Results tagged “thebrokenwest”

First things first: The Broken West’s I Can’t Go On, I’ll Go On is a great warm weather record. Its sunny harmonies, anthemic rock and roll, and pop single after the next. Listen to it as soon as the weather turns a corner for the better. For now, take a listen to their follow up Now or Heaven. It runs down a different lane of pop presentation, mostly shrugging off the rock and roll parade for a more personal touch that still makes you move.

Happy first weekend of September - and happy Labor Day weekend, too, for our American cities! Let's take a look at what's been happening around the Ist-a-verse.

Potential (pə-těn'shəl): ... n. ... 2. capacity for growth or development.

Dear Philly-Area Music Lovers:

Although I was at Johnny Brenda's on Friday specifically to review The Comas, I really went because they were co-headlining with The Broken West, who I've been big on since I first heard "Brass Ring," their first single off of . Opening for them was Nethers, whom Pencopal had told me, prior to the concert, that she loves. Unfortunately, either we have more disparate tastes in music than I thought, or Nethers was having an off night. I liked the band's music fine, and thought that their lead singer did kind of suggest Jenny Lewis, as Pencopal had noted, but I found their performance to be a little too low-energy and unpolished. There was nothing interesting or compelling enough to help me see what some of the others in the audience were so psyched about. There's potential there, sure, but not much yet in the way of execution.

a few months ago. So imagine our delight when we discovered that they'd be at Johnny Brenda's tonight. And that they wouldn't be alone, but that they'd actually be with the rather kick-ass band The Comas, who we've only just gotten into but we've discovered we totally dig.