Artist Lounge: Firewater
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Firewater is playing at the Roxy Theater in Hollywood on Saturday, June 7th...should be an amazing show!
So, I caught of the first of two homecoming shows by Firewater last night. Saturday's show found them at Southpaw in scenic Park Slope, Brooklyn. I'd never been to this venue before, but it's amazing. Great space, very roomy, nice sight-lines. Very nice. The band was completely on fire, pardon the pun. Along with Erik Sanko of Skeleton Key filling on bass detail, Tod was flanked by a female trombonist (nothing adds mystique to a band like a female trombone player), a Sikh ... MORE
Back from a self-imposed three-year exile from American shores, erstwhile Brooklynite Tod [A] has reinvented Firewater, his versatile hell-bent wedding band as more of a multi-culti force than ever before. Writing and recording the band's 6th album, The Golden Hour while traveling through India, Pakistan, Turkey and Israel, Firewater's new material crackles with the inimitably exotic character of the local musicians Tod collaborated with on the journey, though the end resu... MORE
In 2005, Firewater’s Tod A embarked on what would become a 3-year sabbatical through the Middle East, the Indian Subcontinent and South East Asia. As the leader of a loose collective that has included a few dozen of the best players in rock today, he has always loved the act of collaboration, incorporating klezmer, ska, cabaret and gypsy elements into his songs in ways that were far ahead of his time. Bands like Gogol Bordello and Beirut owe a debt to his early adventurous... MORE
I am addicted to this damn song. aaarg. I am so sick of seeing pills for every problem you could have on tv. its like a simple way to deal with your problems instead of ACTUALLY dealing with your problems (like religion). this song is basically expressing my hate for such things right now. When the little things are tearing you apartThey should have warned youThis is how it startsAn answering machine that only speaks the truthThe inclination climb upon the roofThe endl... MORE







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