Tree wrote: Sun Feb 18, 2024 3:48 pm Last night I saw Yo La Tengo, a band I’ve been listening to for over half my life and should’ve seen well over two decades ago, for the first time. They were outstanding.

Treefus, same. I saw them for the first time last year and felt the same intoxication the first time I heard "Double Dare" lo so many years ago.

dontfeartheringo wrote:My new band plays Black Sabbath songs. 2nd show was Friday night. I think we might try to bring this dog and pony show to the PRFBBQ this summer.

Double dog dare you.

Sybris, Oxbow, and Yakuza @ Thalia Hall

one day i'll get formatting right, but not today

I got to see Ken Vandermark's Edition Redux at the Cat's Cradle last Friday and they were great! Good jazz groups don't come through the Chapel Hill/Durham/Raleigh area too often so it was a nice surprise. This band is fantastic- the drummer kills, and the tuba (sometimes pedal enhanced) and keyboard play alternately wild and tight at the drop of a hat. Vandermark jumped between baritone, tenor and clarinet through out the set which flirted with a grab-bag of styles from Meters-like funk, to free, to repetitive minimalism to, as my partner pointed out, Lenox Avenue Breakdown-era Arthur Blythe. If you folks in Chicago get a chance, check them out on 3/1. It won't disappoint. (I know this thread is a about seeing our shows so sorry about not having pics, I don't carry a phone around on me normally.)

Damn.. they've toured the south but haven't even played Milwaukee yet. I need to pester Beth.

penningtron wrote: Tue Feb 27, 2024 11:18 am Damn.. they've toured the south but haven't even played Milwaukee yet. I need to pester Beth.

You might want to. I think Cleveland tonight and Chicago on Friday are the last two listed dates on the current run.

KMRU @ Logan Center for the Arts Performance Penthouse

Last night a friend invited me to watch a band I never heard. They were called This Will Destroy You And Make You Think Of Explosions In The Sky

Future Living
The Bismarck
Stomatopod

Chicago. Burlington. 04.14.24

rsmurphy wrote: Sat Mar 23, 2024 4:28 pm

KMRU @ Logan Center for the Arts Performance Penthouse

Might you have a recording of this???

Played my first gig in a long time a couple of months back. With Ryosuke Kiyasu. Good times : )