******* that sounds primo... the crowes are apparently bringing heat right now with luther dickinson on lead. lord knows the new album is the t*tties. cant do it, though... heading to rockport that weekend. damn, i'm gonna be broke by the end of that week.
I'm going to check them out here: Mile High Festival Three of my top five current favorite artists and seven of my top 15. I'm so there.
Possibly, but probably not. Going to Vegas/Cali on the 11th so need to make sure I have enough money for the trip. I'm definitely going Satruday night to Raconteurs. We'll have to get together and discuss shopping centers.
After a dozen listens the new album is really good. Here is one track thats a dud but itherwise very solid effort. Oh and RM95 i got my tickets for the Saturday show. I'll pay up that debt for sure.
Which one do you think is a dud? Just wondering if it's the same one as mine. Got my tickets for Saturday night. I think anytime there are at least three Clutchfans in the same place, it's an official gathering. So, yeah.
Many shades of black just doesn't do anything for me. Maybe if he ripped into a crazy solo in the middle of the horribly long courus it would help but after the promising intro it just goes down hill from there. My friend who hopefully will be attending is also a memeber here "Crazy Dave" (although he only posts in the GARM) so that would make 4 of us.
Ah, I dig that song. I tire of The Switch and the Spur about halfway through it. Old Enough is still my favorite and probably my favorite Raconteurs song just above Intimate Secretary.
No?!?! I'm just now getting into Ryan Adams. Bought that EP over Thanksgiving and fell in love with it. A buddy of mine made me a mix of his favorite songs of 2007 and "Two" was on there.
ryan adams and my morning jacket were 2 bands that took me forever to get into... i gave both of them a whirl 4 or 5 years ago and they just didn't register back then. now, they're both at the top of my list of favorite bands. RA is incredible... no other way to put it. just a prolific songwriter with a ton of talent (and a BUNCH of personal issues). start out with cold roses as that is his most accessible, and coincidently, best album. but other fantastic albums are gold, heartbreaker, jacksonville city nights, rock n roll, love is hell... i could go on. dont forget to check out his earlier work with whiskeytown, either... strangers almanac is considered their best album. his cover of alice in chains "down in a hole" on his new EP Follow the Lights is one of the best covers i've ever heard.
Thoughts on the album- Whereas the first album was fairly low-key and straight forward, they really stretch their wings on this one. The awesome tempo changes, the prog influence, screaming guitar solos and nods to spaghetti Westerns, Abba-Steve Nieve style piano, as well as the 70's riffs are a lot to take in at first listen. It's one of those albums that gets better with each listen. I think the album "Carolina Drama" is one of the best things White has ever done. I really, really hope they make it down to New Zealand. I saw the Stripes at the Verizon in 2003 and they f-ing awesome. Incidentally, I would urge everybody to check out Brendan Benson's solo albums. He's talented.
Getting very excited for tomorrow night. The last couple of paragraphs proves I'm not alone in my man crush. http://blogs.pitch.com/wayward/2008/04/concert_review_the_raconteurs.php Concert Review: The Raconteurs Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 07:52:47 AM The Raconteurs, with Birds of Avalon Tuesday, April 29 The Uptown Theater By JASON HARPER Photos by SCOTT SPYCHALSKI Had Kevin Arnold and Paul Pfieffer from The Wonder Years discovered weed and the Yardbirds and Black Sabbath just before graduating, gotten cool and formed a band, they would've been the Raconteurs. But in actuality, the Raconteurs is a supergroup consisting of Detroit powerpopists Brendan Benson, Jack White of the White Stripes and backing vests the Greenhornes. (Oh yeah, and Paul Pfeiffer is really Marilyn Manson.) Touring behind their second album, Consolers of the Lonely, the Racs came to the Uptown last night, playing with openers Birds of Avalon from Raleigh, North Carolina. The show gave Songs for the Deaf a new interpretation; just off stage right during both performances, two women dressed in black took turns in a spotlight, attempting to sign the lyrics for the hearing-impaired crowd. I felt bad for them. Not only was the sound near deafening, each band's vocals were mostly drowned in guitar fuzz and squall. The signers put forth a noble effort, nonetheless, giving what they could and resisting the urge to play air guitar the entire time (unlike your dad up in the balcony). My attempts to jot down lyrics in hope of composing a set list were futile. At one point, it sounded like Jack White sang, "Kevin went to the shower!" Maybe there's something to my Wonder Years theory after all. Both bands were jammy and '70s-y, very '70s-y. While Birds of Avalon is more progressive and psychedelic and British-influenced (they rambled into a cover of the Who's totally obscure Armenia City in the Sky), the Raconteurs are more in the vein of good ol' classic FM rock like Grand Funk and BTO, with a major blues influence carried over from Jack White's time on the set of Cold Mountain. Seriously, though, I'm generally a fan of White's take on the blues -- he wails, shimmies, chirps and hits the super-duper-octave pedal on his guitar and turns Jimmy Page into a nuthatch. On Raconteurs records, there's a lot more space in the sound, less rocking out and more focus on the song -- some of which, be it noted, are covers (Terry Reid, Nancy Sinatra). Live, the group's a hipster-blues cavalcade of 70s rock mojo, one big long "Song for Jeffrey," if you will. I swear to you, man, there's 20 years, a couple of crack rocks, one flute and one 20-sided die between Ian Anderson and Jack White: So, while the Racs aren't doing anything truly original, there aren't many bands out they're attempting this kind of mojo. But as to the question of whether Benson and White are the next Jagger and Richards: no. But maybe if they study hard, they could be the next Supergrass. As to the question of whether young men such as myself have a crush on Jack White, well, I don't know. He did look pretty dashing when, toward the end of the band's hour-and-a-half set, he jumped off the front of the stage and took into his pale, muscular arms a girl who had apparently fainted and handed her off to a security man, who carried her past the sign-language lady and backstage. That got me pretty wet. And Jack White is a bona fide rock star. There aren't many of those out there these days who are worth a ****. Ah hell, I'd bang him. But have you seen Winnie Cooper lately? Damn!
SWT -- I just talked with RM95 by email and he's still a go on Saturday. I'll give him a call or text before the show so we can meet up at the bar. Hope to see you at the show. First round of drinks is on me.
