Monday, November 26, 2012

The Gaslight Anthem in Barcelona


A Thursday night is not, on principle, the best day of the week for a concert, but it appears that, in the end, The Gaslight Anthem can succeed and fill any room in which touch, regardless of any other circumstances or event with which they must deal.
And so, as we said, a room full Apolo are chock was again small (remember his concert in July 2011) for the presentation of their fourth album, Handwritten (2012). Punctual as clockwork, Brian Fallon and company jumped into the ring without making much noise with "Mae" as hinting that not merely a classic rock band and they do not like being enclosed, but their live is plural, nuanced . So the next topic, to return to the source, was the celebrated "The '59 Sound", with more than one other that did not take something warm to jump properly. Then one of the key pieces of the new album, the eponymous "Handwritten", in which Fallon makes clear who wears the gallon in the band and who should take the leading role in his shows.
More talkative and fun than in the past, the New Jersey occasionally joked with the audience, explaining war stories about the new songs and how, because of selling bands like Muse, among others, have not been able to touch so many rooms and countries as they would have liked in this European tour. From there, cool efficiency and seniority shook hands in a certain year and scrupulous review of the main themes of the new album (with the exception resounding "National Anthem") and common in all the concerts of the band, as "Film Noir", "Miles Davis & the Cool", "Here's Looking at You, Kid", "The Backseat" or "American Slang"
In exchange for not enjoying "Bring it On", one of our favorite topics of Americans, we enjoy a cover of a Dylan classic, "Changing of the Guards" and himself as a small classic "Blue Jeans & White T -Shirts "instant before close down, as expected, with the energetic" Great Expectations "from his fantastic The '59 Sound (2008).

Thursday, November 8, 2012

Will The Civil Wars on the verge of separation?


They became the star folklore duo last year. They opted to several Grammys, taking a couple (including "Best folk album") and the album achieved a remarkable position - number 12 - in the Billboard ranking. Success seemed to be present in every pore that make The Civil Wars, and everything presaged something even bigger in 2013 and facing a possible second studio album. Unfortunately sometimes the pressure, or more personal reasons, are those just ruining a winning formula like yours. That is exactly what happened in the last days: Joy Williams and John Paul White confirmed via Facebook that canceled the rest of the concerts were scheduled in New Zealand and the United States due to "internal disagreements and irreconcilable differences of ambition ".

He chews the tragedy at home from the creators of "Poison & Wine" or "To Whom It May Concern '. Neither the (supposedly) hopeful comment "hope to release new music for fans in 2013" leaves us feeling good. If you have come this far is because there are many internal problems, and that of "irreconcilable differences" critical condition smells everywhere.

Will have to see how things develop. Nevertheless the thing is located in a really negative point. And we input that we took for granted and end up coming out in 2013 that the successor of "Barton Hollow". There is still a gap (very little) of hope, but worth going ...