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Photos: Sloan @ Knitting Factory: June 30, 2011

Jeremy Phillips — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 18:50:43 +0000

Canadian power poppers, Sloan, took the Knitting Factory stage in support of the band’s latest album Double Cross. Photos by Jeremy Phillips.

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Photos: Archers Of Loaf @ MHOW: June 25, 2011

Jeremy Phillips — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 18:00:49 +0000

Photo by Jeremy Phillips

Originally disbanding in 1998, Archers Of Loaf became the latest band to ride the wave of ’90s indie rock resurgence as its members took to the stage to endearing chants of “welcome back!” Aside from the aging band members, it was difficult to tell just what year you were in. The band kept true to the fashions of the times, including shredded jeans, Dickies, shorts and Doc Martins. Immediately upon the thunderous impact of its opener, “Audiowhore,” you realized these guys still rock hard.

Photo by Jeremy Phillips

Charismatic bassist Matt Gentling provided most of the banter.

Photo by Chad Saville

Singer/guitarist Eric Bachmann is a massive dude. Standing at about 6’5″ (apologies, Eric, if I underestimated), his physical presence combined with his graveled roar made him someone you wouldn’t want to fuck with.

Photo by Jeremy Phillips

Most Excited To Hear: ” Web In Front,” “Wrong,” “Plumb Line,” “You And Me,” “The Lowest Part Is Free,” “Audiowhore,” “Might”

Wish I’d Heard: “All Hail The Black Market”

Most Memorable Line: “I’ve been so down lately, you been so low lately, nothing seems to work out for you—and me.” As the crowd participated in filling the desperately sparse opening and closing lines of “You And Me.”

Photo by Chad Saville

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Davila 666 @ Knitting Factory: April 23, 2011

Jeremy Phillips — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 17:47:02 +0000

Photos by Jeremy Phillips

It only took about four songs for the sinister sounds of Davila 666 to inspire half-full beer cans to be tossed on stage while the crowd furiously ignited into a mosh pit. The odd thing about this mosh pit? It was predominantly female.

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Sebadoh @ Bowery Ballroom: April 9, 2011

Jeremy Phillips — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 19:00:14 +0000

“Most Sebadoh shows are disappointing. Some are more disappointing than others. Back in the day we played some terrible shows,” says Lou Barlow nearing the end of a 30 song onslaught consisting primarily of songs from the band’s seminal ‘90s indie rock gems, Bakesale and Harmacy. While Barlow was referring to Sebadoh’s inability to fulfill crowd requests, the band managed to churn out just about every crowd pleaser.

The sell-out Bowery crowd was predominantly comprised of 30-something dudes with thick-rimmed glasses and beards, including a few Lou Barlow look-a-likes who, like me, intimately related to Sebadoh’s darkly beautiful lyrics of social displacement and hopeless love in their teens.

Not much has changed since I last saw Sebadoh 13 years ago—frequent tunings, self-deprecating humor and multiple instrument swaps all personify its live shows. The insular songwriters, Lou Barlow and Jason Loewenstein, took turns rotating between guitar and bass while performing their respective songs. Barlow was most electric while taking his turn violently strumming the bass and pouncing stage left with his face mysteriously buried behind his hair. The peak of which was during Loewenstein’s “Careful” as the crowd screamed along with the lyrics: “Watch out for my bullshit, everybody’s got it”.

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