Jim Bryson and The Weakerthans – The Falcon Lake Incident Stream via BandCamp: 1. Metal Girls, 2. Constellation Last month, singer/songwriter Jim Bryson, released The Falcon Lake Incident, a new album of Bryson originals recorded with his friends and frequent tour mates The Weakerthans. Recorded on Falcon Lake in Manitoba over six days in January…
Category: Tour Dates
CMJ Recommended Artist: Suuns
Suuns Montreal’s Sunns (who some of you may remember as Zeroes) are in town right now to play a couple of CMJ shows. on Thursday night they’ll be playing two shows, a late set at the Dead Oceans, Jagjaguwar, Secretly Canadian showcase at Pianos and an early set at the Music Hall of Williamsburg. Suuns’…
LCD Soundsystem Headlining Treasure Island Festival + Virgin Free Fest Pics
LCD Soundsystem at Virgin Free Fest (09/25/10) Photo: Jon Klemm Here’s a little review of LCD’s headlining performance at last month’s Virgin Free Fest: …[A]fter a crushing Pavement set, 15 minutes of blasting fireworks from the pavilion rooftop, and another 15 minutes of anticipation, LCD took the stage with the opening track from their last…
Chromeo Playing Terminal 5 + Virgin Fest Pics
Chromeo at Virgin Free Fest (09/25/10) Photo: Jon Klemm Chromeo in the live setting are an entirely different beast than on their recordings. Where their synths and vocals come across as cheesy throw-backs on record, in concert they are elevated to another level, covering you in dense layers of danceable sound until you are drenched…
Thievery Corporation Played Virgin Free Fest, Playing Beacon Theatre w/ Massive Attack, Greatest Hits Comp Out Now
Thievery Corporation at Virgin Free Fest (09/25/10) Photo: Jon Klemm Thievery Corporation opened their unseemly early 5:15 set with their quintessential Lebanese Blond. Gotta love a live sitar – which I had never seen before. The spinning duo along with several singers, a badass bassist, and their sitar player, amongst others played “Shadows of Ourselves”,…
Jimmy Eat World Released A New Record, Playing Terminal 5 + Virgin Fest Pics
Jimmy Eat World at Virgin Free Fest (09/25/10) Photo: Jon Klemm Of all the performances, Jimmy Eat World was probably the least exciting. I’m not saying that they weren’t good, because they were. But as far as early 2000′s bands go, they weren’t exactly the go-to band that everyone had targeting on the day. They…