Featured show of the day Sep 01, 2010
The Love Language w/ Turbo Fruits and Diamond Kazzoo
8 p.m., $8 for 18+
RIYL: The Walkmen, Tilly and the Wall, T. Rex, moonshine
The Love Language
on MySpace
The Love Language's Stuart McLamb insists he doesn't seek chaos for art's sake -- it just seems to find him. "It's funny how that works," he says over cigarettes and coffee at a java joint in his band's hometown of Raleigh, North Carolina. "I'll have these periods where just nothing is in my head. Then it's like a phoenix, coming out under stress. There's got to be easier ways to get the wheels turning."
But it's from that chaos that the Love Language arose. In 2006, McLamb was kicked out of his former band, garage rockers the Capulets, after he broke into their practice space in a drunken stupor to teach a girl to play drums and ended up trashing some gear. After a painful breakup with his girlfriend, his downward spiral culminated in a drinking binge of epic proportions. "When I came to, I was in a friend's apartment in handcuffs with my ankles bound, not knowing how I got there," says McLamb, 28. "That was a pretty ugly night, but it was also a turning point."
McLamb retreated to his parents' house and started recording what would become his debut, The Love Language (Bladen County), a casually stunning work of one-man-band lo-fi indie pop. McLamb's songs -- a mix of moody piano ballads and bouncy guitar rock -- are aching love letters to his ex that combine the emotional directness of Big Star with the raw immediacy of Guided by Voices.
Turbo Fruits
Reminiscent of an explosive 1970s garage rock band or rather “barn rock,” as they describe themselves, Turbo Fruits hail from Nashville, TN and embody everything we love about sweaty, rambunctious southern garage rock. These Nashville rockers have had quite a busy year. Nonstop touring and playing a strenuous 17 shows at SXSW, this is a band that we will surely hear a lot more about in the future.
At full force Diamond Kazzoo consists of 6 members rolling out the best gosh darn bluegrass you ever did hear. It's a sound that truly challenges you not to stomp your feet, clap your hands, and get on up and DANCE!
Aug 31, 2010
Wednesday, September 29 at Duffys Tavern
Those Darlins w/ Union Line and Brimstone Howl
$8 day of show
RIYL: The Avett Brothers, Old Crow Medicine Show, Local Natives, Black Keys
Those Darlins
http://www.myspace.com/darlins
Those Darlins are a garage country band from Murfreesboro, TN. The ladies went live in 2006 and attracted immediate attention for their rowdy, cheerfully sarcastic, and sometimes boozed-fueled show, and for their unique interplay of distinct personalities. While considered to be the next big thing associated to Nashville's rock scene, Those Darlins' curious mix of classic country and ragged garage rock makes them one of a kind, eliciting comparisons like, "The Carter Family meets The Black Lips." In 2009, the girls toured feverishly, playing 140 shows and sharing the stage with the likes of Dan Auerbach (of The Black Keys), Deer Tick, King Khan & BBQ Show, Wanda Jackson, Jon Spencer, and Dr. Dog. They made huge waves at SXSW, Bonnaroo, and Garage Fest.
2010 has already been full, with a Eastern headlining tour selling out many cities, including Atlanta, Chicago, Boston, Washington DC, St. Louis, Louisville, Brimingham, Nashville, and more. They have received widespread critical acclaim for their self-titled debut album, recorded in NYC and produced by Jeff Curtin, whose credits includeVampire Weekend's debut. Expect a 7" in the fall of 2010 and their sophomore full length at the top of 2011.
Union Line
http://www.myspace.com/theunionline
The Union Line has been together since 2008, releasing their-self titled album independently that same year. They happen to be good friends with Local Natives and released a split single with them that same year. Since then they have been touring hard, preparing some new music and new releases.
The Union Line are going to receive comparisons to other Americana sounding indie rockers such as Modest Mouse, and Cold War Kids. Listen to the song “Goldmine,” and try to argue against them. Their sound is probably best described as pure Americana. Their songs tell stories through passionate song writing and detailed textures. These guys are no amateur musicians who just picked up their instruments and ran. The Union Line are writing songs that are miles ahead of pretty much everything you’re going to hear on the radio.
Brimstone Howl
http://www.myspace.com/brimstonehowl
There is a pungent smell of sulphur blasting out of Lincoln, Nebraska. Thankfully, it’s not the end for all us sinners as predicted in the King James version of the Bible, but a barely controlled unleashing of some of the finest reverb-drenched rock ‘n’ roll to be heard in quite a while. With We Came in Peace, their fourth album in three years, Brimstone Howl have surpassed all expectation by turning in a record that galvanizes their seat-of-the-pants garage-punk stomp with razor-sharp lyrics, while production by Detroit’s Jim Diamond (think the White Stripes’ first two albums and the Gore Gore Girls’ latest) keeps it crisp without the loss of the band’s cavernous, gritty sound. The four-piece outfit’s description of their most recent effort as “weird fictional adventure stories, and beginner blues guitar lessons for mongoloids” barely scratches the surface of the strangeness beneath.
Featured show of the day Aug 29, 2010
$10 adv., $12 dos, tickets online here
RIYL: Bright Eyes, Iron and Wine, Calexico, Elliott Smith
Sea Wolf (acoustic)
Sea Wolf on MySpace
Taking its name from novelist Jack London’s 1904 seafaring adventure, Sea Wolf has evolved organically from its hermetic origins in Alex Brown Church’s living room into a muscular, full-bodied musical entity with passion to burn. After adopting the sobriquet, Church burst onto the
music scene in two-fisted fashion with the EP, Get to the River Before It Runs Too Low, and the subsequent full-length debut album, Leaves in the River. And now, Church’s singular vision has led to the creation of the eloquent and expansive new album White Water, White Bloom. It was
recorded at the Omaha studio of Mike Mogis (Bright Eyes, M. Ward, Monsters of Folk), with Church handling vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, as well as some of the air organ and pump organ sounds that were such a big part of the sonic signature of the earlier records. Joining him were the three core members of the six-piece Sea Wolf touring lineup. The remaining slots were filled by Mogis on lead guitar and an assortment of other instruments, with his Bright Eyes cohort Nate Walcott. They arrived with a full set of song demos, providing a detailed blueprint for their subsequent expansion into widescreen anthems that reshape the classic aspects of traditional folk, folk rock and chamber pop—but these bucolic elements are intercut with aggressive bursts of raw emotion sharpened to a serrated edge—making for a rich, vibrant sound that is virtually unprecedented.
Unorthodox beginnings surely, but Cahoone has often plotted an unorthodox route on the way to Only As the Day Is Long, her quiet, country-noirish second album and Sub Pop debut, out March 18.
That path has also included a notable tenure as drummer for rock outfit and Sub Pop labelmates, Band of Horses (she plays on their acclaimed 2006 album, Everything All The Time), as well as a stint for the late indie band Carissa’s Weird.
Now on Only As The Day Is Long, the airy gentleness of the arrangements is counterweighted by tension in the lyrics. “I know I’m safe for now, but I know the rest is on its way,” she sings on the title song. Time and again, characters mired in the present cast either skeptical or
hopeful eyes on the future: “It’s got to get better than this” (“Runnin’ Your Way”), “I wish this night would pass on by” (“Shitty Hotel”), “Time’s been moving too fast” (“You’re Not Broken”).
Patrick Park
Park released his first lp Loneliness Knows My Name in 2003 (Hollywood Records) and immediately hit the road, touring with My Morning Jacket, David Grey, Liz Phair, The Thrills, Rachel Yamagata, Granddaddy and more. As the album drew praise from critics, Patrick won over crowds show by show with his intimate, nuanced live performance.
After enduring the long process of getting off Hollywood, Patrick finally released Everyone’s in Everyone in 2007. Park worked with several producers including Dave Trumfio, (Built to Spill, Wilco), Rob Schapf (Elliott Smith, Beck) and Chris Stamey (Whiskeytown). The album was well received, making several year-end Best Of lists, lead off track, “ Life Is A Song” was featured as the final song on The O.C, and viewed by over eight million people and the second single “Here We Are” was one of Stereogum’s most downloaded tracks of 2007.
Lincoln Calling 2010 Aug 29, 2010
Well, it’s that time of year once again. Planning for Lincoln Calling 2010 is in full swing and we wanted to let everyone in on our plans so far with more details to come in the coming weeks.
First off, here are a couple quick notes on this year’s festivities. For the first time, we’ve taken the step of finding some sponsors to help with being able to bring in some bigger touring acts. So far we’ve secured close to 40 acts, with about half the lineup secured. The goal is to have all the lineup slots filled by September 1, but to help with visibility and exposure, we wanted to list off who is confirmed to play so far along with some other details of what will happen this year during the event.
We will kick off Lincoln Calling on Tuesday, Sept. 28 with the third volume of Kinetic Brew’s Homegrown Music Festival, this chapter focusing on local music videos. A Facebook group is available for additional information, specifically for bands seeking directors and directors seeking bands. The idea is to pair one of each to work on a music video together and at this event (at the Bourbon Theatre) we will show the finished products.
There has already been a lot of interest in this facet of the festival, but there’s always room for more. Feel free to hop on the discussion boards if you are a band in need of a director or vice versa.
Come September 29, the live music will start at nine venues around town including the Bourbon Theatre, Duffys Tavern, the Zoo Bar, 12th St Pub, The Alley, Marz Bar, Fat Toad, the Bricktop, the Black Market and Tavern on The Square.
