We've got quite a backlog of CDs we've never gotten around to, so we're going to try to chip away at the pile with this regular feature. The plan: to take four or five at a time and play each CD for as long as I can stand it.The Jones' (Dallas)down in my dreamsFrat-friendly acoustic Americana. The Jones' is the kind of band that uses an acoustic bass; not a stand-up, but a guitar-shaped bass--rarely a good sign. Perhaps that's a nod to one obvious inspiration, The Old 97's. The Jones' have a s
Just as it did last Wednesday and the Wednesday before that, national booking/concert promotions conglomerate Live Nation is back today with another "No Servive Fee Wednesday" promotion, this time removing all service fee charges on its 4-Pack ticket bundles, which allow ticket-buyers to save 17 percent on their ticket total when they buy four at a time, and essentially bringing that 17 percent discount up to 40 percent until the calendar turns to Thursday tonight at 12:01 a.m. The discount, of
Mutemath, As Tall As LionsPalladium BallroomOctober 29, 2009Better than: Watching Spinal Tap's Experimental Jazz Odyssey... well, almost better.It was clear that when Mutemath started its set that it would be playing new songs--lots of 'em. And it was clear that the band was going to have to work hard to win over a capacity crowd that was mostly excited to hear its older stuff. To their credit, the band members used every trick in the book--from the sing-along of "Noticed" and instrument swap
