Kitten: Chinatown (Live)
Kitten is currently opening for Young the Giant's national tour. This track, from their Sunday School EP, was recorded at Chelsea's in Baton Rouge last Wednesday. I don't know terribly much about them, except they're from Los Angeles (More...)
Yuck: Operation (Live)
It seems to me that most bands with terrible names tend to live up to them. Yuck, however, is the exception to the rule. They played on Saturday, opening for Smith Westerns -- and blew the headliners out of the water (More...)
PJ Harvey: Sweeter Than Anything
In honor of the release of PJ Harvey's latest genre-defying release, Let England Shake, I felt like it would be fun to post an obscure track that's one of my all-time favorites: "Sweeter than Anything," off the single A Perfect Day Elise (More...)
Jbird: Best of 2010
2010 was a strange year for me and music. It seemed like every other week (especially in the first half of the year), yet another of my old favorite bands was releasing a brand-new album: The Hold Steady, Wintersleep, The New Pornographers, Shout Out Louds, Les Savy Fav, Wolf Parade, Apples in Stereo, and on and on… (More...)
The Monday Set: Generationals – Baton Rouge – 11/13/2010
New Orleans' own Generationals closed out a tour in support of their Trust EP at Chelsea's Cafe. Chelsea's has a warm spot in the hearts of those-in-the-know in Baton Rouge, and it is just starting to put on more indie shows again following a period of bizarre persecution by the state's Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control (More...)
The Monday Set: School of Seven Bells – Baton Rouge – 10/11/2010
Brooklyn band School of Seven Bells arrived in Louisiana this week, minus one member. As reported on their website the day after this show, Claudia Deheza has just left the band. Her departure may have been a factor in the somewhat sour tone of the evening. (More...)
The Monday Set: The Hold Steady – New Orleans – 9/24/10
In the second part of a terrific double-bill, The Hold Steady tore the roof off Republic with this mammoth set. It was admittedly a little weird to see them without keyboardist/mustache-aficionado Franz Nicolay, but they still sound great. (More...)
The Monday Set – Low – Richmond – February 19, 2001
Back in the days before handy portable digital audio recorders, the enterprising fan was often at a loss when wanting to preserve some memory of a beloved band's live show (especially when such shows were legendary, and didn't often happen near said enterprising fan's place of residence). (More...)
The Monday Set – Wintersleep – New Orleans – 9/24/10
Let me start by saying I love Wintersleep. I don't know what it is about them; something visceral, I think. On their albums, they're more sedate than they are live, and I guess seeing them live first was what really turned me on to them. (More...)
The Monday Set: Stars – Amsterdam – 9/5/10
Montreal band Stars are touring in support of their new self-released album The Five Ghosts, which is pretty rock-solid. In brief, it seems that they're now attempting to take over The Cardigans' idea (circa 1998 - Gran Turismo-era) to process their their analog instruments so they sound electronic...and (also just like The Cardigans) I like it. (More...)
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