Leor Galil

Journalist

  • Twitter
  • Newsletter
  • About
  • Clips

Maritime

‘A Picture Postcard’ of Chicago venues, from a musician’s perspective

February 14, 2010 / Leave a Comment

View Davey von Bohlen’s Chicago shows in a larger map Milwaukee musician Davey von Bohlen has led the kind of musical career that must leave other artists teeming with jealousy. Since the early ’90s, Davey has performed in a variety of bands: Ten Boy Summer, Cap’n Jazz, The Promise Ring, Vermont and Maritime. Nearly all … [Read more…]

Share
Posted in: Behind the scene at shows, Featured Tagged: Cap'n Jazz, Chicago, Davey von Bohlen, emo, Maritime, Milwaukee, music, punk, Ten Boy Summer, The Promise Ring, Vermont

Video Friday: Cap'n Jazz – 'Oh Messy Life'

January 22, 2010 / Leave a Comment

The Internet has been buzzing with rumors of a potential Cap’n Jazz reunion since December. This week, the reunion picture got a little clearer. Jessica Hopper dropped a hint in the Chicago Reader that the rumors may come to fruition at the Joan of Arc Don’t Mind Control Variety Show at the Empty Bottle tonight. … [Read more…]

Share
Posted in: True/Slant Tagged: A Tundra, Bob Nanna, Braid, Cap'n Jazz, Dan Didier, Davey von Bohlen, Disappears, emo, Hey Mercedes, Jessica Hopper, Joan of Arc, Joan of Arc Don\'t t Mind Control Variety Show, Kyle Ryan, Maritime, music, Owen, The A.V. Club, The Chicago Reader, The Empty Bottle, The Promise Ring, Tim Kinsella, Twitter

Something To Look Forward To: 2010 Music Releases

January 4, 2010 / Leave a Comment

“Gimme something to look forward to,” Britt Daniel sang on Spoon’s 2002 album, Kill The Moonlight. And with every new year, there’s a great list of upcoming releases by musicians to impatiently look forward to with every blog post on “Band A” or “Band B.” Spoon is one of those groups that’s bound to get … [Read more…]

Share
Posted in: True/Slant Tagged: Balmorhea, Band of Horses, Battles, Beach House, Black Francis, Britt Daniel, Broken Bells, Dinowalrus, Dr. Dog, Extra Life, Fleet Foxes, Flying Lotus, Food For Animals, Frightened Rabbit, Future Islands, Gorillaz, Gowns, Hot Chip, Imperial China, Interpol, Joie De Vivre, Juiceboxxx, Kill The Moonlight, Lairs, LCD Soundsystem, Maritime, Massive Attack, Medications, Midlake, Monument, music, New Young Pony Club, No Age, OK Go, OutKast, Ruby Suns, School of Seven Bells, Sleigh Bells, Spoon, Surfer Blood, Ted Leo & The Pharmacists, The Arcade Fire, The Dillinger Escape Plan, The Hold Steady, The Magnetic Fields, The National, The Wrens, Tigers Jaw, Toro Y Moi, Yeasayer

The Best Overlooked Albums Of The Aughts

December 27, 2009 / Leave a Comment

The new year is almost here, and with it comes a maelstrom of “End of the Year Lists.” Here on Ex-Spectator, I’ll be rolling out a few “End of the Year”/”End of the Decade” lists. Today’s list: The Best Overlooked Albums of the Aughts. A while back I started an ongoing feature called “Overlooked in … [Read more…]

Share
Posted in: True/Slant Tagged: (k)no(w)here, +/-, A Name Writ in Water, A Story In White, Aereogramme, albums, Alias, All These Long Drives, All Together, Antelope, Apollo Sunshine, Aqueduct, art-punk, Beauty Pill, bedroom pop, Belly, best of, best overlooked albums of the aughts, best overlooked albums of the decade, Black Eyes, blogs, blues, bubblegum pop, By The Throat, Cave In, Cell-Scape, Central Hug, Central Hug/Friendarmy/Fractaldunes, Chad VanGaalen, chamber-pop, Chino Moreno, country, D.C., dance punk, Danger Mouse, Danger Mouse & Jemini, Dartz! This Is My Ship, David Terry, Deftones, doo-wop, Double Dagger, dubstep, Duplomacy, Ear Pwr, Emblems, emo, Emperor X, Eyedea & Abilities, Fire Theft, folk, Food For Animals, Forest Fire, Friend Army/Fractal Dunes (And The Dreams That Resulted), funk, Ghetto Pop Life, Gomez, Gowns, Guns Babes Lemonade, Hardcore punk, Hella, hip-hop, HLLLYH, Hope of the States, Hrishhikesh Hirway, I Sold Gold, In Our Gun, indie folk, indie pop, indie rock, Interventions & Lullabies, Ire Works, Is This It, It Takes A Nation Of Millions, jam, jazz, Jemini, Karate, Let's Build A Fire, lo-fi, London Zoo, Low Level Owl Vol. 1, Low Level Owl Vol. 2, Lucero, Lungfish, Mapmaker, Maritime, Mark Kozelek, Mary Timony, matt pond PA, Melt-Banana, meme, metal, metalcore, Milosh, Mineral, minimalism, Movie Monster, Muscles, music, Night On Fire, noise rock, noise-punk, Oh No! Oh My!, Parts & Labor, Pattern Is Movement, Perfect Pitch Black, Personal Journals, Pinback, Pitchfork, Pitchfork effect, Plus/Minus, pop, pop-rock, post-disco, post-hardcore, post-punk, prog, Public Enemy, Putting The Days To Bed, Q And Not U, Ragged Rubble, rap, RCA, Red State, Reflector, Resurgam, Rhymesayers, Rob Crow, Sage Francis, slam poetry, slowcore, Soft Airplane, Sound Team, Southern rock, Sun Kil Moon, Sunny Day Real Estate, Super Animal Brothers III, Survival, Team Sleep, That Much Further West, The Appleseed Cast, the aughts, The Bug, The Dillinger Escape Plan, The Dismemberment Plan, The Fire Theft, The Format, The Long Winters, The Lost Riots, The Mae Shi, The One AM Radio, The PoPo, The Rapture, The Strokes, The Unsustainable Lifestyle, Tiny Cities, twee, Unbeast the Leash, Unsolved, UUVVWWZ, VHS or Beta, Videohippos, Volcano I'm Still Excited!!, We The Vehicles, Wilderness, Zach Hill

The Decade In Emo

December 23, 2009 / 7 Comments

It was indeed “A Decade Under The Influence.” But while Taking Back Sunday could string together a few solid hits drenched in a post-hardcore milieu and cut with pop sensibilities, chances are no one in the band could have predicted how influential emo would become in the aughts. The presence of the word in the … [Read more…]

Share
Posted in: True/Slant Tagged: ...is a Real Boy, A Decade Under The Influence, Abercrombie & Fitch, Achilles Heel, Algernon Cadwallader, Atmosphere, Bleed American, Brand New, Chris Carrabba, Coheed & Cambria, crunkcore, D.C., Dashboard Confessional, Dog Problems, Drive Like Jehu, emo, Emo: Where The Girls Aren't, emocore, Empire! Empire! (I Was A Lonely Estate), Fall Out Boy, Fugazi, Hardcore punk, In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3, Jawbox, Jessica Hopper, Jimmy Eat World, Maritime, Monument, music, My Chemical Romance, New York Times, Owen, P.O.S., Pedro the Lion, Pop music, post-hardcore, Punk Planet, Rhymesayers, Rising Tide, Rolling Stone, Sage Francis, Say Anything, screamo, scrunk, Sunny Day Real Estate, Taking Back Sunday, The Appleseed Cast, The Argument, The Format, The Get Up Kids, The Guilt Show, The Promise Ring, The Used, Thursday, Tim Burton, War All The Time, Warped Tour, Wood/Water

An Awkward Conversation With Mike Kinsella About Cap'n Jazz Rumors

December 11, 2009 / 4 Comments

Setting: Lincoln Hall, Chicago. About 10:30ish, 15 minutes or so into Headlights‘ set, about a half hour after Maritime‘s performance. Mike Kinsella and his friend (who I unfortunately did not get the name of) sitting at the southern end of the bar. I pop up before I leave the show… Me: Hey, it was really … [Read more…]

Share
Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: Cap'n Jazz, Chicago, emo, Lincoln Hall, Maritime, Mike Kinsella, music

On and On and On

September 23, 2009 / Leave a Comment

I wrote another piece for The Boston Phoenix, this time about… Sunny Day Real Estate. Whoda thunk it? For folks wondering about A) all the reunion hubub and why it’s happening 2) what’s the big deal with the band C) just how the band got back together and 3.14) the details of the reunion and … [Read more…]

Share
Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: Brian Perkins, Davey von Bohlen, emo, Jeremy Enigk, Jonathan Poneman, Marco Collins, Maritime, music, SDRE, Sub Pop, Sunny Day Real Estate, The Boston Phoenix, The Promise Ring

List-less

September 4, 2009 / 1 Comment

Isn’t it a little to early for those end-of-the-year or end-of-the-decade critics list? Didn’t September just roll around? August hadn’t even ended before Pitchfork rolled out it’s top singles of the 2000s. Doesn’t it all seem a little too, well, soon? It’s still just September! There are four full months left in the decade! Some … [Read more…]

Share
Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: A Day To Remember, Coheed & Cambria, Dashboard Confessional, emo, Garageband, High Fidelity, Jeremy Enigk, Jimmy Eat World, Maritime, music, New Found Glory, Pedro the Lion, Pitchfork, pop-punk, Say Anything, Senses Fail, Stephen Ortiz, Taking Back Sunday, The Daily Campus, The Used, top ten list, UConn, Yellowcard

Kickstart My Rock 'N Roll Heart

August 5, 2009 / Leave a Comment

I got this in the mail today: To explain, I was one of 382 folks to back record label Polyvinyl in their hopes to store/salvage 10,000 records using Kickstarter. Kickstarter is a new funding organization that helps artists, organizations, and individuals fund their various projects. It’s basically like a social networking site that allows creative … [Read more…]

Share
Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: Aloha, America Is Just A Word: Post-Hardcore Emo and American Culture, Braid, Decibully, emo, Friction, Joan of Arc, Kickstarter, Maritime, music, Of Montreal, Polyvinyl, Rainer Maria, Saturday Looks Good To Me, social networking

Don't (Touch and) Go

February 18, 2009 / Leave a Comment

From the looks of a post early in the day by Stereogum, one would have thought it was the end of the aural world for fans of underground music. Although the reports later in the day dismissed the rumors that Touch and Go Records was finished; instead, the still dreadful news that the label will … [Read more…]

Share
Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: !!!, Bedhead, Big Black, Butthole Surfers, Cap'n Jazz, Corey Rusk, Dischord, distribution, Drag City, emo, Flameshovel, indie music, Jade Tree, Jesus Lizard, Jets to Brazil, Lifetime, Maritime, Merge, music, My Morning Jacket, Naked Raygun, Pinback, Polvo, Rob Crow, Robcore, Slint, Southern, Stereogum, Sub Pop, Ted Leo, Texas Is The Reason, The Meatmen, Touch and Go, TV On The Radio, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, zine
1 2 Next »

Pages

  • About
  • Clips

Archives

  • August 2011
  • July 2011
  • June 2011
  • May 2011
  • April 2011
  • March 2011
  • February 2011
  • January 2011
  • December 2010
  • November 2010
  • October 2010
  • September 2010
  • August 2010
  • July 2010
  • June 2010
  • May 2010
  • April 2010
  • March 2010
  • February 2010
  • January 2010
  • December 2009
  • November 2009
  • October 2009
  • September 2009
  • August 2009
  • July 2009
  • June 2009
  • May 2009
  • April 2009
  • March 2009
  • February 2009
  • January 2009
  • December 2008
  • November 2008
  • October 2008
  • September 2008
  • August 2008
  • July 2008

Categories

  • Band Profile
  • Behind the scene at shows
  • Blog
  • Featured
  • Freelance Work
  • Perfect Lines
  • True/Slant

Copyright © 2023 Leor Galil.

Me WordPress Theme by themehall.com

Leor Galil
  • Twitter
  • Newsletter
  • About
  • Clips
  • Twitter
  • Newsletter
  • About
  • Clips