I’m glad I found this! Before the Walkmen became the Walkmen there was this band, The Recoys, based out of nowhere other than…Boston, Massachusetts! They only lasted three years –> 1996 to 1999. Well, here they are playing at the Middle East in Cambridge! As you can tell by listening to them for no longer than two minutes, they played faster garage (punk). For instance, Hamilton Leithauser is singing in a style that would be foreign in comparison to his later work (minus “Tenleytown” off 2006’s A Hundred Miles Off). And also he hasn’t aged in thirteen years. He’s probably in his early twenties at the time of this performance, but he hasn’t changed at all.
Wavves @ Brandeis
New event!
Saturday – September 18, 2010
Location: (Presumably) Chum’s Coffee House
Why Presumably? ‘Cause this place has hosted Genesis and J. Geils Band among notable acts in the past.
mewithoutYou Cancelled
Sadly, the mewithoutYou show scheduled for Wenesday night at the Middle East has been cancelled due to a family emergency :(. I hope all is well for whomever’s family.
New Deerhunter — “Revival”
Check it out: http://famoussoundingwords.com/post/846257838/deerhunter
Box Elders – “Stay”
Featuring Ian St. Pe the Stage Diver!
KLYAM CONCERT PHOTOS
New thingy-magiggy: http://www.flickr.com/photos/52386315@N02/
Photos by Paul.
BIRDS SHIT ON KINGS OF LEON
ITS TRUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Quote of the Day
Bob Log III
“Ladies and gentlemen’s… We’ve all got boobs people, look between your, your, non-boobs… what you’re going to find is a nipple! No matter if you’re a man or woman, OR an angry woman.”
Song of the Day – “Rock N Roll Girl”
What a great tune!
CD Review: The Suburbs [2010]
Band: Arcade Fire
Release: 8/2010
Label: Merge
1. “The Suburbs” – (A) – This tune is really likable. It does suffer from length issues, but this is Arcade Fire we’re talking about.
2. “Ready to Start” – (B) – The instrumentation is really great, but the vocals weaken it for a while. It does get a little bit better, but the whole Interpol/Peter Bjorn and John dark thing makes this random.
3. “Modern Man” – (A) – This has an old feel to it. It’s really good! The bass is awesome!
4. “Rococo” – (B+) – This doesn’t stand out, but is humorously okay.
5. “Empty Room” – (B-) – Sounds like Sonic Youth meets ABBA.
6. “City With No Children” – (B+) – Private prisons aren’t cool.
7. “Half Light I” – (B+) – Sort of epic.
8. “Half Light II” – (A) – A bit more than sort of epic. Reminds me of Girls.
9. “Suburban War” – (B+)
10. “Month of May” – (A) – I like the drumming.
11. “Wasted Hours” – (B+) – Kind of slow, kind of so-so. Interesting, though.
12. “Deep Blue” – (B)
13. “We Used to Wait” – (B-) – A bit like Spoon.
14. “Sprawl (Flatland)” – (C+) – Probably the worst thing on here.
15. “Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)” – (B+) – A strange dancey number.
16. “The Suburbs (Continued)” – (B) – Okay, we get it.
Final Comments: This will probably end up being one of the more disappointing records of the year for me. It’s pretty forgettable save a few numbers. A good five or six songs could have been cut out, but I must say the band’s foray into a bunch of different styles is refreshing as a listener. If they cut it short after “Month of May,” I’m not so sure the album would be any better, but it’d save us from a few less than stellar tunes.
Grade: B+ (87)
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