Jul 06 : "The World Is Ending" - Graveyard Lovers

(an antidote to the dry spell ... part 1)

What a relief to get an antidote to the dry spell. Frustrated. Miffed. Those are two of the emotions I've been feeling over the last few months as I've been unable to find what used to be "regular" back in the good old days of the Khyber, that is, an evening of four good bands who would keep my attention glued to the stage all night.

If you've been checking my page here, you've probably noticed that, for the last few months, I've been hearing one good band here and there, and, to make a good evening, have had to do "mix and matches", where I go to more than one venue to make up a good evening.

An extreme example of this comes not from me, but from my friend, David, who, a couple weeks ago, in order to salvage enjoyment out of one particular night, planned to go to THREE different venues to hear one band at each of the three. ... In the end he was disappointed at each.

Hearing David tell me about that experience really jarred me into thinking "This is Enough." I'm tired of paying a cover charge to hear a band that I like and then finding myself running for the door to prevent myself from being blanded out by the next band up.

So I was wondering what to do! Then I thought I'm going to be working up in New York on Monday anyway, so why not check out some music up there. I hadn't been to a show in New York for a while, mainly because I'm not overly thrilled about pulling a near all-nighter in Penn Station on the way back.

So I quickly realized that, in order to stave off dry spell music dehydration, I better act quickly. I cross-checked the pages of the venues and the bands and, WOW, I came across the exact ANTIDOTE I needed to combat this dry spell.

Glasslands Gallery had a lineup of four bands whose music on the web I really liked. The first band I checked out was "Graveyard Lovers", and I think they hooked me into looking at this event with serious interest.

I wasn't disappointed. At the moment I walked in the door, Graveyard Lovers was just starting to play. And their live performance was even better than what I heard on the web.

Graveyard Lovers is a two-person outfit, featuring Zach Reynolds doing guitar and vocals, and Tricia Purvis, doing drums.

The music is an interesting hybrid of blues and rock. Zach comes from Louisiana and Tricia is from New York, so they combine music from each of their roots into an experience that's very enjoyable for the listener.

Even though there are only two people in this band, the performance was so animated, it seemed like there were several more.

Graveyard Lovers put out an ep in the Spring of 2011. It's also titled "Graveyard Lovers". The last track on the ep is "The World is Ending", which is playing right here on my blog page ::::

To visit Graveyard Lovers on Bandcamp and to hear more of their songs, here is the click ::: Graveyard Lovers (CLICK HERE)

"Dry spells" come and go. We've had them before, and I'm sure this one, as with the others, will pass in time. However, in the meantime, check back here every few days. I have several more "antidotes" to tell you about. :)

Jul 03 : "Myography" - Apollo Run

Last week I headed up to North Star to hear some music, and Brooklyn band "Apollo Run" was on the schedule. This was the first time I heard them. They did a good show.

One of the songs they sang at North Star was "Myography", which is playing right now.

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6/27/20 UPDATE! ::: OOPS! Sorry! Lost this link!

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To visit Apollo Run, here is the click ::: Apollo Run (click here) When you go there, also check out the band's song, "All In Good Time", which is an interesting work whose style is atypical of the rest of the bands music. What a surprise it was when, for the last song, the band members jumped down from the stage and sang "All In Good Time" a cappella in the middle of the audience!

Jun 30 : "Can't Go Home" - Roadkill Messiahs

Philly Music!

And headlining at The Fire that night was Philly band "Roadkill Messiahs", which was another act I was hearing for the first time.

I also found out that Sean Svadlenak, whom I originally saw playing in Philly band "Babar" is now playing in Roadkill Messiahs. Well, there's a dramatic change of style. :)

Current song playing right here on my blog page is "Can't Go Home" by Roadkill Messiahs.

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6/27/20 UPDATE! ::: OOPS! Looks like the band removed this song from their webpage!

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To visit Roadkill Messiahs, here is the click ::: Roadkill Messiahs (CLICK HERE)

Jun 23 : "Diamondback Shuffle" - Something Like a Monument

Philly Music!

David decided to stay at Johnny Brenda's to hear the headliner. I wasn't that much into that band, so I decided to do a mix and match and head over to The Fire, where I heard Philly band "Something Like a Monument" play for the first time.

Current song playing right now is "Diamondback Shuffle" by Something Like a Monument.

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6/27/20 UPDATE! ::: OOPS! SORRY Lost this link!

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To visit the band, here is the click ::: Something Like a Monument (CLICK HERE)

Jun 17 : "When Fire Burns Out" - Juston Stens and the Get Real Gang

Philly Music!

On Thursday night for the first time in a long time I went out to hear music. (Having to stay in each night to get up early in the morning to wait for the electrician who never came and took over a month to do a short job WHEW! Glad that's over).

But getting back to music on Thursday was good because David had that same night on his calendar to go out, so we started the evening by going to Johnny Brenda's. First up was "Juston Stens and the Get Real Gang", whom neither of us had heard before.

Both of us liked the show. Here's a sample of their music, "When Fire Burns Out" :::

To visit Juston Stens on line here is the click ::: Juston Stens and the Get Real Gang (CLICK HERE)