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Beach House Celebrated “Teen Dream” at The Bell House
Baltimore group Beach House released their third album, Teen Dream, (first on Sub Pop) this week and celebrated with a show at The Bell House in Brooklyn.
Singer/organ player Victoria Legrand and guitarist Alex Scally were joined by a drummer, who added a lot to the show. They played mostly from the new album, which is wonderful. It includes a reworking of the 2008 song “Used to Be” that I am loving–it’s a little more rollicking and drawn out–and first single… More »
Top 15 New York Concerts 2008
Well, I suppose it is time for a Top 10–or 15–list, right? Let’s start with my Top 15 New York concerts from 2008. Of course, these are only culled from concerts that I attended so I’m sure everyone has their own list. Post yours in the comments!
Runner-Up. Man Man and Yeasayer at Brooklyn Masonic Temple on 4/11. I couldn’t leave this show off my list because it really was a great night. Man Man were entertaining and energetic as always… More »
Baltimore Round Robin: Eyes Night
On Friday night Dan Deacon curated a night of Baltimore musicians playing in a round robin at (le) Poisson Rouge. What does that mean? It means there were a bunch of stages set up around the perimeter of the room and the audience was in the middle. Each of the 13 bands would play one song in one location and then the next band would immediately follow with another song.
There were three rounds, meaning each band played three songs. It… More »
B-More Musicians Bringing Round Robin on Tour
This may be the coolest, most innovative music event to come around in a while…Dan Deacon and friends from Baltimore are touring the country to play two nights in various city of a “Round Robin” concert. This means that all the musicians, including the likes of Beach House, Jana Hunter, Adventure, and of course Dan Deacon, will sit in a circle around the perimeter of the venue with the audience in the middle and will literally go song by song… More »