I mentioned that I was in Philly to catch Minus the Bear and Portugal. The Man.

Well I was!

My concert review is pending. I'm having trouble working with some of the videos I took at the show. As I am mildly stupid.

In the meantime, MTB:

I think I found out about these guys by randomly browsing through my favorite CD store, Repo Records, in Philly.

When I get a little disposable income I go to CD stores and sort of walk up and down each aisle, sort of waiting for something to catch my eye. I've gotten pretty decent at it.

Anyway, MTB are one of my top, mainstay bands at the moment.

This is the kind of music that makes the most sense when I'm going home for the weekend and I'm driving around just sort of thinking. It's profoundly emotive stuff, storytelling music at its most potent.

Songs like "Double Vision Quest", "Knights", "The Fix", "Pachuca Sunrise", the entire Highly Refined Pirates full-length, are all poignant, captivating strolls through fading love, regret, drunk happiness, all held together by memories and lingering ideas.

Roll on it, for goodness sakes.