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Band of Horses at the Pool, Another Great Show
It’s getting a bit repetitive. Every week it seems like we rave and rave about how impressive the Pool Party was. This week brought Band of Horses back to New York for a big free happy show, alongside last year's premiere blog buzz band, Annuals. While there were few complaints about last Sunday, Jelly's got themselves quite the tall order coming up this week. TV on the Radio will perform, and there is a complicated RSVP/Line system to ensure you'll maybe have a chance to get in. At some point. Maybe. We can't figure it out, so just show up early either way and prepare to bitch about it in the comments on Monday.
(pic via Ear Farm)
Hanson, Still Ear-Splittingly Popular
Perhaps deemed by many as a decade old one-hit wonder, the band has been going strong long since MmmBop left the airwaves. There is a large and extremely dedicated following for them, and they came out in their high pitched droves on Wednesday night at Webster Hall to celebrate the release of their new album, The Walk. The boys played a 2 hour set consisting of jams off all 7 of their records (No This Time Around though! One of only two Hanson songs we knew going into the show!) For what they are, there is no doubt that these fellas know how to put on an incredible show that could not have left a single fan in attendance disappointed. Color us extremely impressed. (And, in case you missed it, check our interview with all growns-up Taylor from earlier in the week.)
Grinderman Nearly Upstages The Stripes
Yes yes, everyone is talking about how great/not so great it was that The White Stripes played the big stage at MSG this week, but what has gotten pushed somewhat under the radar was the mighty impressive opening set by Grinderman. The US debut of this deep, sinister band is fronted by Nick Cave and backed by three graying, bearded guys who looked like they just crawled out of a swamp. Not that we didn't love the Stripes set, but we left that night wanting more Grinderman. Not even sure if this video really does them justice, as being in their presence is an entirely different experience altogether, but here they are performing their soon-to-be hit single, "No Pussy Blues."
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Seriously, you thought Grinderman was good?
I am a huge Nick Cave fan and by the end even I was booing. I think calling the performance horrible would be a gracious complement.
Even Nick Cave was making fun of himself saying that he could tell his kids he fell on his ass at MSG.
The whole problem of for JellyNYC coordinating the free shows stems from the idea of the RSVP.
They need to stop it immediately.
The only policy they can/should us is the law of:
First Come First Serve
If the show fills up then they can have a one in one out line.
End of discussion.
The have opened themselves up to all sorts of issues just because they are trying to cater to specific people. Also an internet only rsvp is Discriminatory towards people without access to technology.
Grinderman = worst Doors cover band ever.
One of those bearded gentleman is Warren Ellis from Dirty Three a.k.a. the greatest violinist/fiddle player in the world. Would love to see another Dirty Three album soon!
Doors cover band? Oh, right, of course, two baritone -voiced frontmen and a shared sense of drama must mean one's aping the other. Nice job!
Your comment = laziest hack comparison ever. Scrape the turds out of your ears.
Hanson still rules!
What exactly made Grinderman good? Could you go to the trouble of trying to explain? It certainly wasn't lyrics, music or showmanship, and to say that they almost upstaged the Stripes (without even bothering with a cursory explanation of why this might be the case) is hackery at its worst. I can get into almost anything, but Grinderman was kind of a disaster. Maybe there's a nostalgia appeal that I missed. Since the original post couldn't bother to explain or describe anything, I guess I'll never know.