Last Night

Live: Bidding Isis A Fond Farewell At Webster Hall, Alongside The Ever-Unflappable Melvins

By Phil Freeman Mon., Jun. 21 2010 at 10:40 AM
Categories: Featured, Isis, Last Night, Live, Phil Freeman, Webster Hall


Isis earlier this month, letting it all go.

Isis/Melvins/Totimoshi
Webster Hall
Friday, June 18

Farewell tours are weird, the celebratory nature of live rock being counteracted by the knowledge that this will never happen again; the listener can frequently walk away feeling weirdly hollow, as though the experience was somehow lessened by its unrepeatability. After 13 years and five albums (plus several EPs, a half-dozen or so live discs, a DVD, and dozens of austere/dignified T-shirts), the revered post-metal quintet Isis are calling it quits; their current U.S. tour is their final run of live dates. Their Friday night show at Webster Hall, which was followed by a Music Hall of Williamsburg gig Saturday night, was a concise summary of their artistic achievement--in effect, a final report on the work of the last decade-plus.


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Goodbyes

Isis Are Breaking Up; Pay Your Respects At Two NYC Shows In June

By Rob Harvilla Wed., May 19 2010 at 8:15 AM
Categories: Featured, Goodbyes, Harvilla, Isis

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Super-cerebral experimental-metal band Isis are breaking up after five albums' and nearly 15 years' worth of thinking (and rocking) real hard; you will be pleased to know there's a florid, mega-paragraph goodbye letter explaining their (perfectly pleasant and amicable) reasoning, helpfully reprinted below. They put out Wavering Radiant last year; 2004's Panopticon, in particular, is the jam. They're in town with the Melvins June 18 at Webster Hall and June 19 at the Music Hall of Williamsburg. With that, we turn it over to them:

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Michael Downes

Tonight They're Gonna Rock You Tonight: Phish!

By Michael Downes Tue., Jun. 2 2009 at 11:56 AM
Categories: Emmylou Harris, Featured, Isis, Love Is All, Michael Downes, Phish, Rock Plaza Central, Tonight They're Gonna Rock You Tonight

Props to Zach for intentionally running the words "Phish in a barrel" on this website. Starting today, the legendary jam band wanks three nights away at Jones Beach.

Isis do metaphysics by way of doom metal at Irving Plaza, plus a set by sludgy post-rockers Pelican.

Sweden is weathering the recession by exporting delicate pop stars: Love Is All play giddy dance-punk at Maxwell's in Hoboken.

Emmylou Harris, the most soulful voice in country music, is touring with fellow heavyweights Patty Griffin, Shawn Colvin, and Buddy Miller. They play the Wellmont Theatre in Montclair, New Jersey.

Rock Plaza Central, a new batch of indie-minded, collectivist Canadians, have a gig at the Bell House. They're likely to play their rendition of "SexyBack."

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