August 28th, 2010
I had a request last month for some Porcupine Tree from the tour for The Incident and I posted part 1 a couple weeks ago. This is part 2.
It was recorded on 22 September 2009 in Chicago at the Vic Theatre.
Setlist:
The Start of Something Beautiful
Russia On Ice
The Pills I’m Taking
Remember Me Lover
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Way Out Of Here
The Sound of Muzak
Trains
August 25th, 2010
The Orton Park Festival begins here in Madison starting tomorrow and I am really looking forwards to seeing the Carolina Chocolate Drops. (I posted a show of theirs here.
To celebrate, I’ve decided to post the performance of Louisiana bluesman Sonny Landreth at the festival in 2008.
Here’s the obligatory YouTube video. It’s from Landreth’s stop here last month at another neighborhood festival, La Fete de Marquette.
August 19th, 2010
The guys from East L.A. have a new album out called Tin Can Trust. This is “Jupiter or The Moon” which is a free download at their site. It’s a slow-burner.
August 18th, 2010
According to The A.V. Club, gypsy punks Gogol Bordello will be here in Madison on Halloween for a show at the Capitol Theatre.
Tickets are $30(?!) and go on sale this Saturday at 11AM.
August 18th, 2010
The Rolling Stones’ Exile on Main Street tour film, Ladies and Gentlemen: The Rolling Stones is set to screen here in Madison on 16 September at our two Marcus cinemas – Eastgate and Point.
It is to be released on DVD later this year. To the best of my knowledge, it has only been available as a bootleg video until now.
August 18th, 2010
Trombone Shorty (a.k.a. – Troy Andrews) was here in Madison last month as part of the line-up for the La Fête de Marquette neighborhood festival. I was somewhere in the middle of the crowd with my ladyfriend drinking beer kindly bought by my friend Kias. It was quite a show.
I don’t know much about the man other than that he hails from the Treme neighborhood in New Orleans and plays a mean, funky trombone (and trumpet too).
He performed on the 11th of last month and luckily someone in the audience recorded his show. This is roughly the first half.
Setlist unknown.
The same person who took the photo above also recorded some video, presumably with a cell phone.
August 17th, 2010
After looking around this blog it shouldn’t surprise you to know that, in addition to being a progressive rock fan, I’m a Doctor Who fan as well. Not only do I love the TV show but also the audio dramas produced by Big Finish. (Where subscribers get more!)
One of the DW releases for December is The Demons of Red Lodge and Other Stories which is comprised of four 30-minute plays. One of them is called “The Entropy Composition” and is described thusly:
A lost prog rock symphony is unearthed from the vaults – with catastrophic consequences for the entire cosmos.
I am looking forward to this one. It will be hilarious to hear the 5th Doctor pondering how prog could take out the whole universe. Does the symphony contain a chord change so complex that the cosmos just can’t contain it? Perhaps a Mellotron was used that had a tape of some Cthulhu cult member reading from the Necronomicon on it. Are the lyrics comprised of a Kobaïan death spell?
We’ll have to wait until December to find out.
August 12th, 2010
Someone e-mailed me asking for some Porcupine Tree from The Incident tour. I apologize because I can’t find the message right now but you know who you are.
I decided to go with the Chicago show from 22 September 2009 as I was there up in the nosebleed section with my lady and a couple friends. My review of the gig is here. It’s a very nice audience recording from The Vic Theatre. Today is the first half of the concert featuring The Incident in its entirety. Give me some time and I’ll post the second half.
It took some poking around but I finally found some live PT from this tour on YouTube. (Of decent quality, anyway.) Seriously, the last thing the Net needs is more live versions of “Trains”. Here’s the title track.
July 12th, 2010
Bruce Dickinson took some time at a recent Maiden show to blast MP3s:
At their Final Frontier gig in Concord, California, Dickinson told fans that their latest track, El Dorado, which the band allowed fans to download free as an MP3 from their website, is only worth listening to live or on CD.
And Dickinson blamed the situation on Apple guru Steve Jobs and internet giant Google.
He told fans: “The problem is that when you listen to it on tiny little headphones, propelled by a battery, on a device made by Steve Jobs and Google, it sounds like shit
“But the song itself doesn’t sound like shit when you listen to it in the studio or when you buy the CD – it sounds f’cking awesome.
July 12th, 2010
Steve LaBate and Scott Sloan wanted to discover the state of rock music in America today so they set out to tape a documentary on the subject – 40 Nights of Rock & Roll.
40 Nights of Rock & Roll is the latest undertaking of the rock-fanatic duo Steve LaBate and Scott Sloan. Over 40 continuous days in the summer of 2010 Steve and Scott will drive all over the United States to watch 40 concerts, interview 40 bands, and come up with the answer to one question:
What is the current state of Rock & Roll in America?
Has true rock and roll been reduced to a few dark corners and dive bars? Are there modern rock bands that are ready to fill the arena-sized shoes of bands like AC/DC and Judas Priest?
Night 18 was spent here in Madison to shoot Baroness playing at the Orpheum Theatre. Here’s a video diary entry.