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...they buy lots of Fair Trade soaps and exfoliate themselves with Ugandan seed-oils.The Musical “My Band is About Social Justice” Granola:This Granola can be seen in schoolyards everywhere, playing “No Woman, No Cry” on the acoustic guitar. While they strum, they usually sport all manner of hats, mostly ones made out of knit material, but also hand-me-downs from the Bolshevik Army. They think their clothing is pretty “cool,” but what they think is even cooler is their love of marijuana...
...wait! Volcano! is not done. No, rather than fade away, the album burns out in a raucous avalanche of sound as war cry, battleaxe guitar, and rolling drums crash down in a violent mess. Just when it seems as though Vesuvius has blown, the band returns to the twinkling calm of the first track, leaving exhausted listeners wondering if the past insane hour of gorgeous convulsions actually happened...
...drummer Lowell “Sly” Dunbar and bass player Robbie Shakespeare will accompany. Avalon. 8 p.m. Tickets available through Ticketmaster. $35. (MEE)Dinosaur, Jr. This two-night live performance features native Massachusetts band Dinosaur, Jr., best known for returning the use of a lead guitar to indie rock. Both concerts also include performances by Sunburned Hand of Man and are part of a live DVD shoot for Dinosaur, Jr. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster for the Monday night performance only. Sunday sold out. $15. (IJB)Wild Light with Margaret Kasper and When Worlds Collide. It?...
...Wilco’s performances while maintaining remarkable fidelity and a pleasant level of crowd noise. Though many of the included songs are not significantly different from their studio counterparts, the palpable enthusiasm with which they are played brings out their finer points. Nels Cline is astonishing on lead guitar, Pat Sansone (keys/guitar) and Mikael Jorgensen (keys/laptop) are quietly innovative, Glen Kotche is rhythmically and melodically dynamic behind the drums and John Stirratt is powerful on bass and harmony.The true genius of the live-album format is revealed in the many moments where Wilco’s performance transcends their...
...spotty level of concern for the legality of myTunes sharing, going to singlehandedly kill the record industry? Probably not, but that might be even scarier. I have to remind myself that there will ALWAYS be people willing to pay 50 bucks to watch country singers pretend to play the guitar while dangling from trapezes. If this is the only demand major labels are feeling, what’s to prevent them from dropping everyone but Toby Keith and buying him a longer trapeze and a bigger cowboy hat? Let’s not play elitists once again, but maybe...