Wild Flag - live in Sacramento 11/17/10 & Pomona 11/21/10

 Photo courtesy of Gabriel

 Photo courtesy of Gabriel

 Photo courtesy of Anne Halo

 Photo courtesy of Gabriel

 Photo courtesy of Anne Halo

Photo courtesy of Anne Halo

 I had the privilege of seeing these lovely ladies play on Wednesday at the Hub in Sacramento and I will be seeing them again in Pomona on Sunday (Happy Birthday Gabe!).


If you don't already know, Wild Flag is Mary Timony of Helium, Carrie Brownstein and Janet Weiss of Sleater-Kinney, and Rebecca Cole of the Minders.


I'm not going to critique them much since I know they haven't played in front of a live audience until now. I will say the chemistry is great and I loved the tunes. The songs are what I had hoped for, some very Timony-esque numbers, some very Brownstein-esque creations and a few that had a beautiful blend of both worlds.

Continued...


The show in Pomona on 11/21/10 had a ton of energy, albeit lots of sound issues. Mary was much more animated for this set than the Sacto show. Aladdin Jr. reminded me of Luigi's, but with better acoustics. The highlight of the evening was the extended psychedelic version of Glass Tambourine. I wish we had recorded it. 

The Pomona crowd was able to lure the ladies into an encore, which is something the Hub attendees need to work on. The encore set consisted of a Velvet Underground and a Patti Smith cover.  

  I was able to catch Mary after the show and get permission to post a couple of the songs Gabe recorded from the show on 11/17/10.


Enjoy!


Untitled


Glass Tambourine

Fungi Girls at The Hub Sacramento 7/28/10

photo courtesy of Anne Halo

photo courtesy of Anne Halo

photo courtesy of Anne Halo

photo courtesy of Anne Halo



I saw this band play last night and they really rocked my world. I bought their CD immediately afterward. The live set was a raw, garage punk sound. The record Seafaring Pyramids is more jangly, surfy, but still rock and roll. You can check out their myspace page here.

Happy Birthday w/ Residual Echoes 7/21/10 The Hub Sacramento

Happy Birthday

Residual Echoes

I'm a bit late posting these pictures. Sorry...

This show was fantastic! Residual Echoes are quite talented, with layers of sound that makes it seem as though more people should be in the band. My husband says they remind him a bit of Dinosaur Jr.

Happy Birthday were full of energy, despite Kyle's waning voice (laryngitis?) He was such a good sport when we begged him to play "Zit" at the end of their set. If you know this song, it's not something you should sing when you're on the edge of losing your voice. We all sang along, and some of the dudes raged so hard I thought they'd hurt themselves!






It was a great time. If you have a chance to see either one of these bands, I highly recommend it.