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It’s been a long time since I had a show to write up – over a month. So I’ve decided to binge over the next couple of weeks, starting Saturday.
Round 1 @ Chain Reaction:
- January 26, 2008: Envy On The Coast and The Audition
- January 31, 2008: Weatherbox, with Jet Lag Gemini (Releasing their first album, Fire The Cannons Jan. 22. Look for a review on Wednesday, Jan. 23.)
Round 2 @ The Knitting Factory:
- February 2, 2008: Sherwood, The Matches, and The Higher (who always put on a fantastic show)
- February 6, 2008: Limbeck and John Ralston (on the Alterknit stage. I saw Ralston on tour with Dashboard Confessional a few months back, and he’s amazing live.)
Round Three @ The Glass House:
- February 8, 2008: Scary Kids, Scaring Kids (Maybe. If I bail on any of these, it will be this one. I’m not so thrilled with the supporting the line-up.)
- February 16, 2008: Aiden, Madina Lake, and My American Heart (Madina Lake killed it on the Projekt Revolution tour this summer.)
- February 17, 2008: Mayday Parade and Pierce The Veil
- Artist website: www.weatherboxmusic.com
- Listen at: www.myspace.com/weatherbox
- Available at: Myspace via Snocap, Amazon MP3, eMusic (EP only)
I discovered Weatherbox’s American Art in a comment in January’s Alternative Press. If you look in their best of 2007 list, there’s a note under Album of the Year that the music editor is obsessed with this album. The obsession is well-justified – this album is amazing. The sound is as ambitious and all-encompassing as Say Anything at their schizophrenic best. American Art manages to build a coherent sound that swings from country-influenced rock on “The Clearing” to pop-influenced guitar rock on “Atoms Smash”. The songs are cleverly constructed and tend toward a stream-of-consciousness level of accessibility. The vocal delivery is raw and emphatic without being pretentious or overly pretty.
Weatherbox is playing Chain Reaction on Jan. 31.
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