CONCERT REVIEW: Brian Jonestown Massacre @ Union Transfer 8/23

Anton Newcombe and the rest of the Brian Jonestown Massacre were in classic form at Union Transfer last Thursday.

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CONCERT REVIEW: Brian Jonestown Massacre @ Union Transfer 8/23

POSTED: Monday, August 27, 2012, 2:11 PM

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Anton Newcombe and the rest of the Brian Jonestown Massacre were in classic form at Union Transfer last Thursday. Newcombe was accompanied by original founding member Matt Hollywood despite the feud they've admitted having between each other. This is probably why they covered all the necessities from their neo-psych classics Take It from the Man! and Their Satanic Majesties Second Request. A steady tambourine drove “Anenome” to the peak of their set. And everyone in the room lost it when they ended the show with “Straight Up and Down,” because they too don’t care where they’re living or dying. Newcombe, led the droning jam on it, trading his guitar for keys for the latter portion of it, and, being a no-bullshit type of guy, didn’t even bring the band out for an encore. He didn’t exchange a word throughout the entire set aside from barking at one of his bandmates for starting a guitar intro too soon. So, in other words, despite his new sobriety, Anton Newcombe hasn’t changed a bit.

Magic Castles opened the show with their own space-traversing psych fresh off their debut, which came out this year on Newcombe’s own A Records.

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