The Holmes Brothers @ Joe's Pub

The Holmes Brothers set at Joe's Pub on Tuesday night was great. The hour long set featured mostly covers such as "Bad Moon Rising" and "I Want You To Want Me" as well as a half a dozen songs off of their most recently release album, "State of Grace". The Holmes Brothers play the World Finacial Center on Saturday as part of the Amercian Beauty Project and Joe's Pub again next Tuesday with Allen Toussaint. Before they head out on tour.


See a few more pictures here.

Gil Mantera's Party Dream @ the Knitting Factory

I have never really been sure what to make of Gil Mantera's Party Dream. The group, which is made up of brothers Donny and Gil Mantera, play a sort of synth-pop-rock mixed with a good bit of humor. On Saturday I headed down to the Knitting Factory to catch what I thought was going to be as much a stand up performance as it was a going to be rock show. But what I got was an all out crazy rock show. The sold out crowd just went insane during their set. The band barely gave the crowd a moment to breathe as the blasted through their 1-hour set. Overall it was a great time and if you haven't the Party Dream live strong suggest you catch them on their current tour.




See a few more photos here and just in case you are interested here is the video for "Elmo's Wish".