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RSSAugust 27, 2004: The Moonlight Towers, Hole in the Wall, Austin TX
Aug 27
better than last two because less country but still just a perfect-pop band, IndieRockBoy has been promoting this band…
August 27, 2004: Fighting Brothers McCarthy, Hole in the Wall, Austin TX
Aug 27
Country, Pop, Rock and Roll No Comments
very similar to first band but even more shamelessly trite and basic
August 19, 2004: The Magnolia Electric Co., Emo’s, Austin TX
Aug 19
Alt-Country, Blues, Singer/Songwriter No Comments
mortifying, they were a watered-down average country bar band, I was jaw-dropped disappointed but they moved me with songs I knew finally, I will still love them but the love will be a private love
August 19, 2004: Shearwater, Emo’s, Austin TX
Aug 19
songwriter writes for Okkervil River also, had trouble focusing b/c tired and excited for my band, good also, had violin and banjo and keyboard, another good vocalist, similar to last band and my band
August 19, 2004: What Made Milwaukee Famous, Emo’s, Austin TX
Aug 19
OregonGirl has been calling them WMMF, that fool boy who sold MyFirstLove’s gang free SXSW wristbands in efforts to sleep with TroubleGirl (per her) is their guitarist—and he danced like a stiff-legged seizure kid, they were good though, nice vocals, I totally forget their sound right now, melancholy singing and upbeat pop rock I think
August 19, 2004: The Ugly Beats, Jo’s Coffee, Austin TX
Aug 19
really enjoyed analyzing surf punk, it’s jam music that closes the loop, it’s infectious and upbeat, it’s a specific small genre and it’s much more than that nu-nu-nu-nuuu-nu-nu-nu-nu…., how can they take themselves seriously despite all that?
August 9, 2004: Seth Walker, Saxon Pub, Austin TX
Aug 09
Country, Rock and Roll No Comments
four young cute guys, keyboardist impressed a little, dead-on Van Morrison/Bob Schneider cross, got a little country rock, all right I suppose
August 9, 2004: The Greezy Wheels, Saxon Pub, Austin TX
Aug 09
Bluegrass, Psychedelic, World Music No Comments
I really really liked them, all quality musicians—note the 7-string bass and the tear-wrenching beauty of Mary Hartigan’s (?) fiddle, music ranged in sincerity from Lou Reed lows to cheesy Pretenders-like (only egh) to salsa to bluegrass to psychedelic, frontman is married to Mary and his sister is lead vocalist
08.09.2004 Alanis Morissette Tweeter Center, Mansfield, MA
Aug 09
The tour shirt on sale had a naked alanis in front of five naked Ladies. It was almost too much to think I would ever wear it in public, so I left my wallet tucked in my pocket.
Alanis tore through her set with her typical visceral aplomb. She stuck heavily to the first album, which was an enjoyable surprise. The middle of her set, “Head Over Feet,” “This Grudge,” just really sucked, but she more than made up for it the rest of the way through. “Ironic” has the new “and his beautiful husband” line and BNL put in an appearance to sing along to “You Learn.”
I’m quite enamored with her new album So-Called Chaos and hearing a live version of “Everything” and “Excuses” in fact raised my esteem of those songs immeasurably. The radio stations are apparently playing “Everything” because it turned out to be a huge crowd sing along. The video for “Eight Easy Steps” is clips from her career, with the lips superimposed singing “Steps” instead of whatever she was singing when it was filmed originally. Actually cute, although not a very convincing effect. Some of the scenes were “recreations” by Alanis in 2004 of her video montage, which is just as weird, and still just as obvious.
Alanis Setlist
Intro
Eight Easy Steps
All I Really Want
Excuses
Not The Doctor
Head Over Feet
This Grudge
So Pure
You Oughta Know
Uninvited
Hand In My Pocket
Ironic
Encore
Everything
You Learn (with Barenaked Ladies)
Thank U
08.09.2004 Barenaked Ladies Tweeter Center, Mansfield, MA
Aug 08
Alternative Rock, Pop No Comments
08.09.2004 Barenaked Ladies / Alanis Morissette Au Naturale Tour Tweeter Center, Mansfield, MA My friend Erin and I have already seen BNL three times this year, and only the double bill with Alanis ensured a fourth. Erin doesn’t know I bought her a ticket. Shh.
A typical night with the Barenaked Ladies included a trio of acoustic songs, a dance number, and an appearance by Adam Gardner midway through the set. They sprinkled their set with impromptu raps about the letter ‘M’ among other random subjects and aired short films in between songs. In one, the Ladies are lined up at the urinal, and Alanis comes in to pee next to them. In another, they race each other and Alanis wins. After “Shopping” the guy with the vacuum (to suck up the peanuts thrown during the dance number) spilled the peanuts right back on to the floor when he was done vacuuming. The vacuum, by the way, was a custom-designed Everywhere for Everyone wetvac, including the silhouette of the Ladies on the motor. You don’t see those everywhere.
BNL debuted a rare early track “Really Don’t Know” that was cute and unsophisticated all at once. From “Old Apartment” to “Humour of the Situation,” their usual bag of tricks made you feel right at home like you’re visiting with friends. Even “Shopping” with its ridiculously long shopping basket dance sequence straight out of a Muppet movie, worked tonight. Yeah, it’s all been done before, but that isn’t such a bad thing. Just like a family reunion where all the same stories get told around the table, it’s the sort of expected.
BNL Setlist
Brian Wilson
Some Fantastic
Maybe Katie
Enid
Testing 1,2,3
For You
Really Don’t Know
One Week
Pinch Me
Old Apartment
Center of Attention (with Adam Gardner of Guster)
Asleep At The Wheel
Humour Of The Situation
It’s All Been Done
Shopping
Encore
If I Had $1,000,000
August 7, 2004: Centro-Matic, The Continental Club, Austin TX
Aug 07
Blues, College Rock No Comments
come to conclusion that anything Will Johnson does I love—his persona is captivating—like warm molasses—as is his voice but also discovered his eternal grating whine wears on me, Centro-Matic is satisfyingly complex and interesting (RockGirl’s enthusiasm was more moving), like the keyboardist’s answering drone, she raves about the drummer, the guitarist was NeighborGuyGuitarVirtuoso-like and Will didn’t mind giving him the spotlight but the entire band was pretty high-energy (surprisingly for the music) and had a good time
August 7, 2004: Deathray Davies, The Continental Club, Austin TX
Aug 07
upbeat pop punk, enjoyable but for horrible strobe light
August 7, 2004: Ernie C. Ernst and Jennifer Ellen Cook, D&L’s Texas Music Cafe, Austin TX
Aug 07
high quality female singer/songwriters, butch Ernie had the sweet voice and pretty Jennifer had the husky sexy voice
August 3, 2004: Tia Carrera, Hole in the Wall, Austin TX
Aug 03
boys don’t disappoint, find the emotional climax of every song and maintain it, familiar and then unexpected, resounding, never boring, like being at the best jam session you ever chanced upon, deafened my right ear, afroed hot guitarist was disappointingly chipper And went home with FabulousGirl—I’m trying to be her friend despite her fabulousness
