JAMC/BRMC @ The Wiltern & Black Mountain @ The Echo
10/23/07
Jesus and Mary Chain, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club @ the Wiltern
Black Mountain @ the Echo
It was a couple of years ago when I was first knocked out by the hot breath of Black Mountain’s live show. They had just come off a tour with biggums Coldplay, and were quite thrilled to be playing in a small warehouse packed with appreciative, sweaty bodies who knew the words and sounds to their psychedelic jams. I too was thrilled to finally have the pleasure of experiencing Druganaut and their intense, sexy self-titled album live, and was flying high on a batter of - music, magical brownies, and oh so sweet company. Some of my best friends who barely move and never dance, were in fact dancing their lil’ hearts off to the rippin’ tunes, with huge happy grins on their faces. Needless to say, that night goes in my history book as good times, and I was definitely anticipating seeing them again at the Echo, come October ‘07. I had no other plans but to head that way, when my friend called me up and said, “Wanna go to Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and Jesus and Mary Chain”? Hmmm. Black Rebel? Haven’t had a chance to catch ‘em since their gig at Little Radio, also in ‘05. And with JAMC? Haven’t seen ‘em yet.
Thinking…thinking…tick…tock…tick…tock. Okay, hell yes. So away we went to the Wiltern, blasting the new Unkle record, which if you have not picked it up yet, I highly recommend getting on that shit, stat. BRMC started early, so unfortunately we missed the first few songs, but strode in during “Weapon of Choice, and were luckily treated to a long, solid set of the delicious stuff off of Baby 81, Howl and B.R.M.C. When they strolled off the misty stage, I was on cloud nine, and this was really all I needed to have my fix for the evening. Then Jesus and Mary Chain started up. While the show was strong, the things I have heard about their live wall of sound and such does ring true… tight set but quite a bit thick and feedbacky, although it could have been my location in the crowded theatre. They played a good amount of the well-known hits, and then “Cracking Up” took me to cloud ten. At this point, after reaching my elevation, I texted my friend who was at Black Mountain, and he said they hadn’t gone on yet. So we ran out in the middle of JAMC’s set, and high-tailed it to the Echo, where we actually ran into quite a few others that dashed over for a little late evening hypnosis. As the fog wafted throughout the crammed room, the band kicked out jams both old and new, with Amber’s canary voice lulling over the heavy anthems o’ the sweet boys. Look out for their bitchin’ new record in January ‘08. When they blasted out “Don’t Run Our Hearts Around”, I climbed to cloud eleven and pretty much deemed this night a total banger.
Posted in JAMC, BRMC, The Jesus & Mary Chain, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Black Mountain, Music |
November 11th, 2007 at 9:42 pm
You walked out mid-set during JAMC?!?! If you had balls, Travis would be kicking them right now. Why are you writing for Buddyhead?
November 11th, 2007 at 11:28 pm
I agree, get rid of the dude that “climbed to cloud eleven”
November 12th, 2007 at 12:34 am
It’s not a dude.
November 12th, 2007 at 4:51 am
“tight set but quite a bit thick and feedbacky, although it could have been my location in the crowded theatre.”
i really hope you’re bragging about your “location” because if you’re complaining about FEEDBACK at a fucking JAMC show, you haven’t heard psychocandy.
November 12th, 2007 at 11:34 am
no complaints…pyschocandy is a killer album and noisy er not, some live sets just don’t do a record justice and can actually be a bit disappointing. maybe i am getting old, but i would much rather hear a song than a shitload of feedback. i also don’t have my head up my ass and wanted to make it to the more intimate rock show down the street, as did many others. no balls here for you to kick, so eat me.
November 12th, 2007 at 2:38 pm
I like how dudes like to bash on girls over the internet, very macho guys and over the internet too..haha, I love BH Fans.
Lets make out dudes - Aaron
November 12th, 2007 at 3:07 pm
travis likes to bash girls over AIM :)
November 12th, 2007 at 9:05 pm
I had the pleasure of seeing Black Mountain at the Hi-Dive in Denver,and it was a killer show,then a couple of weeks later seeing the Jesus and Mary Chain with Darker My Love at the Gothic,and man what a revalatory expirience,I hope both bands come back through the Mile High City real Soon.
November 13th, 2007 at 1:13 am
i love that we can comment!!
it gives me a chance to spread negitivity. i hate my life because i am doing nothing creative. it also helps me kill time while my penis regenerates sperm before my next you tube porn jack-off
November 13th, 2007 at 12:35 pm
Hey Kathleen, when you write reviews like that and include content about texting your friends, it’s really hard to take you seriously. From one female music “journalist” (I don’t know if that’s what you call youself) to another, you really need to step it up girl. That review made all of us look bad.
November 13th, 2007 at 12:45 pm
No, Jenn, she can only make herself, & potentially Buddyhead, look bad. That’s like saying that Matt’s particular brand of sarcasm-bordering-prickish attitude makes all male writers look bad. Kathleen’s journalism/blogging has no bearing on mine. Besides, why is everyone up her ass? ‘Cause she’s got tits & BH has been thus far essentially dude-dominated? GET OVER IT!
November 13th, 2007 at 1:41 pm
Word, I hear ya. Considering I work three jobs, do three bands, am busy doing a million things, and have nary a free minute, I scrambled that up pretty quick and didn’t really think about the fact that there are grumpy haters out there with nothing but free time to sit in front of their computer and pick apart and slam on someone they don’t know. I guess I forgot how many people read this shit. Lighten up a little…I sure as hell do not consider myself a “blogger” or a journalist…I just had the opportunity to catch some amazing live sets all in one night, and wrote a lil’ blurb about how my non-jaded self had a good time and was stoked on life.
Just because I left after three-quarters of JAMC to make it to a gig I had planned on going to anyway doesn’t mean I didn’t enjoy the geezers’ set. I could write a novel about their influential albums, but I’d rather just get to the juice. And maybe it is silly and juvenile to say “I texted my buddy on my Chocolate cellular phone”, but I suppose that is how we sometimes communicate these days, and how I indeed got the word. I am sure if I dropped some names, you fucks would be a lot more interested. When I myself read someone’s account of a gig, I like to read it from their personal perspective… details such as what they had to drink, or where they stopped to grab a bite, and what was playing on the jukebox. Otherwise you just read the same boring rehashed shit about bands you already know about. It is interesting to know what the writer is doing and get a little taste of their experience. I like to read when Travis is pounding beers and listening to the Faces, or Aaron is awake until noon recording songs and watching Seinfeld. I don’t really read “blogs” so I don’t know the proper protocol, nor do I care. Take your thumb out of your ass and do something. If you don’t like what I do, one-up me and do it better. And Alison, I just checked out yer boring “blog”..I don’t know if writing lists about boogers and eating skittles deems you a more talented “writer”. Who cares. You are you and I am me, and we are entitled to our own opinions and ways of living.
“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is more people who have come alive.”
-Howard Thurman
November 13th, 2007 at 2:16 pm
closed it out with a quote….damn! You were killing it too. Go big, drop names - this is Buddyhead
November 13th, 2007 at 2:21 pm
I’m critical because I can be. This is the internet and opinions are going to be thrown at you if you put yourself out there (just like you said). So suck it up ! Don’t think I haven’t gotten my fair share of negative feedback. Also don’t suspect I just sit around on my ass all day either. I don’t really care how many jobs you have or how many bands you’re in! I’m doing my own thing too, we’re all busy, we all have a life, we all have opinions and we all have internet access. In your case, by choosing to write for a website like buddyhead, you better prepare yourself for way more harsh criticism than what I said to you. Yeah maybe I am jaded, but It’s brutal out there. Best wishes though.
-Jenn
November 13th, 2007 at 2:44 pm
Oh, I was gonna let it go, but I saw my name.
Dudette, I didn’t say that you DID look bad, I was merely remarking to Jenn that YOUR writing does not speak for the writing all of female-kind. I believe I also defended you with regards to the hate-mail all up in this post. I never attacked YOUR writing style or subject matter, though I admit I did tread snarky waters with the Matt comment, but thanks for the heads-up on my boring life.
I guess I can live with the fact that I am a shitty writer, but at least I can “read” & “comprehend” before I start baring teeth.
November 13th, 2007 at 3:01 pm
asshole and intramanets connections. Hey, you do 3 bands? Wanna do one more? It’s a solo deal….so it’s just me. Shouldn’t take too long.
November 13th, 2007 at 5:06 pm
KATHLEEN,
I thought that your review was rad and not even necessarily a review but just talking about a REAL experience and sharing it with others. Your rebuttal to these crybabys was even better. Priceless.
Don’t worry, half of the geeks that hang out on Buddyhead ALL DAY have nothing better to do than be negative and whine about nothing.
They create drama and negativity in their feeble lives and small worlds, just to get a taste of that whole “coming alive” thing you spoke of. The difference between them and you is that you seem to go out and live life… experiencing it and then talking about it. They on the other hand hang out on the the Internet all day writing tasteless… perhaps soulless blogs.
You win. You’re cool. Keep writing. Keep living. HIGH FIVE
November 13th, 2007 at 8:01 pm
Ahhh, the LOVE! That’s the heart of music, right there.
November 13th, 2007 at 8:43 pm
First off, if you ever met Kathleen, which I have, you’d run for the hills-she has balls. Trust me. Ok, so maybe her first crack at a rock review was a bit, to quote Maude Lebowski, “Vaginal.” But she’s doing it, man. At least she’s putter her shit out there.
It’s hilarious to me that a bunch of people who failed out of high school are commenting on K’s style as if they’re pundits on the English language.
If you frusterated posters had ANY creativity whatsoever, you might WRITE something someday, and see your name under a blog headline. It’s super-rewarding to see all of you peeps with your undies in a jam…over a rock review.
I’m off to joint Kathleen and Truman Capote for a drink at the writer’s table. I’ll look for you guys in the “no fucking” section.
Brigadere Matt from Alcatraz. Out.
November 14th, 2007 at 3:08 pm
hausfater…darlin’ “yeah man !”…thanks for the love…it is making my vagina feel warm.
November 14th, 2007 at 6:55 pm
My problem isn’t that you are a woman, it is that your review was shitty and didn’t fit the buddyhead style. It was boring, not funny, and fucking weak. Maybe take some time out between your crap ass jobs and lame bands to read this site before you write something on here. Then, you might have seen that JAMC are praised like gods by the dudes running buddyhead and that leaving the concert early might make you look like a douche and get bashed.
November 14th, 2007 at 7:32 pm
Whoa whoa whoa… chill the fuck out. I posted this review cuz I thought it was an honest account of someone’s experience at the JAMC show. If you’ve got issue with it… WRITE YOUR OWN REVIEW NERDS. Sit and spit DORKS.
November 14th, 2007 at 7:32 pm
NUKED
November 14th, 2007 at 7:43 pm
To the sweetheart that is too much of a pussy to leave his name, I’ve been writing some things for this site since Travis had wild purple hair, and smiled a whole lot. How do you know what the “style” is? Do you write for it? No. Do you jack off to it? Obviously. Do you think all the dudes that run this joint worship JAMC? Think again buddy. To each his own. Maybe try livin’ instead of crying like a little wiener.
November 14th, 2007 at 7:48 pm
DOUBLE NUKE. Better start building bomb shelters nerds.
November 14th, 2007 at 10:55 pm
don’t sweat it pretty. you’re rad and so is your band
November 14th, 2007 at 11:11 pm
although i question her decision to leave the JAMC show to see black mountain, i can’t hate on that too much. i guess i’m bias JAMC will never play around where i live…
anyway, a little over a month ago i ditch BRMC to see black mountain, and i certainly don’t regret that at all.
i thought the review was pretty good…it’s alot more personal than those you would read anywhere else.
whatever
- Ryan
November 15th, 2007 at 11:30 pm
the solution to all this bullshit discourse if this, and only this: aaron needs to play a ROBOT GUITAR and mash robot sluts for world peace. this thing is hilarious:
http://www.gibson.com/robotguitar/story.html
November 16th, 2007 at 5:12 pm
do not go outside tonight
November 18th, 2007 at 2:18 pm
Kathleen, I thought your review was great.
But, I’m Just A Girl…
November 21st, 2007 at 12:50 pm
BRMC is thee most boring, un-rocking I’ve ever seen live.
December 13th, 2007 at 12:32 pm
Wow… sounds like a good time… I’ve caught BRMC & Black Mountain and they’re both outstanding acts…
PS fuck buddyhead haters…