Mangled Bag of Tricks #16
May 20, 2009Cheers to the 16th installment of this mess of information I throw in to an “article” each Wednesday .. The summer is quickly approaching and egads! I am going to a see a lot of music over the next couple of months. There are tons of releases (namely RX Bandits, Portugal. The Man, The Mars Volta, The Builders & The Butchers, etc ..) and some huge tours/festivals/random free shows. Get pumped! I am.
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Check out The Rub for some sweet hip hop mixes. There is a mix for each year from 1979 – 1999 and features an hour of tracks that were hot that year. Pretty cool idea .. now I have 20 solid hours of hip hop to listen to.
(thanks to @saschamaj on twitter for the heads up on this website ..)
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The RX Bandits have announced the first half of their tour and I am excited to say that they will be playing NYC on July 30th and 31st with co-headliners Dredg and opening acts Zechs Marquise (July 31) and As Tall As Lions (July 30).
I am thoroughly looking forward to checking out Zechs Marquise since two of the bands members are the brothers of Omar Rodriguez-Lopez. This should prove to be a most excellente set of shows filled with mulitiple band jams and crazy solo battles, etc .. awesome. Check out the band’s live videos .. they certainly have a “Volta” sound but that means nothing .. these fellas can jam.
(P.S. I already took off work on July 31 so I can fully enjoy my two day RXB run .. you should follow suit and lets have a good time!)
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Speaking of the RXB tour .. Good Old War, the band I praised in last week’s column, will also be opening up on the first leg of the tour. Those lucky bastards that get to see them should be looking forward to their performance. I got the chance to check them out this past Sunday in Amityville, NY and they put on a hell of a show. It was nice to go to local venue, see people’s faces I havent seen in quite some time, AND rock out to G.O.W. … I enjoyed the performance so much that I am going to check ‘em out again this Saturday at the Knitting Factory in NYC for an early 5:30 show.
Anyone interested in going, leave a comment or shoot me a line.
P.S. Good Old War was in a Trojan’s condom commercial not too long ago. It’s pretty hilarious .. there are beards.
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Enjoy the week and check back for some updates.
