Say Anything — so much more than a John Cusack movie

Guys.

Guess what.

Say Anything is coming to The Blue Note on July 10. They’re touring for their new album, HEBREWS, out June 10.

Bonus! The So So Glos are Mojo’s veterans. They played in October, 2013.

Reasons why you should see them:

1. Lots of musical connections.

These guys have been around the punk-alternative-emo-pop rock block a few times, which means they have a lot of pretty cool friends.

Front-man Max Bemis is married to Sherri DuPree, member of the band Eisley, whose bassist Garron DuPree also plays for Say Anything and engineers their albums. Max and his wife have a side project, Perma. They have some cute little kids together.

Eisley:

Perma:

Kenny Vasoli (of the permanently-on-hiatus Starting Line, RIP, except they played a festival in Scotland recently so idk what they’re doing now. Anyway.), who now is doing some solo stuff and collaborations, toured with them in 2010 and 2011 and played bass.

2. Lean with Linder

Their former drummer Coby Linder left the band to pursue becoming a personal trainer and healthy lifestyle coach. He has a website, Lean with Linder (!) and it’s adorable. Good for him.

3. Old Dirty Bastard

I could extoll their lyrics, music, live shows, and the popularity of their many records, but all you really need to know is that this song exists. Shoutout to circa 2007 pop-punk movement and the widespread use of the word “crunk.” All of your arguments are invalid because of this:

Tickets available here.

Post written by Amanda Mainguy, contributing writer for The Blue Note.

4 reasons to love Tegan and Sara

1. Their style is suave as hell.

But really. Like if I was only as trendy as one of the Quin sisters, I think my life would be a little easier. But it’s hard to have it all.

2. They have incredibly nice cheekbones.

I know I’m not the only one thinking this. Seriously, you could substitute those angles for fancy cutco knives, am I right? LIke. Sheer perfection.

 

3. The evolution of hairstyles the duo has experimented with over the past 2 decades is truly impressive, and it all works too.

The hair was so amazing that even Amy Poehler hopped on the Tegan and Sara train.

Our girls Tegan and Sara.

Our girls Amy Poehler and Casey Wilson.

 See for yourself.

4.  They’re kick starting their new tour “Let’s Make Things Physical” the right way by starting at The Blue Note.

Catch them Tuesday, May 6. 

Tickets go on sale this Friday 2/28 at 10:00 a.m.

The Hold Steady, A Narrative

Once upon a time there was a group of men. But they didn’t call themselves a group of men per say. They called themselves a band. A band named The Hold Steady to be exact.

This band liked to tell stories, but they didn’t actually start with once upon a time because that is so not rock and roll, you know?

No, they told stories through melodious narratives about the harder things in life and put them all in one place and that one place happened to be a few really acclaimed CDs that got them ranked in Rolling Stone’s top 10 best albums of 2006.

The band made five CDs and a documentary. They did all sorts of cool things like performing at Lollapalooza and being the first rock band featured The Village Voice in 15 years. They even made a song for Game of Thrones because thrones made of swords and beheadings are rock and roll too.

And one day, after a long time had passed, the band decided that it was time to tell more stories.

Those stories would be told to everyone on March 25^th, on their new album Teeth Dreams featuring their latest single, Spinners.

But sometimes, recordings of stories aren’t enough. Sometimes, you have to live them to make them feel real.

 So the band decided that a month and a day (that would be April 26^th folks) after they told the new stories, they would do something special. They would tell the stories live to the wonderful people at The Blue Note with the help of their friends Deer Tick, a half alternative/half Nirvana cover band that have been playing since 2004.

 With the help of their good friends, who picked their name because of a bad bug incident in the woods, they were ready to announce their new show and to share their stories with the people of Columbia.

The End.

 And the moral of the story, children, is that if you want to hear some deep, rock, lyrical wonderment accompanied by folk and indie (sorry, Deer Tick is strictly anti-country) , get yourselves to The Blue Note on April 26. Let’s be real. You don’t have any other plans.

This post was written by Natalie Maggiore, a contributing writer for The Blue Note.