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Monsters
Are Waiting |
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Bon
Savants |
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Saturday,
July 22, 2006
Monsters Are Waiting
@ Pianos | 7/20/06
For
2 straight nights, I was at Pianos, having my mind
blown by Monsters Are Waiting. While the band mixed
up their setlist between each night, they played
all the best songs off of their debut, Fascination,
and included a perfect cover of Stone Roses' classic
"I Wanna Be Adored." Annalee's pressence
as the front woman should easily expand the band's
popularity, as she combines good looks and style
with a cute demeanor, all to go along with her beautiful
vocals.
The
Bon Savants were one of the openers for night to,
and I must say, they have a solid future ahead of
them. They have an excellent sound.
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for more pictures of Monsters Are Waiting @ Pianos-night
2.
Click
for more pictures of Bon Savants @ Pianos.
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Monday,
July 17, 2006
New Album Reviews
I've
posted new reviews for a load of upcoming and recent releases,
including Emily Haines, Hidden Cameras and Cursive.
Check out all of my reviews here.
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Bling
Kong |
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The
Teeth |
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Monday,
July 10, 2006
Bling Kong @ Mercury
Lounge | 7/8/06
I'll
never get tired of seeing Bling Kong tear through
a wildly entertaining set. Every time I see them,
they don't seem to hold anything back, and give
it their all, no matter how big the crowd is. As
always, they were great.
I
missed all but one other act, because I was at the
Mets double header. The one other band I caught
was Dr. Dog's labelmate, The Teeth, who were excellent,
and had a similarly odd sound as Dr. Dog.
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for more pictures of Bling Kong at Mercury Lounge.
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The
Walkmen |
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Saturday,
July 1, 2006
The Walkmen @ Warsaw|
6/30/06
The
Walkmen are great on record, but their recordings
come nowhere near the excellence of their superior
live show. They don't need laser lights, choreography,
outfit changes, or big video screens. They just
play with raw energy like no other band of this
generation. I really thought the openers, Rockwell,
and Richard Swift were pretty lousy. Rockwell was
a bit funny, but his schtick wore off quite quickly,
while Richard Swift was a mediocre americana-ish
band. I actually heard someone behind me compare
them to a mix between Wilco and Beck. Seriously,
I don't understand how someone could possibly hear
them and think that way. These are 2 of the iconic
bands of our time. Haphazard comparisons drive me
nuts.
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Feist
(w/Kevin Drew) |
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Monday,
June 26, 2006
Feist/Jason Collett/Buck65
@ Central Park Summerstage | 6/25/06
It
was Canada Day at Central Park Summerstage on Sunday
with 3 of Canada's best acts playing a free show
for a few hundred people, who took the risk of being
rained on. Luckily for us, it only drizzled a little
bit during the performances. Collett started things
off playing mostly songs off of his terriffic Idols
of Exile album. Buck 65 followed with a very
interesting spoken word/hip hop/poetry set, with
some very funny songs. Feist finished the day off
with her sweet sweet voice, which she occassionally
would make a joke about when she had trouble getting
it in tune. The highlight of the day had to be when
Kevin Drew came out during Feist's encore to do
my personally favorite Broken Social Scene song,
"Major Label Debut."
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for more pictures of Canada Day @ summerstage.
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Liars |
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The
Apes |
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Monday,
June 26, 2006
Liars and Apes @ Warsaw
| 6/24/06
Returning
back to their former home in Williamsburg, the Liars
brought along The Apes, a band that they have known
for years, after meeting at Brownies back when the
club still existed. While this show started late
due to Alan Vega having to cancell, it was everything
I expected it to be. The Apes, equipped with a new
singer started it all off with their bizarre, dark,
stoner organ goth? The Liars then took the stage
and tore through a great set, mostly consisting
of tracks off of the epic Drum's Not Dead,
only to encore with Nirvana's raucus classic "Territorial
Pissings."
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for more pictures of Liars.
Click
for more pictures of the Apes.
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Saturday,
June 24, 2006
JOHNOSSI @ Pianos
| 6/22/06
Swedish
duo, JOHNOSSI rocked out at Pianos on thursday to
a small crowd. Despite only being a duo, they created
quite a full sound of garage inspired indie-rock.
I will have a full review of their new cd shortly.
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Canada
more
pictures coming soon |
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