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i am rather shocked that Yo La Tengo is not playing Boston this tour. 

i finally spent some quality time w/ the record, and streamed it back to back today. easily their best record since i would say Wilco (The Album), maybe even SBS. "Mystery Binds" might be my favorite of the album.

Still a good live band too!

great show last night with Jon Spencer and the HITmakers, Minibeast and Muck and the Mires.

Though I have a Blog section of my website, I ever hardly use it. But I got around to collecting every review I wrote from last year, with a lead photo accompanying it... so if you want to browse through the 55 shows and festivals I wrote about, dig in!

https://www.tinnitus-photography.com/blog/2023/1/2022-recap


(i am still collecting my favorite images from 2022, as there were plenty of shows I shot that I didn't also review)

Spacemen 3 - Playing With Fire

On 12/28/2022 at 1:35 PM, Chez said:

The Waco Brothers tonight.  I was supposed to see Guided By Voices last night, but Bob fractured his knee and all four sold-out Chicago shows were cancelled.

did you go to Split Single? i was there! i also caught the 2nd Dehd show at Empty Bottle, and the Arrivals and The Brokedowns at Reggie's on NYE. I loved that club, and the next door bar was really great too. Empty Bottle was a fantastic venue as well! i dug Chicago a lot. 

Looks like Om will release their first record in a decade.

Budos Band

King Buffalo and a couple of local bands. tough call to miss the Oneida/Martin Bisi/Thalia Zedek show.

last night I saw High On Fire and Municipal Waste tear it up in some biker bar in Hampton Beach NH. shit ruled. too bad HoF got on so late i had to bail halfway through their set.

On 11/23/2022 at 2:26 PM, remphish1 said:

Yeah I agree nothing there but suede were great did you like them?

Suede were great, Brett really brought the fire.

maybe i missed it but given the late date and lack of annonucement, i guess SBS 2023 is a no-go? didn't they have a three year contract? 

On 11/22/2022 at 11:13 AM, remphish1 said:

I really enjoyed Suede but the Preachers didn’t do anything for me. Let me know your thoughts after the show. 

MSP were the worst band i've seen in quite some time. mindlessly dull. a total knack for writing horrible melody lines.

seeing that tour tonight.

yeah it was really good. Yorke in prime spasmodic mode and he played a ton of bass too. 

just back from The Smile.

i just looked at the bands and overlaps at the 2008 ATP that Low played and i am at peace with my decision to skip them and see the Polvo set instead.

a couple spring to mind:

Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse was 20+ years after their debut.

Mogwai - As The Love Continues (24 years after the debut)

This bends the rules a bit but Sleep released The Sciences 27 years after their first record and i think it might be their best.

 

Low are one of those bands that i really wished i'd paid more attention to when i could. they had a rare thing going on. 

i think that certain bands might be forced into just regional touring, short runs. driving a van across the country to make $75 a night and split it 4-5 ways just ain't a way to live.

this is a good piece:

https://jukeboxgraduate.letterdrop.com/c/always-go-to-the-show-is-now-meaningless

this will be my 4th time i think... always an entertaining show, though they pull a strange crowd. 

Ween

finally got a chance to delve into the box... wow this is a pretty eye-opening release. hearing the evolution of the songs is really cool, and i gotta say the recording quality and pressing quality is superb. not sure if the silver sounds as good but i am not second guessing my decision to go w/ the black vinyl pressing.