The Pains of Being Pure at Heart will be back in Boston soon to play a show at the Paradise Rock Club! It’s happening May 3 and some other fellow named Twin Shadow will be playing too.
Other dates (Starting April 1):
Continue reading Concert Alert: Pains of Being Pure at Heart @ Paradise
Band: Fergus & Geronimo
Release: 01/2010
Label: Hardly Art
1. “Girls With English Accents” – B+
2. “Wanna Know What I’d Do” – B+
3. “Powerful Lovin” – B+
4. “Baby Boomer/Could You Deliver” – B
5. “Michael Kelley” – B
6. “Baby Don’t You Cry” – B+
7. “Where The Wall Are Made of Grass” – C
8. “The World Never Stops” – B-
9. “Forced Aloha” – B
10. “Could You Deliver” – C
11. “Unlearn” – B
Comments: This, the debut by Texans Fergus & Geronimo, is an odd one. The vocal monotony is pretty bearable and at times enticing. The songs, however, are not as monolithic. There’s some white-man soul (“Powerful Lovin”) in addition to rock and roll and doo-wop. A promising characteristic of F&G’s music is that it doesn’t sound forced. In some cases, it sometimes feels as if bands try to sound weird just to sound weird. This group is innately weird. It works to a degree, but the album remains a bit of clusterfuck if I’ve ever heard one.
Grade: B- (83)
From The Creators Project:
http://thecreatorsproject.com/blog/mark-ronson-and-the-black-lips-unite-in-the-recording-studio
Nashville punk rockers JEFF The Brotherhood will be playing at the Great Scott on March 30. Check them out:
The Walkmen – THU January 6
No Age – FRI January 7
Ty Segall did a Daytrotter Session last year. You should check it out: http://www.daytrotter.com/dt/ty-segall-concert/20031339-51513.html
Band: The Beets
Release: 1/2011
Label: Captured Tracks
1. “Cold Lips” – A-
2. “Dead” – B
3. “Hens and Roosters” – A-
4. “Watching T.V.” – B
5. “Pops N’ Me” – A-
6. “Floating” – A-
7. “Eat No Dick 2” – C
8. “Let It Dim” – B-
9. “Knock On Wood” – B-
10. “Just A Whim” – A-
11. “Your Name Is On My Bones” – A-
12. “Young Girls” – B+
13. “Flight 14” – A-
Comments: The Beets of Queens, New York (word to Queens — the best borough in NYC), a staple in the NYC DIY community, have followed up their first collection of songs with Stay Home, thirteen new songs about staying home. The coy, stripped down nature of these tunes are typically inviting and catchy. Stay Home is definitely meritorious of better acclaim than it will probably get. The more ‘professional’ music personalities will most likely brush this to the side given its home recording quality. The songs themselves have a Beat Happening feel to them, driven by neat vocal harmonies (“Floating”) and puerile topics (“Hens and Roosters,” “Pops and Me”). What separates The Beets from the rest of them is the singer Juan Wauters…his accent and delivery, specifically.
Grade: B (86)
Thanks to Rich for introducing me to this!
The first annual KLYAM Most Dedicated Radio Journalist/DJ Award goes to Ben Tan of Emerson College’s WERS 88.9. Ben is probably the most dedicated (volunteer?) staff member at that station as he is News Director in addition to being a reporter for news segment You Are Here (interviewing the likes of anti-war protester Cindy Sheehan and economist Jeffrey Miron, etc) and being a DJ on programs such as the Playground and late-night slow jamz Secret Spot. Ben even braves blizzards to show up behind the microphone. This guy deserves a round of applause for his dedication.
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