Fri 18 Apr – RJD2, Dälek, Happy Chichester

Another great show that I almost missed out on, thanks to Saul Williams being sold out.

Happy Chichester - Never heard of this guy & didn't know what to expect, but definitely was impressed. Not many artists out there can combine acoustic guitar, beatboxing, and keyboarding all in one set. I especially liked when he looped beatboxed drums and added melodies and vocals over them. And what was up with his vocal didgeridoo?? Dope.

Dälek - I'd heard his name before, but never heard any of his stuff. I remember the beats being very loud and not hearing his vocals. It sounded like it would sound good through my home speakers (I'll take Mike's word for it). I'll have to check him out. His DJ was definitely into the set as well. Dälek's stage presence was pretty tough tho. I felt like he was going to come down & jack me, lol.

RJD2 - As fans of his music we were praying the whole set wouldn't consist of The 3rd Hand stuff. Luckily our prayers came thru as his set was a nice mix of live instrumentation, djing, and singing. Definitely one of the best shows I've seen. He started the set out right with 1976. The live instruments fit nicely over his djed songs and sounded exactly as they should - but with a little live-show switchin' it up. I was also impressed with his ability to play damn near every instrument on stage with his band (which included Happy). And with some of the stuff that wouldn't have sounded good completely live, he played the drum pads on the MPC. And the vocal samples from the instrumental stuff, they sang! Oh and lets not forget him putting on the Mario character glove and playing out some sounds from Mario 1. And you can tell he's a Mario fan as his band ended the set with a live rendition of the 1st level of Mario 1. And the 3rd Hand stuff sounded very good live...I was really hatin, now I need to go back and listen to it. My only complaint: His version of June wasn't that long :-(

Fri 11 Apr – RJD2, Dälek, Happy Chichester

Going into this concert, I had only heard RJD2's first album (the phenomenal Deadringer) and had not heard anything from or about the opening acts, Happy Chichester and Dälek, so it was a bit of a crapshoot. Nevertheless, I was excited to

I got to the theater a bit late and only caught the tail-end of the first opening act, Happy Chichester. From what I saw, he was pretty decent - he played the guitar, harmonica, and sang. He would show up again later as part of RJD2's band.

Next up, Dälek. Their set was and interesting one, to say the least. The duo comprised the traditional hip-hop setup: a DJ and an MC. Their sound, however, was anything but traditional. The majority of Dälek's set was obscenely loud distortion laid over a drum beat, with the MC occasionally jumping in to spit something indecipherable. Some of the crowd tried to make the best out of it, but for the most part it wasn't going over well. Fortunately, it was over fairly quickly.

Finally, RJD2 took the stage and started his set with 1976. Instantly, much of the crowd was instantly energized. I sure as hell was because I'm downright sucker for horns. He continued on with his DJ set for a while with stock movie footage playing in the background. He was later joined by other members of his band, most of whom were multi-instrumentalists. RJD2 and his band switched among instruments almost seamlessly - guitar, bass, keyboard, turntable, drums. I was impressed at the diversity of the set, and how well everything was done.

All in all, a great show. I would definitely see this gentleman if he comes to town again.

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06.11.2008

1. Devendra Banhart - Tonada Yanomaninista
2. The National - Blank Slate
3. Ween - Blue Balloon
4. Blood on the Wall - Hibernation
5. The Black Keys - Remember When (Side B)
6. Wolf Parade - Call It a Ritual
7. Brendan Canning - Love Is New
8. A Band of Bees - (This Is For The) Better Days
9. Jason Collett - Roll On Oblivion
10. Vampire Weekend - I Stand Corrected
11. British Sea Power - Down On The Ground
12. Ambulance LTD - New English
13. Weezer - Automatic
14. Muse - Map of the Problematique (Live)
15. Gogol Bordello - Dub The Frequencies Of Love
16. Man Man - Mister Jung Stuffed
17. The Polyphonic Spree - Mental Cabaret
18. Yeasayer - 2080
19. Elbow - Grounds for Divorce
20. Bell Orchestre - Throw It on a Fire
21. Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal
22. The Black Angels - You on the Run
23. Black Kids - I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You
24. Carbon/Silicon - Why do Men Fight?
25. The Accidental - Wolves
26. The M's - Don't Be Late
27. Mount Eerie - Blue Light on the Floor
28. Wildbirds & Peacedrums - The Ones That Should Save Me Get Me Down
29. Yo La Tengo - The Room Got Heavy
30. The Octopus Project + Black Moth Super Rainbow - All the Friends You Can Eat

Bed Music:
Blues Explosion - Rivals
The Books - That Right Ain't Shit
The Books - Classy Penguin

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05.14.2008

1. Nine Inch Nails - Discipline
2. My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges
3. Local H - Bound For The Floor
4. G. Love & Special Sauce - Baby's Got Sauce
5. Cake - I Will Survive
6. Weezer - Pork and Beans
7. Jason Collett - Out Of Time
8. Stone Temple Pilots - Art School Girl
9. The Smashing Pumpkins - Cherub Rock
10. Blind Melon - Tones of Home
11. Wolf Parade - California Dreamer
12. The Black Keys - Same Old Thing
13. Brendan Canning - Hit The Wall
14. Porno for Pyros - Hard Charger
15. Bad Religion - I Want to Conquer the World
16. Butthole Surfers - Who Was in My Room Last Night?
17. Queens of the Stone Age - Turning on the Screw
18. Man Man - Top Drawer
19. Primus - Tommy the Cat
20. The Black Angels - Doves
21. What Made Milwaukee Famous - For the Birds
22. Blur - Beetlebum
23. Pixies - Wave of Mutilation
24. Temple of the Dog - Say Hello 2 Heaven
25. Battles - Atlas

Bed Music:
RJD2 - 1976
Sublime - Doin' Time (Tricked Out Life Sentence Remix) (DJ Spooky Remix)

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04.30.2008

1. Jason Collett - Charlyn, Angel of Kensington
2. Iron & Wine - Innocent Bones
3. Sonic Youth - Unmade Bed
4. Billy Bragg & Wilco - California Stars
5. Loose Fur - The Ruling Class
6. Weezer - Pork and Beans
7. Man Man - Top Drawer
8. LCD Soundsystem - Big Ideas
9. Wolf Parade - Call It a Ritual
10. My Morning Jacket - Touch Me I'm Going To Scream Pt. 2
11. The Black Keys - Keep Your Hands Off Her (Junior Kimbrough Cover)
12. Radio Moscow - Frustrating Sound
13. Yo La Tengo - You Can Have It All
14. Colin Meloy - We Both Go Down Together (Live, Acoustic)
15. Silver Jews - Aloyisius, Bluegrass Drummer
16. Tapes 'n Tapes - Conquest
17. The Olivia Tremor Control - A Sunshine Fix
18. Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin - Think I Wanna Die
19. Beachwood Sparks - Sister Rose
20. The Helio Sequence - Can't Say No
21. Tokyo Police Club - Your English Is Good
22. Fleet Foxes - Mykonos
23. Band of Horses - The Funeral
24. Castanets - Westbound, Blue
25. Spoon - You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb (Get Nice! EP Version)
26. Red House Painters - Byrd Joel
27. Echo & the Bunnymen - People Are Strange (The Doors Cover)
28. Meho Plaza - The Beach
29. Kinski - Plan, Steal, Drive

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04.02.2008

1. Minus the Bear - I Lost All My Money at the Cock Fights
2. Broken Social Scene - Major Label Debut (fast)
3. Modest Mouse - The Good Times Are Killing Me (Live)
4. Broken Social Scene Presents: Kevin Drew - Safety Bricks
5. The Appleseed Cast - Forever Longing the Golden Sunsets
6. The National - Lit Up
7. Sonic Youth - Sleepin' Around
8. Pavement - Cut Your Hair
9. Spoon - Merchants of Soul
10. The Black Keys - Psychotic Girl
11. Yonder Mountain String Band - New Horizons
12. The Shins Bluegrass Tribute - New Slang
13. State Radio - Black Cab Motorcade
14. Blind Melon - Toes Across the Floor
15. The Mars Volta - Televators
16. MGMT - Kids
17. Tokyo Police Club - Tessellate
18. Wildbirds & Peacedrums - Doubt/Hope
19. Beirut - Nantes
20. The Snake the Cross the Crown - Empires
21. Grüvis Malt - Scene 2: Joe Returns From The Front
22. White Rabbits - The Plot
23. Coconut Records - West Coast
24. My Morning Jacket - Steam Engine (Live)
25. Great Lake Swimmers - Various Stages (Live)
26. Vampire Weekend - Mansard Roof

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03.19.2008

1. The Disco Biscuits - Munchkin Invasion
2. The Disco Biscuits - I-Man
3. Sound Tribe Sector 9 - Be Nice
4. Sound Tribe Sector 9 - 1103
5. Sound Tribe Sector 9 - Tooth
6. U-Melt - Elysian Fields
7. Umphrey's McGee - The Triple Wide
8. The New Deal - Untitled Jam
9. Keller Williams - Ninja of Love
10. Lotus - Tip Of The Tongue
11. Lotus - Wax

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03.05.2008

1. Broken Social Scene - Windsurfing Nation
2. The Dismemberment Plan - The Face of the Earth
3. The Stills - Destroyer
4. Sufjan Stevens - Jacksonville
5. My Morning Jacket - The Way That He Sings
6. A Band of Bees - Chicken Payback
7. The Black Keys - Strange Times
8. John Frusciante - Dissolve (happy 38th birthday)
9. Dinosaur Jr. - Pick Me Up
10. Neutral Milk Hotel - Holland, 1945
11. Spoon - I Turn My Camera On
12. Bob Dylan - Maggie's Farm (Live at Newport Folk Festival, Rhode Island 1965)
13. Pink Floyd - Pigs (Three Different Ones)
14. The Clash - The Guns of Brixton
15. Wilco - I'm the Man Who Loves You
16. Tapes 'n Tapes - Hang Them All
17. White Flight - Now

(additional 45 mins. of material picked out by my guest featuring peter gabriel, genesis, curved air and other prog rock bands)

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02.20.2008

1. Vampire Weekend - A-Punk
2. MGMT - Time to Pretend
3. Tapes 'n Tapes - Hang Them All
4. The Dirtbombs - Wreck My Flow
5. Blood on the Wall - Rize
6. Weezer -