Mann's World

Monday, August 28, 2006

Roman Candle and The Whigs, Friday, Aug. 25 at Cat's Cradle

Finally got to see Roman Candle (Myspace), who put on a great show Friday at Cat's Cradle (yes, I actually made it out of Raleigh for one night!). I interviewed them for Tiny Mix Tapes, and they were all super nice. Got some fairly good footage and some OK pics.

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"Something Left to Say"

The biggest surprise of the evening was The Whigs (Myspace), an Athens band who absolutely blew me away. I found out later that they were a Rolling Stone band to watch, and while I usually don't put much stock in such accolades, this time the mag is right on the money. I truly regret not buying their CD while I was at the show.

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Sunday, August 20, 2006

My new favorite band ...

Has to be The T's, who I saw last night at Slim's. And of course it was a night when I didn't have my camera. Originally we set out to go dancing at Alibi, but ended up at Slim's by accident, which is where I saw The T's, who weren't on Slim's schedule.

This is the new band featuring Lutie from The Semantics, and three guys. They're incredibly tight with good vocals (three of them sing) and awesome guitar solos. At times during their set they reminded me of a harder rocking Pretenders, a more intricate Ramones, and, for some reason, Golden Earring. Actually, after their set, The Cult's "Electric" was playing, and I thought that was the closest thing to their sound. The odd thing was, during their set, I kept thinking they were playing covers, because their songs, or at least parts of their songs, sounded really familiar, but I could never put my finger on who or what they were covering. Usually when that happens I can identify immediately a song or band that someone is obviously ripping off. In The T's case, I think they just have a strong ability to take universally great riffs and rhythms and make them into new songs that are familiar but still fresh.

They've only played two shows so far, and their Myspace page doesn't have much info. They're playing Slim's with Snatches of Pink on Sept. 22, which should be an awesome show.