Blitzen Trapper w/ Adam H Stephens at the Bourbon Theatre
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Wednesday, August 11, 2010
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8:00pm - 11:30pm
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Bourbon Theatre, 1415 O St.
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Description
Blitzen Trapper w/ Adam H. Stephens
8 p.m., $12 adv, $14 dos
http://www.myspace.com/blitzentrapper
http://www.myspace.com/adamstephensmusic
It is fitting that ten seconds into Blitzen Trapper's fifth full-length record, front man Eric Earley utters that most sacred of rock 'n' roll tropes: 'For to love is to leave or to run like a rollin' stone,' he sings in the harmonized verse that leads off the album's epic title track, 'Destroyer of the Void.' As is the case with just about every musician or band that has employed the Blues' greatest simile-Muddy Waters, Hank Williams, Van Morrison, the Temptations, the Rolling Stones-Blitzen Trapper is unabashed in its embrace of tradition.
Over the course of their four full-lengths albums to date, including their revelatory 2008 Sub Pop release Furr, the Portland band has already made that much clear. And, Earley's considerable poetic talents and his band's hard-earned chops have gained them a growing international audience. The band's continuing exploration of American music that spans from the '60s folk movement to the country sounds of the '70s, to the pop balladry and prog rock of the '80s has earned it notice ranging from Rolling Stone magazine to late-night network television to Yo Gabba Gabba, among a great many others. Destroyer of the Void takes Blitzen Trapper one step further, building on the band's seamless marriage of the familiar and the fantastic to, literally, create an otherworldly experience.
8 p.m., $12 adv, $14 dos
http://www.myspace.com/blitzentrapper
http://www.myspace.com/adamstephensmusic
It is fitting that ten seconds into Blitzen Trapper's fifth full-length record, front man Eric Earley utters that most sacred of rock 'n' roll tropes: 'For to love is to leave or to run like a rollin' stone,' he sings in the harmonized verse that leads off the album's epic title track, 'Destroyer of the Void.' As is the case with just about every musician or band that has employed the Blues' greatest simile-Muddy Waters, Hank Williams, Van Morrison, the Temptations, the Rolling Stones-Blitzen Trapper is unabashed in its embrace of tradition.
Over the course of their four full-lengths albums to date, including their revelatory 2008 Sub Pop release Furr, the Portland band has already made that much clear. And, Earley's considerable poetic talents and his band's hard-earned chops have gained them a growing international audience. The band's continuing exploration of American music that spans from the '60s folk movement to the country sounds of the '70s, to the pop balladry and prog rock of the '80s has earned it notice ranging from Rolling Stone magazine to late-night network television to Yo Gabba Gabba, among a great many others. Destroyer of the Void takes Blitzen Trapper one step further, building on the band's seamless marriage of the familiar and the fantastic to, literally, create an otherworldly experience.
