you couldnt have asked for a better lineup last night at the earl and in the end it was one of the best shows i have ever been witness to. opener and fellow atlantian, ben trickey’s 45 minute set was stunning in its simplicity. just a man, a guitar and a handful of lovely songs. sadly, ben was only special to the atlanta show, but i definitely cant recommend him enough. justin earle was a huge surprise. not that i expected him to suck, cause i have listened to yuma and its quite good, but i was surprised how engaging he was/is. of course the strength of his set was his songs, which take on new life in a live setting. if yuma was filled with the same life as his live set it would be a totally different recording. the there was the star of the evening, jason isbell backed by his band the 400 unit. not surprisingly he was awesome. my only disappointment was that he failed to play a couple of songs i was really wanting to hear, “decoration day” and “shotgun wedding” to be exact. oh well, other than those two missteps the night was close to perfect. he did bless the crowd with version’s of thin lizzy’s “jailbreak” and the talking heads “psycho killer” which were very cool. he played for just over 2 hours but ended very abruptly with a sonic youth inspired type of guitar feedback freakout. he is touring through the end of august, but only for the next 10 days or so with justin earle but he hooks up with the men of centro-matic in mid august. check his site for upcoming tourdates - the next date is tomorrow in raleigh @ hideaway bbq.
justin earle myspace
“in a razor town” my favorite track off sirens of the ditch
i have yet to listen to ann arborite, chris bathgate’s debut a cork tale wake but these two tracks are freakin great. very reminiscent of the more haunting richard buckner stuff that can be found on his classic the hill. fans of buckner, okkervil river, and maybe even beruit should take notice for sure.
you can stream the entire record here
chris bathgate site / myspace / quite scientific - label
here is a wonderful live recording of television in portland sometime in 78. the version of marquee moon is absolutely blistering.
2. elevation
3. glory
4. foxhole
7. friction
8. marquee moon
i’m going to see isbell on the 28th. so excited. i hope & pray he plays decoration day.
Nice. Glad to hear the Isbell show was so good. I’m very much looking forward to seeing him next week in the NYC. Never heard Justin Townes Earle before - but I think I need to give him a listen. Also - that version of Marquee Moon (and the rest of that show) is indeed fantastic (I actually posted just that version of the tune a little while back on my blog, too).
Thanks man. It doesn’t get better than Television.
I can’t seem to get the first track. Any other TV addicts having this problem? Lately I’ve been enjoying the cover of “Friction” by the Church (from last year’s “Box of Birds” album).
jon i was able to get it twice, just to make sure, and its been downloaded over 150 times in the past few days and usually someone would/should have said something by now. you just might have hit it at bad time. hows that church record? i never got into them, but then again i never tried.
Thanks, will try again. I am not a big fan of the Church either, but I like their covers record a lot. They do “The Porpoise Song” from the Monkees’ movie “Head”, and “It’s All Too Much” from “Yellow Submarine”. Also Hawkwind’s “Silver Machine” and a surprisingly good cover of Iggy Pop’s “Endless Sea”.
hey,
thanks for coming early and for your comments on my show. i truely appreciate your positive feedback. keep in touch
-ben
anyone know why i am unable to download this show? i can play it but downloading results in ‘file doesnt exist’ error. could someone send it to me? cheers
Jeff