Sonic Ambulance
The Walkmen #5x #cultivate #goldegatepark #sonicambulance
The Appleseed Cast
Jim James #jimjames #fillmore #sanfrancisco #concert (at The Fillmore)
Lord Huron opening for Portugal. The Man at the Glass House in Pomona #localchella via Garrison
Frightened Rabbits - Fillmore SF
3.11.13
See ya in Monterey
![Rumors have been circulating on the interweb for a couple of weeks now that the Coachella line-up has been announced of bands dropping by Monterey for midweek shows. The one I was hoping for to be true has taken longer to be confirmed and still hovers around in a tad bit of secrecy. Trent Reznor will be premiering his latest musical endevour How to Destroy Angels at Coachella and embarking on a tour with a stop in Monterey at the Golden State Theater. There’s already an incredible selections of shows to pick from thanks to the consecutive Coachella weekends, and Wednesday the 17 seems to be the most stacked night. Already bummed that I was going to miss Grizzly Bear at the Henry Miller Library, Beach House at the Fillmore, because of attending a Peruvian soccer game at Candlestick Park, and now Trent Reznor right here in my own backyard!! Everything gets thrown at the window for this show. I was lucky enough to catch the last concert that Nine Inch Nails performed as a solid band before they embarked on a slimmed down version for their Wave Goodbye tour. That last stop in Vegas four years was thee concert I’ve ever been to. I caught their show in Mountain View five months later, boarded a plane the next morning towards the Pacific Northwest to catch them at the Sasquatch Music Festival, and in my hang over haze, I realized the whole band was on the same flight out of SFO as me. Never would’ve thought I’d share a plane ride with Nine Inch Nails and turns out also with 2/3 of How to Destroy Angels, since his wife, Mariqueen was sitting next to him. Even though it was the last time I was going to see one of my favorite bands perform, it wasn’t, the sunset view at the Gorge was enrapturing and of closure until the next time I’d get to see Trent Reznor.
How to Destroy Angels releases a full length album in a couple of weeks after releasing a couple of singles and EPs. We’ll have to wait to see what kind of innovative perfomance we’ll catch on this tour, and how’d the setlist will be like till Coachella. Would be a real treat to see Trent and Atticus, perform some of their Oscar award winning The Social network soundtrack live. This is easily going to be the best concert to hit Monterey this year, the lights and sounds will leave you Speaking in Tongues.
Here are the announced tour dates:
4.12 indio, ca [coachella]
4.13 las vegas, nv
4.17 monterey, ca
4.18 san francisco, ca
4.19 indo, ca [coachella]
4.21 denver, co
4.23 chicago, il
4.25 toronto, on
4.27 boston, ma
4.28 montclair, nj
4.29 new york, ny](http://24.media.tumblr.com/8e65e0f635528dbcf673b1091268e6c7/tumblr_mikvj5pByg1qjqiw3o1_500.jpg)
Rumors have been circulating on the interweb for a couple of weeks now that the Coachella line-up has been announced of bands dropping by Monterey for midweek shows. The one I was hoping for to be true has taken longer to be confirmed and still hovers around in a tad bit of secrecy. Trent Reznor will be premiering his latest musical endevour How to Destroy Angels at Coachella and embarking on a tour with a stop in Monterey at the Golden State Theater. There’s already an incredible selections of shows to pick from thanks to the consecutive Coachella weekends, and Wednesday the 17 seems to be the most stacked night. Already bummed that I was going to miss Grizzly Bear at the Henry Miller Library, Beach House at the Fillmore, because of attending a Peruvian soccer game at Candlestick Park, and now Trent Reznor right here in my own backyard!! Everything gets thrown at the window for this show. I was lucky enough to catch the last concert that Nine Inch Nails performed as a solid band before they embarked on a slimmed down version for their Wave Goodbye tour. That last stop in Vegas four years was thee concert I’ve ever been to. I caught their show in Mountain View five months later, boarded a plane the next morning towards the Pacific Northwest to catch them at the Sasquatch Music Festival, and in my hang over haze, I realized the whole band was on the same flight out of SFO as me. Never would’ve thought I’d share a plane ride with Nine Inch Nails and turns out also with 2/3 of How to Destroy Angels, since his wife, Mariqueen was sitting next to him. Even though it was the last time I was going to see one of my favorite bands perform, it wasn’t, the sunset view at the Gorge was enrapturing and of closure until the next time I’d get to see Trent Reznor.
How to Destroy Angels releases a full length album in a couple of weeks after releasing a couple of singles and EPs. We’ll have to wait to see what kind of innovative perfomance we’ll catch on this tour, and how’d the setlist will be like till Coachella. Would be a real treat to see Trent and Atticus, perform some of their Oscar award winning The Social network soundtrack live. This is easily going to be the best concert to hit Monterey this year, the lights and sounds will leave you Speaking in Tongues.
Here are the announced tour dates:
4.12 indio, ca [coachella]
4.13 las vegas, nv
4.17 monterey, ca
4.18 san francisco, ca
4.19 indo, ca [coachella]
4.21 denver, co
4.23 chicago, il
4.25 toronto, on
4.27 boston, ma
4.28 montclair, nj
4.29 new york, ny
White Fence - A Hermes Blues
Bloc Party Review
Venue : Transbordeur
Town : Lyon, France
Date : 11/07/2012
We arrived around 7:30pm at the doors of this well known venue that is ”Le Transbordeur ”.
Nobody outside, the show wasn’t full but the weather also wasn’t nice to say the least.
Hopefully once inside the place was packed with an audience that embodied youth but not only. Indeed Bloc Party isn’t one of this new UK bands that pops up with a big hit and struggle to stay in minds. Obviously, ”banquet” is still in every ears but the band happened to continue its career with three great and well balanced albums.
They were here tonight to promote their newest one simply called ”Four” which came out on August, the 20th
The band came up on stage at 8:20pm and started with the first track on the record ”So He Begins To Lie”. They played hard and linked powerful songs with a significative energy.
To be honest I thought there will be some really slow moments but even the softest songs were played with greatness.
Despite a lack of purity concerning the whole sound in general we felt this huge will of making us forget that it’s cold outside and that it’s sunday !
The quartet was well led by the singer’s deep and touching voice as well as the astonishing drummer, hid behind his glasses and who was hitting harsh and constantly on his set. This guy technics were really inspiring and eye catching, I spent most of the time staring at his insane riffs.
Unfortunately, the guitar was a bit low. A shame when we know the skills of the man and his amazing effects.
Kele took some freedom to speak a bit with the audience, telling us that they haven’t been here since their first ever European tour. And they were pleased to enjoy their 10 years of career with us tonight.
The audience took time to warm itself up but after six or seven songs, they gave the response the band performance deserved.
The stage was sober, four colored squares on the background and a few lightning effects but the magic was elsewhere.
The band really seemed to enjoy playing for us and we could feel it. After a first break they offered some surprises with a cool Rihanna cover of ”We found love” and a disco tune, ”One More Chance” that transformed the building into a huge dance floor.
The set list was well chosen, fast and efficient, getting directly to the point. A great Rock gig of 1:20mn with tiny other delightful shades.
They ended up after a second break with their interesting single ”Octopus” and the magnificent ”Helicopter” that left the audience going back home with a broad grin. Pretty scarce for a Sunday night.
Thanks Guys.
Jordan Chastaing
youtube snippit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVhjPyDcOJE
Tumbleweed Wanderers - Quiver in my Bones
Folk group hailing from Oakland bring their tunes down to Monterey this Sunday, 4 November..
Future Islands - Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz, CA
August 31 - Santa Barbara, CA @ Velvet Jones
September 1 - Los Angeles, CA @ FYF Fest
September 2 - Fresno, CA @ Audie’s Olympic
September 3 - Santa Cruz, CA @ The Catalyst
September 4 - San Francisco, CA @ Amoeba Music Early In-Store, 5pm
September 4 - San Francisco, CA @ Independent…
see you in Santa Cruz!!
Baltimore indie synthpop/rockers Future Islands will be touring around to San Francisco within the next couple weeks, and I already have my tickets. The moment I heard Balance close to a year ago, I was sold. Today, they have a new single for us titled Tomorrow. It’s a romantic, lovely tune that displays lead Sam Herring’s unique voice very well.
September 3rd in Santa Cruz - Catalyst Atrium
