My Morning Jacket Fall tour!

My Morning Jacket annouinced their fall tour today and I am completely stoked to say the least. I will hopefully be seeing 4 shows on this tour!

Here are the dates.
November
09 Thu Charleston, SC Music Farm
10 Fri Knoxville, TN Tennessee Theater
12 Sun Atlanta, GA The Tabernacle
13 Mon Nashville, TN Ryman Auditorium
15 Wed New Orleans, LA House Of Blues
16 Thu Dallas, TX Gypsy Theater
17 Fri Dallas, TX Gypsy Theater
18 Sat Austin, TX Stubb's
20 Mon St. Louis, MO The Pageant
21 Tue Milwaukee, WI The Riverside
22 Wed Louisville, KY Louisville Gardens
24 Fri Chicago, IL Riviera Theater
25 Sat Indianapolis, IN Clowes Hall
27 Mon Washington, DC
28 Tue Washington, DC
30 Thu New York, NY Roseland Ballroom
DECEMBER
01 Fri Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory
02 Sat Boston, MA Avalon Ballroom

O'Death, Two Gallants, and more @ Maiden, Brooklyn

Immediately following the show at McCarren Pool on Saturday I headed over to Maiden, Brooklyn for a late show featuring The Goddamn Rattlesnake, Two Gallants, O'Death and Skeletonbreath. This show was out of control. The fun level was way off the charts. About 100 people packed into the back of Maiden, Brooklyn to drink cheap beer and rock out to great sets by all of the bands. First up was The Goddamn rattlesnake, who in addition to performing also organized the event and rocked out in the audience during every set. The Goddamn Rattlesnake is a more country version of O'Death and just as good. People really packed in to hear Two Gallants. This set was a thousand times better than their set earlier in the day. O'Death was the next band to play. Their set rocked every last sock off of the audience. This was easily the best set I have seen them perform since their show at Brooklyn Fireproof. The show even featured a a cover of the Pixies' song "Nimrod's Son". The final band of the evening was Skeletonbreath. I was pretty tired by the time they came on but they still rocked me pretty hard. Skeletonbreath sound a lot like Tarantula A.D with more of klezmer music sound. They also performed the theme from the movie Beetlejuice and "When the Saint go Marching". After a long day and night of rocking I walked out into the street soaking of sweat and beer.

The Goddamn Rattlesnake

Two Gallants


O'Death



Skeletonbreath

Gov't Mule, Wolfmother, & Two Gallants @ McCarren Pool

On Saturday night we waved goodbye to summer as Gov't Mule, Wolfmother, and Two Gallants rocked the final show of the summer at McCarren Pool. The show started out with a short set by Two Gallants. The highlight of their set was the smoking version of "Las Cruces Jail". Their set as usual left me wanting more but since I knew I was going to see them again later that night I wasn't to worried.
The next band to take the stage was Wolfmother. This was the second time I have seen Wolfmother. The first time was their performance at Mercury Lounge earlier this year. At that point I wasn't that impressed with their Sabbath meets stoner rock revival sound. But on Saturday I witnessed a totally different band. A band that when a couple thousand people are all clapping along, shaking their fist in the air and head banging made me a believer. They just brought amazing amount of energy to the show that neither of the other two acts did. From the opening notes "Dimension" the band was on a roll and the crowd loved every minute of it. In between songs they teased the audience with short versions of different classic rock songs such as "We will rock you". It seems that Wolfmother popularity will just continue to grow as they grow as a band.
The final band of the night was Gov't Mule. Gov't Mule just released a new album on August 22 entitled "High and Mighty". The album was recorded at Willie Nelson's studio in Austin,Texas. The album sees Warren and company take a much darker approach to their southern blues sound than I have heard from them in the past. Their two sets at McCarren Pool on Saturday night were fantastic. The band just find a deeper and darker groove as the show went on. The peeked during a ripping "Gameface>Mountain Jam>Gameface". Gov't Mule has also announced that they will be returning to the Beacon Theater for a three show New Year's Eve run. This year's theme will be "Dub side of the Mule".
Two Gallants

Wolfmother


Gov't Mule