Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, San Diego, California
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Tour Dates
04/27/13 Dallas, TX House Of Blues
04/28/13 Houston, TX Warehouse Live – Ballroom 04/30/13 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade 05/01/13 Nashville, TN Cannery Ballroom 05/03/13 Boston, MA House Of Blues Boston 05/04/13 New York, NY Terminal 5 05/05/13 Phila, PA Theatre Of The Living Arts 05/06/13 Washington, DC 9:30 Club 05/08/13 Montreal, QC Virgin Mobile Corona 05/09/13 Toronto, ON Kool Haus 05/10/13 Detroit, MI St. Andrews Hall 05/11/13 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall 05/13/13 Indianapolis, IN The Vogue 05/14/13 Milwaukee, WI Turner Hall Ballroom 05/15/13 Madison, WI Barrymore Theatre 05/17/13 Chicago, IL Vic Theatre 05/18/13 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue 05/20/13 Englewood, CO Gothic Theatre 05/21/13 Aspen, CO Belly Up Aspen 05/24/13 Vancouver, BC Commodore 05/25/13 Quincy, WA Gorge Amph 05/26/13 Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom 05/27/13 Reno, NV Knitting Factory 05/29/13 Tempe, AZ Marquee 05/30/13 Tucson, AZ Rialto Theatre 05/31/13 Las Vegas, NV Vinyl 06/01/13 Los Angeles, CA Wiltern 06/02/13 Santa Ana, CA Observatory 07/05/13 Montreux Montreux Jazz Lab 07/06/13 Belfort Eurockeennes Festival 07/19/13 Sesimbra Praia Do Meco Read More BRMCʼs new album Specter at the Feast was released last Tuesday, and needless to say itʼs been earning a generous amount of play from yours truly. Bands nowadays just donʼt seem to bring the good olʼ rock and roll .…
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Opening was Mississippi’s Bass Drum of Death, a garage band sounding much like a watered down version of Nirvana. Even a few of their beats were total rip offs, but the high energy was enough to get the laid-back San Diego crowd hyped for Black Rebel.
The threesome came on at 9:30 and the crowd went absolutely bananas. Opening up with Let The Day Begin, a cover from bassist Robert Been’s late father’s band The Call, I marveled how profoundly hip this band truly is. Think of seeing The Beatles at the Cavern in 1962, greasers just on the road for kicks, and that’s your visual for BRMC onstage. Robert Been wails effortlessly on the bass while belting out his heartbreaking lyrics, and their newest band member drummer Leah Shapiro (formerly with The Raveonettes) hits the drums hard with impressive beats that carry each song while even doing some harmonies with Robert. In her simple black t-shirt with her hair wild and in her face, Leah may just be the hottest thing to ever sit behind a set of drums. Then guitarist and vocalist Peter Hayes brings it all together with his bluesy solo tunes for an impressive sight indeed.
When the first notes of Whatever Happened To My Rock ʻNʼ Roll filled the room, I lifted out of my body and was carried away to the Gods of Rock. “I gave my soul to a new religion”. No one, I repeat no one is currently making music like this. This band is the epitome of modern rock music. They then adorned us with a couple solo acoustics that made me quite teary eyed, including You Run by Robert and Some Kind Of Ghost by Peter.
One thing about Black Rebel’s live shows, they are so incredibly gracious and passionate with their set. When they are on they are ON, as they played for over two hours…with each song more powerful than the next. They ended with Sell It and my favorite on the new album Lose Yourself. You want one hell of a collar-popping-in-your-face musical phenomenon? Go see Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. Now.
BRMC is currently playing Austin Psych Fest alongside acts Diiv, Deerhunter and Warpaint (just to name a few) and then continuing on their US tour.
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Black Rebel Motorcycle Club at House of Blues, San Diego (04/23/13) |