i've been attending some random indie showcases up in beantown to support a friend's band and in those attendances i've been wowed by 2 new acts. maybe in the past several months i saw this one band from philly (actually randomly saw them twice!) so much energy, it's like old school hiphop, funk, rock, & ska had a whole slew of love children to make up this 7-ish-man group. You can't sit still and you can't stop looking around. Swift Technique is their name. I tried listening to some of their studio stuff and it really doesn't come close to their live show, which is superfly.
The other artist i saw was this girl Aly (not really sure if that's her name or not) - I think she usually plays out with her drummer as Lady Lamb the Beekeeper, hailing from Portland Maine. Phenomenal. She was the opening act for the cd release show for my friend's band, Ship High in Transit, this past weekend (which was quite the impressive cd-release show). She did a solo show, primarily with electric guitar, couple songs with an acoustic, this young gal belted notes like she was powered by steam trains, her lyrics were impressively poetic, soul-spilling, honest, blunt, and her tone silenced the crowded venue, giving me goosebumps - partly from the way amazing sounds tend to do and the other part i just found it hauntingly familiar. (I don't think i've felt like that since before i went through a phase of becoming uncharacteristically lame for a few wasted years, and now finally seeing the "real me" surface for almost 2 years,...... well it's been quite the pleasant little surprise/learning experience these past couple weeks.) - - ending a strange pseudo-disclosing sidenote.
This was one of many great songs i heard this weekend, i saw a bunch of people recording so hopefully there will be some good foootage somewhere in new england soon. Now i have to go get ready for work.
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