NOTES FROM VIVACE:
This is a “night in photos” column with a short write-up tagged to it.
Wednesday night, September 16th, I headed out to Spaceland and then to El Cid. At Spaceland, Diane Birch was in town. You may recall that I wrote a column about her awhile back (click here for that column). My regret about that column was not having any photos to share with you from that night. Therefore, the inspiration for this photo column that was discussed with my TRAffIK editor/friend. After Birch’s set, I headed over to El Cid where I caught two bands: New Fidelity and New Maximum Donkey. Yes, two bands with the word “New” in it. I believe both of these bands were previously mentioned/featured on inTraffik.com. Hope you all enjoy the photos (click on images to enlarge). (more…)
Sep 18, 2009 | Categories: Flash Optional, Notes From Vivace Column | Tags: Diane Birch, El Cid, Flash Optional, New Maximum Donkey, Night in Photos, Notes from Vivace, Out to See, Spaceland, The New Fidelity | Leave A Comment »
YOU CAN'T SPELL 'ACERBIC' WITHOUT ERIC:

I’ve decided to try something a bit different this week. I’m going to write an overview of the New Maximum Donkey show I saw at the Scene last Friday (two Fridays ago, by the time you read this). But as an experiment, I’m going to do it two different ways: first the way I’d normally write something, and second in the manner of a “regular” rock writer/blogger. Who knows? Maybe the way they write things is just more effective at conveying this sort of thing, so I’m willing to try it out. Here goes: (more…)
Sep 08, 2009 | Categories: Music, You Can't Spell 'Acerbic' Without Eric Column, You Can't Spell 'Acerbic' without Eric | Tags: Apples in Stereo, Bach, Baroque, Benny Chadwick, Cruce Foxton, Dylan Hay-Chapman, Eric Summer, Get Set Go, Iron & Wine, IsGoodMusic, isgoodmusic.com, Jeremy Keeler, Kristin Cassidy, Lou Barlow, Magnetic Fields, Mick Ronson, New Maximum Donkey, Pavement, Pete Thomas, Philip Glass, Pitchfork, Psychedelic Furs, Raconteurs, Saddle Creek, Skip James, Spaceland, squaretire music, Steve Reich, Steven Malkmus, the Beatles, The Decemberists, The Scene, Tim McNair, You Can't Spell Acerbic Without Eric | 3 Comments »