Geof’s New Music: 30 Mar - Apr 5 2008
The new label releases this week are things I’d always meant to get but just hadn’t … probably because I needed some downtime to get them.
Wilco’s Kicking Television.
Son Volt’s Straightaways.- 15 May 1997 [Portland, OR, USA] concert bootleg of Elliott Smith.
1997-05-15: EJ's, Portland, OR, USA - Wilco’s Yankee Hotel Foxtrot engineering demos. [I figured I'd forego a true bootleg this week since I had a Wilco live record to digest.] Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Engineer Demos
5 Jun 2006 [Charlotte, NC, USA] concert bootleg of Over the Rhine. This is the second recording I ever made. 2006-06-05: The Neighborhood Theatre, Charlotte, NC, USA- 29 Sep 2006 [Knoxville, TN, USA] concert bootleg of the Square Pegs in the Round. 2006-09-29: 7:00 p.m. show, New City Cafe, Knoxville, TN, USA (disc 1) and 2006-09-29: 7:00 p.m. show, New City Cafe, Knoxville, TN, USA (disc 2).
7 Jul 2007 [Hollywood, CA, USA] concert bootleg of Andrew Bird. 2007-07-07: Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood, CA, USA.
She and Him’s Volume One. I love it. There are spots where it wears on me a bit from sameness, but I’ll talk that more in the inaugural IJSMCast, I believe. Four stars.
My Brightest Diamond’s Tear It Down. None of this was bad, but none of them were outstanding. Three stars.- 6 May 1997 [Santa Monica, CA, USA] concert bootleg of Elliott Smith. I sit and listen to the interviews here, and I just want to give Elliott a hug. He sounds so down. But the recording is very good. Four stars.
- 1 Dec 2001 [Lynchburg, VA, USA] concert bootleg of Andrew Peterson. It’s solid but unspectacular. Three stars.
3 Jun 2006 [Atlanta, GA, USA] concert bootleg of Over the Rhine. This is my very first bootleg recording, and … it shows. Two stars. :cringe: But the solo on “When I Go” sounds pretty good. 
17 Jan 2008 [Chicago, IL, USA] concert bootleg of Son Volt. After having a great Son Volt recording previously, this returned back to the “meh” realm. Two-and-a-half stars.
20 Feb 2008 [Chicago, IL, USA] concert bootleg of Wilco. A fantastic end to a fine, fine residency. Four-and-a-half stars.
Posted March 30th, 2008 in Musiclogging. Tagged: Andrew Bird, Andrew Peterson, Elliott Smith, Koo Chung, M. Ward, My Brightest Diamond, Over the Rhine, Shara Worden, She and Him, Silers Bald, Son Volt, wilco, Zooey Deschanel.
Geof’s New Music: 6-12 Apr 2008…
With my Mac in the shop, my bootlegs will have to wait … but I do have a new studio release to listen to, since it came in the mail yesterday:
Steve Tannen’s Stopped at a Green Light.
Last week was pretty meh overall:
Wilco’s Ki…
April 8th, 2008 at 7:20 am