Long before Wilco became the band that 30-somethings everywhere started swearing was the best thing since sliced bread, there was Uncle Tupelo. Fronted by Jeff Tweedy (Wilco) and Jay Farrar (Son Volt), these guys were alt-country trail blazers in an era when Nirvana and Pearl Jam owned the air waves. They were rocking pedal…
Friday the 19th: Meat Puppets @ Union transfer The Meat Puppets are weird, they were weird in the 80’s, they were weird in the 90’s. I image they’re still pretty weird. Once of them got shot by a security guard once… true story. Also they’re opening for Soul Asylum, so there’s probably going to…
Friday the 5th: Thee, Idea Men @ Milkboy According to the Milkboy page Thee, Idea Men found their bass player in a Saudi Arabian cave after climaxing from some sort of an earthquake. I don’t know about all that but I do know that these guys are a great band and Milkboy is a great room…
I know we’re generally behind the draw most of the time but not today. Scranton’s own Heavy Blonde dropped Heatwave, their debut album, this very day…. and I must say it’s pretty damn good. I was lucky enough to be given a copy of their Sun EP late last year. Which in itself is a…
Thursday the 30th: Morning River Band / Mike Slo-Mo Brenner @ Boot & Saddle The Morning River Band has got a great down home americana groove going on and they’re releasing their fourth album. Mike Slo-Mo Brenner plays slide guitar like no one else on earth. This is a show you should not miss. Friday the…
Dinosaur Jr. is a band that flew under my radar for a very long time and I’m not really sure why. In my younger days I listened almost exclusively to 90’s alt. rock. Mainly, because at the time it was the 90’s and that’s what was on the radio… but also because 90’s rock was…
Saturday the 16th: St. James & The Apostles @ WheatStock 2015 Ya I know these guys turn up in our concert picks pretty often but it’s only because they fucking rock… and you know what else rocks? Beerfests. Combined the two and you’ve got yourself a good time. St. James goes on at 6:00 so…
It’s been over three years but My Morning Jacket has finally released a new album… and I don’t really know what to make of it. To be fair I’ve only listened to it a few times although I can’t see it growing on at this point. I’ve loved everything MMJ has put out up until…
Holy shit…. summer is here, the weather is great and there are some great shows happening this week so get off the couch and see some music. Wednsday the 6th: Atmosphere @ The Trocadero I know we don’t cover anything hip hop related very often here at EBE… but I’m from Minnesota and I’ve got to…
Wednesday the 22nd: Hurray for The Riff Raff @ World Cafe Hurray for The Riff Raff are a folk / Americana band from New Orleans and if you haven’t heard of them already you should probably just go to this show. World Cafe is one of the best sounding venues in town and I couldn’t…
