Yearly Archives: 2009
22 posts
My favorite top 5 albums of the last 20 years may surprise you. In fact, they surprised me! When the question was put to me though, I decided to decide on the basis of the five albums I had played the most without any regard to what I thought was […]
Bob Mould – touring behind his 9th solo album Life and Times hit Irving Plaza last night. Getting a breathless, relentless audio assault was not a surprise but the way he ended was…
The inimitable Motorhead reminded all who dared witness how mighty they are…Many good pix taken by the Brooklyn Vegan.
Raconteurs are better than The Dead Weather or Brendan Benson‘s new one but that doesn’t mean both aren’t good albums.
Gaucho is not the most highly regarded of Steely Dan albums but the songs came alive last night to begin a killer evening.
I’m not such a big fan of festivals. Seeing more than a few bands on one day can be grueling and the sound and stadium-like lack of intimacy generally keep me away. However, I was fortunate to go to the lovely Liberty State Park on Saturday as it was the […]
The weather held up and Los Lobos sailed through a dynamite set while our boat cruised the Hudson. Don’t Worry Baby & Down on the Riverbed were highlights of the early going. David Hidalgo got out the squeezebox for some traditional Mexican boleros and they blazed through Not Fade Away, […]
It had been 25 years since Robert Cray had played Prospect Park but overcame the rain and turned in a fine performance on Friday night.
Caught Cracker the other night at the Highline – good kind of show…a band that never got that popular playing at a good club that wasn’t too crowded. Lowery is smart, ironic, cool, world-weary and the unit has drifted amidst eclecticism and hookery to create a respectable amount of memorable […]
I love Welcome to the Cruel World and Fight For Your Mind but Ben has been often been boring and sometimes preachy since. The Innocent Criminals have stepped aside for the time being and we’ve got BH and the Relentless 7…