Sunday, May 01, 2011

new upcoming gigs

Just a quick word to the wise
recent tickets on sale that you would be silly to miss.
I suggest you grab tickets to see Hey Rosetta! at Great Scott on may 25th, we saw these guys support Hot Hot Heat and they put on a pretty amazing show.
and talking about amazing shows the very wonderful and soon to be renowned Grouplove come back to Great Scott to headline on the 15th of June. Seeing you wont have to put up with loser fans of Foster The People this should be a good show.

Monday, April 04, 2011

Goodbye Protokoll

Protokoll, why did you never live up to what you could have been?
Last night in Allston at Great Scott was an impressive performance made more remarkable by the fact these guys have been apart for about 4 years.
Perhaps I wasn't paying enough attention but the playing seemed tight, the renditions of well loved songs well received and it was a generally rapturously received performance.
If the guys could have done this every time then perhaps they would have got some place.
Instead I have a hand numbered and created cd cover made from a beer bag of the Protokoll EP2 that no one thought would ever be made, this seems curiously apt..

Protokoll Moving Forward Great Scott Boston 3rd April 2011

Protokoll in the fall Great Scott Boston 3rd April 2011

Protokoll Holy Divine Great Scott Boston 3rd April 2011

Protokoll DNR Great Scott Boston 3rd April 2011

Saturday, April 02, 2011

Music everywhere

So its post SXSW and while I defuse from music overload - terrible thing - NOT. Bands seem to be stampeding into Boston at a rate I can barely keep up with.
I have loads to see, masses of photos to sort and literally hundreds of videos to put up, I think I am at 50 videos uploaded and not nearly finished yet.
Oh yes and about 30 compilations and other cds from SXSW to rip.
Today April 2nd PS I love you play TT's at 6pm, it seems such a gift when we are exhausted it seems criminal not to go.
We missed Protokoll last night. Yes, Protokoll, that sloppy typical Boston band. They had good songs but so prone to over indulgence and playing solely to their friends they never really got a tight performance but perhaps that was what people wanted.
This reappearance just seems surreal.
On Thursday Grouplove comes to town. Are they really the headliner - not now but having played everywhere during SXSW they are now beloved of KEXP and NPR and rightly so, an American band I totally endorse
Grouplove New Shapes Party Klub Krucial SXSW 2011

Friday, March 25, 2011

SXSW thoughts

ok, before I forget quick notes
I now/still love
Bombay Bicycle Club
The Twilight Sad
Funeral Suits
Mystery Jets
Withered Hand
Kid Canaveral
Admiral Fallow
Edwyn Collins
Boy & Bear
Pulled Apart By Horses (live only)
King/Kid Creosote
Yuck

realised that Brother and The Vaccines are all hype no reality
and got totally sick of Jonquil
more details on request.

Cold Cave's new one

Cold Cave show promise
listen here if you want

Sunday, March 20, 2011

SXSW Saturday

Viva City
Dinosaur Pile-Up
Pulled apart By Horse
David Thomas Broughton
Little Comets
Wolf Gang
Brother
Grouplove
Mystery Jets
A Silent Film
The Twilight Sad
The TumbleDryer Babies
Time New Viking
Clock Opera

Saturday, March 19, 2011

SXSW Friday

legs killing us but keeping on going

the Lost Brothers
Gold Motel
Jonquil
Funeral Suits
Esben & The Witch
Veronica Falls
Popup
Rachel Sermanni
King Kreosote
the people's temple
babeshadow
we are animal
little comets
chad valley
esben & the witch
Bombay Bicycle Club