Eternal Summers
Elvis Depressedly
Museum Mouth
Body Games
Category: Concert Review
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Spider Bags
Lonnie Walker
Mac McCaughan
No Love
Museum Mouth
Naked Naps
Astro Cowboy
So last Saturday I went out to Kings to see Astro Cowboy, Museum Mouth, and Naked Naps. In short; it was awesome. This was the first time that I had seen Astro Cowboy since they added a bassist to the lineup and the difference was amazing. Their sound was well rounded, their playing was tight, and their cover of “Tonight” was … smashing.
Next Museum Mouth sauntered onto stage. Their performance made me even more excited for when they play Double Barrel Benefit on February 14th at Cat’s Cradle, and I didn’t think that was even possible. The band’s front man Karl Kuehn gave a quick shout out to the Lounge before launching into a raucous rendition of “Crocodile”. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7l0vnZclzg&t=4m21s
There was also much talk of a Museum Mouth/Naked Naps split to be released soon. When Naked Naps took to the stage excitement in the crowd was high. They played all of their songs –all of them! This made the requests being shouted out unnecessary, but still fun to do. It was defiantly not “like and awkward first date” like the band said one review had claimed them to be.
So yeah I guess all in all my Saturday was pretty good.
Let me just start out by saying this was a fantastic night. Last Tuesday night The Mattador and I drove to Chapell Hill, NC to go see Generationals at the Local 506, located on the further end of Franklin Street nearest to Carrboro. Neither of us had been before, and were pleasantly surprised by the layout and size of the music venue. As we arrived, we caught the last few songs of the opening act Lowell. With her pastel clothes and glittering face crystals, she bounced around on stage to catchy beats, eventually entering the crowd and dancing with concert goers. There was a short break, and then Generationals took the stage. Playing their entire set with a colorful light show made the music that much better. The crowd danced and sang along with old favorites like “Put A Light On,” but also to new beats like “Black Lemon” and “Gold Silver Diamond.” At one point Ted even began climbing on the front stage speakers, still playing his electric guitar. After the show, we headed back to the merch table. The Mattador picked up a Generationals cassette, and I picked up each band’s newest LP. We chatted with Lowell for awhile and took some awesome pics (see below). She also drew me some art on the back of my new record slip. We made our way back to the stage to meet up with Grant and Ted. We chatted outside for a bit, took more pictures, and even got them to record an awesome liner for WKNC (tune in to the station to hear it sometime). It was a great night and a great show, and can be summed up in one overarching statement: them’s good people.
Honey Wild
The Grapes
Proud Parent
Local Band Local Beer at Tir Na Nog Thanksgiving night featured a lineup of seven local singer-songwriters. Chit Nasty, Zach Gregory, Bobby Bryson, Thomas McNeely, Ryan Kennemur, Sarah Ward, and Jade Maurelle played.
T0W3RS
GHOSTT BLLONDE
DADDY ISSUES
NOVEMBER 22
T0W3RS, GHOSTT BLLONDE, and DADDY ISSUES played a sold out show at Kings Barcade in Raleigh for the release of T0W3RS’ new EP “TL;DR.” The three acts killed it, and the night ended with a few of the band members in T0W3RS covering three Blink-182 songs to top it all off.
Naked Naps
The Tills
Alvvays
Absolutely Free