Of Cobbs and Clubs

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (MySpace) is not an association of big tattooed dudes who like to ride around on two-wheeled vehicles. It's a kick-ass indie rock band that you need to get to know if you haven't already. A good place to start is their latest album, released about a month ago, called Baby 81. There are a handful of tracks on this one that are just good indie pop/guitar rock songs. The rest are divided between very good and totally excellent. All of them are full of driving guitars, smooth vocals, and head-banging hooks. A couple of our favorite tracks are the sexy "Berlin" and the epic rock masterpiece (clocking in at just over nine minutes) "American X." But another of our favorites is "Weapon of Choice," which we'd like you to check out for yourself; listen in Windows Media, QuickTime, or Real Media formats.

So why are we talking up Black Rebel Motorcycle Club so much? Why else? Because they're coming to Philly this Friday night, and we're going! They're not the only reason to go to the show, either; opening for BRMC are local boys The Cobbs (previously known as Mad Action and Ty Cobb). They have a great, classic guitar rock kind of sound that's rather similar to BRMC. You can download their song "Say You Never Knew Me" right here, or stream their entire album The Cobbs Sing the Deathcapades (which is a fantastic album title, btw) right over here. After all that, you should be just about ready for the show on Friday!

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club w/The Cobbs
Fillmore at the TLA (334 South St.)
Fri, 6/1/07, 9PM
$18
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