Halloween brings our second annual spook-filled mix. Last year's version is one of the more popular minimixes, so check it here if you'd like and give yourself a twofer.
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01 Scarecrow -- Beck: Guero (2005)
02 Sweet Tooth -- Sugarman Three: Sweet Spot (2001)
03 Candy -- Morphine: Bootleg: Detroit (2000)
04 Witchcraft -- Wolfmother: Wolfmother (2006)
05 Ghost Walk -- The Budos Band: Budos Band (2005)
06 Cat Creeps -- Medeski Martin & Wood: 19 June 2008
Ghoulishly good week. Mostly treats.
Enjoy!
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Monday:
The Black Crowes @ Hammerstein Ballroom
*Dungen @ Maxwell's (Hoboken)
Les Paul @ Iridium (early/late)
New Kids on the Block @ Madison Square Garden
Kevn Kinney @ National Underground
Counting Crows @ Wellmont Theater (Montclair< NJ)
Adam Rudolph @ Roulette
Tuesday:
Jenny Scheinman @ Village Vanguard (Early/late)
The Black Crowes @ Hammerstein Ballroom
The Roots @ Roseland Ballroom
Wu Fei/Erik Friedlander @ The Stone (late)
*Bustle In Your Hedgerow @ Knitting Factory
Tesla @ Blender Theater
Wednesday:
The Who @ Izod Center (E. Rutherford, NJ)
*Apollo Sunshine @ Mercury Lounge
Busta Rhymes @ Knitting Factory
Adam Levy et al @ Banjo Jim's
Edgar Meyer/Chris Thile @ Carnegie Hall
Counting Crows @ Wellmont Theater (Montclair< NJ)
Zappa plays Zappa @ Blender Theater
Prisoners of 2nd Avenue @ Cutting Room (early)
Jenny Scheinman @ Village Vanguard (Early/late)
Roy Ayers @ Blue Note (early/late)
Pink @ Highline Ballroom
Thursday:
Cypress Hill @ Nokia Theater
*Jenny Scheinman @ Village Vanguard (Early/late)
Electron @ Highline Ballroom
Roy Ayers @ Blue Note (early/late)
MGMT @ Webster Hall
Eyal Maoz @ The Stone (early)
The Black Crowes @ Hammerstein Ballroom
Zappa plays Zappa @ Blender Theater
Prisoners of 2nd Avenue @ Cutting Room (early)
Jason Crosby @ Living Room (late)
Talib Kweli @ Rehab
O'Death @ Music Hall (Brooklyn)
Counting Crows @ Wellmont Theater (Montclair, NJ)
Rachel Yamagata, Thao Nguyen et al @ Bowery Ballroom
Halloween!
Phil Lesh @ Nokia Theater
Conspirator @ Highline Ballroom
Josh Dion Band @ Sullivan Hall
Earl Greyhounds/Portugal the Man @ Bowery Ballroom
Derek Trucks Band @ Starland Ballroom (Sayreville, NJ)
The Black Crowes @ Hammerstein Ballroom
Dolly Parton @ Izod Center (E. Rutherford, NJ)
Cafe Tacuba @ Terminal 5
MGMT @ Music Hall (Brooklyn)
John Zorn Improv night @ The Stone (early/late)
Jenny Scheinman @ Village Vanguard (Early/late)
World/Inferno Friendship Society @ Brooklyn Masonic Temple (Brooklyn)
Afroskull @ Parkside Lounge
Backstreet Boys @ Wellmont Theater (Montclair, NJ)
The Moonlighters @ Barbes (Brooklyn) (late)
Josh Dion Band, Blue Method @ Sullivan Hall
Zappa plays Zappa @ Blender Theater
*Ryan Adams & The Cardinals @ Apollo Theater
Hopewell et al @ Southpaw (Brooklyn)
Leroy Justice @ Bitter End
Saturday:
Buckethead @ BB King's
Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad @ Sullivan Hall
Jenny Scheinman @ Village Vanguard (Early/late)
Licorice @ Blue Note (late night)
Wu Fei/Erik Friedlander @ barbes (Brooklyn) (early)
*Phil Lesh @ Nokia Theater
Angelique Kidjo @ Zankel Hall
Rachael Yamagata, Thao Nguyen et al @ Music Hall (Brooklyn)
Hanson @ Wellmont Theater (Montclair, NJ)
Janet Jackson @ Madison Square Garden
The B-52's et al @ Hammerstein Ballroom
Sunday:
Jenny Scheinman @ Village Vanguard (Early/late)
Phil Lesh @ Nokia Theater
The Wildhearts, Rodney Speed Experience @ Mercury Lounge
*The Felice Brothers @ Spiegelworld
Matisyahu @ Wellmont Theater (Montclair, NJ)
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Some more covers in the live setting... thanks as always to the tapers and the bandwidth givers.
Enjoy!
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01 Terrapin Station -- Yonder Mountain String Band: 20 June 2008
02 Here Comes My Baby -- Yo La Tengo: 10 January 2008
03 Oh Sweet Nuthin -- My Morning Jacket: 13 June 2008
04 Poor Places -- The Punch Brothers: Daytrotter Session
05 Smells Like Teen Spirit -- Of Montreal: 10 October 2008
06 She's Not There -- Marco Benevento: 31 January 2008
This is a horrible representation of what's going on this week...
check CMJ.com for a more complete picture.
Enjoy!
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Monday:
Elton John & Friends @ New Amsterdam Theater
Hymns, Rosewood Thieves et al @ Mercury Lounge
Les Paul @ Iridium (early/late)
Jeremiah Cymerman et al @ Zebulon (Brooklyn)
Kevn Kinney @ The National Underground
Hanson @ Nokia Theater
Adam Rudolph's GO Organic Orchestra @ Roulette
Mr Wau Wa @ Barbes (Brooklyn) (late)
Tuesday:
Experience Hendrix @ Hammerstein Ballroom
Deerhoof @ Spiegelworld
Mephista @ Roulette
Wednesday:
Fujiya & Miyagi @ Mercury Lounge
Theresa Andersson @ Living Room
Mirah @ Highline Ballroom
FREE Sam Champion @ Piano's (4:30 pm)
Deerhoof @ Fillmore
Chris Barron @ Bitter End
Adam Levy et al @ Banjo Jim's
Experience Hendrix @ United Palace
Thursday:
Crystal Castles (Fujiya & Miyagi opens) @ Webster Hall
Budos Band et al @ Southpaw (Brooklyn) (Obamefit)
Marco Benevento @ Kenny's Castaways
The Magnetic Fields @ Landmark Loew's (Jersey City)
George Clinton & PFunk All Stars @ BB King's
Donovan Frankenreiter (Sara Watkins opens) @ Highline Ballroom
Randall Bramblett Band @ Cutting Room
Michael Blake w/ C. Burnham, M. Rojas, C. Weston @ 55 Bar (late)
McNeil/McHenry Quartet @ Iridium (early/late)
A Big YES... @ Rehab
Friday:
Broken Social Scene @ Brooklyn Masonic Temple (Brooklyn)
Dungen (Marissa Nadler et al open) @ Music Hall (Brooklyn)
The Pimps of Joytime @ Drom
Duchess & The Duke, Oxford Collapse et al @ Piano's
Charlie Louvin @ Banjo Jim's
New Riders of the Purple Sage @ Mexicali Blues (teaneck, NJ)
Ambulance LTD, Delta Spirit @ Mercury Lounge
The Killers @ Hammerstein Ballroom
Saturday:
Mountain Stage @ Town Hall
They Might Be Giants @ (le) Poisson Rouge
Talib Kweli et al @ Nokia Theater
Zeena Parkins @ Roulette
John McNeil's Urban Legend @ Cornelia St. Cafe (early/late)
Billy Bragg, The Watson Twins @ Grand Ballroom
The Broken West et al @ Mercury Lounge
Joan Osborne @ Highline Ballroom
Sunday:
Coldplay @ Izod Center (E. Rutherford, NJ)
Zeena Parkins @ Roulette
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The anthems.
Some of the better, occasionally (post)jammy, extended tracks from the year thus far, in this man's opinion... worth a listen.
Enjoy!
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01 Something For All Of Us -- Broken Social Scene presents... Brendan Canning: Something For All Of Us...
02 666: The Coming Of The New World Government -- Apollo Sunshine: Shall Noise Upon
03 I Will Possess Your Heart -- Death Cab For Cutie: Narrow Stairs
04 The Next Messiah -- Jenny Lewis: Acid Tongue
05 Real Emotional Trash -- Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks: Real Emotional Trash
06 Touch Me I'm Going To Scream Pt. 2 -- My Morning Jacket: Evil Urges
Last weekend was a return to almost-form for us... Jewish holiday + Columbus Day gave an excuse to head up to Syracuse, dump the kids for a few days and come back to the city for a few days to celebrate our 9th anniversary in style. Let's break it down by the numbers: 3 shows, 2 movies, 3 cheesburgers (5 patties total), 1/2 a Katz's pastrami, ~10 very tasty beers, 6 Jameson's, 0 kids. Fun time.
Some reviewing...
Cornmeal @ Westcott Theater, Syracuse, NY, 9 October 2008
The first time I'd ever heard of these guys was at the Jammy's earlier this year and the fiddle player's jamming w/ Tea Leaf Green that night was a rare highlight, so when I found out they were playing a stone's throw from my parents' place it was clear it would make a perfect post-break fast apertif. The Westcott was a dingy but great independent theater that we were sad to see go last year. Thankfully someone saw some potential in the space, ripped out the seats and made a nice little music theater out of it. Still dingy, but if they can draw some good acts there, will be a nice addition to a pretty weak music scene. Featuring Magic Hat beers, they had their own "Westcott Ale" which I was happy to find cost $3. We're not that far from NYC...
Cornmeal is one of many in the jam-it-out bluegrass style best exemplified by Yonder Mountain. They do have a drummer which is, admittedly, a turn off for your bluegrass purist... thankfully, there is little purity about these guys. They showed a nice balance of nodding to the traditional sound while exhibiting great ease in opening it up and just jamming. My initial impression of the fidlle player was spot-on, as she is just a fantastic musician. Every time she started a solo it was clear that she had a vision of where it was going, how she was going to build it from something slow or quiet to something blistering and awe-inspiring... and rarely did she fail. Really, really awesome. By midway through the first tune, "Hasten Jason" they had the small-but-rowdy crowd boot stomping around the room. They definitely excelled when they left the 'grass behind and just jammed out, as they did on multiple occasions, the "Dirty Black Nag" being a highlight -- this tune starts with a nice Celtic/reggae melody that opens up into some real OtherOne-esque nasty grooving. It's during those moments that the drummer is not just tolerable, but completely necessary. Really good stuff, highly recommended. Near the close they did a great cover of Bob Marley's "Could You Be Loved" which, once again, fliped over into some mind-left-room improv. It was a nice long set considering it was an opener and plenty for us... we left right afterward.
Recording of the Cornmeal show can be found here.
Of Montreal, Roseland Ballroom, NYC 10 October 2008
There were literally a dozen choices for shows on Friday night, but we settled on catching Of Montreal. I really loved their "Hissing Fauna" album... one of my tops from last year and I've heard that their live performances were "shows" in every respect, so I figured it'd be worth putting up with Roseland Ballroom. I had thought I had purchased mezzanine tickets which always makes that room more tolerable, but when I was printing them out, somehow they were floor seats, which was the 1st sign that things wouldn't be as perfect as I'd hoped.
When we got there, it was obvious that there would be plenty to feast our eyes and minds on. There were multiple risers with different heights -- two drum kits on either side, three large screens above the stage, the other kind of screen (the type you get dressed behind) in the middle of the stage and a full house brimming with energy. The show started shortly after we got there and they wasted no time getting right into it. The band was dressed like some bizarro Village People with no overall discernable theme unless you count "total weirdness" as a theme. That set the tone. The first few tunes were explosively fun, the crowd was just eating it up and the visuals and vibe made me feel like I had been sucked into some alternative animated universe -- at a concert in some Hanna-Barbara cartoon. Over the course of the next 90+ minutes I saw things I am quite sure I've never seen before at a concert. Kevin Barnes, the lead sexually-ambiguous singer performed songs: with his head in a noose faux-hanging from a gallows; from the inside of a coffin; in a loin cloth with his body painted red; dressed as the pope sitting on a throne; dressed as a Centaur with another person hanging off his ass as the horse portion; and, just in case that wasn't enough, from the back of a real live freakin horse!! That's right, there was a live horse trotted out on the stage of Roseland Ballroom and he sang a song from the back of it. Whole lee sheet! If that wasn't enough, there was a cast of "actors" that roamed around the stage essentially play-acting music videos for each song. One tune they played out a Western saloon scene, another they were dressed as armed militia (wo)men and so on and so forth. All the while there were images of all sorts flashed on the screens behind and above them and costume changes and the whole 9 yards... maybe the whole 10 yards.
What of the music? Well, here's the problem with that... about half of it was brilliantly good -- upbeat, groovy, dance-inducing fun. The tunes off "Hissing Fauna" were clearly the crowd favorites and rightly so -- they were the best of the night. One tune featured not one, not two, but three (3) (III) bass players! And they needed every one of them, it was so, gosh-darn funky. Lots of appropriate instrument switching so that at any time there may have been multiple guitarists, keyboard players, drummers, singers, etc. The band was adequate, but not a superlative player in the bunch. Anyone could have been replaced and the music wouldn't have suffered at all. In the end it's probably a good thing that they had so much going on, to distract you from the mediocrity of the music itself. The songs are good, but don't all translate well and probably benefit from the controlled environment of the studio. The biggest issue, though, was that they played a bunch of stuff off their newest album which hasn't even been released yet. These tunes are less upbeat than the last batch which doesn't help, but mostly the crowd was just totally unfamiliar with them. They played 3 tunes off "Hissing Fauna" and should definitely, no doubt, played more. Poor show management, the crowd lost its steam and then it's just "I wish I was stoned" kind of waiting to see what craziness they could pile on top of the craziness they'd already been shoveling.
The show was fun, no doubt. It was a good show. It was not a great show. You can check out some (great) photos here, which will give you a good idea of what you missed. You can grab a recording of the show here. They did pick the pace back up toward the end and the encore was a total hoot. They did a raging, straight cover of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" that had the audience at full-tilt. I had known about their sweet covers (check out the band doing Shakedown Street at Langerado), so was glad to get this one.
Rana, Mercury Lounge, NYC, 12 October
If there's a Rana show every 3 months, I can live with that. These guys are pretty much picking up where they left off and this one was no exception. Doesn't match the pure party perfection of their previous return show earlier in the summer, but for a Sunday night, this was quite a rager. As it so happens, it was Scott Metzger's 31st birthday and he played as rock solid a guitar all night that I've seen in quite some time. It's always amazing to see someone you didn't think could possibly top themselves get better and better and it's pretty clear that Scott's time away from Rana has done good things to his skills. They decided to keep it at one long set and probably could have done a better job arranging the setlist to avoid the lull or two that crept their way into the set, but alas, I feel like I've got unconditional love for these guys. In fact, it struck me while shaking my ass at this show that Rana is not the best band, and the guys in it are not the best at what they do, but that it doesn't matter. They are the best fit with each other and they are the best fit with their fans... maybe they'll never fill more than the Merc on a quarterly basis, but for them and for us it will always be enough and always be the best shit ever. If not... please stay away. And that's all I got to say about that.
Movies: Happy-Go-Lucky. Mike Leigh's newest. If there's a movie that could single-handedly remove all the anxieties of living in the world of today, this might be it. I've read reviews that use the word "bliss" and that sounds just about right. I could read deeply into the various episodes that befall the heroine "Poppy" and link them to all the crazy shit that's going on here on planet earth, but really, this is just the story about being happy... no matter what. It's better than how it sounds. Great performance.
Burn After Reading: perfectly self-contained comedy from the Coen Bros. It's being regarded as something lesser, I guess after their "No Country" success, but this is fairly brilliant and hilarious all around. It reminds me a lot of "Blood Simple" -- where every single action is completely miscontrued, misinterpreted and misplayed leading to a crazy spiral of destruction. Spiral is a good metaphor. It starts out with slow, wide turn which get sharper and tighter and quicker and then bam! Good shit... give it a shot.
Food: Burgers at Burger Joint, Shake Shack, American Roadside Burger (Smithtown, LI). I still have yet to have a better burger than the double cheeseburger @ Shake Shack, but of course, that's my personal preference. ARB is a nice alternative and it is on Long Island. Glad we checked that out, my mouth is watering just thinking about it. Burger Joint has been hyped a bit, but I've had two disappointing experiences there out of two visits and am not sure I'll return any time soon. They basically screwed up my order the 1st time and did something bizarre with the cheese the 2nd time. Also, overcooked.
It'll have to do...
Enjoy!
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Tuesday:
Nellie McKay @ Spiegelworld
Crosby & Nash @ Westbury Theater (Westbury, LI)
Jonathan Richman @ The Concert Hall
Salt & Samovar et al @ Fontana's (benefit)
Nicholas Payton @ Dizzy's (early/late)
Doug Wamble/Charlie Hunter @ Barbes (Brooklyn) (early)
*TV On the Radio @ Brooklyn Masonic Temple (Brooklyn)
Umphrey's McGee @ Blender Theater
Jefferson Hamer Band @ Banjo Jim's
Wednesday:
TV On the Radio @ Brooklyn Masonic Temple (Brooklyn)
*Cold War Kids @ Webster Hall
Forro In the Dark @ Nublu
Nicholas Payton @ Dizzy's (early/late)
Adam Levy et al @ Banjo Jim's
Umphrey's McGee @ Blender Theater
The Dirtbombs @ Maxwell's (Hoboken)
Thursday:
Cold War Kids @ Music Hall (Brooklyn)
Blues Traveler @ Highline Ballroom
Antony & The Johnsons @ Apollo Theater
TV On the Radio @ Brooklyn Masonic Temple (Brooklyn)
Umphrey's McGee @ Blender Theater
The Dirtbombs @ Southpaw (Brooklyn)
Ra Ra Riot @ Bowery Ballroom
*Trey Anastasio @ Roseland Ballroom
Gwar @ Starland Ballroom (Sayreville, NJ)
Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel et al @ Hammerstein Ballroom (benefit)
Nicholas Payton @ Dizzy's (early/late)
Janet Jackson @ Madison Square Garden
EOTO @ Sullivan Hall (late night)
Adam Rogers @ 55 Bar (late)
Friday:
*Mofro @ Highline Ballroom
Galactic @ Fillmore
Menahan Street band @ Southpaw (Brooklyn)
Grizzly Bear, Nico Muhly @ Hoticultural Society
Ben Kweller @ Bowery Ballroom
Ra Ra Riot @ Music Hall (Brooklyn)
Henry Butler @ Cutting Room (early)
Circus Mind @ Chesterfield's (Huntington, LI)
Nicholas Payton @ Dizzy's (early/late)
Saturday:
*John Vanderslice @ 92Y Tribeca
Secret Machines @ Webster Hall
Nicholas Payton @ Dizzy's (early/late)
Keith Jarrett Trio @ Carnegie Hall
Galactic @ Fillmore
Steel Train @ Maxwell's (Hoboken)
Citizen Cope (solo acoustic) @ Apollo Theater
Josh Roseman & Water Surgeons @ The Stone (late)
Smokey's Roundup @ Barbes (Brooklyn) (late)
Bobby Previte & The New Bump @ Blue Note (late night)
Tim Reynolds TR3 @ Highline Ballroom
Sunday:
*Rashanim @ The Stone (late)
Nicholas Payton @ Dizzy's (early/late)
Stephane Wrembel @ Barbes (Brooklyn) (late)
Ollabelle et al @ Banjo Jim's
Steve Cardenas @ 55 Bar (late)
Wayne Horvitz & Sweeter Than the Day @ The Stone (early)
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Well howdy! After a nice long stretch of reviewing everything I'd seen, it looks like I haven't touched on anything from all summer long, goshdarnit. Gonna try and go back and hit on some of the stuff you didn't get to hear about on a month-by-month basis. Will try to limit myself to a paragraph (of reasonable length) or less...
Is it possible that my last review for this blog was my takedown of the Jammy's exactly 5 months ago? Let's pick it up from there.
[Sunday afternoon conversation]
Elljay: I wish I was a parent.
Dad: Believe me, it's not that great, it's more fun to be a kid.
Elljay: But when you're a parent you get to make the rules.
Dad: ...
Elljay: But I don't want to be president. It's really HARD to be president, you're in charge of everybody.
Dad: Well, not EVERYbody.
Elljay: Yes, even the police and firemen.
Dad: Er.... who do you want to become president, John McCain or Barack Obama?
Elljay: Who do you want?
Dad: Obama.
Elljay: Why? Because he's better?
Dad: Much better.
Elljay: Then that's who I want to win.
Dad (to self): score!
[Backseat of the car Monday afternoon... listening to Radiohead from Jersey City this August.]
The Boy: I like the music.... I want to eat this music for lunch.
Knee deep in Rocktober... enjoy!
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Monday:
Tegan & Sara @ Terminal 5
Madonna @ Madison Square Garden
Okkervil River (Crooked Fingers opens) @ Webster Hall
Death Cab for Cutie (St. Vincent opens) @ Radio City Music Hall
*Andrew Bird @ Hiro Ballroom
Black Hollies et al @ Blender Theater
Les Paul @ Iridium (early/late)
Debbie Harry, Earl Greyhound et al @ Highline Ballroom (benefit)
Tuesday:
The Pretenders @ Highline Ballroom
Lisa Hannigan @ Joe's Pub (early/late)
*Rock for Barack (Andrew Bird, Fiery Furnaces et al) @ Music Hall (Brooklyn)
Okkervil River (Crooked Fingers opens) @ Webster Hall
Paul Simon et al @ Town Hall (benefit)
Andrew Bird @ Hiro Ballroom
Jean-Michel Pilc @ 55 Bar (late)
Salt & Samovar et al @ Fontana's (benefit)
GFE @ Tap Bar
Doug Wamble/Charlie Hunter @ Barbes (Brooklyn) (early)
The Original Wailers @ BB King's
Perpetual Groove @ Mexicali Blues (Teaneck, NJ)
Tim Fite @ Spiegelworld
Madonna @ Madison Square Garden
Wednesday:
Beck (MGMT opens) @ United Palace Theater
*Franz Ferdinand @ Music Hall (Brooklyn)
GWAR @ Fillmore
Adam Klippe's Drive By Leslie @ Rose (Brooklyn)
Digable Planets @ BB King's
Lambchop: Kurt Wagner solo @ Joe's Pub (early)
Dave Holland Sextet @ Birdland (early/late)
Chris Barron @ Bitter End
Kenny Wolleson @ Zebulon (Brooklyn)
Brooklyn Qawwali Party @ Joe's Pub (late)
Thursday:
Jerry Douglas @ Blue Note (early/late)
Dave Holland Sextet @ Birdland (early/late)
Catfish Haven @ Mercury Lounge
Beck (MGMT opens) @ United Palace Theater
Toubab Krewe @ Bowery Ballroom
*Todd Sickafoose Blood Orange @ 55 Bar (late)
The Residents @ Blender Theater
Perpetual Groove @ Music Hall (Brooklyn)
Friday:
*Of Montreal @ Roseland Ballroom
Yonder Mountain String Band @ Nokia Theater
Papa Grows Funk @ Sullivan Hall
Jerry Douglas @ Blue Note (early/late)
Heartless Bastards @ Bowery Ballroom
Beck (MGMT opens) @ United Palace Theater
Man Man @ Webster Hall
Eric McFadden Trio @ The Cutting Room
The National, Grizzly Bear et al @ Hammerstein Ballroom
The Residents @ Blender Theater
Dave Holland Sextet @ Birdland (early/late)
Brazilian Girls (Forro In the Dark opens) @ Terminal 5
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey @ Blue Note (late night)
Tim Collins w/ Charlie Hunter Trio @ Tap Bar
America @ Carnegie Hall
Saturday:
John Sebastian/David Grisman @ IMAC (Huntington, LI)
*Tragedy et al @ Bowery Ballroom
Jerry Douglas @ Blue Note (early/late)
Madonna @ Madison Square Garden
Baby Loves Salsa @ Joe's Pub (11am)
The Residents @ Blender Theater
Smokey's Roundup @ Barbes (Brooklyn)
Dave Holland Sextet @ Birdland (early/late)
Catherine Russel @ (le) Poisson Rouge (early)
Ray LaMontagne, Leona Naess @ Radio City Music Hall
Budos Band @ Joe's Pub (midnight)
Sunday:
*Rana, A Big Yes, Crescent Moon @ Mercury Lounge
Madonna @ Madison Square Garden
Jerry Douglas @ Blue Note (early/late)
Nellie McKay @ Spiegelworld
Allen Toussaint @ Joe's Pub (noon)
Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band @ Knitting Factory
Stephane Wrembel @ Barbes (Brooklyn) (late)
Roy Nathanson w/ Debbie Harry @ Joe's Pub (2:30pm)
Columbus Day:
*Moogfest (Umphrey's McGee et al) @ Manhattan Center
Les Paul @ Iridium (early/late)
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The mix returns. Gonna try to hit some new-in-2008 goodies between now and the end of the year. Starting off this week with an early Halloween seeing some heady ladies and gentlemen doing some sweet covers. Enjoy.
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01 Break on Through -- Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog: Party Intellectuals
02 Buckets of Rain -- The Wood Brothers: Loaded
03 I Should Have Known Better -- She & Him: Volume One
04 Twilight Time -- Jenny Scheinman: Jenny Scheinman
05 A Change Is Gonna Come -- Bill Frisell: History, Mystery
06 New York -- Cat Power: Jukebox
Now that the (Jewish) new year is upon us and the craziness of summertime fading away in the rearview, I'm going to try to get back into a regular swing in abbreviated form. Shows and a mix every week and hopefully a (short) review here and there, including some recaps from shows seen this summer that didn't get the OTW treatment. If I fail at that, I give up completely.
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