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By Brian Patrick
|Mar 28, 2010 10:21 PM
Brian Patrick / Mike Gordon played the Lebanon Opera House on March 14th
Mike Gordon ended his weeklong tour here in the Upper Valley – a stone’s throw from where he resides in Vermont. When I arrived at the Lebanon Opera House there was the family vibe so often felt at Phish shows. The crowd was lingering around the entrance with the occasional person looking for their “miracle” ticket to the nearly sold out show.
Mike and the band played with vigor worthy of applause. The show was filled with thumping bass, long improvisational grooves, and tightly knit jams. Mike rarely offered typical jam-band fare and proved that unlike many other bands on the scene, he is willing to dabble in multiple genres and excel at all of them.
During the song “Jaded” the band was locked into such a deep groove that ending it almost seemed out of the question. It was only appropriate, however, that the band played a few Phish songs. These included the fan favorite “Meat,” and two newer songs, “Middle of the Road” and “Sugar Shack.”
The low part of the evening came when drummer Todd Isler messed up during “Sugar Shack” and Gordon had to correct him, but I’m not even sure the crowd recognized this because the band’s tight grooves had a majority of the crowd gripped in a trance.
On the surface, Gordon might come off as just another bass player for a well-known jam band trying his luck at being a front man, but it was evident that he has what it takes to lead a band.
The current incarnation of Mike Gordon’s band exemplifies the commendable attributes of a group that has something to prove: refreshing, well thought-out, and a genuine connection with one another and their fans.
Editor:
Jamie Berk is the Editor-in-Chief of The Dartmouth Independent. His first book, Making It: The New Landscape of the Music Business, is due out next summer.
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Writers:
Adam Boardman is the co-founder of Big Green Beats and a junior at Dartmouth.
Joseph Chapman is a freelance photographer and contributor to the UNC Daily Tarheel. His past interviews include Girl Talk, Chuck D, David Byrne, and Yes.
Sarah Grant is a freelance writer for publications like Rollingstone.com, Blurt, and Crawdaddy. She has interviewed the likes of Patti Smith, Les Paul, and Joe Perry.
Andrew Lohse is the Literary Editor of The Dartmouth Independent and co-editor of aposiopesis-!, TDI's literature, arts, and culture channel. He is the drummer for New Jersey-based pop-rock band The Horizontals.
Rahul Malik is a staff writer for The Dartmouth Independent.
David Mainiero is the Managing Editor of The Dartmouth Independent and editor of For The Love Of The Game, TDI's sports channel.
Brian Patrick is a Staff Writer for The Dartmouth Independent and a Master of Liberal Arts student at Dartmouth, focusing on social movements and new media.
Liz Pelly is music director of Boston University's WTBU and a freelance writer for publications like Paste and CMJ.
Peter Stein is the film critic for The Dartmouth Independent, Director of The Dartmouth Independent Film Festival, and co-editor of aposiopesis-!, TDI's literature, arts, and culture channel.
Miles Suter is the co-founder of Big Green Beats and a junior at Dartmouth.
Kobi Tirey is a staff writer for The Dartmouth Independent. He is an outspoken critic of hipsters and Tokio Hotel.
John Vilanova is a contributor to Rolling Stone, Rollingstone.com, and GQ. He is a Research Editor at Niche Media.
Business Unusual, by Jamie Berk:
The music industry is backwards, bloated, and dying, leaving more than a few people wondering: what the hell happened? In 2009, TDI went to the industry’s annual rendezvous in Austin, Texas, to find out.
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