(Picture of Phantom Family Halo, with Tony Bailey on the far right, from Metromix.)
This morning, right after waking up, I read the news on Louisville Hardcore that Tony Bailey passed last night. While we weren’t close, I’ve known Tony since, shit, I can’t remember, probably since I was 15 or 16 years old, through Louisville’s [...]
Entries from September 2009
September 27, 2009
Tony Bailey, R.I.P.
September 24, 2009
SAPAT, JACK ROSE, ZAK RILES (of Grails) at the SWAN DIVE, Monday, September 28
SAPAT (on Siltbreeze)
JACK ROSE (from Philadelphia, on VHF)
ZAK RILES (of Grails, on Important)
Monday, September 28
The Swan Dive
921 Swan Street
9 PM, $5, 21 and over
Spawned from the formidable Louisville, KY collective known as Black Velvet Fuckere, SAPAT resides as the centrifugal force in this Midwestern psychedelic madrigal set in the psychosexual backwaters of the mighty Ohio [...]
September 23, 2009
Omar Souleyman, Highway to Hassake and Dabke 2020 (Sublime Frequencies)
My review of Omar Souleyman’s two releases on Sublime Frequencies ran in this week’s LEO:
Despite its status as a junior member of George W. Bush’s “Axis of Evil,” Syria has long been a junction between East and West. It was on the road to Damascus, after all, that Paul famously converted to Christianity. But in [...]
September 11, 2009
BAD BLOOD, DAVILA 666, MIDNITE SONS at SKULL ALLEY Wednesday, September 23
BAD BLOOD
DAVILA 666 (from Puerto Rico, on In the Red)
MIDNITE SONS
Wednesday, September 23
Skull Alley
1017 E. Broadway
7 PM
$6, all ages
(Bad Blood photo by Darren Rappa.)
BAD BLOOD is one of Louisville’s finest rock combos, rocking a fertile mix of garage rock n’ blues to acclaim all over this fine city. BAD BLOOD features Dave Bird (of Rude [...]
September 9, 2009
ENDLESS BOOGIE and CROSS at the SWAN DIVE Thursday, September 24
ENDLESS BOOGIE (New York, on No Quarter)
CROSS (Lexington)
Thursday, September 24
The Swan Dive
921 Swan Street
9 PM, $6, 21 and over
ENDLESS BOOGIE began with no delusions of grandeur. They started off as an “old mans hobby” – just dudes jamming on riffs, locking into grooves, finding that transcendental part of a song and stretching it into eternity. [...]
September 4, 2009
Meah!/Phantom Family Halo split 7″ (Sophomore Lounge)
(Both covers of the Meah!/Phantom Family Halo split from the Sophomore Lounge web site, http://sophomoreloungerecords.com.)
Normally when one thinks of happenin’ musical hotspots, I’m pretty sure that Jeffersonville, Indiana doesn’t come to mind. Right across the Second Street Bridge over the Ohio River from Louisville, Jeffersonville has a sort of sleepy reputation, not possessing notable attractions [...]
September 4, 2009
Little Wings and Zak Riles (of Grails) at the SWAN DIVE, Sunday September 6
Jeremy over at the Swan Dive put together a doozy of a show for this Sunday. Here’s what he had to say about it:
LITTLE WINGS is Kyle Fields’ music project. Little Wings songs are quickly becoming modern folk classics. I spoke with him the other day and we had a conversation about Fiest, who is [...]
September 2, 2009
DR Country, WAND, Little Gold at the SWAN DIVE Saturday, September 19
DR COUNTRY
WAND (from Knoxville, on Ecstatic Peace!)
LITTLE GOLD (from NYC)
Saturday, September 19
The Swan Dive
921 Swan Street
9 PM
$5, 21 and over
DR COUNTRY features longtime Louisville veteran Darren Rappa and Caitlin Kannapell, with a rotating cast of characters and comrades playing his unique style of bent country tunes. Rappa, who played in such amazing Louisville bands as [...]
September 2, 2009
Just Announced! Lexington’s CROSS to open for ENDLESS BOOGIE 9/24
Exciting new Lexington, Kentucky band CROSS will open for ENDLESS BOOGIE at the Swan Dive, Thursday September 24th (click the link for more information about the show).
Here’s the “official” CROSS bio:
Based out of Lexington, CROSS is comprised of MA Turner and R Clint Colburn. CROSS started playing music together directly after guitarist MA Turner’s group [...]
