Saturday, December 10, 2011
Our Favorites of 2011: Live Shows
We at The Galley have had the pleasure of attending dozens of concerts this past year. While most of them have provided a great opportunity to see the music we love so much recreated, only a select few shows really stood out as incredible. Read our reviews of those life-changing experiences below. Here are our favorite shows of 2011:
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Gotta love how the 'Keys draw on the sound of vintage garage rock for their new album. Such an overlooked genre.
ReplyDeleteIn addition to garage-influenced bands like The Black Keys, there is also a growing number of vintage garage-rock purists who are (not-so-quietly) focused on preserving the original sound of 60s garage.
A good example is Chapel Hill NC's THEE DIRTYBEATS (free download http://tinyurl.com/7od26by). They specialize in recreating the tough, primitive, aggressive vibe of early to mid-60s garage rock and psychedelia -- the sound that inspired proto-punk pioneers like MC5 and The Stooges.
To get that sound, THEE DIRTYBEATS make use of sometimes unwieldy period gear, including vintage KAPA, Mosrite, Rickenbacker and Fender guitars, Fender and Ampeg amps, Big Muff fuzzes, Morley wahs -- even coiled guitar cords. The result is prickly, gritty, unpredictable... and (if you are into that pure vintage garage rock thing), utterly glorious.