Seems to me that most bands have a 1-3 album peak and it's just hard to maintain that. You're right though..that's exactly what I saw happen to PJ and I never understood their following for all these years. I would say that Pearl Jam had a 5-album peak to start their career (Ten-Vs-Vitalogy-No Code...

that is one of my biggest turnoffs of this album..what is up with the drum machine??? Patrick is a monsters and they are making this weirdo little sounds and effects and a drum machine? not sure how he can be happy about that.

MMJ is like DBT to me. I'm constructive as a novice of musicianship and artist intentions. I can't ever say it's bad because they've been so damn great. That was me until Evil Urges, but that album is just so freaking awful it boggles my mind. I can't even have a rational conversation about it. The...

Sucks DBT only plays 75 min. Like Beale St. last year, I'd imagine this will be another great show but no happy ending!?! Thats usually when DBT hits their stride, it's like 1/2 a DBT show. welcome to one of the downsides of festivals. and who the hell booked Motörhead? i hope Lemmy wanders around ...

Can't wait to see the Black Keys...they rock my world.

I really don't like bands doing fan clubs...i'd never join. It is basically just a way for them to make more $...and the benefits are never what they say.

and I agree...ugly ass album cover and kind of dumb album name.

I bet this album leaks this week.

tinnitus photography wrote:the bathroom cleaning is the best part of Harpers > BMH.

actually, the quality of the booking has improved greatly as well.

Yeah they are def getting better acts...Harpers was a lot of cover bands.

I've had this album for sooooo long I thought it came out months ago.

ME up is ~200 and i would think TT's is about the same (though they can fit more people in the bar room/pool table room...so maybe 250/300?). you can't really call J a local band, can you? i never went much when it was Harpers but there was always plenty of room...i've been to BMH twice now, and J ...

Going to another show that night...but it is only sold out because the venue..local bands sell this place out..if you show up you will probably find someone selling a ticket outside. what local bands sell out the room? it's probably 50% larger than TT's or the upstairs @ Middle East. TT and Middle ...

Going to another show that night...but it is only sold out because the venue..local bands sell this place out..if you show up you will probably find someone selling a ticket outside.

the J Mascis/K Vile show exceeded all expectations. and they were high, going in. edit - the followup: review and some photos of J's show w/ Kurt: http://www.prefixmag.com/photos/j-mascis-kurt-vile-brighton-music-hall-boston-pics/ http://photos.tinnitus-photography.com/img/s3/v26/p494830307-4.jpg h...

I was just about to post this. It's awesome, though it seems unlikely that Ryan would have waited until now to "discover" them You'd be surprised. Musicians, especially ones like Ryan are so caught up in their own music that they don't really know what is going on in current music. Plus h...

This is great. When I saw this post my thoughts immediately went to the negative so I was pleasantly surprised when I was wrong. Adam's is a great talent but his reputation (from I've seen personally, heard from others and read about) keeps me from enjoying his music most of the time. Nice to see t...

I was just about to post this. It's awesome, though it seems unlikely that Ryan would have waited until now to "discover" them You'd be surprised. Musicians, especially ones like Ryan are so caught up in their own music that they don't really know what is going on in current music. Plus h...

Nice post by Ryan on his Facebook Page about DBT... "fav song by my new fav band. 3 songwriters in DBT, each of them essential and total forces of nature. If you need a new passion dive in- I can't find a weak record in the lot. Happy Sat Nite." [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nvT...

Cracker and Camper are awesome and I love Those Darlins...Futurebirds are pretty blah in my opinion but other than that I like the bands. If they add some more good bands I wouldn't mind taking drive and checking this out.

He must be a big DBT fan..I remember a scene in the Sheild where his character was sitting in a truck listening to DBT.

one of my favorite artists...I feel like every album has something to offer and is different from the one before. Loved Little Honey and West. Streamed this one the other day and really liked it..can't wait to pick it up.

http://www.clearwaterfestival.org/

DBT playing it this year...always wanted to check this out.

Indie means independent. Simple as that. When Sonic Youth signed to a major label they were no longer indie. i would argue that...Geffen/DGC let them do the SYR records on the side, and i doubt that there was much if any meddling into the recordings they submitted for release. Well I was speaking t...

Maybe it's the other way around - the DBTs are really ignoring indie rock. i agree ...i don't want them to change, i'd love for them to financially prosper more and get the recognition they deserve, but to do that, they'd have to change. indie bands are flashes in the pan, in 3 years you won't hear...

I haven't read everything on this post but I will give my two cents back to the original topic. Why Indie rock continues to ignore the Drive-By Truckers? I think it is the Southern thing to a point. You can't read a review without Skynyrd being mentioned. That definitely hurts them. That being said ...

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Gator McKlusky wrote:

Clams wrote:He invented the word alsum

For that alone he gets voted into the 9B/3DD Hall of Fame.

funny, i was thinking rejection....

I was thinking the same.

I don't know him that well but we hung out last year in Atlanta and he was cool...when I saw him this year in Athens he barely spoke...I thought that was a little weird. To each his own.

StevieRay, I'm friends with Bow on FB so I forward him this link and he just wrote me back..hope you don't mind, I wasn't sure if you were friends with him on there or not but I wanted him to see it..good job! Thanks a billion Michael! this should help us a bunch when we tour down south April/May. S...

Another band Bow sits in with is Session Americana...amazing supergroup of musicians who do tradional covers, The Band, Dead and originals. They usually have a guest musician for the 2nd set and I caught Bow about a month ago. If you ever get a chance to see these guys do it. www.sessionamericana.co...

for those in the Boston area....Bow and his other band the Holy Plow are at Precinct Bar in Somerville, MA this Friday night. also a can't miss show...Bow and the Trainwreck are opening up for ROADSAW at their cd release party at the Middle East in Cambridge, MA saturday 4/16. ROADSAW played Tweed R...

I was really impressed that Bow was so generous with his time hanging out with all of us the other night. We shared roughly parallel recollections of Grateful Dead experiences - and, discussed our shared reverence for the late Jerry Garcia. He related to me also that he actually was in a more punk ...