Craig Finn — Clear Heart Full Eyes. Out 1/24/2012. Vagrant Records. The thing is — and this doesn’t make me an expert, or smug and self-satisfied, or anything but opinionated, this is just the way I feel — the thing is that I think there’s a certain something in Craig Finn’s songwriting, a tiny pinch…
enough
Rock ‘n’ roll did not need a museum. The fact that it existed was enough. — Dave Thompson writing on Patti Smith in Dancing Barefoot: The Patti Smith Story
college baseball: xavier @ unc, game three
One. I call this shot “The Unbearable Loneliness of Being An Awkward 19 Year Old Third Baseman”.
they might be giants @ lincoln theatre
I could write another post about this weird and amazing life of mine would delight and awe my sixteen year old self, but isn’t that kind of getting old? Here’s what I can say instead: They Might Be Giants can still rock the hell out of a room, even though they’re all sort of old…
tour preview: jonathan coulton
A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of chatting with Jonathan Coulton, the funny, irreverent singer-songwriter who made his name writing and posting a “Thing A Week” in 2006. Coulton is touring in support of his first new album of all new material since 2006, Artificial Heart, and opening up for hipster-nerd icons They…
dex romweber duo @ duke coffeehouse
Before February 1, I hadn’t set foot in Duke Coffeehouse in four years … circumstance, booking, a bad website, my inability to use Facebook, whatever. But now I’ve been there twice in 10 days, and both shows were great. Last night’s hardcore-punk-surferrockabilly triple bill was fantastic, just the short of shattering electric guitars that I…
the vaudevillain revue: the bootlegger’s ball
Full set here. Another amazing night.
americana revue at the station: sst and steph stewart
I’d missed the last two Americana Revues at the Station, their second Thursday of the month residencies for bands — Sinful Savage Tigers took over for the Magnolia Collective last November, and in both December and January I had elsewhere jobs that kept me from being there. Last night’s Cradle show, however, started early and…
sugar & the hi-lows @ cat’s cradle
Oh, man, you guys — this show was a whim. I dug Trent Dabbs’ album Southerner, and when I read about his new project with Amy Stroup, described as “old-fashioned garage stomp”, I was sold without hearing a song. The lovely Monica at Think Press was nice enough to put me on the list for…
samantha crain @ local 506
It’s been a few years since I’ve seen Samantha Crain; in that time, she’s turned over her whole band and released both a new album and a brand new 7″, but she’s no less of a great songwriter and a stunning stage presence — I often wonder how a voice that big comes from a…
brand new kind of photography 