When thinking outside the box just isn't enough
David Byrne of the Talking Heads once said, “Music is very physical, and often the body understands it before the head.” I’ve recently been thinking of how strange a phenomenon dancing is. Yet all cultures seem to have some form of it, and it is almost always set to music. It seems there is something inherent in music that just makes us want to move. So, when I go out to a concert…
Tame Impala is a dish best-served with a side of hallucinogens. Dreamy and groovy, this Aussie four-piece picks up where Sgt. Pepper left us (lead vocalist, Kevin Parker, sounds exactly like John Lennon).
Eatliz (Hebrew for “butcher shop”) is a six-piece progressive art-rock band from Tel Aviv, Israel. On Wednesday I had the chance to check out their act at Toronto’s Rivoli. It was the last stop of a four-week North American tour, which included Canadian Music Week and SXSW dates. I was expecting to see a very tired, worn-out band. That band didn’t show up on the other hand, Eatliz did…
When we finally arrived at the Horseshoe, The Greenhornes had just started and were in the middle of Too Much Sorrow from 2002’s Dual Mono. Drummer, Patrick Keeler was actually quite high-energy and fun to watch. He was given a few spots to really shine during instrumental breaks and did finales standing up, crashing down hard on his cymbals.
Let’s just try to get this out of the way: Jack White, Jack White, Jack White, Jack White. It is impossible to discuss Cincinnati rock-revivalists, the Greenhornes, without mentioning the man in red, white and black. So, yes, the Greenhornes’ Patrick Keeler (drums) and Jack Lawrence (bass) are better known as Jack White’s go-to rhythm section. They are found on Loretta Lynn’s Van Lear Rose (2004), comprise one half of super group, the Raconteurs, and Lawrence plays bass for black-leather-clad rockers, the Dead Weather. With leadman Craig Fox, however, Patrick Keeler and “Little” Jack Lawrence are the Greenhornes and have been
