Ghostland Observatory Pitchfork gave these guys like a 1.7 a while back, and while yrs truly is not a P-fork acolyte, methinks they nailed it on the head. Actually, methinks they should have nailed it on the head a little more, down to maybe like a point-oh-eight. Ever hear the phrase “there’s no there there”? Two dudes. One plays horribly banal Casiotone beats. Other dude wears tight pants, dances around a lot, sings like Ian Astbury with his nuts in a vice. It’s oh-so-eighties, as played by people who never had to live much through that decade. Save your money. Donate to Hospice. Take the old lady or old man out to dinner. Talk about something with substance. Still wanna dance? Throw on an old Stevie Wonder record. Drink a master cylinder or two. Feel shit. As the Dillinger Escape Plan/Mike Patton e.p. memorably put it, irony is a dead scene. Neighborhood Theatre (Davis)
Jason Ricci & the New Blood An openly gay front man, laden with a goth getup, may not be the norm in the scruff and macho world of the blues, but Ricci can hang with the best. Ricci is a harmonica player, oft making his harp sound like a lead guitar, backed by a crew of top musicians where the blues are subtly infused with funk, rock, and world music. The band is a blues and jam machine reportedly touring most of the year for the past several years playing blues ballads to roadhouse barn burners. Double Door Inn (Shukla)
This article appears in Dec 8-14, 2009.
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