Coming up in just a couple of weeks on October 7th at Irving Plaza, I'll be checking out Every Time I Die on their co-headlining run with Bring Me The Horizon. With their face-melting, seizure inducing new album New Junk Aesthetic kicking all sorts of ass, I couldn't be more excited. Hopefully I'll be able to throw a few questions at someone in the band about the album and what their thoughts are on the scene right now, so check back post-show for, at the very least, a run down of their notorious shenanigans.
Click the picture (courtesy of Kelly Duncan, taken at their headlining show in Quakertown, PA on June 26, 2009) to check out their MySpace and tour dates.
This October brings Rock Gods Clutch back to NYC in support of their latest release, Strange Cousins From The West, on both October 9th and 10th at The Fillmore at Irving Plaza. We're going to be attending the October 10th show, which is also the last show of the tour, and will be doing what we can to bring you some great pictures and maybe even some footage to offer up. I personally couldn't be more excited, since I haven't seen them in something like 8 years.
There are a few more incredibly righteous shows coming through in the next few months, including Every Time I Die, Thursday - who are playing Full Collapse in it's entirety - and Minus The Bear.
They're all great bands with fantastic live shows, and as we're able, we'll be bringing you photos and footage for these as well.
In the meantime, check out some videos from Clutch - but grab a tarp and some paper towels to clean up your blown mind...
It should be fairly obvious by now, but I love this band. For a while, I was obsessed. Not going to lie about it. Their first full-length was a thing of weird beauty. Like a 3-legged supermodel or something. Their new one is even stranger, but ultimately more indicative of what their live show unleashes. That might freak some of you out, that might intrigue some of you. As mentioned in the album review, listen to “Mailman” or “Biscuits and Groovy.” If you like those songs, you pass the test.
Last nite’s show at Death City posed a bit of a challenge for the boys in Dr Manhattan - Vocalist and Guitarist Matt Engers, Keyboardist, Vocalist, and Percussionist Andrew Morrison, Bassist and Vocalist Adam Engers, Drummer and Vocalist Marc Esse, and Guitarist Matt Parrish. Their mustachioed bass player Adam was having a tough time dealing with the conditions of the basement, so he was forced to actually play in the backyard, listening through the storm door (We have some photographic documentation to show how awesome this actually turned out to be. It was like 2 shows in one).
This was my first time seeing the band with the addition of their second guitar player (Matt) and new drummer (Marc), so there was a lot to take in. Both new members fit in quite well, and really, there was no discernible difference in the quality or intensity of the music compared to previous shows. Not that I expected there to be, but, really, you never know…
A basement feels like the most natural place to see a band like Dr Manhattan. They seem to thrive on the heat - the sweaty, grungy closeness of everything and everyone. Their show is designed to encourage audience participation, and the occasional bassist hurling himself and his instrument is a normal thing, and all the more comical because of it. The fact that he was upstairs and outside was bizarre in the best way. Even better was having little mini conversations in between songs, and hearing the band shout up to him for one thing or another. There was something so odd about the whole situation that made the evening more interesting. Some friends of theirs (including tour mates Truman & His Trophy) were in the audience taking pictures and occasionally stealing the microphone. But it made sense. It felt like what should be happening while they were playing.
The new jams fit in well with the old ones, and actually play a little bit better than some of the stuff off of their first full length. They just seem made for a live show. “Biscuits and Groovy” live is fantastic. It’s an odd song, for an odd band, that played an odd show.
For those in North Jersey, Dr. Manhattan is playing a basement show @ Death City in New Brunswick on August 11th that’s going to be a spectacle and a half, I’m sure. The new album is out August 18th thru Vagrant Records.
Coming up in just a couple of weeks on October 7th at Irving Plaza, I'll be checking out Every Time I Die on their co-headlining run with Bring Me The Horizon. With their face-melting, seizure inducing new album New Junk Aesthetic kicking all sorts of ass, I couldn't be more excited. Hopefully I'll be able to throw a few questions at someone in the band about the album and what their thoughts are on the scene right now, so check back post-show for, at the very least, a run down of their notorious shenanigans.
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