Posted by: Adam O'Connor + Laura Witkowski on April 13, 2009 at 4:00 pm
Titus Andronicus has an interesting sound and dynamic. A good portion of their set Saturday night at the Magic Stick (moved from the Majestic Theatre) sounded like old Irish drinking anthems + harmonicas and distortion. But mostly you couldn’t understand a word of what was going on, as if all the vocals were being sung with a mouth full of hot potatoes and/or marbles, or else they just did their best cover set of “Yellow Ledbetter” over and over again. Also, it didn’t help that you couldn’t tell if everyone’s guitars were plugged in properly or not. I kept hoping that someone would suddenly realize that it wasn’t Read more
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Posted by: Adam O'Connor + Laura Witkowski on March 17, 2009 at 10:37 am
Hot Leg , Red Light Fever (Barbecue Fever, 2009)
MP3: I’ve Met Jesus
The Darkness obviously always had a shtick. It was a shame, although nobody seemed to notice or even fucking care, when they broke up in 2007, when frontman Justin Hawkins checked into rehab for cocaine and alcohol abuse. While the remaining members scraped themselves together under the moniker Stone Gods, Hawkins set off to start his own project (with Pete Rinaldi of Anchorhead and Samuel SJ Stokes of the Thieves). Thus, we have Hot Leg. Thank god, nothing seems to Read more
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