Ode to the 2010 Seahawks
My ears have been burning lately. No doubt so have Pete Carroll’s, Matt Hassellbeck’s, Charlie Whitehurst’s, and the ears belonging to every player on the Seattle Seahawks, and all of their fans, ever since the Seattle Seahawks became the losingest winning team in NFL history last Sunday night. With their victory over the St. Louis...
T-Sides’ 2010 in Review
Favorite Albums of 2010 Band of Horses, Infinite Arms For when you run away from home and want to keep on running. Current Favorite: “Blue Beard” (download) Broken Social Scene, Forgiveness Rock Record For when you’re ready to start all over again. Current Favorite: “Water In Hell” (download) Chief, Modern Rituals For when you want...
Wild Beasts @ Music Hall of Williamsburg, Sunday, February 28th
When Wild Beasts came to New York City last fall, they found themselves in the pressured position of having a lot to prove. They’d made only one US trek beforehand, to SXSW. Members of the press came out in droves to hear and see the UK foursome, now on their second album, Two Dancers, which...
Murder City Devils @ Nokia Theater, February 13th
Murder City Devils are no longer the kind of band that sets their drums on fire, or plays dive bars. For quite some time they were technically no longer even a band. But for now, having reunited for a series of shows instead of just one, they were a band. The kind of band who...
Yeasayer @ Bowery Ballroom, Monday, February 8th, & @ Music Hall of Williamsburg, Tuesday, February 9th
Alternately titled: How I got in to Two Sold Out Yeasayer Shows in New York City, A Tale of Happiness & Triumph One of the biggest challenges a music writer can face is writing about a band you adore. Sometimes you like something so much that the task of describing it is an overwhelming pressure....
Cass McCombs @ Joe’s Pub, Monday, July 27th
As mentioned in the last post, I recently took a gig working for Domino Records, which means I’ll no longer be editorializing about Domino artists, but providing visual coverage – which brings us to the very first instance of such, Cass McCombs, who performed at New York City’s Joe’s Pub on Monday night. T-Sides has...
David Byrne @ Prospect Park Bandshell, Monday, June 8th
An overwhelming 27,000 people showed up to see David Byrne play a free show at the Prospect Park Bandshell in Brooklyn on Monday night. The show was the opening of the 2009 Celebrate Brooklyn concert series. Celebration was easily the theme of the night, whether you were celebrating the fact that it didn’t rain, the...
T-Sides Elsewhere, June 2nd Edition
Summer’s basically here. I can taste it. Spent my Memorial Day Weekend in the green bounty of Vermont. The minute my train rode into Vermont’s green border, the smile on my face couldn’t be removed. Managed to get a little work done while I was there, though — Wrote an 8+ for Ear Farm on...
GAS @ Miller Theatre, Friday, May 29th
Save the massive excitement surrounding what was claimed to be his first and only show in the U.S. (though it seems he played Chicago three nights prior), everything about Wolfgang Voigt’s show at Columbia University’s Miller Theatre on Friday night was minimal. Performing under the name of his popular ambient electronic project, GAS, Voigt was...
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