Photos! Girls Guns & Glory, Cassavettes and Drag The River - 2/8/08

Girls Guns & Glory, Cassavettes and Drag The River played to a sold out crowd at the Middle East Upstairs on Friday, February 8th. It definitely seemed like one of those shows that would have been much better suited for the bigger downstairs room. Drag The River was in town from Fort Collins, Colorado. I hadn’t heard of them before but they ended up being an excellent surprise. Check out their MySpace page to hear what this country rock band sounds like.

The Cassavettes’ next show in Boston is on Saturday, March 1st at the Hard Rock Cafe with Breaking Laces. Girls Guns & Glory will be at The Beachcomber in Quincy on Friday, February 22nd and then upstairs at Hennessey’s on Wednesday, March 5th with Harris and Tiger City.

Check out the photos from the show on February 8th:

Colt Thompson and Ward Hayden / Girls Guns & Glory

Scott Jones / Cassavettes

Photos! Gene Loves Jezebel Upstairs at the Middle East 2/7/08

Gene Loves Jezebel

There’s a list of bands I want to see at least once in my lifetime — Gene Loves Jezebel is definitely on that list. The new wave+rock+gothic band is on a U.S. tour that brought them to The Middle East (upstairs) last night. Singer and guitarist Jay Aston owns the rock and roll squawk. They seemed to be having a lot of fun on a stage that is considerably smaller than where they played back in the day. And of course they ended the show with their big 1985 hit “Desire.” Charismatic is an understatement for this band.

Video of Gene Loves Jezebel’s “Desire”

My photos of Gene Loves Jezebel Upstairs at the Middle East

Video! MEandJOANCOLLINS at TT The Bear’s

Here’s a fun video that Rachel, a fan of the band MEandJOANCOLLINS, shot at TT The Bear’s in December featuring singer/guitarist Bo Barringer. You can see the band back at TT’s this coming Saturday, February 9th.