Posts Tagged ‘The Hold Steady’
Concert Calendar, Fall Semester 2010
September 9th, 2010 • Concert Calendar, Maine, News
Tags: concerts, dark dark dark, deerhoof, doomtree, Dr. Dog, free energy, high on fire, japanther, josh ritter, lady lamb the beekeeper, land of talk, mastodon, mates of state, matt & kim, michael franti & spearhead, murder by death, my morning jacket, ok go, screaming females, state radio, suuns, the books, The Hold Steady, the low anthem, woods, xiu xiu, yonder mountain string band
Welcome to another year of faithful blogging here at WRBC’s Monkey Blog. We’ve updated our calendar to include these wonderful events happening in the next few months.
Update your planners and keep checking back to The Monkey Blog for more updates!
September 15: Woods – SPACE Gallery, Portland, ME.
September 23: The Books – University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH.
September 24: Mates of State – SPACE Gallery, Portland, ME.
September 24: Mastodon – Port City Music Hall, Portland, ME. (21+)
September 25: Dr. Dog – Library Quad, Bates College, Lewiston, ME.
September 27: Japanther & Screaming Females – SPACE Gallery, Portland, ME.
September 30: Murder By Death – SPACE Gallery, Portland, ME.
October 11: Deerhoof & Xiu Xiu – SPACE Gallery, Portland, ME.
October 12: Free Energy – SPACE Gallery, Portland, ME.
October 15: My Morning Jacket – State Theatre, Portland, ME.
October 16: moe. – State Theatre, Portland, ME.
October 18: Dark Dark Dark – SPACE Gallery, Portland, ME.
October 19: The Hold Steady – Port City Music Hall, Portland, ME. (21+)
October 20: OK GO – Port City Music Hall, Portland, ME. (21+)
October 21: High on Fire – Port City Music Hall, Portland, ME. (21+)
October 22: Yonder Mountain String Band – Port City Music Hall, Portland, ME. (21+)
October 22: Josh Ritter & The Low Anthem – State Theatre, Portland, ME.
October 27: Guster – State Theatre, Portland, ME.
October 29: Lady Lamb The Beekeeper – SPACE Gallery, Portland, ME.
November 2: Land of Talk & Suuns – SPACE Gallery, Portland, ME.
November 3: Matt & Kim – Port City Music Hall, Portland, ME. (21+)
November 6: Michael Franti & Spearhead – State Theatre, Portland, ME.
November 27: State Radio – State Theatre, Portland, ME.
November 28: Doomtree – SPACE Gallery, Portland, ME.
If you know of any fun or interesting concerts going on close to Bates, please email wrbcmonkey@gmail.com. We’ll add it to the list.
Editor’s Picks: 30 Best Albums of the Decade
December 24th, 2009 • 1 comment Commentary, Electronic, Folk, Hip Hop, Op-Ed, Rock
Tags: Amadou & Mariam, Animal Collective, Bjork, Bon Iver, Brian Wilson, Bruce Springsteen, David Sanford & The Pittsburgh Collective, DJ Danger Mouse, Fleet Foxes, Gregory and the Hawk, Gui Boratto, Jens Lekman, Jonsi and Alex, Lil Wayne, M83, Noah and the Whale, Phoenix, Radiohead, Ryan Adams, seabear, Sigur Ros, Sin Fang Bous, Spoon, Sufjan Stevens, The Arcade Fire, The Hold Steady, The Shins, TV on the Radio, Yeasayer, Yelle
With the impending end of the first decade of the century looming in the distance, all one can do is take a look back at the last 10 years in music and create another list, this one ranking the best 30 albums of the last decade (With a sentence of explanation for each).
1. The Arcade Fire – Funeral
This album made baroque pop cool again, something that seemed unachievable after the Beach Boys fell apart.
2. Ryan Adams – Gold
Gold is alternative country at its very best, chocked full of sublime instrumentation and sentimental lyrics.
3. Bruce Springsteen – We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions
The Boss sings Pete Seeger and brilliance results; there is something fantastic about the combination of Springsteen’s voice and Seeger’s lyrics.
4. Yeasayer – All Hours Cymbals
All Hours Cymbals is an album for the decade lyrically, thematically, and instrumentally.
5. Jonsi and Alex – Riceboy Sleeps
Jonsi and Alex’s post-rock/ambient masterpiece is an album to listen to all the way through (8+ times) to really catch it’s flavor. Read more »