week in music (march 9-15)

Stats
# of CD's purchased: 1
# of albums on heavy rotation: 4
# of concerts attended (this week): 1
# of concerts attended (this year): 7

Friday night went to see What Made Milwaukee Famous open for Louis XIV at Irving Plaza. Irving is absolutely my favorite city venue to go to; perfect in size, not too big , not at all cramped...just right. In addition, the coat check situation is decent compared to other venues. It doesn't take me an hour after the show is over to get my coat and leave. Moreover, they were giving out free fresh apples. How often does that happen? I indulged in two.

What Made Milwaukee Famous (aka Milwaukee or wmmf, if you like) were ridiculously good. Lead singer Michael Kingcaid's voice blew me away. Some song highlights include "Sultan", "Self-Destruct", and a better-than-the-real-thing cover of Billy Joel's "You May Be Right".

Louis XIV was unexpectedly good live. I just saw them in January opening with Hot Hot Heat for Editors and I saw them in 2005 opening for The Killers. Both times their vocals and sound system in general were somewhat lacking, but I'm a big fan and went with few expectations, just trying to have a dance-filled weekend night. They played all of my favorite songs, even some of the less known ballads like "All The Little Pieces".

In other music news, my computer has contracted a virus and it has spread to my beloved source of music, my ipod. The ipod is ailing and the last 7 years of music collecting is gone. I should have invested in more cds over stuffing my computers with mp3 after mp3. Oh well, lesson sadly learned. Back to square one.


http://youtube.com/watch?v=5YjhoTDnxp0
(What Made Milwaukee Famous video "Sultan")


photo courtesy of Cambria Harkey