I have listened to We Are Scientist for a couple of years without focusing very closely on them, I just like a lot of their songs. But Indie Mom rated their album With Love And Squalor her #12 favorite album of 2006 and it was also a favorite of her son, He Might Be [...]
Coachella’s Friday lineup included another performer who used to be in a famous band and who went solo after that band ended with a major falling out among its members–not McCartney and the Beatles, but Morrissey and the Smiths. We had never even tried to get tickets to Moz’s Hollywood shows; we assumed the [...]
My favorite album of 2009 so far is Franz Ferdinand’s Tonight: Franz Ferdinand, so nothing was going to come between me and seeing them up close. They were a treat, too: lead singer/songwriter Alex Kapranos is an animated performer, making faces, waving his arms, popping up and down, and even balancing on top [...]
I didn’t have a Finally Friday last week because we were sweating it out at Coachella 2009, so I’ll try to make up for that this week. There is still more to come on Coachella too: Airborne Toxic Event, We Are Scientists, Franz Ferdinand, and Morrissey. Check out our Day in Photos.
We’re experimenting [...]
I had not heard of Alberta Cross before I began studying the Coachella Friday lineup. I discovered they are a Swedish/British duo made up of vocalist/guitarist Petter Ericson Stakee (above photo) and bassist Terry Wolfers who write and play 70’s style guitar-based blues/country/rock. Their songs have the sunny style of “Jessica” (from Allman [...]
Here is the photo gallery that goes with the Friday Overview post. I hope you enjoy this tour of our day and all of our Coachella 2009 posts.
For only two people, Dan Auerbach and Pat Carney of Akron’s Black Keys make a powerful lot of noise, and they play as if their lives depended on the performance. Auerbach wrenches distorted wails out of his guitar, while Carney screws up his face like he’s bench-pressing 200 lbs. and beats those drums furiously. Their [...]
The first act we saw at the Coachella this year was Arizona band Dear and the Headlights, with a pleasant alt-country-tinged rock sound a bit like long-timers Limbeck. In the photo above, from left: Mark Kulvinskas (drums), at the mike Ian Metzger (vocals, guitar, keys), and Robert Cissell (guitar, keys). I think the [...]
Although we were exhausted, hungry, and dehydrated (see yesterday’s Overview), I did want to see the man who was my idol When I was 15 years old and who was the main attraction (for me) of the first rock concert I ever attended: 1965, Tulane Stadium, New Orleans. I would have done anything then [...]