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Girls - Bowery Ballroom (New York, NY) - Friday, November 6, 2009
19 November 2009San Francisco’s Girls played a sold out show on a Friday night in NYC to an expectorant crowd. And bingo, it’s a success. — By Herb Jue.
Jónsi & Alex - Riceboy Sleeps (XL)
6 August 2009The way the droning, slowly percolating textures are electronically treated is redolent of the fuzzy friendliness of laptop ambient, while the arc structures sound completely composed and their long, slow crescendos will sound familiar to post-rock fans, but with mirroring decrescendos instead of pounding climaxes.
Mogwai with The Twilight Sad - The Wilbur Theatre (Boston, MA) - Friday, May 1, 2009
4 May 2009Equal parts brute force and delicate beauty, Mogwai bring a velvet cudgel to the side of your head. And it feels so good.
Isis - In the Absence of Truth (Ipecac)
5 November 2006Reflecting the ambivalence in the title, In the Absence of Truth shows a band who wants to embrace open-ended liberation but also understands the infinite dead ends that philosophy can lead to.
Bobby Previte - The Coalition of the Willing (Ropeadope)
1 June 2006There’s an exceptional amount of style-hopping, from track to track and within pieces as well, and Charlie Hunter shifts his sound so often he sounds like three or four different guitarists.
Isis with Dalek and Zombi - Avalon (New York) - Thursday, May 4, 2006
8 May 2006Three bands playing three different kinds of music in three tweaked-out ways…
Stereolab with Sam Prekop & Archer Prewitt - Town Hall (New York) - Saturday, March 18, 2006
29 March 2006Backed by a gigantic screen projecting all sorts of weird, psychedelic images throughout their performance, the concert felt more like a ‘60s “happening.”
Explosions In The Sky - Troubador (Los Angeles) - Friday, December, 16, 2005
24 December 2005Much like their songs, EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY don’t fully get their groove on until five minutes has elapsed. Subsequently, however, they play their hearts out with an extraordinary hour-long set of what must be the most emotive post-rock in the nation.
Jack Rabid’s Top 10
Week of February 7
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The Joy Formidable – A Balloon Called Moaning (Pure Groove U.K.)
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The Joy Formidable – First You Have to Get Mad limited edition live LP (Pure Groove U.K.)
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Rogue Wave – Permalight (Brushfire)
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Sloan – Hit & Run digital EP (Murder)
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Catherine Wheel – Ferment (Cherry Red U.K.)
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Lou Barlow – Goodnight Unknown (Merge)
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Mission of Burma – The Sound The Speed The Light (Matador)
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Visqueen – Message to Garcia (Local 638)
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For Against – Never Been (Words on Music)
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The Dimes – The King Can Drink the Harbour Dry (Pet Marmoset)