Sonic Youth and Dion. Jr. Nov. 21st, 09

This weekend came and went with only one show for this reporter. On stage was not only Sonic Youth, old schoolers of NYC Noise Rock, but they brought with them Dino. Jr. Yes, the boys from Amherst Mass. love to play New York. Scoring a ticket and walking in as Dino's six foot Marshall Stacks started to pump out huge amounts of sound was key. They played a mixed set of old and new songs including "Over It" from their ninth studio album "Farm." Get the Vinyl edition of this album and get a free 7" inch white vinyl with live tracks "I Don't Wanna Go There" and "Tarpit." This grunge power trio brought everyone out early for terminal 5, filling the floor by eight thirty. The kids got so riled up that some of them crowed surfed. It was a nice change of pace to see a drummer that does so much with so little. Murph and his jazz like Drum kit left lots of room for J Mascis and Lou Barlow. (and their Stacks) Sonic Youth also came out with a new album "The Eternal," not that this was a surprise. Some say that Sonic Youth will never stop. The great Thurston Moore was looking good in black and white. The set was most of the new material with a sprinkling of old stuff from as far back as the 80's. The lights were kind of a surprise, no video screen this year. If you like to listen to the show a second time you have two choices. One place is at setlist.fm. Where you can here the set pieced together with videos and old live footage, or you can go to nyctaper.com and get the real show!!

http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/sonic-youth/2009/terminal-5-new-york-ny-43d72b27.html

http://www.nyctaper.com/

Peaches' Nov 14Th, 09

When it comes to stage shows there is nothing as crazy and sexy as Peaches'. Getting uptown is hard to do sometimes, or maybe getting up to go uptown is the problem. Whichever it was this reporter was not the only one that was late. For one minute Terminal 5 looked like it might stay half empty. Then as she took the stage the floor filled up to where people were almost standing on top of each other. This new show has so many costumes changes it makes ones head spin. She puts it all on then takes it all off, everything from fur to spandex and leather to well virtually nothing. This Canadian is known for her flamboyant stage antics. She has the dance rock thing down to a science. The last album "I feel cream" is more Dance then Rock. Her backing band Sweet Machine get where she is coming from and where she is trying to make the audience go. They all have so many different gadgets, and toys to manipulate beats and feed back. They came out for three encores. On one Peaches' got many in the crowed to take their shirts off. Not everyone got the clothing back, some left topless. And as Peaches' left the stage she said that she hoped it was the best show we had ever seen. It was definitely one of the best. Check out the setlist the best way by listening to it on setlist.fm.

http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/peaches/2009/terminal-5-new-york-ny-6bd7323e.html
Pictures Coming soon......

Porcupine Tree Thursday September 24, 2009

How does that old joke go? Why do UK bands sound better? -They practice. Ha,Ha, but there are a lot of really, really good bands out of the UK. Porcupine Tree is one of these unappreciated bands. Being the brain child of singer/guitarist Steven Wilso, Porcupine Tree have had many albums since 92'. Experimental Rock or Ambient Prog-Rock are terms used to describe them. This just starts you off on the journey to understand. This band has the fast-yet-slow sound of most 90's Grunge bands with Metal riffs and Gothic melodic harmonies. On this last Thursday night there were many shows to choose from. It wasn't hard to make the decision to head uptown to Terminal 5. Some of us that were stuck to our TVs when we were younger might have memories of this band from old late night MTV. At the show there was a dark stage with a screen filled with different flickering images. At his first chance Steven let the audience know that they were going to play the whole new album the Incident, first disc. This is a kind of concept album of sorts which was recorded like a single long song that features many different movements. It was played out on stage with tight precision, moving from one "song" to the next. Hmm..Yes ..Blown away we were. It was amazing, then after only taking a 10 min. break they came out with a shorter but just as mind blowing set. Everyone in the crowed was dressed in mostly black. There were lots of Dream Theater T-shirts, at least 30. (no kidding) Always leave them wanting more and that is what happened. Steven let NYC know that they will be back at the beginning of the year. The lights only went on as the band left the stage after a double encore. You can check them out by listening to the songs they played at this New York Show on Setlist.fm. A web sight that puts together videos of songs to form a complete set list. Then you can get tickets to see them early 2010.
http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/porcupine-tree/2009/terminal-5-new-york-ny-73d78aed.html