Thurston Moore / Kings of Leon / My Holy Ghost
This morning feels like the first time I’ve sat down with no essay hovering over my head in two weeks… oh fuck, I forgot, there is an essay hovering over my head. Oh well, here’s a megapost of what’s gone down since the Devendra show…
Thurston Moore at the MFA
On Thursday night the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston had its annual College Night boasting a performance from Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore. Tickets were limited [read here as free] and the show was excellent. Moore came on stage rocking a GZA Liquid Swords shirt–bitchin’. I had never listened to Thurston’s solo stuff and seeing the man brandish an acoustic guitar got me a little uneasy. I was afraid there would be a severe lack of noise. There was noise. Really fucking good noise.
Kings of Leon at the Orpheum
The Orpheum is falling apart. Let me rephrase that: The Orpheum is falling apart in the best way possible and its so fucking Rock n Roll. Boston’s classic theater is probably the coolest venue I’ve ever been to, even with terrible seats and the very prospect of being seated in the first place. Manchester Orchestra really wasn’t anything spectacular so I’ll just move onto Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club [or BRMC as an army of hipsters call them] took the stage after a Southern A Capella Gospel and banged out some very good, very drunk rock songs. Still though, I couldn’t fully enjoy it as I was seated. The lights came up and it hit me that I would soon be seeing the band that had [among other artists and events] defined my Junior and Senior years of high school. The lights went down and a room full of people who had patiently waited through two bands and tiny seats erupted as The Kings of Leon walked onstage. Opening with Black Thumbnail the set was pretty spectacular. I left the show with no voice, so that’s good.
My Holy Ghost [Braintree, MA]
My face melted when I saw these guys. Connecticut-based rock band with some progressive and hardcore influences. They’re from a couple of towns over from my hometown, so I’ve seen them a couple times before but this show introduced a strong Explosions in the Sky instrumental influence. I’d give you mp3s but they’re not available for download so these links will have to do: myspace purevolume
[TO BE CONTINUED seeing as that paper is haunting me]
