I’ve been pretty lousy, over the last six weeks or so, at making it out to see local shows, which is generally something I pride myself on; mostly, because I’ve been broke and not able to cough up the five or ten bucks for door. Luckily, I bought a ticket to see Red Collar at…
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jc brooks & the uptown sound @ kings
It’s no secret that I’m a huge fan of the retro soul and ’60 doowop pop sound that’s making huge waves in the indie music community these days; I almost love it more than boys with beards and banjos. (It’s close, but I’m a sucker for a banjo.) But it’s hard to call what electric…
sugar + the hi-lows @ greene street
If you’re not having fun while you’re watching Sugar & the Hi-Lows, you’re doing it wrong. Buddy Holly pop with a garage rock kick, and enough sass from Amy Stroup to hand any dozen men their asses. Great show. Full set here.
future kings of nowhere @ local 506
What a gorgeous, triumphant show. Full of people I love, and people loved by people I love, and indie pop punk and songs about the Jonestown Massacre and Missouri and Texas and Pirates and accidentally murdering people. The definition of the best kind of local show; the best kind of show. Full set here.
jesca hoop @ west end wine bar
Yep Roc’s Jesca Hoop played a quietly delicate set to a small crowd at the West End Wine Bar; an off-night from touring with the Punch Brothers, she writes intricate and shimmering songs in the vein of Sharon Van Etten and plays them with an electric kick like Carrie Brownstein. She had her voice reigned…
the deep dark woods @ local 506
I haven’t written about Levon Helm’s death, in part because every time I tried, I got all weepy, but mostly because I knew I had this show on the books, and I can’t think of a more appropriate band than the Deep Dark Woods to tie back to Levon. Because the Deep Dark Woods sound…
the lumineers @ local 506
I wrote about this show for Speakers in Code, so you can read about my feelings there and look at more photos of the Lumineers and excellent openers Kopecky Family Band here. (Or here, where the full set is.)
margot & the nuclear so-and-so’s @ local 506
It’s been about a year since I’ve seen Margot & the Nuclear So-And-So’s, and they’re just sounding even better every time I see them — last year’s Buzzard hadn’t grabbed me at the time, and this year’s lovely, slow-burning Rot Gut, Domestic was still growing on me when Margot took the stage last night. After…
plants & animals @ local 506
Small crowd, animated band at the 506 last night with Plants & Animals. Full set here.
alabama shakes @ cat’s cradle
When the Alabama Shakes slid on to the national scene last summer, with a slight EP and a handful of YouTube videos, pretty much everyone who heard them knew they were about to blow up — and they have. And you know what? Everything I’ve heard says that they’re amazing live, better than their staggering…
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