there are only a few of my all time favorite bands that are still together that i have yet to see live, Anamanaguchi, Dillinger Four, this bike is a pipe bomb, akiakane (what is now softball) and until a few weeks ago, the dirtbombs. and finally! on a super rainy friday in Brooklyn, i was able to fulfill my dream of witnessing them live.
my friend will introduced me to them about a year and a half, 2 years ago, and at first i really liked them (like i do with most good bands) but i never stopped liking them, nor did i stop listening to them. there was no sudden realization that i loved them, or some amazing explosion when i first heard them, none of that. but something more lasting, more important, i never got tired of them. and thus, my love was cemented.
the only problem with me loving the dirtbombs is that they never leave their hometown, Detroit. (the same with dillinger four never leaving the mid-west, or akiakane never leaving japan). but hark! what is that in the distance of CMJ music fest? the dirtbombs three days in a row! they played the mercury lounge, southpaw and then Maxwell's. mercury lounge is right in the city, so i of course intended to try to get in, southpaw in brooklyn, and Maxwell's in jersey, i.e. out of the question too far. the mercury lounge sold out, so tickets purchased to ensure my entrance. i then called my buddy will to see if he wanted to go (he had luckily seen them before) and of course he did! so another ticket bought. we hike down there in the cold rain, find the place and enter the venue. after we are standing around for a few moments we realize we are the youngest people there (me 22 and will 23) im not sure why but the bulk of fans of the dirtbombs are much older. shrugs. the first band, the turbo fruits were pretty impressive. three guys (i believe all gay) and they rocked in a way similar to ted leo if he was divided amongst three younger people from brooklyn. the next band, the intelligence was weird but ok, didn't pay attention. the curtains closed and then they start setting up. the audience was able to be catch a glimpse of Mick Collins, the Dirtbombs front man setting up stuff. then the curtains open, and the crowd of mid 30 years olds and me and my friend go nuts.
with two drummers, two basses and a mean lead guitar, they opened with the back sabbaths war pigs. they then rocked the majority of their songs from their albums ultraglide in black, dangerous magical noise, and the collection cd if you dont already have a look. they played a much need revival of motor city rock and soul. their sound is that of the old garage rock bands, mixed with a rugged soul group from the 60's mixed with a british rock'n'roll band. and they preformed their asses off. after an amazing set, they came back on for two more encore songs, and the officially ran off into the darkness.
and that was my my best cmj moment this year, awesome.
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