Tonight watch indie rock singer/songwriter Laura Marling on Last Call with Carson Daly on NBC at 1:35 AM.
This one goes out to everyone in Richmond dealing with the inchworm invasion over the last week. This song always makes me kind of sad.
Friday, March 30, 2012
Black Girls, Perpetual Groove, The Naked and Famous
Black Girls return to Richmond after opening for The Head & the Heart on a national tour. They'll be at Balliceaux on Friday night at 10:30. Cover charge is $5.
Over at The National on Friday night is jam band Perpetual Groove. Tix are $15 in advance and $18 at the door. Doors open at 8, show starts at 9 with opener The Shack Band. Here's Perpetual Groove in 2008 at their annual Amberland festival, which they'll be continuing this May.
Monday night at The National, indie electronic band The Naked and Famous will perform. Tix are $15. Doors open at 6:30, show starts at 7:30 with openers Now, Now and Vacationer. Here's TNAF's video for "No Way":
That's it for this week. Consider this the calm before the storm because the concert scene will be picking up considerably over the next month!
Have a great weekend!
Tony Jordan
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Late Night Pick: Naked and the Famous; People's Blues of Richmond @ Camel; 30 Most Hated Bands
Tonight on Last Call with Carson Daly, you can check out indie electronic band The Naked & The Famous, who will be at The National on Monday night. More on them in tonight's weekend preview blog. Last Call is on at 1:35 AM on NBC.
At the Camel tonight, People’s Blues of Richmond will headline w/ Toy Soldiers and Apache Radio opening. Show starts at 9:30 PM. No one's site says that there is a cover, but they don't say there isn't a cover either. Guess you'll find out when you get there.
Spin Magazine has printed their list of the 30 Most Hated Acts of All Time. I like the way they have both a case for being hated and a case against since everyone will find they may like some of these bands and there will, of course, be ones you hate. I don't like that they have only 2 acts per web page. That's kind of annoying. Anyway, HERE is the link.
At the Camel tonight, People’s Blues of Richmond will headline w/ Toy Soldiers and Apache Radio opening. Show starts at 9:30 PM. No one's site says that there is a cover, but they don't say there isn't a cover either. Guess you'll find out when you get there.
Spin Magazine has printed their list of the 30 Most Hated Acts of All Time. I like the way they have both a case for being hated and a case against since everyone will find they may like some of these bands and there will, of course, be ones you hate. I don't like that they have only 2 acts per web page. That's kind of annoying. Anyway, HERE is the link.
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Late Night Pick of the Night: Donovan
I'm gonna go with some e-lec-tric-al banana tonight and recommend Donovan on Conan at 11 PM on TBS. Also on the show will be Dana Carvey (where the hell has he been?) and Mayim Bialik (children of the 90's know her as Blossom, children of the 10's know her as Sheldon's girlfriend on Big Bang Theory). Donovan is getting inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame this year.
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Late Night Pick: Andrew Bird; Gregg Allman misses ABB show
Late Night Pick of the Night tonight is indie singer/songwriter Andrew Bird on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Late Night is on NBC at 12:35 AM.
Gregg Allman was forced by a bulging disk in his back to miss the last show of the Allman Brothers Band annual Beacon Theater run in NYC. (Which is getting some flak due to the high ticket prices). The band trooped on anyway and HERE is the story of the show from Rolling Stone.
Gregg Allman was forced by a bulging disk in his back to miss the last show of the Allman Brothers Band annual Beacon Theater run in NYC. (Which is getting some flak due to the high ticket prices). The band trooped on anyway and HERE is the story of the show from Rolling Stone.
Monday, March 26, 2012
Late Night Pick of the Night: Black Dub
Tonight's late night pick of the night is Black Dub on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. Black Dub is made up of producer, guitarist and songwriter Daniel Lanois (U2, Neville Brothers, Robbie Robertson), bassist Daryl Johnson (Rolling Stones), drummer Brian Blade and vocalist/keyboardist Trixit Whitley (daughter of Chris Whitley).
Friday, March 23, 2012
Late Night Pick of the Night: Mastodon; Bob Weir webcast
Tonight's late night pick of the night is progressive metal band Mastodon on Last Call with Carson Daly. Last Call is on NBC at 1:35 AM.
Bob Weir, members of The National (the band), other musicians, politicans and policy wonks will be teaming up for a webcast that will mix music and politics. The webcast will be at 9 PM ET on Saturday night from Bob's TRI Studios. For more details on the show, HERE is an article from Rolling Stone.
Bob Weir, members of The National (the band), other musicians, politicans and policy wonks will be teaming up for a webcast that will mix music and politics. The webcast will be at 9 PM ET on Saturday night from Bob's TRI Studios. For more details on the show, HERE is an article from Rolling Stone.
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Late Night Pick of the Night: Wheeler Brothers, Schoolboy Q, Cults, Ed Sheeran
Another all music show from Carson Daly gives him the nod again tonight. Watch rapper Schoolboy Q, Americana act Wheeler Brothers (they were voted best New Band in Austin by the readers of the Austin Chronicle), indie-pop band Cults, and British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran on Last Call tonight at 1:35 AM on NBC.
Suckers, Kurt Vile, Zac Brown Band, Church Hill Irish Fest
It looks like a busy weekend so let's jump right into it.
Thursday kicks off with three bands at The Camel with headliners Suckers (remind me a little of Talking Heads or Vampire Weekend) and Andrew Leahy & the Homestead and Dead Fame. Door open at 8, show starts at 8:30, tix are $8 and the 8th person in the door get the 8th key to the 8th gate of hell. Here's Suckers with an acoustic performance of their song "Chinese Braille" from their new album "Candy Salad" that they did while they were down in SXSW with every band in the known galaxy:
Friday you can hit an early show at Strange Matter with Kurt Vile and the Violators, Supreme Dicks and Sore Eros. Doors open at 5 PM, show starts at 6, it's $12 in advance, $15 at the door, show should be over by 9. Kurt hails from Philly and I really like this dreamy, acoustic song from him called "Baby's Arms":
Also Friday acousticy/bluegrassy/jam band Railroad Earth will play The National. Tix are $20 in advance, $22 at the door, doors open at 7 and the show starts at 8 with opener Morwenna Lasko & Jay Pun. Here's Railroad Earth doing "Been Down This Road":
And as an added bonus, here is Phil Lesh joining Railroad Earth the other night (3/10) at The Fillmore in SF to perform "Terrapin Station":
Also on Friday, outlaw country icon David Allan Coe will be at the venue formerly known as Hat Factory and now known as Epic Theatre. Doors open at 8, show starts at 9, no opener is listed. Here's DAC performing on Austin City Limits doing "You Never Even Called My By My Name", the perfect country & western song:
On Saturday (10 AM - 7 PM) & Sunday (10 AM - 6 PM), the Church Hill Irish Festival goes down on Church Hill (N 25th St between Broad & Franklin). It covers four blocks and there will be Irish musicians, local band (usually Americana/blues), beer, food, a good kids area with bouncies and games, and Irish crafts. There is a $2 donation at the gate and all the proceeds go to St. Baldrick’s Society, St. Francis Home, Little Sisters of the Poor, Church Hill Crime Watch, Child Saver’s Clinic of Richmond, St. Peter’s Meals Program, The Conrad Center, Stone Circle of Friends, Cullather Brain Tumor Quality of Life Center at Bon Secours, St. John’s Church, Prevent Blindness Virginia and many other neighborhood causes, and St. Patrick’s Church, “a little church with a big heart,” built in 1859 by Irish immigrants. There is free shuttle parking from 16th and E Broad St. A tip for parents with little ones: this is always a crowded event so I advise to either leave the stroller at home or enter from the 24th and Broad entrance and park the stroller in the kids area. I'm hoping to hit this one up with the kids on Sunday as it's always a good time.
Saturday night at The National, acclaimed guitarist Buckethead will play. He's called Buckethead because he wears a KFC bucket on his head. And he also wears a Michael Myers mask. Really. That 1 Guy (really good solo performer who plays a lot of weird homemade instruments) and Wolff & Tuba will be opening. Doors open at 7, show starts at 8, tix are $20 in advance, $23 at the door. You may see all three acts perform together. In fact, here's Buckethead and That 1 Guy performing together as The Frankenstein Brothers at the gig in Oxford MS on 3/6 so you can get a little taste of both. If you like Primus, this is right up your alley.
Rock & Roll Hall of Famer and member of seminal rock band The Byrds, Roger McGuinn, will be at University of Richmond, Camp Concert Hall, Booker Hall of Music on Saturday night. The show starts at 7:30 and tickets range from $10 to $36 depending on your demographic. Here's Roger and The Byrds in 1970 doing a song that would become a hit for the Doobie Brothers, "Jesus Is Just Alright":
The Milkstains, The Lonely Teardrops and Boney Loner will do a gig at Emilio's Tapas Bar in the Fan on Saturday night for those of you who like surfy, 60's garage rock. The show starts at 9:30. It's $5 to get in. Here's The Milkstains:
Up and coming Americana band Sons of Bill will do a FREE show at Capital Ale House downtown on Saturday night. Show starts at 10 PM. SOB are doing a series of free show around VA (they are from C'ville) to celebrate the release of their new album "Sirens". Here's a track from that album "Santa Ana Winds". If you like Tom Petty, Drive-By Truckers, or The Silos, check this out.
If you are at home Saturday night, check out Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead/Ratdog on a free webcast when he plays with members of The National (the band). Should be interesting to see what kind of spin they put on those Dead songs. The webcast will be HERE from Weir's TRI Studios starting at 9 PM ET.
Zac Brown Band will be at Richmond Coliseum on Sunday night. The show starts at 7 and tix range from $54 to $76. Good seats are still available. I haven't quite figured out Zac Brown Band yet. One song they sound like Jimmy Buffett. On the next, they sound like MOR country. On the next they become a pretty good jam band. There's something there but they never quite put it all together for me but they are growing on me slightly. On this one they do get some nice Eagles harmonies going. This is "Sweet Annie":
That's if for the weekend. Hope to see you at Irish Fest, probably on Sunday.
Tony Jordan
Thursday kicks off with three bands at The Camel with headliners Suckers (remind me a little of Talking Heads or Vampire Weekend) and Andrew Leahy & the Homestead and Dead Fame. Door open at 8, show starts at 8:30, tix are $8 and the 8th person in the door get the 8th key to the 8th gate of hell. Here's Suckers with an acoustic performance of their song "Chinese Braille" from their new album "Candy Salad" that they did while they were down in SXSW with every band in the known galaxy:
Friday you can hit an early show at Strange Matter with Kurt Vile and the Violators, Supreme Dicks and Sore Eros. Doors open at 5 PM, show starts at 6, it's $12 in advance, $15 at the door, show should be over by 9. Kurt hails from Philly and I really like this dreamy, acoustic song from him called "Baby's Arms":
Also Friday acousticy/bluegrassy/jam band Railroad Earth will play The National. Tix are $20 in advance, $22 at the door, doors open at 7 and the show starts at 8 with opener Morwenna Lasko & Jay Pun. Here's Railroad Earth doing "Been Down This Road":
And as an added bonus, here is Phil Lesh joining Railroad Earth the other night (3/10) at The Fillmore in SF to perform "Terrapin Station":
Also on Friday, outlaw country icon David Allan Coe will be at the venue formerly known as Hat Factory and now known as Epic Theatre. Doors open at 8, show starts at 9, no opener is listed. Here's DAC performing on Austin City Limits doing "You Never Even Called My By My Name", the perfect country & western song:
On Saturday (10 AM - 7 PM) & Sunday (10 AM - 6 PM), the Church Hill Irish Festival goes down on Church Hill (N 25th St between Broad & Franklin). It covers four blocks and there will be Irish musicians, local band (usually Americana/blues), beer, food, a good kids area with bouncies and games, and Irish crafts. There is a $2 donation at the gate and all the proceeds go to St. Baldrick’s Society, St. Francis Home, Little Sisters of the Poor, Church Hill Crime Watch, Child Saver’s Clinic of Richmond, St. Peter’s Meals Program, The Conrad Center, Stone Circle of Friends, Cullather Brain Tumor Quality of Life Center at Bon Secours, St. John’s Church, Prevent Blindness Virginia and many other neighborhood causes, and St. Patrick’s Church, “a little church with a big heart,” built in 1859 by Irish immigrants. There is free shuttle parking from 16th and E Broad St. A tip for parents with little ones: this is always a crowded event so I advise to either leave the stroller at home or enter from the 24th and Broad entrance and park the stroller in the kids area. I'm hoping to hit this one up with the kids on Sunday as it's always a good time.
Saturday night at The National, acclaimed guitarist Buckethead will play. He's called Buckethead because he wears a KFC bucket on his head. And he also wears a Michael Myers mask. Really. That 1 Guy (really good solo performer who plays a lot of weird homemade instruments) and Wolff & Tuba will be opening. Doors open at 7, show starts at 8, tix are $20 in advance, $23 at the door. You may see all three acts perform together. In fact, here's Buckethead and That 1 Guy performing together as The Frankenstein Brothers at the gig in Oxford MS on 3/6 so you can get a little taste of both. If you like Primus, this is right up your alley.
Rock & Roll Hall of Famer and member of seminal rock band The Byrds, Roger McGuinn, will be at University of Richmond, Camp Concert Hall, Booker Hall of Music on Saturday night. The show starts at 7:30 and tickets range from $10 to $36 depending on your demographic. Here's Roger and The Byrds in 1970 doing a song that would become a hit for the Doobie Brothers, "Jesus Is Just Alright":
Up and coming Americana band Sons of Bill will do a FREE show at Capital Ale House downtown on Saturday night. Show starts at 10 PM. SOB are doing a series of free show around VA (they are from C'ville) to celebrate the release of their new album "Sirens". Here's a track from that album "Santa Ana Winds". If you like Tom Petty, Drive-By Truckers, or The Silos, check this out.
If you are at home Saturday night, check out Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead/Ratdog on a free webcast when he plays with members of The National (the band). Should be interesting to see what kind of spin they put on those Dead songs. The webcast will be HERE from Weir's TRI Studios starting at 9 PM ET.
Zac Brown Band will be at Richmond Coliseum on Sunday night. The show starts at 7 and tix range from $54 to $76. Good seats are still available. I haven't quite figured out Zac Brown Band yet. One song they sound like Jimmy Buffett. On the next, they sound like MOR country. On the next they become a pretty good jam band. There's something there but they never quite put it all together for me but they are growing on me slightly. On this one they do get some nice Eagles harmonies going. This is "Sweet Annie":
That's if for the weekend. Hope to see you at Irish Fest, probably on Sunday.
Tony Jordan
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Late Night Pick of the Night: Dr. Teeth & The Electric Mayhem
Dr. Teeth & The Electric Mayhem, the band of Muppets and the Muppets band, will be on Jimmy Kimmel tonight on ABC at 12:05 AM. Dr. Teeth & the band, of course, came out of the late 60's - early 70's SF scene and played at Woodstock, Altamont, & Monterey Pop and influenced dozens of puppet bands in the US and UK. Their highest profile gig was as the house band for "The Muppet Show" which worked out nicely because they are, in fact, Muppets. The band is still going strong after all these years, surviving the breakup of the relationship between Janice and Floyd in the late 70's and Animal's substance abuse and anger management issues.
Here they are peforming in the Muppets version of Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" which has over 25 MILLION hits on YouTube:
Here they are peforming in the Muppets version of Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" which has over 25 MILLION hits on YouTube:
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