Kweli Are Black Star . I'm so enamored of Carissa's Weird's lacy, spacy songs and their grave stage presence that I'm going to Portland for the Weird's last show with drummer Robin, who's moving to Los Angeles. I vaguely recall that Guy from Sage is in the band, and they put on a really, really energetic show. I am not one for hyperbole, but Jesus Christ this guy puts on a good show. Jesus Christ, they were that good.
DJs sign in at the beginning of the night and get a half hour to spin their precious hearts out.
Well, I'd have to say your chances of hearing Don McLean at Logarhythms are pretty slim. The fringes of New York City's Jewish American music scene have produced some truly new grooves, combining traditional Jewish melodies and chords with a myriad of modern directions. Led by longtime Klezmatics trumpeter Frank London, Hasidic New Wave's the kind of veteran band Frank Zappa might have hired if he was Jewish. Think Live, crossed with bad alt-country and worse Berkeley punk, and you've pretty much got what's in that backpack. Seattle has made national headlines quite a few times in recent months, and as we all know, hosts of late-night television programs love to cram their monologues with as much painfully unfunny current events shtick as is allowed by law.