for this year's Mosaic Music Fest i went for Sondre Lerche and the Faces Down..and it was FANTASTIC. far far cry frm Yo La Tengo last yr. he managed to get our usually stuffy audience up on our feet and dancing away to Phantom Punch.. and singing along to Sleep on Needles (which was totally awesome even though i was surrounded by older folks who clearly didnt know the lyrics to his songs..) and...
Wow! I guess my two toddlers have had me living in a cave for a few years. I can't believe Sondre has been off the map for me. Freaking outstanding music and a unique style. This one, "Sleep on Needles" is so much like classic T.Rex. What a great song.
After a long dry spell, I've started attending live shows again. Not sure why I fell out of the habit of going ... could be any of laziness, cold Canadian winters, moving to Toronto and not being sure what the music scene was like ... I think it's mostly laziness and complacency though. Thankfully I've rediscovered the magic of the live show and have been to 3 gigs recently with a couple more...
Photographer: Per Heimlywell, it was back to fillmore, weekend business as usual. sitting upstairs during the opening bands, hearing a man who dreams of being tom waits, sipping and gritting my teeth through red bull and vodka...the week's sleep was so inconsistent, what with 65 reports on how 14 year olds are handling creative short stories, coping with realities of apartheid after reading Kaf...
I think it's safe to say Amoeba was a success.Thurston Moore - Psychic HeartsPortugal. The Man - It's Complicated Being a WizardMotion City Soundtrack - Commit This To MemoryBen Folds - Supersunnyspeedgraphic, the lpSome Girls - The DNA Will Have It's SaySonic Youth - The Destroyed Room!!! - Louden Up NowWilly Mason - Where the Humans EatCKY - An Answer Can Be FoundArcade Fire - Neon BibleThund...
Tonight down in the district Sondre Lerche and Sylvie Lewis play the 9:30 Club while Young Coyotes and Gay Blades serve it up over at DC9. Across the way in Arlington, Iota has The City Veins and Anchorage. Finally up north in Philly Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson and the Castanets play Johnny Brenda's. mp3: Miles Benjamin [...]
I just got back from Italia. I love to travel. I've spent the last few years moving and traveling around. I believe we learn me about ourselves, the world we live in and life in general when we travel abroad. The thing I remember most about my travels is the music that connects the places that I've been.In Italia, we took lots of cabs, trains, plans and boats and since I get serious bouts of mo...
Photographer: Per Heimlywell, it was back to fillmore, weekend business as usual. sitting upstairs during the opening bands, hearing a man who dreams of being tom waits, sipping and gritting my teeth through red bull and vodka...the week's sleep was so inconsistent, what with 65 reports on how 14 year olds are handling creative short stories, coping with realities of apartheid after reading Kaf...
I think it's safe to say Amoeba was a success.Thurston Moore - Psychic HeartsPortugal. The Man - It's Complicated Being a WizardMotion City Soundtrack - Commit This To MemoryBen Folds - Supersunnyspeedgraphic, the lpSome Girls - The DNA Will Have It's SaySonic Youth - The Destroyed Room!!! - Louden Up NowWilly Mason - Where the Humans EatCKY - An Answer Can Be FoundArcade Fire - Neon BibleThund...