Paradise Rock Club

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

CRASH KINGS 3/9/10

Photos courtesy of Kira D.! To View More Photos: CLICK HERE!

Monday, March 29, 2010

BEACH HOUSE 3/28/2010

Check out these photos from Beach House on 3/28/10 by viewing C. Van Slyke's blog!! The show was SOLD OUT and if you missed it, you can see some of the action!

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Monday, March 22, 2010

Mike Spencer Photography

Check out some of Michael's work, its amazing!! See photos from shows at the Paradise; such as Jesse Dee, Tim Gearan, Hey Mama, Blues Traveler, Citizen Cope & MORE!

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I had the pleasure of seeing the Scott Weiland Band perform their release of Happy in Galoshes at the Paradise Rock Club. It was in 2008 when the album first broke and you guys were one of the first stops on the tour. He hit the East Coast First and that venue Rocked!!!! Sound was awesome, Security was awesome! We were able to go back and meet the band. The whole experience was so enjoyable. We drove in from Jersey and saw them at two venues in Boston, one in Philly, one in Atlantic City and one in New York City and your venue was the best by far!!!
-Laurie G.

Cage The Elephant: Keeping True Rock n' Roll Alive

BY TOM CADRIN

tcadrin@gmail.com

On March 6, 2010, my beliefs that the days of the front man had gone to the wayside were quelled as a sold out crowd boomed inside Boston’s, Paradise Rock Club, in want of their mewed men. And after a four-on-the-floor laden set by Morning Teleportation and the super clear melodic swirl of As Tall As Lions, Cage The Elephant released on the crowd.

When listening to their self-titled, debut release, the feel you get from Cage The Elephant is one of attempted rejuvenation: catchy minor-pentatonic guitar riffs and slammin’ drums with an overall dirty rock n’ roll throwback. However, when you see Cage, the insinuated attitude is all there. And with each song ringing in around three and a half minutes, by the end of the night I felt as though this force was unstoppable.

The band is solid. The string slingers sport Ramones-esque haircuts and the drummer beats time in a stoic, reserved fashion. But when it comes to the show, it’s all about the lead singer. Front man Matt Schultz flails around the stage with microphone in stand like something from the good old Eddie Vedder days. He pulls at himself, coaxing from his bellows the screams, growls and barks that are echoed word for word by the crowd. Slithering and staggering about the stage as if he were a fifth or two deep in Jack, Schultz falls all over himself and the stage incessantly. It was a scene like that of ‘back in the day,’ when all that mattered was sex, drugs and you know the rest.

Fast, loud and filled with Marshall distorted guitars complimented by strained hooks, the show that Cage The Elephant brings rings of an ‘I don’t care, let’s party’ attitude, affirming that Rock n’ Roll ain’t dead by a long shot, not if these boys have anything to say about it.

Check out this review during April at Pulse Magazine (Worcester, MA) online!