This week rollcall

azaghal1981 wrote:

Betty LaVette was really good.

Agreed and why the club wasn't packed, like it would be for say Duffy ::), is beyond me.  More need to go out and  see the real deal verses some overhyped wannabie

kosmo wrote:
why the club wasn't packed, like it would be for say Duffy ::), is beyond me. 

marketing

sweetcell wrote:

kosmo wrote:
why the club wasn't packed, like it would be for say Duffy ::), is beyond me. 

marketing

yup!  I'll see the effects of that tonight at the Tricky show in Baltimore…we'll see if they can break 50.

Really enjoyed her set as well  :P 

azaghal1981 wrote:


Betty LaVette was really good.

sunday-lisa hannigan at 930
monday-betty lavette at 930
thursday-bellx1 at 930
saturday-travis morrison at black cat
next saturday, the 21st-chopteeth with see=i at black cat

didn't someone recommend Hypernova?  They are playing DC9 on Thursday…hmmm

nobody's going to see mi ami at the velvet tonight?

I would if I didn't just get done with 8 straight nights of shows in a row/have 8 more starting tomorrow.


Fucking jam-packed march…

i want to but too tired…you going BookerT??

BookerT wrote:
nobody's going to see mi ami at the velvet tonight?

Damnit don't tempt me like that.

wanderlust wrote:
i want to but too tired…you going BookerT??

BookerT wrote:
nobody's going to see mi ami at the velvet tonight?

wanderlust wrote:
i want to but too tired…you going BookerT??

BookerT wrote:
nobody's going to see mi ami at the velvet tonight?

yeah i should be there. i didn't spend lots of time/energy/money going to see lots of menopausal women over the past week like you two.  ;)

I almost forgot it is Modest Mouse club show week. 
Thursday Modest Mouse at Rams Head Live!

BAGLEY wrote:
ixkpd-bk enjoy that Rem tribute! I would like to know what the feelies do, in hopes of having them repeat the songs on Saturday

Here was the setlist for the tribute:

The dB?s ? "Fall On Me"
Fink ? "The Apologist"
Keren Ann ? "Man On The Moon"
Calexico ? "Wendell Gee"
Rachael Yamagata ? "The Great Beyond"
Bob Mould ? "Sitting Still"
The Feelies ? "Carnival Of Sorts (Boxcars)"
Ingrid Michaelson ? "Nightswimming"
Glen Hansard ? "Hairshirt"
The Apples In Stereo ? "So. Central Rain"
Guster ? "Shaking Through?
Marshall Crenshaw ? "Supernatural Superserious"
Rhett Miller ? "Driver 8"
Kimya Dawson ? "World Leader Pretend"
Vic Chesnutt And Elf Power ? "Everybody Hurts"
Kristin Hersh And Throwing Muses ? "Perfect Circle"
Dar Williams ? "At My Most Beautiful"
Jolie Holland ? "(Don?t Go Back To) Rockville" (featuring Kyp Malone of TV On The Radio)
Darius Rucker (from Hootie and the Blowfish) ? "I Believe"
Patti Smith ? "New Test Leper"
R.E.M. ? "E-Bow The Letter" (featuring Patti Smith)

They did E-Bow, my favorite REM song, and owned it.

Highlights:

-Patti Smith doing "New Test Leper".
-Ingrid Michaelson doing "Nightswimming" (SUCH a surprise, she blew just about everyone away)
-Vic Chesnutt and Elf Power doing "Everybody Hurts"
-Apples in Stereo doing "So. Central Rain"
-Glen Hansard doing "Hairshirt" (TOTALLY random.)

Disappointments:

-Kimya. Fucking. Dawson. (Way to ruin one of my favs, bitch. NO one needed floor xylophonists or circus dancers or your gold diaper/globe dress.)
-Jolie Holland
-Marshall Crenshaw
-Keren Ann

Overall, the song choices were super random. A lot of fan favorites and album tracks were chosen over obvious singles, and I appreciated that. Some reinterpretations worked ("Nightswimming", "At My Most Beautiful", "Everybody Hurts"), and some just didn't ("Supernatural Superserious", "Man on the Moon"). Nobody should fuck with Man on the Moon, imho. But whatever.

Thanks for the set list. How was boxcars?  The sitting still must have been sweet.

Tickets.com just coughed up a single ticket for tonight's Modest Mouse show.

ixkpd-bk wrote:
Patti Smith ? "New Test Leper"
R.E.M. ? "E-Bow The Letter" (featuring Patti Smith)

They did E-Bow, my favorite REM song, and owned it.

Highlights:

-Patti Smith doing "New Test Leper".

Wow, I would have loved to have seen that!

Today, 3/14, is Pi Day. Appropriately enough, I will be seeing the godfathers of nerd rock, The Feelies.

Saw Fleetwood Mac last night in Uncasville, CT. It was…good-ish. Stevie Nicks looked asleep during most of the show and Lindsay Buckingham's guitar solos were 5 minutes too long. They did do Storms off of Tusk, which RULED.

Tonight - A.C. Newman @ Bowery Ballroom
Tues-Sun - SXSW!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ixkpd-bk wrote:
Tonight - A.C. Newman @ Bowery Ballroom

can you give us a report before you go down to austin?  i'm looking forward to his show at black cat on wednesday

OK…I'll recount it while its still fresh in my head.

I might be out of order on some of these, but…

There Are Maybe Ten or Twelve
Miracle Drug
The Heartbreak Rides
Prophets
Secretarial
Like a Hitman, Like a Dancer
The Palace at 4am
All of My Days and All of My Days Off
Cloud Prayer
Young Atlantis
Drink to Me, Babe, Then
The Collected Works
Changeling (Get Guilty)
Submarines of Stockholm
On the Table
—
There Is a War (Leonard Cohen cover)
Town Halo

I wish he did "Thunderbolts", especially since he had Nicole Atkins there (!!!), but it was still a pretty damn great show. I'm not a fan of Dent May and his Magnificent Ukelele though. Too much for me. There was no New Pornos stuff, and it was good that way. I'd definitely do more of his shows if the timing was better. He soundchecked "Most of Us Prizefighters" and a cover of "Love Goes On", but didn't perform those two last night.