{"id":1350,"date":"2009-05-10T20:00:19","date_gmt":"2009-05-10T20:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/216.71.127.204\/wordpress\/?p=1350"},"modified":"2015-10-15T17:06:56","modified_gmt":"2015-10-15T17:06:56","slug":"kevin-devine-w-sarah-jaffe-the-miniature-tigers-and-brian-bonz-warehouse-live-houston-tx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/houstonmusicreview.com\/wordpress\/2009\/05\/10\/kevin-devine-w-sarah-jaffe-the-miniature-tigers-and-brian-bonz-warehouse-live-houston-tx\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Devine w\/ Sarah Jaffe, The Miniature Tigers and Brian Bonz – Warehouse Live – Houston, TX"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n
Written by Todd Spoth <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
May 10, 2009 at 08:00 PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Image\"After a long day of shooting soccer for a magazine client and furiously checking my phone and cheering The Rockets on to their game 4 victory, silently, I cleaned up and headed to Warehouse Live. The show was held in the Studio, which is the little brother to Warehouse Live\u2019s larger main room, The Ballroom.<\/p>\n

I made it in during Brian Bonz & The Dot Hongs\u2019 set. Pretty good stuff actually. Brian has a very eclectic voice that is very refreshing to hear. This would be the theme that carried on throughout the night. They added a nice cover of \u201cSuperconnected\u201d by Broken Social Scene to close out.<\/p>\n

All four of the acts were very similar in style and musicality, but that makes sense as it is a fairly small tour and several of the groups were sharing equipment and members. Fairly small tour, sure, but I was surprised to see only a handful of indie kids show up for the show. There were definitely no more than 40 or so kids. I wish this show was at the late Mausoleum. It would have been a packed crowd!<\/p>\n

The Miniature Tigers were up next. All four acts also used acoustic guitars, but these guys used one as a second guitar. Interesting. The music is a little too indie for my usual tastes, but the hooks were admittedly catchy and the drummer\u2019s additional harmonies added a lot extra. The actual drum play was interesting as well. I\u2019m pretty sure Id go see these guys again based on the singular fact that they are selling one of their shirt which features a Dharma logo. The front man also sported a Dharma sticker on his guitar. They also gave a shout out to Mai\u2019s (although they mispronounced it)<\/p>\n

\"Image\"Sarah Jaffe was definitely the show stealer for me, or at least my favorite. In my ignorance, I just figured she was the cute merch girl, but when she climbed on-stage with her acoustic and belted out her first few songs, I knew that she was something special. Its like if Adele was cuter, folkier, could play guitar and was from Texas. Sarah was accompanied by Robert Gomez, who added a very subtle mix of guitar, accordion, drums and vocal harmonies to her beautiful words. Check out her incredible EP \u201cEven Born Again\u201d out now.<\/p>\n

The last time I saw Kevin, he opened up for Matt Pryor and was solo, this time around he had a full band and it was 100% better. It was a great time for the few kids that were there. His newest release Brother\u2019s Blood is definitely one of my favorite releases of this year.<\/p>\n

Next time any of these guys makes it through Houston, let\u2019s bring more than 40 people!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Written by Todd Spoth May 10, 2009 at 08:00 PM After a long day of shooting soccer for a magazine client and furiously checking my phone and cheering The Rockets on to their game 4 victory, silently, I cleaned up and headed to Warehouse Live. The show was held in the Studio, which is the… <\/p>\n

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