OK Boston, what the shit? You can drag your asses out to see all kinds of crap shows, waste your lives away at Mary Anne’s or City Side, and you can’t take fifty minutes in Cambridge on a Wednesday night? Seriously?
We’ve talked about this before, Boston. You need to see Wakey!Wakey! in concert. Mike Grubbs has a rare talent for song writing, a passion for banging the shit out of his keys, and a reedy, emotive voice that gets us to all the concerts we can catch. And if you don’t come out and see him, we’re going to have to fight you. You’ve been warned.
And here’s yet another reason why you should come out: even when you don’t, Mike STILL puts on an incredible show. He takes the craft seriously, and puts on a tip-top performance even for an intimate gathering of friends and musicians. And he does it with great aplomb, without complaint, and a quick, infectious smile. He whips out wickedly complicated, jarring, flaring introductions on his keyboard, pauses, takes a deep breath, and then charges forward with his musical offering. For that, we salute Wakey!Wakey!, and look forward to the upcoming show HEADLINING THE BOWERY BALLROOM IN MANHATTAN WITH FULL BAND.
Updated Lifetime Eight Ball Scores
Mike Grubbs and friends: 0
melophobe and friends: 3
Wakey!Wakey! Set!List!
01—Brooklyn
02—Blame You
03—LGA
04—Doldrum Days (?)
05—Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
06—Messy Girl
07—War Sweater
08—Take It Like A Man
09—Honey-Covered Hands
he is amazing bro his style can not be touched....some people dont know what he is talking about caz u dont do what he does he is sickkk bra
by dylyn on Thu Mar 18, 2010 at 11.59 am from the entry: Wiz Khalifa: Burn After Rolling (Mixtape)
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by wisconsin land on Thu Mar 18, 2010 at 09.53 am from the entry: of Montreal + Gang Gang Dance - Orpheum Theatre (Boston, MA; Oct. 30, 2008)
Ugh. Paste’s profile of Free Energy made me kind of hate them. So does your review. It’s this unctuous defense of good-time rock-and-roll ("we’re just here to party, and we’re awesome!") that seems more self-serving than fun-loving.
by beth on Wed Mar 17, 2010 at 09.41 pm from the entry: Foreign Born + Free Energy - The Knitting Factory (Brooklyn, NY; Mar. 12, 2010)
that inescapable feeling you are referring to, is that like when you hear something and you could have sworn you heard it before because of the nostalgic catchy quality? or is is like when you’ve heard a band exactly like said band?
great post by the way!
by paul on Wed Mar 17, 2010 at 03.15 pm from the entry: The Novel Ideas - "The Sky Is A Field" - Borrow It
Whoa! I had no idea she was enegaged. You would never know with the way she behaves! Wow!
by art on Wed Mar 17, 2010 at 09.48 am from the entry: Nikki Darlin and John McCauley: 1+1=1
This comment stream is so meta. Great review Kelly.
by chris on Tue Mar 16, 2010 at 07.50 pm from the entry: Flying Lotus - "Cosmogramma" - Buy It
no prob. The whole album is excellent, combining some of the harder sonics of Los Angeles with the meat of his debut and obviously difficult to summarize in only 50 words… 
I’d say it’s on par with the debut, but better than Los Angeles.
by kelly on Tue Mar 16, 2010 at 06.23 pm from the entry: Flying Lotus - "Cosmogramma" - Buy It
