I Just Read About That…

[DID NOT ATTEND: November 9, 2023] Blonde Redhead / Marnie Stern

When Blonde Redhead announced that they were playing Union Transfer I was pretty excited.  I hadn’t listened to them in a long time, but I remember really liking them.  I assumed that they’d been broken up and had reunited for this tour. But it turns out that they’ve either never broken up or have gotten back together after a hiatus in 2014. Or something.

I listened to the new record.  And then I listened to the old records and I realized that I didn’t know them very well at all. I must have been really into them for a very short time.

Since there’s already a ton of bands that I want to see, I didn’t want to spend a night out on a band I THOUGHT I liked.

So I stayed home.

Marnie Stern is guitar god.  I had heard about her shredding skills, but wasn’t really aware of her music.  Then she got a gig playing guitar as part of the Late Night with Seth Meyers band.  She literally never did anything interesting on the show.  Which is not to say she was bad–she was a fine part of the band, but I couldn’t believe that she was the person everyone raved about because she was so still and quiet.

Now she’s back with a new album.   It’s pretty out there.  I wonder what she’s like live.