Apples in Stereo
[02.12.2007]
Assembly of Dust
[02.04.2007]
The Hackensaw Boys
[01.27.2007]
Paul Luc
[01.20.2007]
Local Honey / Slim Cessna
[01.13.2007]
Bob Seger
[12.14.2006]
Skinks / Rahim / Transcontinental Booze Hounds
[11.25.2006]
The Big Sleep
[11.18.2006]
Local Honey / The Izzys
[11.10.2006]
Cloud Cult
[11.07.2006]
Grand Buffet / Magnolia Electric Co
[10.31.2006]
Norman Nardini
[10.28.2006]
Wilco
[10.20.2006]
Wilco
[10.18.2006]
Kid Congo Powers
[10.12.2006]
Dave Alvin
[09.23.2006]
Wolfmother
[09.22.2006]
Mountain Goats
[09.20.2006]
World Party
[08.27.2006]
Gil Mantera's Party Dream
[08.16.2006]
Whiskey Daredevils / Local Honey
[08.11.2006]
The Silver Jews
[07.28.2006]
The Bottle Rockets / Marah
[07.27.2006]
Slim Cessna's Auto Club
[07.15.2006]
Alejandro Escovedo
[07.10.2006]
Cat Power
[07.09.2006]
Life In Bed / The Transcontinental Booze Hounds
[07.07.2006]
Violent Femmes
[07.01.2006]
Guitar Zack Wiesinger / Pittsburgh Pirates Loss # 54
[06.30.2006]
The Black Crowes \ Robert Randolph \ The Drive-By Truckers
[06.25.2006]
Pearl Jam
[06.23.2006]
The Octopus Project \ Black Moth Super Rainbow \ Amoeba Knievel
[06.19.2006]
The Bottle Rockets
[06.14.2006]
Govt.
Mule / Local Honey / Wil E. Tri
[06.08.2006]
Tehran Iran
[06.03.2006]
Astronautalis
[05.25.2006]
Grand Buffet / Cobalt Black
[05.19.2006]
Phil
Boyd w/Manny Theiner & Weird Paul / The Codetalkers feat. Col. Bruce
Hampton
[05.15.2006]
The
Four Seasons Boys
[05.11.2006]
The
Supersuckers
[05.02.2006]
The Breakup Society
[04.28.2006]
The Four Seasons Boys / The
Gris Gris
[04.19.2006]
Rhett Miller & The Believers
[04.14.2006]
Good Brother Earl
[04.08.2006]
Slim Cessna's Auto Club
[04.03.2006]
"Guitar" Zack Wiesinger
[03.25.2006]
The Minus 5 / The Silos
[03.24.2006]
The Mendoza Line / Great Lake Swimmers
[03.12.2006]
Dave Alvin
[03.10.2006]
Apollo Sunshine
[03.07.2006]
Lyle Lovett / John Hiatt / Joe Ely
/ Guy Clark
[02.14.2006]
Marah
[02.12.2006]
Marah / Slim Cessna's Auto
Club
[11.12.2005]
Ted Leo + Pharmacists / Sharon
Jones and the Dap-Kings
[11.08.2005]
The National
[11.02.2005]
Modey Lemon
[10.07.2005]
Gang of Four
[10.04.2005]
Joe Grushecky and the Houserockers
[09.24.2005]
Thunderbirds Are Now!
[09.22.2005]
The Walkmen
[09.17.05]
Circle
[09.15.05]
Akron/Family, Great Lake Swimmers
[09.05.05]
Los Lobos
[08.21.05]
Grand Buffet, Magnolia Electric
Co.
[08.20.05]
Joe Ely
[08.19.05]
Solomon Burke
[08.14.05]
Billie Joe Shaver
[08.11.05]
Robert
Randolph & The Family Band
[08.07.05]
Oneida
[08.06.05]
Richard
Buckner
[07.13.05]
NYC Road Trip
[07.08.05]
Stars
[06.23.05]
Aimee
Mann
[06.19.05]
Bobbie
"Blue" Bland, Michael Penn, Erin McKeown, OPEK, The Mavens
[06.18.05]
The
Holmes Brothers
[06.15.05]
Drive-By
Truckers, Deep Purple
[06.11.05]
Los
Lonely Boys, Martin Sexton
[06.10.05]
Marah
[06.08.05]
Brant Bjork & The Bros.
[06.03.05]
Railroad
Earth
[05.20.05]
Andrew
Bird
[05.17.05]
Ryan
Adams & The Cardinals
[05.13.05]
Rosavelt
[05.12.05]
Green
Day
[04.23.05]
The
Shins
[04.15.05]
Bonnie
"Prince" Billy and Matt Sweeney
[04.14.05]
The
Beakup Society, Whiskey Daredevils
[03.25.05]
Apollo
Sunshine
[03.12.05]
From The Jayhawks: Gary Louris
and Mark Olson
[03.11.05]
Clem Snide, Archer Prewitt
[03.07.05]
Norman
Nardini
[03.04.05]
The SPUDS, Norman Nardini
[02.18.05]
The Comas
[02.15.05]
Tarbox Ramblers
[02.12.05]
Black Tie Revue
[01.28.05]
Elvismas, Shade
[01.08.2005]
Chalk Outline Party, Comrad
[12.18.2004]
One Star Hotel
[12.10.2004]
Ted Leo + Pharmacists
[12.03.2004]
Thanksgiving Eve / The Italian
Club / Blairsville, Pa
Sue Foley
[11.20.2004]
The Whiskey Daredevils
[11.19.2004]
The Arcade Fire, The Cynics
[11.15.2004]
Steelers v. Patriots
[10.31.2004]
Mike Watt
[10.21.2004]
Magnolia Electric
Co.
[10.14.2004]
The Mendoza
Line
[10.09.2004]
The Black Keys
[10.07.2004]
The Secret Machines
[10.06.2004]
The Fiery
Furnaces, Charles Bissell (The Wrens)
[09.23.2004] |
Clem Snide, Archer
Prewitt, Marbles
03.07.2005 / Club
Cafe / Pittsburgh, PA
 This
show was a pleasant surprise. Being a Monday night and cold and rainy
I didn’t really plan to make this but Wifey was falling asleep at
about 10:00 and I paced the room trying to find the right words to tell
her I was heading out. She was cool with it though and I headed down to
the South Side.
While waiting for my first
beer at the bar I wasn’t really paying much attention to what was
going on behind me but when I turned around I saw this short, balding
guy wearing a space suit flanked by two cardboard cutouts; one of Darth
Vader and the other a robot or something. He was singing along to a backing
track and playing his guitar Townshend-windmill style except there was
no sound coming from it. Pretty hilarious. And then he was finished before
I could even get out my camera. Turns out it was Robert Schneider of the
band Apples in Stereo and he was calling himself Marbles.
After a beer at Jacks I was
back in Club Café for Archer Prewitt, guitarist for The Sea &
Cake. He has a new solo album
out but not having heard any of his material I was there with an open
mind. He sounded good and had a competent band behind him but was a bit
too mellow for me. His expert guitar playing and well-crafted songs does
put him a step above your average singer-songwriter but I wasn’t
buying tonight. There was a nice twist on the last song as a couple of
horns appeared and brought some life to the stage but then it was over.
Another beer and smoke break
and I was back for Clem Snide. I didn’t know much about these guys
either, other than a few songs I’ve heard and the fact that my most
jaded of friends
actually enjoyed one of their shows in N.Y.C. Coming on stage in matching
tuxedoes with animals embroidered on them and opening with “Fill
Me With Your Light” got this show off to a rollicking start. Hear
it here. Lead
singer Eef Barzelay has a unique vocal style that never tires. At the
start he thanked everyone for coming out on a Monday night and said he’s
usually home watching 24 at this time. Some highlights of their
hour plus show included songs "Don't Be Afraid of Your Anger”
and “End of Love.” They ended with a cover of The Talking
Heads’ “Heaven.” For an encore singer Eef came out and
took some requests and was backed by the guitarist on the last song.
Having wrote this a good 10
days after the show I’m sure I’m leaving out something good.
This band put on a wonderful performance and I’m looking forward
to the next time they come around.
As far as pictures go, there
was some dude with a serious camera that took like a million pictures
and I was feeling a bit intimidated and was afraid to use my flash. Maybe
it was the T.V cameras or the fact that I was a little too smoked up and
feeling insecure but I’m disappointed at the results. Somewhere
out there is a photo document of this whole damn show. If you’re
in the Pittsburgh area this is airing Sat. March 19 on UPN and will be
available On-Demand
after that. Even better, watch the interview by the tough chick with the
hat
and see what the band has to say.
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