Comments on: Blitzen Trapper & Alela Diane @ First Avenue

By: jesse Miller

jesse Miller — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 05:41:10 +0000

Saw the same show in Philly. Alela Diane needs to fire her drummer, he was terrible. The band is very talented, but the pacing of the set and the demeanor of the band seemed to disconnect them from the audience. Their singing was on point though, great lead vocals and great harmonies (both in composition and performance)

By: Paul P

Paul P — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 00:58:04 +0000

Country concerts are always filled with loud-talking idiots
They ruined Neko Case and Giant Sand for me this September, sorry for your experience.

By: TK

TK — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 22:44:45 +0000

I agree wholeheartedly about Alela Diane…I felt sorta sorry for her, what with everybody trying to talk over each other and not leaving much room for her band’s relatively delicate music.

By: solace

solace — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:40:59 +0000

not surprisingly, I totally agree w/ the review and Erik’s comment.

sadly they’re 3 for 5 with me in terms of good shows, which leads me to believe they’re just a pretty hit or miss band. Maybe not Ryan Adams numbers hit or miss, but hit or miss nonetheless.

it’s unfortunate because their last 2-3 studio albums are fabulous

By: jbehm

jbehm — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:44:53 +0000

Damn you Erik – your comment just shattered my delicate ego. Now I am going to spend the day rocking in the fetal position…

By: Erik T.

Erik T. — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 14:37:08 +0000

Great review Josh. The notebook you brought to the show really helped I agree wholeheartedly with your assessment, the show was lacking in energy and cohesiveness-just uneven on so many levels. Which is too bad, since on record I like this band quite a bit-but I think they are just a spotty live band. I left before their encore, and I never really leave shows early-and I wouldn’t be so dissapointed if their Turf Club show wasn’t so good and I knew exactly what the band was capable of when they were “on.” Too bad.

Jon, I think you get off easy on this comment section-time after time, people (myself included) fawn over your pictures endlessly, while occasionally being critical of the reviews we write. Not this time-I don’t really care for the last picture of Alela Diane in the post. There, I said it.