I’ll tell you what was awkward. Remember when Death Cab for Cutie wasn’t such an indie kid’s household name? I mean, there was a time before Plans and The Photo Album when very few people had even heard of Death Cab for Cutie. I was in university at the time and had [...]
11/25/6
Logan Square Auditorium
Chicago
This was my eighth time seeing Andrew Bird, whose music I have been following well before his 2003 Weather Systems release. My fondness for him has grown over the years and I can definitely sense a growth in his own music, especially between Weather Systems and The Mysterious Production of Eggs. [...]
Mission of Burma just announced four new January dates:
Friday, January 12th at the Double Door in Chicago, IL
Saturday, January 13th at Earl in Atlanta, GA
Friday, January 19th at Irving Plaza in New York City.
Saturday, January 20th at The Paradise in Boston, MA.
Hear songs on myspace
Read a short review and see recent pictures from their set [...]
11/24/6
There’s something about the DIY all American dreamer that I find endearing. Kyle Andrews is losing his mind in Cleveland (and Philadelphia and Tennessee apparently as he seems to fair on the nomadic side) and if he keeps putting out albums like Amos in Ohio, he might someday be hailed at the level [...]
Hey, you know what one of my favorite films in the world is? Brazil. That has nothing to do with anything really I just wanted to tell someone. My parents are here for Thanksgiving so if this blog were a film, there would be odd ducts everywhere. This blog is not cool [...]
11/19/6
Beat Kitchen in Chicago
Beautiful, heavenly and sleek, Frida Hyvönen stepped up onto the stage in a form fitting full length black dress and a glass of white wine. From Sweden, Frida is young and vibrant but definitely reminds me of the same feeling as when I’ve listened to some moments in Joni Mitchell’s songs, [...]
11/17/6
Empty Bottle in Chicago
Headlining Friday night’s Three Million Tongues Festival, which featured some very diverse but important musicians, was Scottish folk singer Bert Jansch who has a history both as a solo artist and as a prominent part of British band Pentangle which had it’s heyday in the 60s and early 70s. Owning both Pentangle [...]
I have quite a bit to write about again this week-The Album Leaf, Bert Jansch, and I’ll be going to see Frida Hyvönen later tonight. Basically, about a thousand photos behind. It’s daunting but Jansch was especially nice and my guess is that Frida won’t come around again for awhile being that she [...]
I have the slowest metabolism in the world but that’s another story. Many of my awkward conversations about music occur around the gym basically because I have to work out five days a week just to keep relatively thin. The people who work the reception desk at Cheetah are incredibly nice, patient, and [...]
11/6/6
Empty Bottle in Chicago
Considering I have a tendency towards the melodramatic, it’s really no great shock that I like a band whose name is Devastations. Devastations includes three Australians, now living in Berlin, whose recently released album Coal is both dark and seductive in a way that does resemble fellow Australian Nick Cave at [...]