JonnyJay
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Post by JonnyJay on May 10, 2009 20:57:16 GMT -5
They came to town tonight. Wasn't planning on going, as 1) I'd seen em at a festival, and 2) I was scheduled to rehearse my play all night. However, I got out of rehearsal way early, and a friend of a friend had two extra tix, so I went, got drunk, and had a great time. They covered "Left of the Dial" AND "Straight To Hell". I was bummed they didnt play "I'da Called You Woody, Joe", but when they busted out STH, all was forgiven. Great show. I was also at the Towson show on 5/7. And I got a high-quality recording of both Pela and Gaslight. In addition to the two previously mentioned covers, Pela also finished up with an excellent version of "Guns of Brixton." That's two shows in one week we've both been at! Can't wait to hear that bootleg.
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Post by sactochris on May 11, 2009 18:42:12 GMT -5
They played at a club in the burbs, a mile and a half from my house the same night The Hold Steady were in town last month. Jenny Lewis played a show in Sac. that night also. I don't know If there has ever been three shows that good on the same night in Sacramento.
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Post by tonyrockyhorror on May 11, 2009 19:36:30 GMT -5
I was also at the Towson show on 5/7. And I got a high-quality recording of both Pela and Gaslight. In addition to the two previously mentioned covers, Pela also finished up with an excellent version of "Guns of Brixton." That's two shows in one week we've both been at! Can't wait to hear that bootleg. Are you going to the Mastodon show Tuesday night? I definitely am. I'll be inthe baclony at 930, in the center, recroding. i'll also be at the Isis/Pelican show at Black Cat and THS at 930 on 6/7!
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Post by roboreckles on May 13, 2009 11:17:51 GMT -5
I was also at the Towson show on 5/7. And I got a high-quality recording of both Pela and Gaslight. In addition to the two previously mentioned covers, Pela also finished up with an excellent version of "Guns of Brixton." That's two shows in one week we've both been at! Can't wait to hear that bootleg. I too was dere. I may have driven a verrrrry cheery JonnyJay after the show.
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JonnyJay
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Post by JonnyJay on May 13, 2009 14:26:13 GMT -5
That recording is fucking incredible! I was actually at the show in Philly a few days before that. What a great live band. Won't see you at Isis/Pelican, as I'll be attending the Baltimore show, but I'll definitely see you at THS!
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Post by gushingblood on Jul 17, 2009 12:10:17 GMT -5
Fucking great cover. Download link; rapidshare.com/files/252573715/GasAntLivLou.zipRadio One Live Lounge (320 kbps cbr) 01 - Interview Part 1 (Live) 02 - The '59 Sound (Live) 03 - Interview Part 2 (Live) 04 - Interview Part 3 (Live) 05 - I Do Not Hook Up (Kelly Clarkson Cover) (Acoustic) 06 - Interview Part 4 (Live)
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Post by tonyrockyhorror on Jul 20, 2009 17:43:09 GMT -5
definitely a case of greatly improving on the source material
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Post by sactochris on Jul 20, 2009 17:46:10 GMT -5
These guy's leave me somewhat underwhelmed.
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Post by mashablues on Jul 21, 2009 16:18:47 GMT -5
They certainly brightened a rainy Sunday afternoon at Latitude this year: www.uncut.co.uk/blog/index.php?blog=11&p=1298&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1Uncut.co.uk: Hola From Latitude (4): The Gaslight Anthem 2009-07-19 20:40:44 I’d been telling anyone who’d listen over the last few weeks and more in the build-up to Latitude that New Jersey’s The Gaslight Anthem in the right circumstances might be the surprise hit of the festival, especially after headline-grabbing sets at Glastonbury and Hyde Park, where they were joined onstage by Bruce Springsteen, who in turn had Anthem frontman Brian Fallon share the spotlight with him and the E Street Band on “No Surrender”. I’d imagined Gaslight Anthem coming on against a nuclear sunset, the sky aflame and an audience blown away, the next 45 minutes talked about by many for years to come. Of course, it doesn’t happen according to my pre-written script. It’s absolutely bucketing down when they come on. There’s basically only me and my friend Helen and a few score hardcore fans in front of the stage, most of them hooded against the rain and looking like members of a sinister religious cult or the roadies on Neil Young’s Rust Never Sleeps tour and things frankly don’t look all that promising in terms of the moment of festival transcendence I’ve been cheerfully predicting. Then they kick into “High Lonesome” from break-out album The '59 Sound and things start to brighten, the sense of a moment being seized about to be taken and already there are more people around us that there were a couple of minutes ago, people as they will always be drawn to the sound of great music, which is what we are listening to. The Gaslight Anthem, broadly speaking, share the same mythographical universe as The Hold Steady, a world in which rock’n’roll as played by the people who believe like they do that it can heal the most wounded and forlorn among us will save the fucking day. Their musical template is as thankfully as uncomplicated as their faith in the noise we love, lots of Springtsteen and as much Clash, London Calling as much an influence as Born To Run. Which makes for an increasingly inflammatory set, “Casanova Baby!” now drawing even more people into the Obelisk Arena, the place filling up like a pub at closing time, the bell about to go and everyone thirsty for more. “He’s got a great voice for a little fellah,” Helen, who’s never heard them before, tells me half way through the next number, “Old White Lincoln”, whose chorus the growing crowd are now tempted with some gusto to sing along with, even though I doubt many of them have heard it before. And so it goes, song after song, as unfamiliar as each may be to the many more people who by the moment who are joining us, making the world by the minute a better place to be, “Even Cowgirls Get The Blues” now blowing the clouds away, the sun coming out, Helen dancing, and everyone else too, the joint, as it were, jumping, and no one wanting this to come too quickly to an end, even as that that end is looming, the band now playing a version of “Great Expectations” you know is setting up a roaring climax that comes with a sweeping “Here’s Looking At You, Kid” and the great “The Backseat”. Allan Jones Michael Bonner
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Post by lilhan on Jul 22, 2009 3:48:33 GMT -5
that's pretty fuckin' cool, helen.
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Post by mashablues on Jul 22, 2009 12:50:50 GMT -5
that's pretty fuckin' cool, helen. Hi Hannah. It was a pretty fuckin' cool weekend all round despite the weather. Other highlights included hearing Edwyn Collins singing again after his long recovery from his devastating stroke, Robyn Hitchcock's surreal acoustic solo set, Spiritualised, Doves, Asaf Avidan and the Mojos and an incredible set from Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds that I'm still in awe of. Just gotta find ways of getting to End of the Road now....
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Post by lilhan on Jul 23, 2009 13:06:47 GMT -5
EOTR is on for me, i am not sure how i wangled that. i am very jealous that you saw all of those bands!! NICK CAVE! DOVES! very lovely, hope we can replicate some of this with your presence at EOTR
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Post by mashablues on Jul 23, 2009 13:20:29 GMT -5
EOTR is on for me, i am not sure how i wangled that. i am very jealous that you saw all of those bands!! NICK CAVE! DOVES! very lovely, hope we can replicate some of this with your presence at EOTR Ahh great news that your gonna make it! It's still a bit up in the air for me but have booked the time off work so that's a start!
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Post by lilhan on Jul 23, 2009 13:29:03 GMT -5
step 1 is complete, then. now to step 2 - tickets! step 3 - get there! step 4 - find meeeeee
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Post by tonyrockyhorror on Jul 24, 2009 12:22:36 GMT -5
couldn't find a video of "No Surrender" with Brian, but I did find one of Bruce doing 59 Sound with Gaslight at Glastonbury! somuchsilence.com/?p=1850
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Post by mashablues on Jul 25, 2009 12:52:54 GMT -5
step 1 is complete, then. now to step 2 - tickets! step 3 - get there! step 4 - find meeeeee This definitely sounds likes an excellent plan! Getting there may be a bit of a problem unless Bill can go. Sooo step 2 at the moment is keep reminding Bill to find out if he can go or not. On the other hand if I move directly to your step 2 I guess I'll just have to find a way of getting there...
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