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Updated daily.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~3/MjFFN4LJ47k/video-girls-play-great-scott.aspxMon, 09 Nov 2009 21:22:00 GMTad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:600254onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download)0http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=600254http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/11/09/video-girls-play-great-scott.aspx#commentsvenue:Great Scotthed:outartist:Dominant Legsdate:11-07-2009Christopher Owensartist:GirlsRyan Lynchno Girls playing “Laura” live at Great Scott Allston got lucky Saturday night ... really lucky. Girls played their fourth show of their first US tour to a tightly packed and utterly appreciative Great Scott. From the instant frontman Christopher Owens steppOn The Download Girls playing “Laura” live at Great Scott Allston got lucky Saturday night ... really lucky. Girls played their fourth show of their first US tour to a tightly packed and utterly appreciative Great Scott. From the instant frontman Christopher Owens stepped on stage to plug in his Rickenbacker, the crowd never took their eyes off the San Francisco quartet. (I don&#39;t think anyone in the room even took a bathroom or smoke break the entire time.) It was obvious that we were part of something special; something we might never be able to see again. Girls&#39; California-retro-power-pop sound -- a kind of music nostalgic for a 1960s surf dream -- seems like it might be out of place in Boston, especially on a cold autumn evening. But as soon as the first notes of the opening song, &quot;Summertime,&quot; rang out, it didn&#39;t matter how cold it was outside: I was inside with Girls. Hitting almost every track from their first full-length release, Album (Matador/True Panther Sounds), plus a few new songs, Girls played their set with the passion and understanding only true artists are capable of. It didn&#39;t take long for a good chunk of the audience to join in and sing every song as if they&#39;d written them themselves. Maybe it&#39;s the occasional sardonic tone Owens lays on his lyrics; maybe it&#39;s because sometimes all we want is &quot;a pizza and a bottle of wine&quot; (and sometimes a beach house); maybe it&#39;s because the words just sound so goddamn good coming out of Owens&#39;s mouth -- whatever it is, the crowd caught it, all of it. Owens and gang had just played the epic Bowery Ballroom in New York the night before, and their arrival at Boston&#39;s most modest venue was a relief -- especially for newcomer Ryan Lynch, of the San Fran-based Dominant Legs, who joined Girls a few weeks ago, after former guitarist John Anderson left the band. Having just six days of practice (most of which he spent learning the songs one-on-one with Owens), Lynch had only played two live shows with the crew before Bowery, but by Saturday, you would have thought he&#39;d been playing with Girls for years. Album hasn&#39;t even been out two months, yet I&#39;m already so hooked on this record, it&#39;s hard to imagine going a day without hearing Owens&#39;s voice. Saturday&#39;s show reinforced my love for Album, and I&#39;ll be forever grateful to have seen Girls play Boston for the first time in such an intimate setting. --by Addison PostBoston,Music,Rock,Rap,Remix,Download,Metal,Punk,Review,Photos,Video,Indie,Cambridge,Somerville,Mp3,Album,Song,BostonPhoenix,WFNXGirls playing “Laura” live at Great Scott Allston got lucky Saturday night ... really lucky. Girls played their fourth show of their first US tour to a tightly packed and utterly appreciative Great...<br/> <br/> Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?a=MjFFN4LJ47k:goQhkrtVdQY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~4/MjFFN4LJ47k" height="1" width="1"/>http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/11/09/video-girls-play-great-scott.aspxhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~3/6Fy_qkh8u6k/ugh-ugh-ugh-drummer-gerhardt-quot-jerry-quot-fuchs-turing-machine-maserati-juan-maclean-dead-at-34.aspxMon, 09 Nov 2009 16:20:00 GMTad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:600066onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download)1http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=600066http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/11/09/ugh-ugh-ugh-drummer-gerhardt-quot-jerry-quot-fuchs-turing-machine-maserati-juan-maclean-dead-at-34.aspx#commentsjerry fuchsturing machiner.i.p.maserati!!!no &nbsp; A bit of heartbreaking news from Brooklyn over the weekend. After a party in a converted noodle factory building in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, inhumanly talented drummer Gerhardt &quot;Jerry&quot; Fuchs and a friend found themselves traOn The Download &nbsp; A bit of heartbreaking news from Brooklyn over the weekend. After a party in a converted noodle factory building in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, inhumanly talented drummer Gerhardt &quot;Jerry&quot; Fuchs and a friend found themselves trapped five floors up in an old elevator. In an attempt to escape (reported here), Fuchs and friend tried leaping to the available entry of the fifth floor. Friend made it, Jerry didn&#39;t -- apparently getting caught on the elevator, swinging back and falling five stories. He was pronounced dead at 3:30 am. Anyone who has seen Fuchs perform knows what a loss this is; but as a member of so many bands, a major influence on just as many others, and as a beloved friend to hundreds within and among the independent rock scene, the loss may be incalcuable. Our thoughts go out to his friends and family.&nbsp; Below, a highlight reel of Jerry at work: &nbsp; Boston,Music,Rock,Rap,Remix,Download,Metal,Punk,Review,Photos,Video,Indie,Cambridge,Somerville,Mp3,Album,Song,BostonPhoenix,WFNX&nbsp; A bit of heartbreaking news from Brooklyn over the weekend. After a party in a converted noodle factory building in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, inhumanly talented drummer Gerhardt...<br/> <br/> Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?a=6Fy_qkh8u6k:IFryZm7RmUs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~4/6Fy_qkh8u6k" height="1" width="1"/>http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/11/09/ugh-ugh-ugh-drummer-gerhardt-quot-jerry-quot-fuchs-turing-machine-maserati-juan-maclean-dead-at-34.aspxhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~3/Mckoox3D_PA/click-tracks-music-news-roundup-walken-on-gaga-weezer-in-snuggies-bono-straddles-the-berlin-wall-and-more.aspxThu, 05 Nov 2009 21:40:00 GMTad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:597162onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download)2http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=597162http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/11/05/click-tracks-music-news-roundup-walken-on-gaga-weezer-in-snuggies-bono-straddles-the-berlin-wall-and-more.aspx#commentsWeezeru2Lady GagaBonoRay JSnuggiesSublimeGwen StefaniDane CookChristopher WalkenBradley NowellPixiesWeird Al Yankovicno In the best (and strangest) pop re-make since Shatner gave us &quot;Rocket Man,&quot; Christopher Walken weighs in on the Gaga phenom with a spoken-word rendition of &quot;Poker Face&quot; on BBC1&#39;s Friday Night With Jonathan Ross. Truly a gem, but [On The Download In the best (and strangest) pop re-make since Shatner gave us &quot;Rocket Man,&quot; Christopher Walken weighs in on the Gaga phenom with a spoken-word rendition of &quot;Poker Face&quot; on BBC1&#39;s Friday Night With Jonathan Ross. Truly a gem, but [OBLIGATORY &quot;MORE COWBELL&quot; JOKE TK]. &nbsp; If you want to destroy your sweater ... it&#39;s OK. Because, finally, the long-awaited Weezer Snuggies (Wuggies? Sneezers?) have been released for sale. Just in time for the holidays! Not sure just what makes this cozy caftan different than the original -- other than a legit Weezer logo and the Cuomo seal of approval -- but we&#39;ll probably get one anyway. What? Just when you thought it couldn&#39;t get any better (the Pixies are touring again! They&#39;ll be performing Doolittle in its entirety at every show!), we found out that Weird Al Yankovic will be joining the legendary alt-rockers onstage at a December gig. We wonder what song he&#39;ll be defiling, er, performing. &quot;Wave of Masturbation&quot;, perhaps&nbsp; Everyone knows there can be no Sublime without Bradley Nowell -- everyone except surviving band members Eric Wilson and Bud Gaugh, that is. The two non-Nowell members, who have been performing as the Long Beach Dub Allstars for the past decade or so, tried to resurrect the defunct (and far more successful) musical venture with the addition of a new lead singer. (Also not Bradley Nowell.) No dice, said Nowell&#39;s family. A judge agreed. So, uber-humanitarian and rock demigod Bono can do no wrong? Tell that to the outraged citizens of Berlin, who were rightly incensed when U2 staff built a barrier wall, blocking non-ticket holders from viewing a concert to be held in the city this evening. The kicker? It&#39;s a free show, in tribute to the 20-year anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Apparently, blatant irony is Bono&#39;s one weakness. &nbsp; You may remember the sticky wicket involving Kurt Cobain&#39;s trainwreck of an ex-wife Courtney Love and Guitar Hero 5. Now the likeness-appropriating Activision is making headlines again with their latest &quot;Hero&quot; installment, &quot;Band Hero,&quot; and their portrayal of the unwilling members of No Doubt. They&#39;ll be walking through a spiderweb of red tape trying to work out this latest legal hassle, as the lawsuit claims the game results in &quot;results in an unauthorized performance by the Gwen Stefani avatar in a male voice boasting about having sex with prostitutes.&quot; &nbsp; Also in Gaga news (can there be no relief?): Apparently, her Ladyship has plans to release a holiday art book -- partly from her head. &quot;Book of Gaga&quot; comes complete with locks of hair snipped off her stage wigs. Excuse us while we clear the vomit from our throats. &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; Y&#39;all remember Ray J, right? &quot;Sexy Can I&quot;? No, nothing? Well, he&#39;s the smarmy younger bro of now-irrelevant R&amp;B songbird Brandy, and he&#39;s looking for love. Again. Get your weave did, dust off the boobie tassles, and settle in for the second installment of For the Love of Ray J -- if for no other reason than to watch him give the lucky ladies nicknames like &quot;Fettuccine&quot; and make keen observations such as &quot;She&#39;s built like a Pepto-Bismol bottle.&quot; Also, it is damn entertaining. Ahh, Dane Cook. Once upon a MySpace first look, he was amusing. Now he&#39;s a cosmic punchline mostly relegated to &quot;acting&quot; in movies alongside other &quot;actors&quot; like Jessica Simpson. How the mighty have fallen. Which is why we&#39;re not quite sure why Spin enlisted him to share his witticisms on the subject of &quot;10 Things Not to Do at a Concert.&quot; Come for the dreadful humor hand grenades (#9: &quot;Don&#39;t use a bathroom stall if the prior occupant comes out covered head to toe in their own shit&quot;); stay for the hilariously inept squabbling in the comments. &nbsp;Boston,Music,Rock,Rap,Remix,Download,Metal,Punk,Review,Photos,Video,Indie,Cambridge,Somerville,Mp3,Album,Song,BostonPhoenix,WFNXIn the best (and strangest) pop re-make since Shatner gave us &quot;Rocket Man,&quot; Christopher Walken weighs in on the Gaga phenom with a spoken-word rendition of &quot;Poker Face&quot; on...<br/> <br/> Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?a=Mckoox3D_PA:7gvW3KNSlXg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~4/Mckoox3D_PA" height="1" width="1"/>http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/11/05/click-tracks-music-news-roundup-walken-on-gaga-weezer-in-snuggies-bono-straddles-the-berlin-wall-and-more.aspxhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~3/Go0-yDjtTYY/mp3-of-the-week-american-hi-fi-with-bonus-stacy-jones-q-amp-a.aspxThu, 05 Nov 2009 19:32:00 GMTad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:597105onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download)1http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=597105http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/11/05/mp3-of-the-week-american-hi-fi-with-bonus-stacy-jones-q-amp-a.aspx#commentsvenue:Middle East Upstairsartist:Miley Cyrusartist:American Hi-Fihed:mp3 of the weekno &nbsp; Stacy Jones spent the first 15 years of his rock life, much of it in Boston, grinding out power-pop in the years before emo made it a staple of Top 40 radio. He got his start as the drummer in Letters to Cleo, left that band to join grunge-era staOn The Download &nbsp; Stacy Jones spent the first 15 years of his rock life, much of it in Boston, grinding out power-pop in the years before emo made it a staple of Top 40 radio. He got his start as the drummer in Letters to Cleo, left that band to join grunge-era stars Veruca Salt, then pulled a Dave Grohl and traded his kit for a guitar as the frontman of his own band, AMERICAN HI-FI, scoring a debut hit with their pop-metal homage “Flavor of the Weak.” For the past three years he’s been perhaps the most influential power-pop drummer in the world: as the musical director for Miley Cyrus, he’s subtly shaped the sound of her live band by hiring a succession of former bandmates, including Hi-Fi guitarist Jamie Arentzen and, for a time, Letters to Cleo frontwoman Kay Hanley. The Miley gig has provided ancillary benefits to fans of Jones’ earlier bands, as well: during the “Best of Both Worlds” tour Stacy talked Kay into playing some one-off reunion gigs with Letters to Cleo, and next week Stacy and Jamie will use an off-day from Miley’s current tour (which hits the Garden on November 9 and 10) to stage a one-off American Hi-Fi show in their old stomping grounds at the Middle East Upstairs. They’ll be playing songs from their first new album in four years, Fight the Frequency, which they put the finishing touches on just last week. Jones has also given Phoenix&nbsp; readers an exclusive first-listen to the title track, which you can download below. American Hi-Fi play the Middle East on Wednesday, November 11. And tune into 101.7 WFNX -- or listen live at WFNX.com -- at 8:40 am on November 10 to hear Stacy Jones on the Sandbox.&nbsp; DOWNLOAD: American Hi-Fi, &quot;Fight the Frequency&quot; (mp3) We spoke to Stacy Jones via cell phone from Washington, DC, where “half of Congress” had turned out to see Miley that night. You and American Hi-Fi guitarist Jamie Arentzen are on tour with Miley. And (bassist) Drew Parsons is in Boston. How are you guys rehearsing for this show? Well, Jamie’s been doing this with me since day one. And our original drummer, Brian Nolan, joined back up with us, which is awesome. So about three weeks ago, the bass player in Miley’s band slipped in San Antonio and broke his wrist. He couldn’t play, he had to get a cast and the whole thing. So I called Drew from Hi-Fi, and I’m like, ‘Hey, what are you doing right now?’ And he’s like, ‘Just watching the game with my wife.’ So I’m like, ‘You busy tonight?’ He’s like, ‘No.’ And I said, ‘Well, you’re getting on a plane.’ He’s like, ‘What?’ So I brought Drew out and he learned the entire show – which, by the way, we spent two months rehearsing this show before we went on the road – and Drew learned Miley’s whole show in 48 hours, stepped on stage in New Orleans, and played with us. And killed it. So wait: now it’s three-quarters of American Hi-Fi backing Miley Cyrus? Yep. Pretty funny. When Sean gets his cast off he’ll come back. But for now it’s a lot of Hi-Fi up there. My drum tech has been learning Hi-Fi songs, and we’re gonna jam on the soundcheck tomorrow. When we emailed the other day, you were playing the exclusive Congressional Country Club course with Mike “Fluff” Cowan. How the hell did that happen? Fluff, obviously, is a legendary caddy. We met him a couple of years ago in the Bahamas. We did a Miley gig down there. He’s got a young daughter, and we met them at the pool at the hotel, so they came to the Bahamas show. So Jamie and I actually played golf with him in the Bahamas. He’s a big music fan. And he said, Hey, next time you’re in DC, call me, I’ll take you out to Congressional. So we took him up on it. Not only did we play the course, but we played it with him, so he’s telling us what clubs to hit, where to aim, reading the putts for us. I made so many putts yesterday that there’s no way I would’ve made on my own. I grew up playing golf, I’ve been playing all my life. It’s the one sport that I can play as a musician and know that I probably won’t fuck myself Boston,Music,Rock,Rap,Remix,Download,Metal,Punk,Review,Photos,Video,Indie,Cambridge,Somerville,Mp3,Album,Song,BostonPhoenix,WFNX&nbsp; Stacy Jones spent the first 15 years of his rock life, much of it in Boston, grinding out power-pop in the years before emo made it a staple of Top 40 radio. He got his start as the drummer in...<br/> <br/> Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?a=Go0-yDjtTYY:av5S-ykZplk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~4/Go0-yDjtTYY" height="1" width="1"/>http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/11/05/mp3-of-the-week-american-hi-fi-with-bonus-stacy-jones-q-amp-a.aspxhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~3/PRGGUbkgSOs/video-halloween-mash-up.aspxThu, 05 Nov 2009 17:21:00 GMTad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:597066onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download)0http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=597066http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/11/05/video-halloween-mash-up.aspx#commentshed:outvenue:Estateartist:MistakerHalloween 2009artist:Cool KidsThrowed!BloodfeastResurrectvenue:Machinevenue:Privusno Halloween at Resurrect, Bloodfeast, and Estate At 11:30 pm on Halloween, we realized we never charged our camera. After nearly abandoning the night to a bottle of vodka (sometimes we get a bit dramatic), we had 19 minutes of juice. That’s all a responsibOn The Download Halloween at Resurrect, Bloodfeast, and Estate At 11:30 pm on Halloween, we realized we never charged our camera. After nearly abandoning the night to a bottle of vodka (sometimes we get a bit dramatic), we had 19 minutes of juice. That’s all a responsible journalist needs, right? Dressed as Luke Skywalker and one of the Lost Boys, we hit the road at midnight: three parties, two hours, little battery, and an ambiguous clock roll-back that hypothetically allowed an extra hour of early-morning extravagance. (Turns out it didn’t, as the bouncers at Estate later explained.) First stop was Resurrect at Privus, thrown! by our buddies at Throwed!. By midnight, the place had cleared out, but several Quailmen and an assortment of poorly conceived Jokers still made the rounds, flirting with sexy angels (or something, I dunno, they wore white, sparkles, and not much else) and jumping around to the Cool Kids DJ set. Watching the &#39;90s Nickelodeon spillover from Resurrect mix outside with the regulars at the adjoining Kells -- a bar whose patronage necessitates a prominently displayed dress code barring chains, camo clothing, and Timbs -- provided an illuminating context in which to begin our Halloween crawl (and just begged for a hysterical cross-over brawl … er, massacre). And with that, we fled into the night. Our next stop was a total departure from the tameness of Privus: Bloodfeast at Machine. Bloodfeast was sexy, depraved, fetishy, and just plain cool. Every blast of the strobe revealed a new (sexy) nightmare, every bump of the bass opened a new cavern from which crawled the dregs of hell. Angels in gas masks pole-danced next to strippers in leather pants. A dom and her sub -- chain, leash, and all -- ordered a drink from the bar, while a 40-year-old man wearing a baby-blue baby costume walked around sucking a pacifier, all to the kind of industrial trudge familiar to patrons of Thunderdome (whose resident DJ Mistaker was on deck that night). Bloodfeast sucked us in and almost didn&#39;t let go, but alas, necessity dragged us off to the Alley downtown. At Estate, the ratio of shirtless dudes to things in general was entirely out of whack, but the décor -- that of an upscale, vain-chic movie nightclub -- killed, calling for a clientele cooler than observed. Mummified corpses and the skeletal remains of haute couture swung on chandeliers, while scantily clad hotties danced in cages near the ceiling. Were the Butabi brothers from A Night At the Roxbury (yeah, I dropped that shit) to open another club, it might look something like Estate on Halloween. Afterward, we sat on the curb with no camera battery and a mission accomplished, waiting for our friend. A fat devil in an unflattering costume poked me in the ass with her trident, then mistook me for Peter Pan. I was holding a lightsaber. And dressed in white. Really? Considering the places we’d been, I couldn’t imagine a more fitting -- or culturally bereft -- end to our night. --P. Nick Curran and Addison Post Boston,Music,Rock,Rap,Remix,Download,Metal,Punk,Review,Photos,Video,Indie,Cambridge,Somerville,Mp3,Album,Song,BostonPhoenix,WFNXHalloween at Resurrect, Bloodfeast, and Estate At 11:30 pm on Halloween, we realized we never charged our camera. After nearly abandoning the night to a bottle of vodka (sometimes we get a bit...<br/> <br/> Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?a=PRGGUbkgSOs:q7O61uq-0r4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~4/PRGGUbkgSOs" height="1" width="1"/>http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/11/05/video-halloween-mash-up.aspxhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~3/5mvXd65OQWE/ticket-on-sale-alert-harry-and-the-potters-mario-passion-pit-the-lion-king-more.aspxThu, 05 Nov 2009 15:04:00 GMTad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:596928onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download)0http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=596928http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/11/05/ticket-on-sale-alert-harry-and-the-potters-mario-passion-pit-the-lion-king-more.aspx#comments&nbsp; &#39;arry and the &#39;otters (from the original British) Grant Hart + The Lights Out | Wednesday, December 16 at the Middle East downstairs, Cambridge | $9 | On sale Thursday at 10 am |...<br/> <br/> Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?a=5mvXd65OQWE:_aw-AGp2N7w:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~4/5mvXd65OQWE" height="1" width="1"/>http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/11/05/ticket-on-sale-alert-harry-and-the-potters-mario-passion-pit-the-lion-king-more.aspxhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~3/Jt-G3cRW6ZA/review-thao-nguyen-and-the-get-down-stay-down-at-middle-east.aspxWed, 04 Nov 2009 21:40:00 GMTad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:596245onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download)1http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=596245http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/11/04/review-thao-nguyen-and-the-get-down-stay-down-at-middle-east.aspx#commentsvenue:Middle East UpstairsKnow Better Learn Fasterartist:The Get Down Stay Downartist:Thao Nguyendate:11-03-2009Photo: David Brusie On her new Kill Rock Stars release, Know Better Learn Faster, Thao Nguyen starts the song &quot;Easy&quot; with this line, spoken matter-of-factly: &quot;Sad people dance...<br/> <br/> Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?a=Jt-G3cRW6ZA:2uSLXehKSJs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~4/Jt-G3cRW6ZA" height="1" width="1"/>http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/11/04/review-thao-nguyen-and-the-get-down-stay-down-at-middle-east.aspxhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~3/c1CuUvNs_pA/say-anything-at-the-house-of-blues-october-30.aspxTue, 03 Nov 2009 21:29:00 GMTad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:595151onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download)2http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=595151http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/11/03/say-anything-at-the-house-of-blues-october-30.aspx#commentshed:outvenue:House of Bluesdate:10-30-2009artist:Moving Mountainsartist:Say Anythingartist:Moneenartist:Eisleyno Click here for the full Say Anything slideshow (photo by Jerome Eno) It&#39;s not entirely clear whether or not indie-punkers Say Anything named their band after the classic &#39;80s flick (though as children of that generation, it seems pretty likely) bOn The Download Click here for the full Say Anything slideshow (photo by Jerome Eno) It&#39;s not entirely clear whether or not indie-punkers Say Anything named their band after the classic &#39;80s flick (though as children of that generation, it seems pretty likely) but Max Bemis, frontman of the six-man band, seems to have at least one thing in common with Cusack&#39;s Lloyd Dobler: unabashed earnestness. Throughout Say Anything&#39;s roughly hour-long set, Bemis repeatedly, and fervently, thanked the audience for showing up. Every third song or so, Bemis would take a moment to marvel aloud over the crowd they&#39;d managed to draw to the House of Blues. So not punk rock. However, with two fairly successful albums under their belts and a new self-titled record that dropped just today to considerable fan hype, I actually found their bald enthusiasm sort of refreshing. &nbsp; &quot;There are so freaking many of you guys,&quot; Bemis informed the crowd, who rewarded his observation with a roar of approval. That&#39;s because, despite treating their fan base like the hot chick in high school they just can&#39;t believe agreed to go out with them, these guys really know how to put on a show. The packed crowd at the HoB fairly seethed with anticipation, as they waited out the opening acts Moneen, Moving Mountains, and Eisley. A side note: Eisely is a family act for which Bemis&#39;s pixie-like wife, Sherri DuPree, plays guitar. While one might suspect some indie nepotism is solely responsible for their spot in Say Anything&#39;s tour, the female-fronted band is actually remarkably talented. The lead singer sounds a bit like Rilo Kiley&#39;s Jenny Lewis, with just a tad more angst. &nbsp; When Eisley relinquished the stage to the main act, Say Anything&#39;s fans were more than ready. As the sound of a ringing phone filled the venue, signaling the beginning of &quot;Wow, I Can Get Sexual Too,&quot; the crowd went -- forgive me this pun -- orgasmic. Decked out in matching short-sleeved white dress shirts and slacks, Say Anything&#39;s members looked like they had just escaped from a high school glee club rehearsal ... or maybe from the set of Office Space. Questionable attire notwithstanding, however, I genuinely like this band ... and thought they pulled off a pretty tight show. &nbsp; The set list struck a nice balance between a lot of fan favorites and some tracks off their latest album. Bemis warmed up the crowd with some old standbys, including his offbeat tribute to the Holocaust, &quot;Alive With the Glory of Love&quot; and &quot;Shiksa.&quot; (Did I mention the prevalent Jewish undertones they&#39;ve got going on?) Bemis has a very particular vocal style: screaming, half-talking, and often lisping his way through the songs -- and somehow, it all works, especially on tracks like &quot;Admit It,&quot; in which Bemis (methinks ironically) calls out all the poser-hipster-anti-establishment wannabes plaguing his industry.&nbsp; &nbsp; All six members maintained an admirable level of pep throughout what turned out to be a pretty short set. The boys stomped, jumped, and generally rocked out with unflagging energy from start to finish, and their amped-up audience followed suit. When the band played their newest single, &quot;Hate Everyone,&quot; (a sentiment apparently not felt at Friday&#39;s show) the crowd already knew every word. At the end of the show, Bemis struck a bargain with the house: They&#39;d end with a track off their first album, &quot;Is a Real Boy&quot;, if the audience would agree to sing along to two new ones like they were already old favorites. All readily complied. A not-quite-comprehensive set list for Say Anything&#39;s October 30 Boston show Say Anything set list 2009 Boston,Music,Rock,Rap,Remix,Download,Metal,Punk,Review,Photos,Video,Indie,Cambridge,Somerville,Mp3,Album,Song,BostonPhoenix,WFNXClick here for the full Say Anything slideshow (photo by Jerome Eno) It&#39;s not entirely clear whether or not indie-punkers Say Anything named their band after the classic &#39;80s flick (though...<br/> <br/> Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?a=c1CuUvNs_pA:3hgG2BRirNk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~4/c1CuUvNs_pA" height="1" width="1"/>http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/11/03/say-anything-at-the-house-of-blues-october-30.aspxhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~3/Hj8iz6XNBEY/recap-snoop-dogg-devin-the-dude-and-redman-and-method-man-at-the-house-of-blues.aspxTue, 03 Nov 2009 01:17:00 GMTad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:594031onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download)2http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=594031http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/11/02/recap-snoop-dogg-devin-the-dude-and-redman-and-method-man-at-the-house-of-blues.aspx#commentsHouse of Blues BostonDJ SlimKuruptMethod ManLady of RageDazDevin the DudeRedmanSnoop DoggBefore leaving my apartment last evening - following a weekend of Halloween hysteria and anticipating what’s sure to be a debauchery-packed Election Day - I was hardly psyched about reviewing Redman,...<br/> <br/> Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?a=Hj8iz6XNBEY:9jSaln4U4Ec:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~4/Hj8iz6XNBEY" height="1" width="1"/>http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/11/02/recap-snoop-dogg-devin-the-dude-and-redman-and-method-man-at-the-house-of-blues.aspxhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~3/PiroYIFdAUo/bands-you-ve-never-heard-of-dressing-up-as-bands-you-love.aspxThu, 29 Oct 2009 18:02:00 GMTad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:590264onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download)2http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=590264http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/10/29/bands-you-ve-never-heard-of-dressing-up-as-bands-you-love.aspx#commentsdate:10-29-2009Halloween 2009date:10-31-2009date:10-30-2009Shammstein, at P.A.&#39;s on Friday Halloween weekend is the only time of year during which you can choose between two -- yes, two -- Poison cover shows. Check out the local rock fare this...<br/> <br/> Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?a=PiroYIFdAUo:B-h8k68iUZw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~4/PiroYIFdAUo" height="1" width="1"/>http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/10/29/bands-you-ve-never-heard-of-dressing-up-as-bands-you-love.aspxhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~3/aNeTFeEtxIc/a-chat-with-temper-trap-lead-singer-dougy-mandagi.aspxThu, 29 Oct 2009 15:24:00 GMTad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:590155onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download)1http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=590155http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/10/29/a-chat-with-temper-trap-lead-singer-dougy-mandagi.aspx#commentsvenue:Great Scottdate:10-29-2009eventid:53273artist:Temper Trapno Talking to Dougy Mandagi over a crackling connection between our office and his cell as he ambles along the streets of lower Manhattan, one might easily mistake him for just another 20-something Australian hipster-kid. He&#39;s definitely not. He&#39;s tOn The Download Talking to Dougy Mandagi over a crackling connection between our office and his cell as he ambles along the streets of lower Manhattan, one might easily mistake him for just another 20-something Australian hipster-kid. He&#39;s definitely not. He&#39;s the lead singer of latest It-band the Temper Trap, and Mandagi&#39;s distinctive vocals are arguably the band’s strongest asset. If you ask him, he&#39;s got no qualms about the fact that Temper Trap broke onto the U.S. music scene via this summer&#39;s indie rom-com 500 Days of Summer. Their insta-hit &quot;Sweet Disposition&quot; was featured prominently in both the film&#39;s trailer and score, netting the Aussies some serious media attention before their debut album, Conditions, had even been released in the States. In response to any naysayers who might think the band &quot;sold out&quot; early on, Mandagi is coolly zen. &quot;Can&#39;t please everyone,&quot; he says. Lucky for them, they seem to be pleasing quite a few people right now. Mandagi tells me how the band was enjoying their last couple of days in the Big Apple when we spoke on Monday, as cabs blared in the background. They just finished playing the CMJ Music Marathon, where they headlined the Bowery Ballroom and the Williamsburg Music Hall (a venue Mandagi touts as is his favorite in NY). The band&#39;s been busy promoting Conditions coast-to-coast over the past few weeks. They popped their US television cherry last Thursday, performing &quot;Sweet Disposition&quot; live on Jimmy Kimmel, an experience Mandagi describes as incredible, if incredibly nerve-wracking. Since the October release of the album, the Aussie foursome has been compared to the likes of U2 and Coldplay, thanks to their penchant for sweeping atmospheric anthems. Mandagi&#39;s versatile voice, which he can lift to almost falsetto-like proportions, has been likened to that of the late indie-darling Jeff Buckley -- a nod that Mandagi rightly embraces. &quot;We&#39;re in good company,&quot; he says in response to all these comparisons. Indeed, he cites U2 as one of the band&#39;s major influences, admitting that the Edge&#39;s guitar stylings in particular have had a significant impact on their own sound. TV on the Radio, Radiohead, and Massive Attack also made that cut. The Temper Trap, formerly called Temper Temper (apparently a band in Wisconsin already claims that name) won&#39;t have time to take much of a breather after their whirlwind US tour. Their last stateside stop will be right here in Boston, after which the guys will embark on a jaunt through Europe -- they&#39;ve already sold out nearly all their shows in the UK, which they now call home. So it would appear they&#39;ve got something good going, even if Mandagi laments the amendment of their name. Still, he reasons, &quot;I&#39;m sure the Beatles didn&#39;t really like their name, either.&quot; What&#39;s next? Mandagi claims he wouldn&#39;t mind dropping off the radar and &quot;disappearing off the face of the earth&quot; for a little while. With the way the band&#39;s star seems to be ascending, however, we&#39;re not sure that&#39;s going to be an option. --Alexandra Cavallo The Temper Trap play Great Scott tonight | 9 pm | $10 adv/$12 day of | www.thetempertrap.net Boston,Music,Rock,Rap,Remix,Download,Metal,Punk,Review,Photos,Video,Indie,Cambridge,Somerville,Mp3,Album,Song,BostonPhoenix,WFNXTalking to Dougy Mandagi over a crackling connection between our office and his cell as he ambles along the streets of lower Manhattan, one might easily mistake him for just another 20-something...<br/> <br/> Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?a=aNeTFeEtxIc:jIlPdetkQTw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~4/aNeTFeEtxIc" height="1" width="1"/>http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/10/29/a-chat-with-temper-trap-lead-singer-dougy-mandagi.aspxhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~3/zLt9tR3A_V4/insane-clown-posse-at-the-palladium.aspxWed, 28 Oct 2009 15:36:00 GMTad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:588879onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download)0http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=588879http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/10/28/insane-clown-posse-at-the-palladium.aspx#commentshed:outartist:Insane Clown Posseartist:(hed)p.evenue:PalladiumRock &amp; Shockjuggalosbang pow boomfaygodate:10-18-2009no From WFNX: Begley Becomes A Juggalo Considering that Chris Faraone has already plumbed the horrorcore depths in the Phoenix this week, and that the definitive case study of Juggalodom has already been written, I could keep this Insane Clown Posse show reOn The Download From WFNX: Begley Becomes A Juggalo Considering that Chris Faraone has already plumbed the horrorcore depths in the Phoenix this week, and that the definitive case study of Juggalodom has already been written, I could keep this Insane Clown Posse show review brief: It&#39;s exactly what you&#39;d expect. But that wouldn&#39;t be any fun, so here&#39;s the gory details: Capping off a glorious Rock &amp; Shock weekend in Worcester, the Sunday-night show starring the interweb&#39;s most polarizing clown-rap duo struck me more a room-clearer than a crown jewel (disclaimer: I&#39;ve owned at least one ICP album in my lifetime and could probably recite the lyrics to &quot;The Neden Game&quot; under duress). But Insane Clown Posse turn out to be the biggest draw of the fest. On Main Street, we know we&#39;re in the right place when we spot the pickup truck with a Hatchetman logo on the rear window and a guy in a grubby Santa suit at the wheel. At the door, the Palladium staff greeted us with thousand-yard stares, the kind usually reserved for field nurses who&#39;ve done multiple tours in Vietnam. Inside, the venue is wall-to-wall bodies -- bodies slathered in clown makeup, dubious tattoos, and every imaginable permutation of Psychopathic Records gear: ICP hockey jerseys, “Wicked Clownz” prison jumpsuits, even a John Deere hat with the Hatchet Man on it. The place smells like a combination of sweat, weed, and Steak-umms. We watch ICP opener Hed PE -- purveyors of nu-metal reggae-rap -- from the nosebleed section, standing beside two older fellows who both look like Cliff from Cheers. Cliff #1 is here for ICP, while Cliff #2 is here with his genial, disabled 20-something son, who produces an enormous blunt and starts puffing as dad white-knuckles his wheelchair. Below us, the scene plays out something like a Boy Scout jamboree as envisioned by Clive Barker, the Hed PE frontman leading a deafening call-and-response (“When I say ‘Bitch,’ you say ‘Get the fuck out!’ ”) and rambling about pyramids on Mars. The walls shake with Juggalo war cries of “Woot! Woot!” When ICP&#39;s Dark Carnival appears, the stage scenery resembles the facade of a county-fair funhouse, topped with a spinning hatchet windmill. We&#39;re told to give it up for cage-dancing sideshow attractions &quot;Ape Boy,&quot; &quot;Many Faces,&quot; and DJ Clay. Then out come Violent J (a massive slab of clownflesh who looks pretty capable of delivering a mean scoop slam piledriver) and his wiry cohort Shaggy 2 Dope. From the first song, they’re already busting out a many-flavored arsenal of Faygo -- the Michigan soda brand and ultimate Juggalo sacrament -- and spraying it into the crowd. For the next hour or so, they plow through more than 20 songs in a set that includes new stuff off latest album Bang! Pow! Boom! and older joints from The Great Milenko days, when ICP was signed to the Disney-owned Island Records. Amazingly, they can go from a song about &quot;finding dead bodies all over the street&quot; to &quot;Juggalo Island,&quot; a peppy ditty about sandy beaches, volleyball, and mermaids who give great head -- truly, this is next-level subversiveness. But considering that they&#39;re managed to wedge quasi-Christian themes in a catalog that also contains &quot;Bugz on My Nutz,&quot; the Amazing Jeckel Brothers know how to juggle dissonance. They&#39;re big on spectacle, too. Between songs, bucket brigades of demonic clowns slop Faygo into the pit, and a flock of Michael Jackson impersonators attempt to moonwalk. &quot;Speaking of pedophiles ... &quot; Violent J cracks, before launching into &quot;To Catch a Predator.&quot; The theatrical money shot of the evening, the live rendition is basically a skit starring a nebbishy little kiddie-toucher who lusts after schoolgirls and a wrestler who exacts Juggalo justice by (I shit you not) throwing the pedo off a ladder onto a card table. The grand finale is &quot;Bang! Pow! Boom!&quot;, a cheery hey-ho-let&#39;s-go anthem Boston,Music,Rock,Rap,Remix,Download,Metal,Punk,Review,Photos,Video,Indie,Cambridge,Somerville,Mp3,Album,Song,BostonPhoenix,WFNXFrom WFNX: Begley Becomes A Juggalo Considering that Chris Faraone has already plumbed the horrorcore depths in the Phoenix this week, and that the definitive case study of Juggalodom has already...<br/> <br/> Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?a=zLt9tR3A_V4:gceTyPd6si0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~4/zLt9tR3A_V4" height="1" width="1"/>http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/10/28/insane-clown-posse-at-the-palladium.aspxhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~3/5yVPCryJSpg/ticket-on-sale-alert-weezer-mighty-mighty-bosstones-mission-of-burma-and-more.aspxTue, 27 Oct 2009 22:12:00 GMTad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:588706onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download)0http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=588706http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/10/27/ticket-on-sale-alert-weezer-mighty-mighty-bosstones-mission-of-burma-and-more.aspx#commentshed:hottix&nbsp; The nerdy, boy-next-door types who have enough money to purchace and immolate everything you&#39;ve ever loved, just for the sheer bleeding hell of it. Weezer + Jack&#39;s Mannequin +...<br/> <br/> Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?a=5yVPCryJSpg:t1vkiBLddm8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~4/5yVPCryJSpg" height="1" width="1"/>http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/10/27/ticket-on-sale-alert-weezer-mighty-mighty-bosstones-mission-of-burma-and-more.aspxhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~3/s9FDIkSf1dg/photos-youtube-goes-quot-u2ube-quot-for-its-first-ever-live-concert-broadcast-u2webcast.aspxMon, 26 Oct 2009 04:35:00 GMTad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:587690onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download)3http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=587690http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/10/26/photos-youtube-goes-quot-u2ube-quot-for-its-first-ever-live-concert-broadcast-u2webcast.aspx#commentsVideoyoutubeartist:U2&nbsp; No secret here: Google and YouTube, arguably the two most powerful entities on the web, are way, way behind in the live-streaming video space. While they&#39;ve lagged, UStream and...<br/> <br/> Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?a=s9FDIkSf1dg:cnScwwGuZWE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/PHXOnTheDownload?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~4/s9FDIkSf1dg" height="1" width="1"/>http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/10/26/photos-youtube-goes-quot-u2ube-quot-for-its-first-ever-live-concert-broadcast-u2webcast.aspxhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PHXOnTheDownload/~3/fCQhPqI81Ns/rock-amp-shock-2009-misfits-type-o-negative-at-the-palladium.aspxFri, 23 Oct 2009 18:17:00 GMTad053fdd-4c7f-49f6-bf6d-6c53a7e614d5:586208onthedownload@phx.com (On The Download)0http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=586208http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/10/23/rock-amp-shock-2009-misfits-type-o-negative-at-the-palladium.aspx#commentshed:outartist:Misfitsartist:Type O Negativevenue:PalladiumHalloweenartist:Saint VitusPeter SteeleRock &amp; Shockdate:10-17-2009Jerry Onlyno Misfits, &quot;Saturday Night&quot; So far, October has been a great month for me to live out my adolescent fantasies: In the span of one weekend, I not only got to shake Leatherface&#39;s hand, but also to see Type O Negative singing &quot;Love You to DOn The Download Misfits, &quot;Saturday Night&quot; So far, October has been a great month for me to live out my adolescent fantasies: In the span of one weekend, I not only got to shake Leatherface&#39;s hand, but also to see Type O Negative singing &quot;Love You to Death&quot; from five feet away. (Thank you, Rock &amp; Shock all-access press pass.) When we waltz into the Palladium on Saturday night, we arrive just in time for the tail end of Saint Vitus&#39;s set, which has an Anvil-ish whiff to it: &quot;Those of you who remember us, you are why we are here,&quot; the frontman tells us. &quot;Those of you who are seeing us for the first time, don&#39;t be too pissed off. Just go home, drop some acid, and listen to our records.&quot; The suggestion of mellowness isn&#39;t working so well: a burly guy suddenly lunges at top-hatted fellow perched on a ledge in front of us, trying to drag him off. Crazybrains is swiftly spirited away by a bouncer -- but not everyone will go down that easy tonight. When it&#39;s time for the Misfits, we wade through a sea of girls wearing T-shirts emblazoned with tit-cupping skeleton hands (signature Misfits merch). A clutch of teen boys have painted their faces up like Fiend skulls, infectiously stoked to see a band that&#39;s been around roughly 15 years longer than they&#39;ve been alive. We set up camp right next to the stage, under a sign that declares: &quot;No crowd-punching, head-walking, or fighting.&quot; The stage setup is impressive: flanked by two gigantic Fiend heads, a rib cage and an upthrust skeleton arm adorn one mic stand; in the center sits a drum set sprouting huge spikes, skulls impaled on every cymbal head. These guys really know how to work a theme. When frontman Jerry Only -- looking supernaturally jacked in his cutoff spiked jacket and black rubber tourniquets cinched around his arm, his oily devilock dripping down his face -- and the band launch into &quot;Teenagers from Mars,&quot; my face is right beside a speaker well. The sonic blast makes my chest palpitate. Their set mows us down in a machine-gun-style blur, with ratatat bursts of face-melting sludge. In a rare pause between songs, Only soaks us with water and barks: &quot;Are you ready to sing? Or are you ready to go the fuck home?&quot; The crowd erupts into a paroxysm of moshing. For me, the Misfits highlight of the night is &quot;Descending Angel,&quot; as the crowd howls the &quot;Oh-wah-oh&quot; chorus in unison. For the finale, Only rips all the strings off his bass. &quot;One more song!&quot; fans chant. Only good-naturedly responds: &quot;Aw, go fuck yourself.&quot; Then the Misfits banner falls, and Type O Negative&#39;s rises. A roadie brings out a coffin-shaped music stand with lyric sheets for lead singer Peter Steele, who soon emerges onto the darkened stage with the rest of the Drab Four (though tonight, keyboardist Scott Warren&nbsp; is standing in for Josh Silver, who&#39;s &quot;in school working towards certification as a paramedic&quot;). For Rasputin-inspired opener &quot;Dead Again,&quot; guitarist Kenny Hickey is wielding his guitar like a ray gun, blasting squall into the audience, while the vibrations from Johnny Kelly&#39;s jackhammer drumbeats rattle my legs through the floor. But by song #2 -- &quot;In Praise of Bacchus&quot; -- it&#39;s clear this set will be the dark, sanguine/mossy yin to the Misfits&#39; blistering yang: we&#39;ve hopped from 2-minute-long horrorpunk bursts to more languid 8-minute goth-rock ballads about chloroform living (&quot;Anesthesia&quot;) and werewolf women on the rag (&quot;Wolf Moon&quot;). But the moshing is still in full effect -- maybe a little too full. During heavy number &quot;The Profits of Doom,&quot; the bouncers drag a thicknecked dude (who&#39;s most like been crowd-punching, head-walking, or fighting) out of the heaving pit. He&#39;s kicking and spitting, and it takes three massive security guards to subdue him before they drag him out the door. &quot;HowBoston,Music,Rock,Rap,Remix,Download,Metal,Punk,Review,Photos,Video,Indie,Cambridge,Somerville,Mp3,Album,Song,BostonPhoenix,WFNXMisfits, &quot;Saturday Night&quot; So far, October has been a great month for me to live out my adolescent fantasies: In the span of one weekend, I not only got to shake Leatherface&#39;s hand,...<br/> <br/> Support indie media! 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