Finally seeing Black Country, New Road live last night was incredible. I expected it to be great, but I wasn’t expecting to be so completely enraptured and moved by their performance. They’ve really carved out who they are now and you can feel it.
Missed the Bully show last week cause of Covid. Making it up a bit by finally seeing Jason Isbell this weekend. I have had tickets to see him a couple of times before, but couldn't get it to work out. Now it will for sure.
Advice? I have a job offer that pays more - but it’s part time and has no benefits except 6 weeks off for holidays (fall, winter, spring break - that are paid). To make more money I could work there and sub at my current job. At the same time, I have an offer where I am for a job as a lead teacher. All my benefits stay the same. But I make less money.
Moon River this weekend! And secured a ticket for Jack White’s acoustic show next Saturday! And unrelated ish, headed to the Nationals v Braves game the next week. September is niiice.
It’s crazy that Win Butler’s response to the Pitchfork article was “hey I can give you a list of all these other women I had consensual sex with” What.
Fleet Foxes put on an absolutely phenomenal show last night, stacked with old favorites and some of the best new songs. The venue itself was not my thing, honestly, and all the rain we sat in during the first 40 mins was bleh. But hearing dead silence as Robin sang "Blue Spotted Tail" as crickets chirped in the background? Very special.
Faye Webster and Haim tomorrow?! Maybe? I heard they cancelled tonight’s show because of a positive Covid case, but they haven’t cancelled tomorrow yet… just waiting to see…
ok, got the new Animal Collective on vinyl today (the 45 rpm one)...and it's an incredible listen. It's like the proper follow-up to Feels, but with a lot of dubby grooves.
I have tickets for Caroline Polachek in like a week. Locally we’re still doing horrible with Covid. But I do have N95s and I’m triple vaxxed sooo…I’m good? I sold my Jason Isbell ticket at the top of the year cause things were so bad.
I haven't listened to an album leak in...like 9 years? But I had to for the new Black Country, New Road. And good god it was worth it. I haven't been this captivated by an album in quite a while. It's an incredible piece of work.
That Phish box set looks like an incredible place to start for me (a person who has a mixed history with the band but wants to try to like them). However, it's $500 for a gamble like that. Soooo, can anyone point me in the direction of a quintessential Phish show for someone who hasn't always loved what he's heard, but enjoys jam band music?