Oh My Rockness Finds You Indie Shows + Beat Radio Review
Have you ever just really wanted to go out and catch an indie show but you never knew where to look? Be not so fearful because now I've found Oh My Rockness an indie rock show aggregator of sorts. You're out of luck if you are looking for shows in places other than New York or Chicago but honestly does anything happen anywhere else in the world? They have a running list of shows from now until the end of the year when Clap Your Hands Say Yeah are expecting people to pay 42 bucks to see them at the Hammerstein Ballroom. I like CYHSY but 42 bucks, c'mon! They have less than 20 songs last I checked out one of their live sets. They cover all the CMJ shows with The Shins, Tapes N Tapes, Ben Lee, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, Deerhoof, Ben Lee, and the Little Ones to name a few. I'd love to catch Beck this week but the tickets are a little steep for my unemployed budget.
Next time you want to catch a high-profile indie band or a no-profile indie band you can find it there, they even listed the beat radio, cassettes won't listen, soft lights show I saw last night at Union Hall.
Honestly, I went to the show last night just to see beat radio but the other bands were a decent bonus. A year ago I was sitting in a cabin in Maine getting drunk with my college buddies listening to the 3hive podcast and a song came on that sounded old and familiar but to us it was brand new. The demo version of treetops became a weekend favorite as the lyrics and melodies quickly penetrated our minds and we found ourselves craving the song and humming the chorus. During the next few months I would sing treetops but I would always mix up the chorus. I'd say "I'm sending you letters, I'm writing you flowers" and my girlfriend would laugh at me because that makes no sense. I still haven't mastered any songs lyrics but treetops has taken on a whole new meaning. To it's core it's a long distance love song. Over the past year the song has eerily paralleled my own life. I won't go into too much detail but the lyrics hit a chord with everything that has happened to me from September to September. I first heard the song a year ago and now I found myself finally going to see beat radio live.
We had buckwheat pizza at a friends place before making our way over to Union Hall around 8:30. I didn't think beat radio would be playing first but lo and behold they were on stage as we paid our 8 dollar cover charge and got our hands stamped with an indecipherable red blotch. Within seconds of us getting there they started playing the opening notes of elegy. There weren't too many people there but they definitely had a lot of love for beat radio. One guy kept yelling out "beat radio" and while Brian plugged their new album for free on their website someone yelled out how awesome it is(that may have been me). Every song sounded fantastic with a brilliant energy that isn't quite the same as the album. I think Jim Mansfield was on drums and his improv'd fills definitely gave each song a live feeling that made the crowd dance while providing structure for brian's poetic lyrics and melodies. Phil Jimenez is a jack of all trades playing guitar, keys, and even tambourine. My friends commented on how he looked like a bono wannabe but I won't hold that against him because his song BB Shooting from his outfit Easy Anthems is terrific. Brian didn't miss a beat during their short set as he constantly stared out into the crowd looking for someone to connect with. He was pretty much the director of the outfit as they closed with fearful he led them into an energetic ending that left the people of Union Hall wanting more beat radio. Don't worry Brian your time will come. More people will hear, and more people will come. If no one else is there, I'll at least try and bring some friends.
You can see beat radio next at:
Tuesday, Oct 24 2006 8:00P
Cross Pollination at Pianos New York, NY
w/ James Apollo
I think the setlist from last night looked something like this:
elegy
another loveless anthem
mexico
everything is temporary
treetops
ancient as the stars
fearful
Next time you want to catch a high-profile indie band or a no-profile indie band you can find it there, they even listed the beat radio, cassettes won't listen, soft lights show I saw last night at Union Hall.
Honestly, I went to the show last night just to see beat radio but the other bands were a decent bonus. A year ago I was sitting in a cabin in Maine getting drunk with my college buddies listening to the 3hive podcast and a song came on that sounded old and familiar but to us it was brand new. The demo version of treetops became a weekend favorite as the lyrics and melodies quickly penetrated our minds and we found ourselves craving the song and humming the chorus. During the next few months I would sing treetops but I would always mix up the chorus. I'd say "I'm sending you letters, I'm writing you flowers" and my girlfriend would laugh at me because that makes no sense. I still haven't mastered any songs lyrics but treetops has taken on a whole new meaning. To it's core it's a long distance love song. Over the past year the song has eerily paralleled my own life. I won't go into too much detail but the lyrics hit a chord with everything that has happened to me from September to September. I first heard the song a year ago and now I found myself finally going to see beat radio live.
We had buckwheat pizza at a friends place before making our way over to Union Hall around 8:30. I didn't think beat radio would be playing first but lo and behold they were on stage as we paid our 8 dollar cover charge and got our hands stamped with an indecipherable red blotch. Within seconds of us getting there they started playing the opening notes of elegy. There weren't too many people there but they definitely had a lot of love for beat radio. One guy kept yelling out "beat radio" and while Brian plugged their new album for free on their website someone yelled out how awesome it is(that may have been me). Every song sounded fantastic with a brilliant energy that isn't quite the same as the album. I think Jim Mansfield was on drums and his improv'd fills definitely gave each song a live feeling that made the crowd dance while providing structure for brian's poetic lyrics and melodies. Phil Jimenez is a jack of all trades playing guitar, keys, and even tambourine. My friends commented on how he looked like a bono wannabe but I won't hold that against him because his song BB Shooting from his outfit Easy Anthems is terrific. Brian didn't miss a beat during their short set as he constantly stared out into the crowd looking for someone to connect with. He was pretty much the director of the outfit as they closed with fearful he led them into an energetic ending that left the people of Union Hall wanting more beat radio. Don't worry Brian your time will come. More people will hear, and more people will come. If no one else is there, I'll at least try and bring some friends.
You can see beat radio next at:
Tuesday, Oct 24 2006 8:00P
Cross Pollination at Pianos New York, NY
w/ James Apollo
I think the setlist from last night looked something like this:
elegy
another loveless anthem
mexico
everything is temporary
treetops
ancient as the stars
fearful
posted by Magomra at 9:52 AM
1 Comments:
that was a great review of the beat radio show. i am finding myself drawn into their music more and more, and if they ever come to philly, i'll be the first in line to see them.
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