medeski, martin and wood

assholes on the website said the show would start 30 minutes after they actually started, and i showed up even later than that. so i paid $20 (what's up with paying for shows?) for probably two whole songs. don't get me wrong, those two songs were on point. one of the raddest things about seeing bands in this venue is the beautiful scenery. it's in a botanical garden, so you walk by paths and trellises filled with all kinds of botanical items. the natural amphitheater is one i've been going to since i was born. i have seen mmw about three times before that, and i have almost all of their (proper and collab) albums. this was the most straight-ahead jazzy i'd heard them. chris wood was clearly the star of the evening, both from my own observation (solos, rockin amidst others taking the lead) and from hearing "oh man, that bassist was awesome!). john medeski was playing on a beat up wooden grand piano.







here is a snippet i found on youtube:

tulsa drone

tulsa drone played a gig last thursday night at the hyperlink cafe. with their new stage set up, the hyperlink hosted a total of four bands that night including marionette and caspian. caspian was blessed shoegaze while marionette was chamber indie. another loud band played as they were on tour with caspian. sorry, can't remember their name.
TD was as their name suggests, droning. they were loud and by the time they took the stage i was fairly drunk. being drunk = lame reviewing.

that picture is badass, i dont care what anyone else thinks.
the night was basically pure post-rock.
CASPIAN (hopefully the right one):

ukulele hotness, new reviews, arcana

hooray. learning this ukulele now for a couple months thanks to my adorable, loving man.

up for review next:
PANDA BEAR
hella
jenn grant
the dynamites
david vandervelde
lafayette gilchrist
will bernard
will harrison
fatback circus

currently loving that hipster darling amy winehouse. esp "you know i'm no good" and "fuckery"

and in a couple days i will go see arcana
(scroll down to the end of the post)
could be cool.

Bright Eyes, White Stripes, Lily Allen B-sides, Tori Amos, Radical Face

Things I'm Listening to This Week:
Lily Allen's B-sides, particularly her cover of the Kooks's "Naive" so classy. so hip.

bright eyes - Cassadaga (link in comments) i've been reading bright eyes afficiandos say this is the best bright eyes yet. i'm still intrigued. i wouldnt say it deserves a 9.0 like popmatters, but more like pitchfork's 6.0.

tori amos - american doll posse these links have been removed really quickly all over.

the white stripes - "icky thump" still trying to find the whole album.

radical face (still looking for album), "welcome home"

the bees - octopus it's like early sgt peppers beatles from the bit i've listened to so far.

A BAND OF BEES

red clay village

that's the back of singer/guitarist jamie rose's head. he is one of three members of red clay village, a recent project for the GDB trio. they have been working on their chamber-core styled rock to play live and record.

panda bear

person pitch is pretty much this year's quintessential summer album. animal collective's noah lennox has outdone himself. i'm working on my review of it for glide, and i can't stop loving it. think brian wilson meets john cage meets harlem boys choir harmonies.

special ed and the shortbus

last week i went to see special ed (ed was my classmate in philosophy) and the shortbus. they flew through some classic country and bluegrass covers such as "Salty Boys" and "Sail Away Ladies" (both of which are also covers of rising appalachia.




check out a video of them here.