Lotus played to a sold-out Independent on Saturday night and arguably played the best two sets I’ve ever seen them deliver. The energy in the room was solid. Check out my photos from the show:
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Sorry for the absence of this here column last week; I got hit with an acute case of tonsillitis which definitely killed my Monday pretty badly. Felt like I was swallowing razorblades….but the good news is that it got me to the doctor to get some killer horse-pills to clear my junk up, so I ended up catching a few good live shows last week when all was said and done. More on that to come, but for now let’s dive into the cool music coming through San Francisco this week that you all should be paying attention to. READ MORE
Our friend Nick Irving went to the Lotus show on Saturday night at Terminal 5 and shot the hell out of it. The band returns to the road on Oct. 20th in New Haven, CT and play a month worth of shows across the country as deep fall and winter start to set in, including a two-night stand here in San Francisco. Sweet.
Check out Nick’s photo gallery from the NYC show below… >>>
Wilco @ Jazz Fest 2011 - photo by Justin Ward
As fall comes into full swing this week, we’re getting a really nice mix of interesting shows in NYC with some especially noteworthy bands in the indie rock and folk realms. Starting with the more eccentric artists, there’s tUnE-YaRds @ Le Poisson Rouge (tonight), Cymbals Eat Guitars @ Music Hall of Williamsburg (Wed), the triumphant return of the Rapture @ Webster Hall (Thurs), and Superhuman Happiness doing two nights at Zebulon in Williamsburg (Fri-Sat). For something eclectic but a bit more folk-oriented, there’s lots to choose from, including Beirut @ T5 (Thurs), Wilco @ Central Park (Thurs-Fri), Fleet Foxes @ the Williamsburg Waterfront (Sat), and Megafaun @ Mercury Lounge (Sat-Sun). If the Indie Folk thing’s not your bag, there’s also plenty of dance-oriented jams with Lotus playing T5 and the return of Particle at Brooklyn Bowl (both Saturday). >>>
Outside Lands Music Festival began yesterday and I caught a seriously wicked day of music and definitely enjoyed myself out there; front to back I was able to catch Lotus, The Meters, MGMT, and Phish all with great sight lines, plenty of friendly connections and some free beer courtesy of the media tent. Day one spoiled me completely.
Here’s a bunch of my quick shots and cell phone photos from yesterday; I’m heading back out there now and plan to recap the whole weekend once I’m on a flight to Chicago for the three-night Phish run at UIC Pavilion… >>>
Who wants some more Couch Tour?
Summer Camp kicks off today in Central Illinois and iClips will broadcasting a bunch of sets from the festival starting tomorrow as part of its “Seeing is Believing” Couch Tour. They’ll show sets by festival mainstays moe. and Umphrey’s McGee, along with Keller Williams, Lotus, STS9, Widespread Panic and a bunch of others.
Read on for the full Summer Camp webcast schedule. READ MORE
Brothers Past | Photo by whitperson
Justin and I have talked about doing an “upcoming shows” list like this for a while. Rather than continuing to just talk about doing it, I figured why the hell not just start posting something and worry about all the details at a later date. So, here you go.
This week’s must-see shows in NYC:
WED 2/2
Best Coast & Wavves w/ No Joy @ Webster Hall
(two of 2010′s hottest indie rock darlings on tour together)
Carolina Chocolate Drops @ The Allen Room
(rootsy, old-timey goodness; for the NPR set)
Holy Ghost! @ Mercury Lounge
(for the groove-minded)
THURS 2/3
Best Coast & Wavves w/ No Joy @ Music Hall Of Williamsburg
(same as above, but this time @ Brooklyn’s hipster mecca)
Ozomatli @ Irving Plaza
Lotus, D.V.S* @ Mercury Lounge
(for the groove-minded w/ a jammy twist)
FRIDAY 2/4
Chromeo, The Suzan, MNDR @ Terminal 5
Freaks Ball XI featuring….El Ten Eleven, Some Cat from Japan, Wolf! @ Brooklyn Bowl
(a little eclectic, a little electronic; read more about the Freaks Ball over at HT)
Lotus w/ D.V.S* @ Mercury Lounge
(for the groove-minded w/ a jammy twist)
Tapes ‘n Tapes @ Music Hall Of Williamsburg
(something more for the indie kids)
SATURDAY 2/5
Brothers Past @ Music Hall Of Williamsburg
(for the groove-minded w/ an eye towards songcraft; I’ll definitely be at this one, so swing & buy me a $7 Music Hall beer…or just say hi)
Girl Talk w/ Penguin Prison @ The Wellmont Theatre Montclair, NJ
(the mash-up master returns w/ a bigger show/production)
Lotus w/ Daedelus, Tobacco @ Terminal 5
(Lotus’s bigger NYC show w/ some help from a NinjaTune powerhouse)
SUNDAY 2/6
Neko Case, Lost in the Trees @ The Bell House
(the angelic female voice from the New Pornos doing her solo thing)
