94% of the time, if you say to me, “Hey, I’ve got an extra (free) ticket to this show, do you want to go with me?”, I will say yes, even if I have never previously heard of the band. I like live music and I like discovering new bands, and most of the people…
Category: opinions about concerts
holy ghost tent revival @ local 506, may 2010
Never, ever a bad show from these guys, and sometimes a tremendous one, like last night. A few more shots behind the jump, and the rest of the set is here. I’ve been frustrated with my shooting lately — the last month or so — and am finding that I’m harder on myself than I…
american aquarium cd release party for ‘small town hymns’
I’ve shot American Aquarium more than any other band — I’ve seen American Aquarium more than any other band — and they never fail to be utterly wonderful. They released a new CD last night, and it’s really, really great.
frightened rabbit @ cat’s cradle
Straight up: I didn’t want to go to last night’s Frightened Rabbit show at the Cat’s Cradle. I was tired, I’m old, the weekend had already been busy and long, it was a late start on a Sunday night, there were two openers I’d never heard of, I knew it was close to sold out…
the old ceremony @ cat’s cradle
And then the moments after the moment. It’s hard to write about bands you see over and over again after a while; there’s nothing I haven’t already said about the Old Ceremony’s live performance before now. Great guys, great band, spectacular live performers. A phenomenal set, and I am very much looking forward to their…
the new familiars @ broad street cafe
the new familiars @ broad street cafe, originally uploaded by minervacat. The New Familiars do a lot of things exceedingly well, including the all-purpose “being awesome and beloved to me”, but one thing that they do above and beyond almost anyone I see play live regularly is a cover song — with no regard to…
the never @ unc union cabaret
the never @ unc union cabaret, originally uploaded by minervacat. Sometimes it’s hard for me to go see people I count as friends play shows; most of the time not, because they all play in bands I objectively as well as subjectively love and so it’s good music and usually it’s easy, but sometimes it’s…
shearwater @ local 506
Shearwater is one of those bands that I feel like I should love, since they’re right up my alley sonically, but I just … don’t. Maybe in part because my brain has always classified Shearwater as an Okkervil River side project (though Will Sheff has been long gone from his involvement with Shearwater, and Meiburg…
the morning benders @ local 506
I always want to pat out-of-town bands soothingly on the shoulder after their repeated exhortations to a concert crowd on the subject of dancing fall completely flat. We should issue a public service announcement to bands who’ve never played in the CH or Carrboro before: “It isn’t anything personal, it’s just that the hipsters here…
the mantras @ the blind tiger
the mantras @ the blind tiger, originally uploaded by minervacat. We went out to see the Mantras last night because Keith, their frontman, and Brian, their bassist, are friends of the New Familiars, and we’ve seen Keith play with those guys in Greensboro at least a couple of time. It was — an interesting night….
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