Bearded Gentlemen Music
Concert Reviews
Dirty Projectors / Delicate Steve / Ryan Power – 4/18/2013, Higher Ground, Burlington VT
I’ve been listening to the entire Yo La Tengo discography, and while working through their mid-80s records like Ride the Tiger and New Wave Hot Dogs, I got to thinking about the shift I made in musical tastes during that decade. Right about 1986, my listening inclinations began to change amidst the full onslaught of … Continue reading
Tera Melos / TTNG @ The Garrison TO, ON 04/28/13
Performance art, especially in big cities like Toronto is everywhere; there is a strong chance that if you were placed anywhere in the city randomly, you could find some type of art, music or performance within 5 minutes walking. On April 28th. I strolled down to The Garrison to see a couple of the most … Continue reading
Clutch @ The Depot 03/19/13 Salt Lake City, UT
There’s not a whole lot I can say about Clutch… except that they are freaking awesome! I have followed the band fairly closely throughout their existence and always paid attention when they released a new album, but for some reason or another I never had gotten around to seeing them live. I’m not quite sure … Continue reading
Junius / Silver Snakes / Night Verses @ The Shred Shed SLC, UT 03/10/13
I had been waiting to see Junius for over a year now, so I was thrilled to see that they were hitting up Salt Lake City and playing The Shred Shed which is easily one of the best all ages venues in the city and to top it all off the band was nice enough … Continue reading
Coachella 2013 Preview
‘Tis the season for music festivals and the summer begins with one of North America’s most predominant, the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in beautiful Indio, California. While thousands around the world are preparing to make their trek to the California desert for this upcoming weekend, I am gearing up for Weekend #2- my … Continue reading
Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside @ Urban Lounge, Salt Lake City, UT 03/09/13
I’m not one to celebrate random national [blank] days except for Pi Day, which calls for pie, but I was happy to observe International Women’s Day (well weekend in this case) with Ms. Sallie Ford. Let’s rewind. I had the pleasure of discovering her last year when she opened for Deer Tick at Urban Lounge. … Continue reading
Coheed and Cambria / BTBAM / Russian Circles @ The Great Saltair, Salt Lake City, UT (02/15/13)
Sometimes there are shows that are scheduled where you look at the line up and you just know for a fact that it’s going to be amazing before you even show up. Well, the Coheed and Cambria, Between The Buried and Me, and Russian Circles was definitely one of these shows. The day started off great, because we … Continue reading
Wild Adriatic / Mirk @ Bayou Café, Albany NY (2/15/13)
Disclaimer: this post represents a shameless promo for some cool bands local to my current residence, so please don’t expect the kind of hard biting criticism that customarily adorns the pages of this prestigious and serious blog. Having lived in close proximity to the capital of the great state of New York for almost three … Continue reading
Passion Pit / Matt & Kim @ RPI Fieldhouse, Troy NY (2/11/13)
Troy, New York – the birthplace of Uncle Sam and the historical center of Dutch, New Netherlands. I had never been on the campus of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy before, but the place is hotbed for collegiate ice hockey (apparently RPI has a top-notch program). I had also never seen a concert in a … Continue reading
Yamantaka // Sonic Titan @ Zaphod Beeblebrox, January 12th, Fucked Up @ Ritual Nightclub January 13th Ottawa, Canada
As I write this, it is currently 10:30 pm on Sunday night and I still can’t move or hear anything properly. This weekend, something extremely rare happened: some good bands actually came to Ottawa. While usually I’m lucky if I can catch one or two good shows in the span of a year in this … Continue reading
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