw
I love that Southpaw is only two blocks away from my house now. I stopped by to see friends pow wow! do a set for a new monthly party at Southpaw called The Rumble. Minus a drummer, pow wow! played as a trio without any keyboards. While I definitely missed the keys, they were still [...]
Recommended Wednesday Show: Screaming Females at Maxwell's
After a conversation with a co-worker today, I realized that it’s been awhile since my last post on NJ rockers, Screaming Females. I also just tried to go see Ty Segall at Maxwell’s- my very first trip to the Hoboken venue. Unfortunately, I got there a little too late to really blog about the show, [...]
Beautiful New Song: Troll Nacht by The Dodos
The Dodos received a lot of acclaim and buzz for their 2008 album, Visiter, so it’s no wonder that this latest album is just a tad bit of a letdown. The first half of the album is good and very true to the band’s previous work, but not entirely memorable. The last few songs on [...]
Recommended Friday Show: Ramona Falls and Wildbirds & Peacedrums at Bruar Falls
You could definitely go see Ty Segall at the DBA Maze tonight, or you could go see My Teenage Stride at the excellent venue, Shea Stadium. Instead, I’m recommending this show. Ramona Falls is one third of Menomena, who pretty much everyone agreed was excellent circa two years ago. We haven’t heard much from them [...]
Recommended Thursday Show: Grooms and Video Hippos at Death By Audio
I just got back from the Box Elders show at Monster Island Basement, and it was pretty good. If you want to see photos and read my review, however, you’ll have to check Break Thru Radio on Friday. In the meantime, I’m recommending this show for tomorrow because Grooms (originally Muggabears) is a weird, noisy [...]
Recommended Wednesday Show: Box Elders at Monster Island Basement
Pitchfork didn’t like their new album, Alice and Friends, but I sure did. Box Elders play a lot of jangly, lazy almost-punk, with catchy melodies and a feel that brings you right back to 60s garage bands. Definitely comparable to other bands today like Ty Segal, but with a touch more humor. For instance the [...]
Great Old Song: "Androgynous" by The Replacements
I pretty much stick strictly to music on this blog, but this is sort of a music/book related post. I just finished Middlesex by Jeffery Eugenides- an incredible novel about gender and family- and I’ve found myself returning over and over to this song by one of my absolute favorite bands. If you don’t know [...]
