Wild and crazy brothers (Ween & Party Dream)
There are two groups in town this week that may just be the two goofiest and wildest groups that have some strange brotherhood mentality going on. Whether or not the two front runners of both bands are actual brothers is up for debate.
First up is the ever so politically correct, Ween. Coming off a successful ( in Ween terms) album, La Cucaracha, they roll in to town tonight to play at the Orpheum Theatre. The last time they were in town they played at Avalon so this is a bit of step up for the Ween boys from New Hope, PA.
If you’re a non-Weenhead, you may remember their name from an appearance on Beavis and Butthead when the video for “Push th’ Little Daisies“ was so eloquently reviewed by the pyro happy couch bums.
But little did you know that their tasteless style of rock music, which is undoubtedly in a genre all on its own, has quite the following. In fact, tonights show at the Orpheum Theatre is just about sold out with only a few seats remaining in the balcony.
Their songs are not for the weak hearted. Titles like “Spinal Menagitis“, “Piss up a Rope“, “Mutilated Lips“, are just a handful of fan favorites. They even have a song about HIV. Dean and Gene Ween (not their official names and they’re not even brothers) have also been known to explore the unknown, sometimes taking it too far, especially when they start submitting themselves in to drug rehabs. Probably one of the main reasons fans of Phish were no strangers to their shows. That and the fact that Phish covered one of their songs off of Chocolate & Cheese, “Roses are Free“.
If you’re new to Ween and are curious, I recommend you start out with White Pepper (especially the first 4 tracks). Then work your way back a few years to Chocolate & Cheese, which is quite possibly their greatest album to date. Then move ahead a few more years and pick up Quebec. Once you’ve gotten a taste of those three albums, and you’re feeling the vibe, you’re ready for GodWeenSatan and The Mullosk. These last two are cult classics.
But you haven’t experienced Ween until you’ve seen them live.
Download: “Your Party” (La Cucaracha) – MP3 courtesy of Schitz Popinov. Download more Ween music from Hype Machine
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Pick up the last remaining tickets to tonights show – HERE
Purhcase Ween Music (Amazon) (Rounder Records)
The last time Gil and Ultimate Donny graced us with their presence, The Square conducted an interview where we learned that Donny was one hell of an older brother, they like to buy caged birds and non-caged birds while on tour and Gil is fine with pederasts’ because it’s a free country and if they want to join groups like NAMBLA, then so be it.
Read the full interview – HERE
The last two shows were at PA’s Lounge, a fitting joint for this low brow duo from Youngstown, Ohio. But this time around it’s Great Scott. Lets just hope that a rope is put up around the stage as they’re known to take a spill or two, and not on purpose either.
They’ve released one official full length album, Bloodsongs, and a one self-release LP (Once Triangular) and EP (Best Friends). Both of the latter two are out of print.
Download: “Shadow Grip” (Bloodsongs) – MP3 from Hipster Runoff. Download more Party Dream tunes from Hype Machine
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Buy tickets to tomorrow’s show at Great Scott – HERE
Buy Party Dream’s first album, Bloodsongs (Fat Possum Records)
And what would be a Party Dream post without the video for “Elmo’s Wish“
Richard Hawley’s “Lady’s Bridge”
There have been plenty of reviews and critiques, some I agree with and others I don’t about Richard Hawley’s new release, Lady’s Bridge. It is my first Hawley experience but it was with Cole’s Corner that brought Richard Hawley back out on to the scene after being M.I.A for most of the mid to late 90’s. So perhaps it’s for this reason that I find this to be a success rather than a retreat.
The first single off the album is “Tonight the Streets Are Ours”. An up-tempo soulful song with strings and bells that will strike a chord with any romantic. But it’s the title song, “Lady’s Bridge”, which strikes a chord with me.
Also a romantic song, well, lets face it, this album and artist are stooped in romanticism, but here I feel there is more sincerity behind the music and lyrics.
With the opening piano line I get little chills. And the same with the opening lyrics, “take me with you when you go, down to the river” and then the guitar with the Hawaiian style slide eases us in to the chorus where Richard delivers the short but sweet repetitive line, “down to the river…down to the river…down to the river”.
Like Richard’s last album, Cole’s Corner, which, according to the actual winners (The Arctic Monkey’s) should have won the Mercury Prize in 2006, we are treated to stories about Hawley’s home countryside of Sheffield. But probably more defining is the fact that his father, David Hawley, died of cancer while he was recording the album. David was a big influence on his son as he himself was a romantic and local singer / song writer that played with the likes of Muddy Waters and other local Sheffield favorites.
In “Lady’s Bridge”, it’s not clear who he is singing too; a lover, his father, his town. The bridge he speaks of is an actual bridge in Sheffield that separates the poor neighborhoods (Richards hood) from rich neighborhoods. It has a feeling of nostalgia and in my opinion, makes for a great segue way in the winter season.
Richard Hawley – “Lady’s Bridge”
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Purchase Lady’s Bridge (Amazon) (Mute)
Visit Richard Hawley on Myspace
Visit the Ricard Hawley page at Mute Records
Yo La Tengo at MFA (Boston) 11/15/07
(Artwork above by designer Mr. Asami from San-X)
I got in to the Ramis Auditorium last night and gave a couple test shots with the old Point n’ Click and then shut down city. It was all Broken Social Scenes fault. So no mind blowing pictures like I usually do for live shows. But I managed to jaut down some notes during the show so here it goes. My best attempt at a recap of the Freewheelin tour.
Right out of the gun they jammed out their first single off their latest album, I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass. I like Beanbag chair but not a huge fan. That’s all I have to say about that. Then came the first onslaught of shout outs from the crowd. Apparently these kids didn’t go to kindergarten as they figured who needs to raise their hand to ask a question when I can just blurt it out. Of course, the first question was about the dismal Mets and if they knew what had happened. Ira came back with a quick remark saying “when we were here back in 87′ we were respectful enough to not stand up on stage and say, ‘hey what happened to the Red Sox’.”
Then someone blurted out, “what are your thoughts about the stock market“. James came back this time with his poignant remark, “it’s a good time to buy low and sell high“. Everyone got a chuckle. In fact, there was a good amount of chuckling because James is one funny motherf’er.
There was a question asked about their up and coming Saturday Night Live gig / not really an official gig. Apparently, since the writers are on strike, the entire cast of SNL is conducting a show at the UCB Theatre in NYC. All the skits were previously written and they asked if YLT would be their musical act. I guess this was suppose to be a secret so when Ira asked the guy, how did you find out about that, he replied “I have my sources”. Ira then replied, “well if you’re not going to tell me then I’m not going to tell you any more about the show.” Man, they were quick on the come backs. Very witty, the trio from Hoboken.
Other quick tidbits, James loves Red Snapper (label mates), playing with Jonathan Richman was an all time high for the band, Adrian Grenier from Entourage is a big YLT fan and finally, they like to drink micro-brews from Western Michigan.
And how was the music you ask? Outstanding. Down to every note and every harmony, Ira, Georgia and James were on point. They may come off as a laid back bunch and probably don’t practice all the time like some grueling rock bands say they do, but it doesn’t matter. When you have the chemistry that they have you don’t need no stinking practice.
One word I put down that I felt best described their sound, caressing. Even when they break in to their distorted jams and feedback mayhem, their sound creates a soothing aura and I was more then willing to take it all in.
Here is my attempt at their the complete set list (with a little help from Brad):
- Beanbag Chair
- From a Motel 6
- Decora*
- Be Thankful for What You’ve Got (William DeVaughn cover)
- You Tore Me Down* (The Flamin Groovies cover)
- Big Day Coming
- Mr. Tough
- Gentle Hour* (Snapper cover)
- One PM Again
- Today is the Day
- No Water (one of their many Phil Milstein tunes)
- Fourth Time Around (Dylan cover from I’m Not There soundtrack)
- Pablo and Andrea
- Deeper into Movies
- Emulsified* (Rex Garvin & The Mighty Cravers) (Appeared to be a cover song called Multiply but not the Jamie Lidell song. Sounded like Ira was doing a Jerry Lee Lewis impersonation but it wasn’t a Jerry Lee Lewis song. Oh well. It was rocking who ever it was.)
Encore
- Don’t Cry No Tears (Neil Young cover)*
- Detouring America with Horns*
*Songs added by Mr. Bradley Almanac. I left my description of the set closer as I thought they were singing Multiply when really they were singing Emulsified. Ah, these old ears of mine. The fact that I couldn’t get the Neil Young cover is going to get me in hot water with a good friend of mine from Philly. And “You Tore Me Down” I had as the Cats Stevens tune, “Here Comes My Baby“, which is on the same album as the Flamin Groovies cover, the Fakebook album. It was a lyric in the song that threw me off, “Baby don’t run away”. So many baby’s in the lyrics my intuition was to go with the track that had baby in it. Oh well, goes to show you how intuitive I am.
Check out Brad’s flickr pics from the show: http://flickr.com/photos/bsearles/tags/yolatengo/
He’ll have an MP3 recording up of the show some time down the road. The auditorium sounds amazing in person so I can only imagine that his recordings sound just as clear.
If you happen to be going to the final Freewheelin show tonight in Williamsburg, NY, I advise you request your favorite song, they most likely will play it if you yell it out first.
Downloads:
“The Summer” Recorded at KEXP 10/15/06
“I Feel Like Going Home” Recorded at KCMP 10/7/06
New online music gadgets and Yo La Tengo at MFA
Busy week leading up to the Philadelphia Marathon, which my girlfriend is running in. If you’re in the city, stop on by the finish line to cheer on all the winners because when you run 26.2 miles, whether you’re first or dead last, you’re a winner in my book.
There are two online gadgets that I’ve been introduce to in the past couple days.
The first gadget is the new Facebook blog aggregator and music streamer (see image above). If you’re a Facebook user, you should know about this application – http://apps.facebook.com/musicblogs/ (Link is for Facebook users only). If you’re not a Facebook user, this tool could actually be a good reason to become one.
It’s not much different then the Hype Machine or Elbo.ws for that matter, but it lets you drop in your favorite blog in to a music player and stream all the mp3’s that have been posted over the last few months. You can then save your favorite blogs. On your profile it will show your favorites and your friends can pick and choose the blogs they may want to check out on your profile. The concept of sharing and listening to MP3’s posted on blogs is obviously nothing new but the integration in to a social network like Facebook is. And I think it may turn out to be a great way to introduce your friends to the music you love and the blogs you read to find out about new music you hope to one day throw in to that loving mix.
Speaking of mix, that’s what the next gadget is all about.
The second online gadget was sent to me by our San Francisco contact, Tweez. The new tool is from www.boomshuffle.com. The site uses a Microsite format, which makes it easy to navigate. The whole concept is to make your own mix. Yet again not another new concept but just like the Facebook tool, it is a very user friendly interface.
They have a pretty wide selection of artists (R&B, Rap, Rock, Electronica and Country) and they are committed to growing their selection. When you make a mix it has to be at least 15 different songs from 15 different artists. Otherwise, the mix will only give you 30 second clips of each song. It has something to do with the same legalities that radio stations have to follow. They also make it very easy for a person to click on the Money ($) sign and buy the album a track is off of from Amazon.com.
Check out my first mix below:
In the live music scene, Yo La Tengo comes “freewheelin” in to town tonight at the MFA Remis Auditorium. Very excited about this show for a couple reasons; 1.) I’ve never seen a show at the MFA and 2.) I’ve never seen Yo La Tengo!!!
The Freewheelin tour is not a tour to support an album. The now year old I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass is solidly stamped in to their consciousness. The reason for this tour is to basically try something new.
Ira Kaplan (lead singer), Georgia Hubley (percussions & vocals) and James McKnew (bass player) all like to explore new ideas. When you’ve been a band for 23 years it’s extremely important that you try on new shoes. There are annual Yo La Tengo staples such as the Hanukkah shows at Maxwell’s in Hoboken, NJ (where they are from) and the annual WFMU pledge drive where they perform cover songs requested by listeners. But every now and then they pull something new out of their hat.
Why is this tour new? In reality, it’s actually not all that new but rather it combines elements of their Hanukkah shows and the WFMU covers gig. During their set, they will play songs from their entire repertoire. They will tell stories in between songs and encourage the audience to participate in the story telling and even to make requests.
I’m pumped because now I’ll finally find out what that beaming light is on the front cover of the album And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out. My guess is an alien spaceship but who knows, it could be something really random.
Links of Interest:
Download “Little Eyes” (from Summer Sun)
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Visit the Yo La Tengo Matador site and download more MP3’s
Purchase Yo La Tengo albums (Amazon) (Matador)
Visit Yo La Tengo on myspace
Broke Social Scene & Kevin Drew at Paradise 11/13/07
Broken Social Scene: Presents Kevin Drew played last night at the Paradise Rock Club. If you haven’t checked out Kevin’s new album, Spirit If…, you really should. All songs were written by the BSS front man himself, Kevin Drew, hence the “presents: Kevin Drew”. Stand out songs for me so far are “F-ked up Kid“, “Frightening Lives” and “Back Out on The…“. Stream all these songs below.
The album has it’s similarities to traditional BSS releases, wild noises and mayhem infused endings. However, there is a softer and more straightforward rock pop themes to Spirit If.
As for the show itself, they came out on stage and one of the first things Brendan Canning said to the crowd was, “we’re going to play our guts out tonight for you Boston”. The crowd went crazy. They also should have warned us that they were going to talk their guts out too.
They sure can jam and at times their songs probably reached the 8 to 10 minute mark, but man, can they talk. Some points were funny, like the time Brendan thought a guy he saw in the crowd was the same dude that sold their tour manager drugs. Then their were the drawn out moments where you just wanted to scream, “shut up and play!”
However, it’s hard to argue with artists on stage that clearly love to make, play and share music as much as they do.
The set seemed to be pretty similar to the one they played last time they were in Boston, which was the Myspace secret show on August 28th (see the setlist and review over at Bradley’s Almanac). The only difference is they mixed up the BSS songs with Drew’s own songs throughout the set versus playing them all towards the end. They also didn’t play “Lover’s Spit” because the crowd just doesn’t know when to shut up. “Back out on The…” continues to be my favorite track off the album and is now my favorite song heard live as they played their (in the words of Brendan) guts out during the song.
Andrew Kenny, of American Analog Set, has been playing keys with them on this tour and he came out front and center last night to play a tune. This may have been an American Analog song or it could have been a brand new one. Brad reported back in August that Andrew is working on some new material. He will probably start recording as soon as this tour is over. I was introduced to AA Set just about two years ago and immediately connected with their sound so I’m looking forward to hearing more from Andrew.
Stream the whole album at the Arts & Crafts Kevin Drew page.
Stream my favorite tracks off Spirit If… below:
“F-ked up Kip”
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“Frightening Lives”
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“Back Out on The…”
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Buy Spirit If… (Amazon) (eMusic)
Visit Broken Social Scene on Myspace
Visit Arts & Crafts and check out more artists on BSS’s label (Like American Analog Set)
Kip from The Square featured at AJI Signal
Head over to AjiSignal.com to read the latest album review from yours truly.
Ajisignal is a new site that pulls together bloggers from various parts of the world (San Francisco, L.A., NYC and even Shanghai) to review bands and artists from their local cities and towns. Their biggest contributor comes from Justin Gage of Aquarium Drunkard fame.
The review from this here blogger was done on the Providence, RI native, Deer Tick.
Read it today – www.ajisignal.com
Square News – Top 5 Stories in brief
1.) Hot Chip releases tour dates for the UK for February. Tickets start going on sale on the 8th of November. Bookmark gigsandtours.com to get the tickets when they go on sale.
2.) Ear Farm interviews Ed Droste from Grizzley Bear and download “He Hit Me” from their recent EP, Friends. Read Pitchforks review.
3.) Check out NPR’s new program, Project Song. They take a musician and ask him or her to write a song based on a picture and a word chosen by them from a selection provided by NPR. They video the process of creating an idea, putting it on paper, thinking up a melody and the actual recording of the song. The first installment is with Stephen Merritt of The Magnetic Fields – Direct link to the 10 minute video. (Thanks to Brad from Bradley’s Almanac for the heads up)
4.) Daptone Records are getting remixed with the installment of Scion’s CD Sampler – Volume 19 and Spinner.com is releasing an MP3 for download for the next nine days. You can keep an eye on spinner.com or go to World’s Fair (the labels management company) press page to learn more and download the tracks.
5.) In other related Daptone news, on the recent Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings album, 100 Days, 100 Nights, there was a bonus mix tape from the WDAP Ghetto Funk Hour. This mix is now available through the Daptone Jukebox for download – Download the Mix. Visit the Daptone Jukebox to see the full track list. And watch the world premier of the “100 Days, 100 Nights” video on YouTube. Yes folks, this is modern day music. Good singers do exist and are getting popular once again. Oh, how sweet it is. If you’re lucky, you’ll be checking them out this Friday at the sold out Middle East Downstairs along with another Square Daptone favorite, The Budos Band.
Band of Horses w/ The Drones @ Terminal 5 11.4.07
Reporting from NYC – Sneak Easy
Pictures by – Vinny “tear down that building” Sweeney
We arrived to Terminal 5 just as The Drones were going on at about a quarter ‘til 9. Didn’t know too much of what to expect from them other than the fact that they are from down-under and garner a lot of Birthday Party comparisons (never a bad thing). Nearly all 
the songs were big, mid-tempo, Gothic-garage rockers, but singer/guitarist Gareth Liddiard has the chops to match the songs, manipulating his gorgeous red Fender Mustang to the point of rendering it seemingly weightless. And his shameless use of the whammy bar hasn’t been seen in these parts since, well, maybe ever. And yes, the guy probably owns a few Nick Cave records (Bauhaus too).
Unfortunately for The Drones, I’m not sure if too many others there on Sunday do. This was a Band of Horses crowd and I doubt The Drones made converts out of too many of them while they awaited their turn to sing along to “Great Salt Lake.” That’s not to say they weren’t good – on the contrary, they were great. But, the fifty some-odd blocks from the Bowery seemed much farther and the distance wasn’t doing The Drones any favors.
Download: “Shark Fin Blues”
Purchase Albums their from ATP Recordings
Then Band of Horses, now a six piece, hit the stage looking like extras from Almost Famous. This was the third time I’d seen them since August, so I wasn’t exactly on the edge of my seat, but am certainly a fan of the new record. A very humble Ben Bridewell announced to the enthusiastic crowd that this was their biggest show ever. It was comforting to see him sincerely happy and awestruck to be playing in front of so many captive fans. You don’t see a lot of that. He wore a toothy-grin for the entire hour-plus set which was filled with nearly every song from the band’s two records (although, why do they always omit “St. Augustine”?).
The poor echo-y vocal sound that hurt The Drones, may have actually helped Bridewell’s reverb-heavy vocals. The crowd, forgetting perhaps that they were in New York, sang along, cheered, pumped fists, etc (it just occurred to me this may have been due to the fact that it was an All Ages venue). And as much as they were enjoying themselves, no one was having as much fun as the band, who were in top form, especially on “Ode to the LRC,” “The General Specific” and of course “The Funeral.”
This is almost certainly wrong:
Monsters
The First Song
Is There a Ghost
The Great Salt Lake
Island on the Coast
No One’s Gonna Love You
Marry Song
The General Specific
Wicked Gil
Ode to IRC
The Funeral
~encore~
Our Swords
Cigarettes Wedding Bands
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Download: “The Funeral” (Off of Everything All the Time – Purchase from Sub Pop)
Download: “Is There a Ghost” (Off of Cease to Begin – Purchase from Sub Pop)
After the jump see more pics and learn why Terminal 5 is one of the best big venues in NYC…
Checking in on Hot Chip
With our favorite band not residing in United States, we can some times get side tracked and forget that one of the greatest bands today is still out there, making people dance. If you don’t know Hot Chip, you should. They have developed a unique sound that combines their love for electronic music with their love of funk, hip hop and pop. So this isn’t just some knob twiddlers and computer geeks (although I wouldn’t be surprised if they were the first to admit they are geeks, but lovable ones), they know their way around the guitar, piano and most importantly, the drums.
Their music can be at times soft and hypnotic and other times, funky and dancey. Either way, they pump out some of the best music you’ll hear today and put on one of the greatest live performances.
So what have they been doing since releasing the Mercury Award nominee, The Warning? Besides DJ’ing and playing at various festivals (just announced they’ll be headling the ATP vs. Pitchfork Festival in May 2008), they’ve been working on a new album called Made in the Dark. This has inspired us to keep tabs of the most anticipated albums of 2008 and this guy just topped the list.
Sources tell us the new album captures the raw and tougher sound of Hot Chip as we experience them live. In fact, some of the tracks were recorded live and with one take – “Hold On” and “Out at the Pictures”. This tough sound can also be heard on the Todd Rundgren featured track, “Shake A Fist” (curiously called Shake a Tease on myspace), which was released on a limited edition 12″ ( it will also appear on the new album). Listen to “Shake A Fist / Tease” on their myspace page.
There are several ballads and the appreciation for soul is apparently front and center. But you can’t have a Hot Chip album without some beat nastiness and that is present here with songs like “Ready For The Floor” (scheduled to be the first single) and “One Pure Thought”.
The album is due out on DFA / Astralwerks on Feb. 4th. Let the countdown begin.
Read the Pitchfork interview with Hot Chip frontman, Alexis Taylor.
On a non-album related note, you can download a free Hot Chip MP3 from their website for simply signing up for their newsletter. The song is called “I Became A Volunteer” and will not be on the new album. Click here to Sign Up.
Annuals / Manchester Orchestra Show
We rolled in just as The Never, the opening opening band, was heading off stage. I took a quick peek at their myspace before heading to the show. Wasn’t overly impressed but found it interesting that the bass player for the Squirrel Nut Zippers was once in their band. Check them out on Myspace. Very young.
The night was just that, young talent. Both Annuals and Manchester Orchestra have members that need an X on their hand and probably have trouble growing any whiskers, although that was clearly not the case for Manchester Orchestra’s front man, Andy Hull.
The band frantically setting up appeared to be Annuals. Although I was under the impression that they were head lining. When I saw Adam from Annuals on the side of the stage I asked who was going on and he said in his frantic state, “we are and I’m late so I’ve got to go”. Seems the bus was just rolling in and they didn’t get a chance to setup or do sound check so it took a few but they finally got things going. At first, the sound was a bit muffled with the bass overpowering many of the instruments, especially the keys. But the vocals were definitely up, except for maybe Anna’s, their female keyboard and vocalist. She also wore some funky boots and was rocking a “Little House on the Prairie” skirt. Pretty interesting.
They started the set off with a new track, “Nah Keyesi”, which can be found on the upcoming EP that we mentioned in the previous post. This is a great song that shows off their capability to take a song through highs and lows. The one thing I noticed during their set was that Adam’s screaming can be off mark. For instance, one song had a carnival like beat to it and I was bouncing around during the opening riff. Then Adam comes in with his yelp and it through me off. I wasn’t enjoying the music at this point. I felt if he just sang rather than yelled his part during this song it may have been more enjoyable. I’m not saying I don’t enjoy his enthusiasm. I love it. He definitely brings energy to the stage and you can see it in his surrounding band mates as they bounce and jam along with him. Perhaps over time he will begin to recognize that his energy and screaming need to be put in to check and timed perfectly so certain moments aren’t swallowed up by his presence.
Adam also reminded me a bit of James Murphy from LCD as he clearly loves the drums. He has his own little kit next to him and he even took a sit at the other set of drums on the stage during the lead guitarists’ song.
The one surprise during the Annuals set was the performance of their guitar player, Kenny Florence. This kid has some chops and he even had his own song during the set. It was a nice break in styles and it added a good pace to their sound. When Adam isn’t leading the group, Kenny can easily take over. And even when Adam is front and center, Kenny plays the silent leader perfectly. There was a moment when Adam needed a guitar to play so Kenny took his shoulder strap off and put it around Adam. But no worries, he just reached back to his arsenal of guitars (he had four) and got right back in to the groove.
Now it’s time for Manchester Orchestra to rock the stage. A band I knew very little about until a day or two leading up to the show. So I was surprised to hear that they had played just the night before on Conan O’ Brian and had also played on Letterman (Watch them on YouTube jam “Wolves at Night” on Letterman). And when they started to play their songs, just about everyone new the lyrics.
So now that we knew they had a following, do they have the sound to back up their hype? Definitely. And the reason, they sound like every indie band you’ve heard in the past five years. The big comparison being the Decembrists. The front man, Andy Hull, sings in the same vein as Colin Meloy. However, when first looking at Adam , you would think he sang in a heavy metal band. He’s got a big fuzzy beard that he’s clearly been growing for a year or so. He started telling a story about a fan telling him to shave his beard. He acted like he wouldn’t give a fuck if he shaved it right now. He lives moment to moment and it gave me a bad impression of him but then he turned it in to a joke by saying, “no, wait, that’s my identity, I can’t cut that shit”.
I didn’t stay for their whole set. That’s kind of how things go on a week night show for me- that is until this whole blogging thing becomes an actual money maker. I don’t have any personal highlights from the songs I did hear. However, I do remember the drummer being a mad man, at times almost looked like he would break his snare. Perhaps my partner and crime will have more feedback on their set as he stayed longer than I. I’ll report back with more input.
For now, pick up some goodies below from both Annuals and Manchester Orchestra. If you dig, buy their shit my friend.
- Stuff of Interest:
- Annuals covering Manchester Orchestra’s song – “Where Have You Been”
- Annuals – “Bleary Eyed”
- Manchester Orchestra covering Annual’s song – “Brother”
- Purchase Annuals Stuff: (Ace Fu Records Store)
- Purchase Manchester Orchestra: (I’m Like a Virgin Losing a Child from Criminal.com)
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