just really terrible, bad 90s alternative rock lite, all unusually short as well
Entries from February 2008
February 29, 2008: Rite Flyers, Hole in the Wall, Austin TX
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Tags: College Rock
February 28, 2008: Elana James/Hot Club of Cowtown, Continental Club, Austin TX
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Rockboy was all enthused about this band now that he is officially a member of the anything-rootsy scene in Austin, I was bored silly by this band initially – western swing but it sounded like lounge music to me, and lounge music basically takes good songs and sucks the character out of them, BUT as [...]
Tags: Bluegrass · Country · Jazz
February 28, 2008: Woods Boss, The Scoot Inn, Austin TX
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some amalgam of the Weary Boys, Weary Boys are super popular in Austin but have always struck me as a little too audience-pleasing, I enjoyed this group though, five or six people on stage playing in jam-fashion on a variety of instruments, Grateful Dead with a little more bluegrass
February 28, 2008: Leo Rondeau, The Scoot Inn, Austin TX
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had bad memories of this band and they were reconfirmed, he was a dead ringer for Townes looks-wise but was just an average country singer, quiet voice and unremarkable music
Tags: Americana · Country · Rock and Roll
Feb 18, 2008 Matchbox Twenty Mohegan Sun Arena
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Rob Thomas promised to play until they were thrown off the stage, and launched into a raucous two-hour set that was backed the entire night by a crowd singalong. The set was a mix of more obscure tracks and well-worn hits, but they shrewdly avoided making this a purely greatest hits outing. Their [...]
Tags: Alternative Rock · Pop · Rock and Roll
Feb 18, 2008 Alanis Morissette Mohegan Sun Arena
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Okay, I love Alanis. Love her. After years away from the concert set (we are conveniently ignoring her dreadful Jagged Little Pill Acoustic phase) Alanis took her place for a 45-minutes on Matchbox Twenty’s Exile tour. She busted out a set that was heavy on favorites with some interesting diversions along the [...]
Tags: Alternative Rock
Feb 18, 2008 Mute Math Mohegan Sun Arena
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Mute Math “from New Orleans!” put on a decent 20 minute opening set ahead of Alanis and Matchbox Twenty that was high on theatrics. Taking their musical cue from The Police (and even some vocal stylings reminiscent of Sting) each song was stretched and distorted, taking away their arena-rock cred but keeping the [...]
Tags: Alternative Rock · College Rock
February 14, 2008: Catfish Hunters, Carousel Lounge, Austin TX
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sadly a return to the low-talent not-going-to-try-too-hard brand of bands, though a much different flavor than Karate Kids: more sleazy Frank Sinatra attitude with lots of alcohol fueling them, lead singer was surly and sunglassed and didn’t sing too well, guy who had previously been MCing in his all pink and red outfit (and well—he was funny) was playing the pedal steel, bluesy rock, maybe it was just an off night
Tags: Rock and Roll
February 14, 2008: Shotgun Party, Carousel Lounge, Austin TX
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so good that I was in continuous state of body prickles and it wasn’t only because of the horror of the previous band, one of the most charming and engaging bands I have seen in a long time, in large part due to the charismatic lead singer – a pug girl with a shock of [...]
Tags: Cabaret · Country · Jazz · Latin
February 14, 2008: Karate Kids, Carousel Lounge, Austin TX
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the costumes were fantastic – every band member had a rigged costume that allowed them to play instruments with the real rams and fake limbs to maintain arms-raised one-leg-crooked-in-preparation – this gave them a perpetually hyped appearance which was the only relief, an insufficient relief, from their inane tacky boring music, less talented and less [...]
Tags: Art Rock · College Rock