I've been slacking....

Yep, i'll be the first to admit that once again i've been slacking on the 'ol blog. The whole point of starting a new one, with a very strict focus, was to get more serious about writing on here. But while i have been slacking i haven't been slacking when it comes to music. Ok.... maybe just a little bit on that end too. But i've bought alot of new records over the past few weeks, old & new, and i have been to some shows... so let's try to catch up....
A few weeks back i saw Elliot Brood... the band not the man... at Richards on Richards. Their new record "Mountain Ambassador" has been in constant rotation the past few months so i was looking forward to this show, and they didn't disappoint. Only 3 members in this band, but they make a racket like you wouldn't believe! It's weird, for a band that falls somewhere in the alt-country realm for the most part they really do kick up the dust and make a racket when they hit the stage. One of the guitarists plays an acoustic that goes thru a bunch of pedals and at times he comes up with the dirtiest, most distorted, sound i've heard in a while. The other guitarist, who also plays some ukulele and banjo, also uses distortion on his instruments. There was also pedals that might've been creating some bass, and they had a small scale light show that was hooked up to pedals. This was no stadium style light show, i'm talking 3 flood lights and some lights stolen from grandma's christmas tree. One of the highlights, besides my request for "Miss You Now", was when they handed out disposable baking trays and wooden spoons and encouraged the crowd to join in. What a racket the drunk dude next to me was making, and i'm hoping it was the beer causing him to be so out of time!
The night before that show i saw DOA play their 30th anniversary show with the Tranzmitors and Dayglo Abortions. I think the teenage me would've been in heaven, and 3 sheets to the wind, but the 34 year old me was bored off his ass. The Tranzmitors played a great set as usual, debuting a new song that sounded good, as well as busting out the hits. Dayglo Abortions... what happened? Were they always this bad & this boring. DOA... sounded ok, opened with World War 3 which was rad... but i just wasn't feeling it. And Randy Rampage is out of the band again.
OK this post has gone on for too long... i'll write about all the new records i've got in another post. And i've been rooting thru my 7" records, finding some gems i forgot about that i think i'll babble about at some point or another.