We Landed On The Moon! | Auburn Show Saturday Night
Posted by PJ in Concerts, News, The Yellow Stereo
Announcing a band coming to Auburn is something I never imagined i’d have the chance to do here on the blog, but i’m more than happy to do so. I’ve always said there’s been an audience for this kind of music, but for the most part it goes unnoticed because the general public just expects less-than-satisfying musical choices. What choices am I speaking of? Oh, i’m talking about jam bands and lame Dave Matthews cover bands…you know that kind of thing. It’s the one reason I never support local music here, and i’ve lived here in Auburn my entire life. People here want something new, but it’s hard to bring that when the majority want the type of thing I mentioned earlier.
I received an email yesterday informing me of Baton Rouge’s We Landed On The Moon! who are scheduled to play at Roosters here in Auburn this Saturday night. I had no idea who the band was, and I was kinda afraid to listen because of the fact that they were indeed playing here in town, which usually meant nothing good at all. Though the name, which is even too twee for me, is not a good representation of what you might expect from their sound. With a cringe-worthy mention in their bio of the Dukes of Hazzard film cast as ‘”friends” aside, this is good ol’ femme-fronted pop-rock. What takes center stage with these tracks is the amazing vocal range of Melissa Eccles, as her voice manages to go from soft and restrained to full-on brashness. If you’d like to read more, check out Frank of Chromewave’s little snippet of their debut.
If you like it, do support and come out to the show Saturday night. Besides supporting the band, you’re supporting what is hopefully more indie music coming to Auburn. I’ll be there to check it out, so come say hi and let’s have a few drinks and enjoy some fucking good music here for a change. I noticed Rooster’s schedule of shows lately and I saw De Novo Dahl played here a few months ago? WHAT THE FUCK. I had no idea, and seriously i’m sure probably noone came considering I didn’t even know about it. Anyways, i’ll try to be more well in formed of whatever live show happenings around here. But for now i’ll see you Saturday night, and say hello to the asian guy with the Red Sox cap on.
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We Landed On The Moon! | “Everything is Fine”
We Landed On The Moon! | “Before the Lights Come Up”
12.15 Mobile, AL @ Margarita’s Bar
12.16 Auburn, AL @ Rooster’s
12.19 Chapel Hill, NC @ Cat’s Cradle
12.20 Atlanta, GA @ Lenny’s
12.21 Birmingham, AL @ The Nick
12.22 Hattiesburg, MS @ Thirsty Hippo
12.23 Baton Rouge, LA @ Spanish Moon
01.12 New Orleans, LA @ The Howlin’ Wolf
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I don’t think I’ll be able to make it. I’ve got finals today… oh, and I’m in Utah.
Would you mind cross-posting this on C&T too since they’re coming to Lenny’s? I don’t think I’m gonna have time to do a decent post about it.
Yeah I can do that. I didn’t get to make it to last night’s show because I had to go out of town