Music, Music, Music!!

Sep 20, 2010 by classicgrrl

First of all, there is a band you MUST see out of Austin, TX tomorrow night at the Mad Hatter in Covington, KY at 8:00 PM called Quiet Company.  Quiet Company is Taylor Muse, Thomas Blank, Matt Parmenter with Jeff Weathers on drums.  Matt is from Cincinnati and played in the infamous and phenomenal hard rock outfit SemiAutomatic.  Matt plays bass and piano; did I say play?  More like wail.  I’ve had the pleasure of seeing Matt bang his heart out on the ivories in an intimate setting – honestly he is one of the better piano players I’ve seen in these parts.

This may be the last time you can see them for under $50.  They are THAT good and are blowing up as I type this.  Currently on a US tour (affter completing a tour of the UK) to support their new EP “Songs for Staying In” and their full length “Everyone You Love Will Be Happy Soon”, they have featured on Jersey Shore and a whole mountain of other places I’m not even going to bother to list including Mtv.

One thing:  the band’s guitars were stolen in TX shortly before their tour.  When you click on their website there is a popup asking for donations; simply click on the X in the right hand corner to close if you like.

You can follow them on twitter @QuietCompanyTX and you can follow Matt @tormenter.  Tormenter was Matt’s old moniker on Cincy Music Online. He’s also responsible for getting me hooked on Jamison. Rat bastard.

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Second of all:  MPMF!

After listening to the majority of the bands (I skipped Cincinnati locals – there is simply too many) here is my bucket list and finalized schedule.  I’ll only be able to attend Thursday night due to volunteering as a venue lead Friday and Saturday.  I will be blogging about my volunteer experience afterwards as this is the first time since 2004 I have participated as a volunteer.   

This is by NO means perfect - AND more than likely I will change it.  I have bolded those that I would absolutely NOT miss. 

Thursday:

9:00 PM Brent Reed - Fountain Square

9:30 PM A Shoreline Dream – Main Event

10:30 PM Van Dyke Parks – Blue Wisp

11:00 PM Shonen Knife – CAC

Friday:

7:00 PM Filligar – Fountain Square

9:30 PM Secret Show – Cincinnati Club

10:30 PM Drink Up Buttercup – Know Theatre

11:30 PM Surfer Blood – Cincinnati Club

12:30 AM Scotland Yard Gospel Choire – Main Event

Saturday:

9:15 PM Conductive Alliance – Courtyard Cafe

10:00 PM Aficionado – Washington Platform

11:00 PM Black Owls – Jack Potts

11:30 PM Place to Bury Strangers – CAC

The Bucket List:

Place to Bury Strangers

Best Coast

Shoreline Dream

Aaron Daniel

Aficioonady

Barnaby Bright

Black Owls

Blue Cut

Boutros

Brent Reed

Conductive Alliance

Drink Up Buttercup

Elf Power

Evan Holmes with Exit Ghost

Fang Island

Filligar

Gold Metal

Ha Ha Tonka

Male Bonding

Light Pollution

Jason and the Scorchers

Josiah Wolf

Lower Dens

Unicycle Loves You

Surfer Blood

Young Republic

Shonen Knife

Van Dyke Parks

Candy Claws

Caravan of Thieves

The Strange Boys

Scottland Yard Gospel Choir

Ted Leo and the Pharmacists

Brighton, MA

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