seems to be live music week for me…
At johnrays last minute suggestion, I headed down to
Humble Pie to catch the Utah/Adams Castle/Illustravox show.
I thought about not going, but was glade I did. Good show.
I missed Illustravox completely, so cant really comment.
But Adam’s Castle and Utah were both very good.
Adams Castle was a bass/drum/piano trio that sounded
more like old Rush/Fugazi/Don Cab than Ben Folds Five*
Pretty cool. Kind of Mathy, kind of proggy, all instrumental.
Picked up a copy of there cd. Talked to the bass player
for a bit, they seemed pretty cool.
Utah are local, though transplanted from Michigan. A
guitar/cello/drums lineup. Also a bit mathy (need to
come up with a better term…). A bit more subtle
than Adam’s Castle. Several of the songs were
based around clean tapped electric guitar and
cello intertwingled. Picked up their cd as well.
All in all, a good show. Though there was
someone there that I swear looked just like
Josh from “Butt Nekkid & the Flaming Jesi” but
didn’t seem to have the same mannerisms.
* anyone remember the band the bassist for
Ben Folds Five was in before that, Toxic
Popsicle?