For the 2nd night in a row, I went to the Talking Head on Friday, this time to see the Oranges Band and Travis Morrison. The last time I saw Travis a couple months ago I was pretty impressed by how quickly he had put together a new lineup for his backing band and pretty much a whole new set of material. He was once again playing with this new band, apparently called the 'Travis Morrison Hellfighters', and while I wasn't as bowled over as I was the other time, they were still pretty good. Mostly new songs, but they closed with the awesome hidden track from Travistan, whatever that's called. He also said that they're recording the new album in July, and that it will be called either Star Sapphire or Go Fuck Yourself, or Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.

The Oranges Band have been a staple of the Baltimore scene the past few years, and the singer, Roman Kuebler, is one of the owners of the Talking Head. Their 2nd album is coming out on Lookout! in June and they played a lot of new stuff. The last time I saw them was a couple years ago so I only knew the older stuff but it was still a fun show. Pretty much all their songs, regardless of tempo, have the same steady, easygoing chug, but a certain handful have simply monstrous hooks. The new songs sounded a little more varied, and in that respect were promising.

Labels: Baltimore music, concerts, Travis Morrison

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