So there's these punkers, right, and usually they're playing with electric guitars and amps and drums, and then they go on the
Revival Tour without their bands and with their acoustic guitars. They bring along a slide guitar player, a stand up bass player, and a fiddle player for support, and then the awesomeness happens. I liked it better when they were all playing together, but then Ben, Tim, and Chuck in that order.
It was terrible weather for a cruise around Boston Harbor, but Lucero is one of my favorite bands and I was on a boat with several of my friends. The sound wasn't so good, but Lucero is one of my favorite bands and I was on the boat with several of my friends. You couldn't see the band at all, but Lucero is one of my favorite bands and I was on the boat with several of my friends.
These guys were even better than
when we saw them in April, maybe because they used a couple of the opening band's musicians (pedal steel and keyboards from Bobby Bare Jr (who was great in his own right)). There was less beer throwing this time, but, really, when has that been such a bad thing? At the end, my friend broke up a fight, which is also, not such a bad thing.
I saw Avail for the first time about 10 years ago and they're still rocking the finger wagging sing along punk. You now get thrown out of the club for stage diving (which I'm too old for anyway) so the band kept promising to "announce when it was the last song". They did, and mayhem ensued, which reminded me of the first time I saw them, every song was the last song, and they didn't kick people out for stage diving (which I wasn't too old for).
If Lucero is music that sounds like getting really drunk, Rocky Votolato is music that sounds like the next day. I would have thought more people would be there for this, but alas. With songs this full of hooks, I have to believe more people will be there next time.
Posted by matt
Jul 2, 2007
I really, really wanted to like this album, but... man. I feel like I could go into detail about what bothers me about every song, but that would be a little too long; suffice it to say that Rufus needs a lyricist. None the huge exuberant arrangements even come close to something like "Go or Go Ahead" and the best song on the album, "Going To A Town," is a much better
video than it is a song.
Posted by matt
Jun 28, 2007
Man, I really wanted to like this. It's... fine, I guess? But, on one listening, the only song that stands out in my mind is the one that's been on TV. Sorry, Sir Paul.
Classics isn't as good as Ratatat's first album, but that was an impossible task. Lex and Wildcat are solid tunes. Sometime in the past someone introduced synthesizers and guitars to these guys and that person deserves a Nobel Prize.
Watching Ben Nichols, I was struck by how much he seemed to be influenced by Jawbreaker/Jets to Brazil's Blake Schwarzenbach - same singing/guitar playing stance, even the same hair. I can't remember the last time we left the house at 10:30 on a Monday night, but we timed it perfectly and arrived right before Lucero started. That Much Futher West opener, Nights Like These, and The War solo semi-encore were memorable, as was the fact that the bass player seemed to only play during 75% of the music, taking his bass off constantly and walking off the stage on at least two occasions.
Posted by matt
Feb 23, 2007
Dude, what happened to this feature?
I got busy, okay? I kept meaning to do it, and-- and-- shut up.
Julie Sokolow–"Seasons", from IndieFeed. "Spare?" Sure, but there's "spare" and then there's "boring." This is boring. [1 star]
The Moore Brothers–"The Puppet", from IndieFeed. Quirky, I suppose. It's definitely quirky. It's just not particularly, like, good. It's not bad, either. It's just not recommendable. [2 stars]
Warm In The Wake–"Tame Thoughts", from IndieFeed. Finally, my head is moving back and forth while listening to one of these. It's well-written, it's catchy. "Acoustic, cosmic folk?" Sure. [3 stars]
I'm easing back into this; can you tell?
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