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Reignwolf @ Newport Folk Festival It was nice to see a band bring a little bit of grime under the fingernails rock, a la Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, to the proceedings at Newport this year. I don't think it was a coincidence that before the show, the drummer came over to me and positively commented on the High On Fire shirt I was wearing. King Buzzo @ Brighton Music Hall Buzzo is well known as the leader of The Melvins, but he'd be flying solo for this tour... no band, no crushing Melvins songs via Crover et al pushing it through the audience. Nope, he was all on his own, with just a

Godflesh @ Royale I'd seen Justin Broadrick perform as Jesu as well as White Static Demon but nothing was close to the power of Godflesh. Streetcleaner has such an iconic cover and the music has the strength to back up the imagery. Spirit Caravan @ AS220 Last year The Obsessed played MDF and this year Wino brought Spirit Caravan to life. Can The Hidden Hand be next? This was a great gig but also a bit of a weird one... some sound troubles and occasional crowd action set both Wino and Henry off, with threats to kill the sound man and a final push of the drums into the crowd only offset

Rocket From The Crypt / Ex Hex @ Great Scott Great double bill...Mary Timony's most recent rock project was firing on all cylinders, while John Reis and the mighty horn section of RFTC played a frat party worth attending. Drive-by Truckers/Deer Tick @ Hampton Beach Casino Second time seeing the Truckers this year... first time was very good but I was a week out from tearing my knee to pieces so I didn't quite enjoy it as much, or get the shots I wanted to. Hampton Beach was a lot better. It also helped that they were touring on their strongest effort in years, English Oceans. I went w/

9 - Agalloch @ Great Scott Third time seeing Agalloch, and they are another band who I'll more than likely make the effort to see them if they are in town. Tours used to be pretty scarce, and when they played the unlikely location of Bucharest Romania in 2010, that seemed to open the window for touring. Maybe getting signed to the excellent Profound Lore label also helped, but they've been in town three times in the last five years and that's something I can get used to. With the trademark incense burning in cast iron kettles atop stumps, leader John Haughm whipped his hair into action and

.... I think I hit a snag in my plan, as any immediate posts made by me get added to the original post... so i will need to wait until someone else posts... maybe not! here's 5-8: 5 - Sleep @ House of Blues I've seen Sleep play about six times now though never w/ Hakius, and for once I didn't have to get on a plane to do it, or drive 5 hr into upstate NY, like the first time I saw them. This show also had the bonus having new material for the first time since they reformed, with "The Clarity" added to the set and sounding like a heavier OM. Pike was rocking the Goose Gossage 'stache, Cis

sorry for the onslaught of posts that will follow, but I think VC limits photos in posts to 4... don't say I didn't warn you. It's that time of year, where I take a few long strides backwards and cast a look over the last twelve months of live music. I will be the first to admit that I'm fortunate to get to see so many great shows, most of the time for no cost. However, I'd hesitate to say 'free,' as it's certainly a pretty big net loss when you factor in gas, mileage, occasional parking fees, etc just to get to the venue, never mind hitting the merch table after the show and one or two a

finally someone posts some bands whose members were born before 1980.

Greenleaf

I'll ask Brad where he found it.

totally. i got the sense that the entire city of West Memphis is creepy.

I watched Paradise Lost: Revelations and Paradise Lost: Purgatory last night. that was some heavy shit. i think i liked the first one the best...it certainly had the best access and footage. 2nd really didn't do it for me. i never thought Byers was a likely suspect. it kinda bugged me that there was very little time spent on the kids' alibis, but after reading some more about it, i guess they didn't really have good ones. i am not sure how the confession of a teenager w/ a low 70s IQ that's obtained after interview for ~12 hours w/o a lawyer and only 45 minutes is recorded is worth anyt

The Mummies

I've had it for months too but still haven't listened to it. the live show was immense... i can't imagine the recording living up to it. same thing happened w/ The Seer.

Not heard but seen... In episode 9 of The Affair, the oldest daughter has a Wilco poster in her bedroom. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

this is on my projected show list for 2015 so far (well, i forgot to put Solid Sound and Newport Folk Fest) The Devil Makes Three 1/10/2015 House of Blues Mayhem/Watain 1/11/2014 Royale Marilyn Manson 1/28/2015 House of Blues Billy Idol 1/31/2015 The Orpheum George Clinton 2/14/2015 House of Blues Swans 2/17/2014 Port City Helmet 2/19/2015 Brighton Music Hall Sturgill Simpson 2/20/2015 The Paradise Sleater-Kinney 2/22/2015 House of Blues Behemoth/Cannibal Corpse 2/27/2015 House of Blues The Church 3/1/2015 The Sinclair Yob/Enslaved 3/24/2014 The Sinclair Swervedriver 3/28/2015 The Sinclair B

Boards of Canada would be great, esp in the right room.

will these secrets be revealed in the next batch of Sony leaks?

i only saw three shows where I couldn't take photos, but they were all pretty great: Neutral Milk Hotel Television King Crimson

good call on PJ Harvey... i've only seen her once, w/ John Parish.

Elevator music. Torture chamber music. You must be a 60 year old deadhead.

you don't consider The Smiths or NIN to be rock acts?

not bad in what way? i wonder if the rest of the world rolls their collective eyes at the Hall of Fame in the same manner as baseball's "World Series."

i finally get to scratch Electric Wizard off my list next year. at this point there are not too many bands I haven't yet seen that i still would like to.... i am not gonna use this as a necrophilia exercise as I think we went over that already Savage Republic still plays sporadically, and even though Licher's not w/ them, i would still like to see them play at some point. Sir Admiral Cloudesley Shovell. they played the year I was at Roadburn but i didn't know anything about them, and 4 stages means you gotta pick your plan and stick with it. i hope they play the US at some point. Steel