“I just didn’t expect an acoustic version of ‘Rock ’n’ Roll All Nite.’”
— Ace Frehley
Although the dizzying changes in music fandom over the past decade have been overwhelmingly to the good, there are lots of things I miss about indie rock circa 1999. Some of the things I miss are probably shared by any music fan my age: I miss listening to full-length albums in depth, instead of sifting [...]
I still have to do a write-up for Made Out of Babies, but today I want to sketch out some thoughts about the Dismemberment Plan, who are playing reunion shows this weekend. (I’ll be attending on Friday night.) Man, I was startled to see that they were getting back together! They’re doing benefit shows for [...]
Friday April 13 (worth repeating from before): MADE OUT OF BABIES opening for DON CABALLERO at ROCK AND ROLL HOTEL HERE’S A CLIP OF MADE OUT OF BABIES: AND HERE’S A CLIP OF DON CAB: Sunday April 15: CHUCK BETTIS at WAREHOUSE NEXT DOOR CHUCK BETTIS IS A LOCAL EXPERIMENTAL MUSICIAN. I LOVE HIS VOCAL [...]
April is full of good shows that I don’t have time to go see (see: last night, when I was just too tired to go see Xiu Xiu). This is kind of a good thing, ‘cuz it means that even if I just go to a third of the shows I’d like to, it will [...]