The show started at 8, but the band was late, so we didn't actually get let in till about 8:30 or so. It was kinda funny, while we were waiting for them to open the doors at the wex one of the band members was knocking on the door like the rest of us. It made no sense, they kept us outside for a good 15 minutes or so, then let us into the area like between the main door and the door to the lobby. After that 15 minute wait, they let us onto the stage. I had never been to the Black Box on Mershon Stage...however, I've been in the auditorium for the Wilco/Andrew Bird show. Anyway, the place was cool. It had light bulbs hanging from the ceiling and the sound was pretty good in my opinion.
Anyway, as for the opening act, Foreign Born, they were pretty good. They played a pretty solid set I'd say. They were pretty entertaining to watch. They played a bunch of new songs (not that I had heard any anyway). I'm definitely gonna have to check out their album.
Then St. Vincent took the stage. They were very interesting, with a violin, clarinet, sampler pad and a bunch of neat pedals. When they first came on the lead singer had brought out a bunch of colored wooden tree-like structures, which she would later revel to serve the purpose of making it look like they were giants in a psychedelic forest, haha, she was pretty funny, and man could she wail on that guitar. Lots of the songs delved a little into psychedelia, and some were just pretty rockin'. Being a fan of the violin, I couldn't help but love it. Also, she did a pretty rad Beatles cover. Overall, thanks to Zach for getting me to go and stop with the homework, awesome show.
Hey there! First off, I'd like to appologize for updating once in a blue moon as of late, been busy with the quarter winding down and all. Anyway, I have a special announcement tonight. About a week ago my roomate, "the zackattack", as he prefers to be called, told me he was possibly going to be "dj-ing" at ohio.fm. Ohio.fm is The Ohio State University's official internet radio. Anyway, they play some pretty sweet tunes. So, if you're looking for some *prepare for pun...* more tunes, man, you should definately check it out. The station is streamed through itunes, so make sure you have that installed (who doesn't???). Click the link below...
Hey there, damn it's late. I was just finishin' up some things, figured I should update you guys seeing as I haven't posted anything in like 10 years. Midterms were killin' me, but on Sunday night my roomate some friends and I went to the Kevin Devine show at the basement. First off, I really like the venue, this is my second time going but it is really cool if you haven't been there. Anyway, the first band was the Jealous Girlfriends, not a huge fan of the name, but they rocked. They opened up with some rock and then slowly called up friends to play with them, first AA Bondy(who was the second act), then Kevin Devine, real cool, looked like they had a killer time. The second act, as I said, was AA Bondy, again, someone I've never heard of, but, he was real cool. He had sort of a Dylan-esque sound with the acoustic guitar and a harmonica. He also called up friends during the course of his set. He played mostly blues, but during the end of his set he picked up the electric guitar and rocked a bit. Really impressed with these two bands, you should definately check them out.
Then came Kevin Devine, who my roomate has seen on numerous occasion, but I never actually heard any of his stuff until that night. He was awesome, he played acoustic for the beginning part of his set, and like the other bands, called up other band members to come up and play with him. You could easily tell everyone was having a wonderful time, seeing as it was the last stop of their three week tour. Kevin was not only an amazing performer, but he was pretty funny too, heh.
btw, again, I'm workin' on getting a new camera, although, the shitty quality actually turns out cool with the basement's lighting....
Oh yeah, and a switch up on style...After being lied to by Pitchfork, my roomate told me that the New Pornographers are coming to the Newport with Okkervil River on 4/11/08. I cannot wait. Tickets go on sale saturday at 10am.
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The show started out pretty calm, Dax did some slower songs, with that other guy (whose name elludes me) on acoustic guitar. After a few songs, the guy moved to drums and he could really beat the cans, they were awesome. Dax played alot of stuff from his new album, "We Sing of Only Blood or Love", which I thought was a decent album. He played some Deadboy stuff and some others, but never got to "Ancient Man" or "Walking Stick", two of my favorites. It seemed like they didn't know all their songs, Dax had sheet music in front of him and kept saying "we don't know that one", when people shouted out requests. Either way, it was a really cool show.
Oh and a little sidenote, my buddy bought the vinyl and had Dax scratch his name into it, really cool of him. I guess they were going to play the following day after the super bowl as well. My friend from akron was gonna go, but I had to head back to Columbus. Overall, really good show, kinda short, but they made up for it. If only I wouldn't have gotten that speeding ticket....haha, damn.
