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J. Mascis (Underground Arts, Philadelphia, PA, February 12, 2025)

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[ATTENDED: February 12, 2025] J. Mascis

When this show was first announced it turned out to be on the same night as the Babymetal show that my son and I were going to.  But then it was postponed and I grabbed a ticket for the new date.

I couldn’t really imagine J. Mascis in a small club or playing quietly.  Well, this is the same place I saw Thurston Moore a number of years ago.  Amazingly neither legend sold out for a solo show (Thurston wasn’t solo, but it was his solo music).  J was by himself, but I needn’t have worried about being quiet, as he had a massive amp setup on stage.

I don’t know why it took him so long to get on stage (he showed up at 10:10 even though no work had to be done on stage).  His roadie also put like 5 different drinks on his stool, and I don’t think he had any of it.

He came out with a beat up acoustic guitar and proceeded to jam through almost 20 songs.

Before he started, some meathead started the E-A-G-L-E-S chant and J. smiled and then said, I’m impressed you guys can spell.

And then he got to business. (more…)

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Mike Polizze [Purling Hiss] (Underground Arts, Philadelphia, PA, February 12, 2025) [J. MASCIS]

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[ATTENDED: February 12, 2025] Mike Polizze [rescheduled from November 21, 2024]

When this show was first announced I didn’t know if I wanted to go, plus it turned out to be on the same night as the Babymetal show that my son and I were going to.

Initially Pink Mountaintops were supposed to open for this show.  Then a few days ago I saw that it was going to be Purling Hiss.  I was really excited to see Pink Mountaintops (who I haven’t seen before).  There was no notice or explanation of their departure from these shows.  But they were replaced by, as many of the posters say Purling Hiss (Solo).

Purling Hiss is Mike Polizze.  He was the only person on the first few records and the latter records add a drummer and maybe someone else.  But it’s not wrong to say this is Purling Hiss solo.

Polizze had opened for Kurt Vile recently and I enjoyed listening to his set.  And it proved to be quiet similar to this set opening for J Masics.

Mike had an acoustic guitar and a bunch of pedals–mostly a looping pedal, a distortion pedal and a wah wah.

And wow, was he loud.  I anticipated J would be loud, but I think that Mike may have been louder–or his equipment wasn’t mic’d as nicely so it sounded harsher.

Mike looped his guitar chords and then played solos using varying degrees of distortion and volume.  I really enjoyed the amount of looping he did and I was close enough to watch him using the looping pedal–tapping the pedal to add a solo section to loop with the chords, etc. (more…)

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J. Mascis / Pink Mountaintops (Underground Arts, Philadelphia, PA, November 21, 2024) [POSTPONED]

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[POSTPONED: November 21, 2024] J. Mascis / Pink Mountaintops [moved to February 12, 2025]

I can’t imagine J. Mascis playing a small club.  I also can’t imagine him playing quietly. But the picture for this tour shows him with an acoustic guitar (is there a wall of Marshall Amps attached somewhere)?

I wasn’t able to go this show because I had tickets to see Babymetal.  But the show was postponed due to illness and rescheduled for next year.  So I think I might just be going.

Pink Mountaintops are opening.  They opened for Afghan Whigs last year, but I didn’t go that show.  The band is led by Stephem McBean who is the main guy behind Black Mountain.  I saw Black Mountain a while back and they were great.  Pink Mountaintops is a more mellow endeavor, but their latest album is a lot of fun.

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Afghan Whigs / Pink Mountaintops (Underground Arts, Philadelphia, PA, September 16, 2022) [DID NOT ATTEND]

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[DID NOT ATTEND: September 16, 2022] Afghan Whigs / Pink Mountaintops

Back in May, although they had no Philadelphia show planned, Afghan Whigs were going to stop in and do a Free at Noon.

I grabbed a ticket but the show was cancelled because of a COVID case.

I love The Afghan Whigs’ album Gentlemen.  I should love more by them, but I like them just fine (never been in the cult of Dulli).  I’ve never really been interested in seeing them live.

When this show was announced, I was notified because of Pink Mountaintops.

Pink Mountaintops are a band led by Stephem McBean who is the main guy behind Black Mountain.  I saw Black Mountain a while back and they were great.  I’m not sure I would enjoy Pink Mountaintops as much.  So I was never really likely to go to this show.

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