2 posts tagged “matt nathanson”
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11/19/08
The Majestic/with Matt Nathanson & Jessie Baylin Madison, Wisconsin
11/20/08 House of Blues/with Matt Nathanson& Jessie Baylin Chicago, Illinois |
First of all, huge apologies to Paul Doucette from The Break and Repair Method,
who I was supposed to do coverage on for this concert last night. I can
only tell you that I was confused about the start time, Pantages
Theater website lists "8:00pm", which I thought was when doors open. By
the time I found the venue, found street parking (the parking gods just
was not with me), and walking in the cold - I arrived at 9 and Matt Nathanson had taken stage at 9:15!
The report I got from the two women in front of me was that there was actually two opening band, The Break and Repair Method and Jessie Baylin (who later resurfaced to do a duet with Matt). How they were able to fit both their set in under one hour is beyond me.
What I can tell you, based on what I was told, was that the both were well received, although the girls did not know that Paul is actually the drummer from Matchbox Twenty, a very popular band from the 2000s (moving over 45 million records -- remember their Mad Season album?)
Judging from the mostly college students in the sold-out show, both Break and Baylin probably enjoyed a warm reception. Even after the show, there was a huge line-up at the merch table for all three bands.
Well, since I missed their set, I just wanted to make you aware that Doucette is more into indie folky with his latest project, The Break and Repair Method. Their debut album is called Milk the Bee and it was released earlier in September. You can enter into a contest to win yourself a signed copy. On that link you can find another link to download "You Won't Be Able to Be Sad" - which is the song I'm using.
As for Matt Nathanson, he seems really young and lively on
stage. He really loves pop music, and even admitted to stealing riffs
and chords from his favorite songs. Some of his covers includes James'
"Laid", Rick Springfield's "Jessie's Girl", Kenny Rogers/Dolly Parton's
"Island in the Stream", Kim Wilde's "Kids in America", Lisa Loeb's
"Stay", and the Everly Brothers' "All I Have to do is Dream" (and
probably other more obscure ones that I didn't know about). As a cover
lover, I approve.
Other things I've noticed, his guitarist wore a Thievery Corporation T-Shirt and they had brought an upright bass on tour with them - shame it was only used on two songs on "All We Are" and the closing encore song.
PS, sorry for the dodgy photograph, I was at a respectable distance from the stage - and this was an old-fashion seated theater so I could not move around.
The report I got from the two women in front of me was that there was actually two opening band, The Break and Repair Method and Jessie Baylin (who later resurfaced to do a duet with Matt). How they were able to fit both their set in under one hour is beyond me.
What I can tell you, based on what I was told, was that the both were well received, although the girls did not know that Paul is actually the drummer from Matchbox Twenty, a very popular band from the 2000s (moving over 45 million records -- remember their Mad Season album?)
Judging from the mostly college students in the sold-out show, both Break and Baylin probably enjoyed a warm reception. Even after the show, there was a huge line-up at the merch table for all three bands.
Well, since I missed their set, I just wanted to make you aware that Doucette is more into indie folky with his latest project, The Break and Repair Method. Their debut album is called Milk the Bee and it was released earlier in September. You can enter into a contest to win yourself a signed copy. On that link you can find another link to download "You Won't Be Able to Be Sad" - which is the song I'm using.
Other things I've noticed, his guitarist wore a Thievery Corporation T-Shirt and they had brought an upright bass on tour with them - shame it was only used on two songs on "All We Are" and the closing encore song.
PS, sorry for the dodgy photograph, I was at a respectable distance from the stage - and this was an old-fashion seated theater so I could not move around.
Links:
thebreakandrepairmethod.com
myspace.com
mattnathanson.com
myspace.com
jessiebaylin.com
Allie Moss is a singer-songwriter from Monmouth County, New Jersey based around the NYC
and NJ area. She's played at some great venues such as The Sidewalk
Café, Rockwood Music Hall, Pianos, and others and plays alongside
fellow New York singer-songwriter Ingrid Michaelson. She currently has
a demo that's hand decorated and numbered by her appropriately titled My Last & Final Demo.
It's a compilation of "snapshots" she's written and recorded over the
past 2 years to help fund her EP. I actually discovered Allie
through Eisley's Laughing City a couple of years ago. After hearing a
few songs, she became part of my list of favorite female
singer-songwriters along with Ingrid Michaelson.
Ingrid Michaelson is a singer-songwriter from New York (Staten Island
to be exact, which is where I'm from and previously Brooklyn) and plays
mainly around the NYC area. She currently has two albums and her songs
have been featured in episodes of Grey's
Anatomy. She also has a side project with Andrew Futral of The Age of
Rockets called Ingrid + Andrew which they bill as Dutch Pop. I found
out about Ingrid through Allie's MySpace since she was a "top friend"
and in this case, they really are friends, not just MySpace friends.
Allie recently performed at The Hotel Café Festival with
Ingrid and they'll be on tour together until August 29. And then
starting in October, they'll be opening for Matt Nathanson on a
national tour.
| Links: Allie Moss | Virb | MySpace + Ingrid Michaelson | Fansite | MySpace | Posted by Jason |
