Well its been a great week for music in Dallas - I've gotten to see Final Fantasy, Cadence Weapon, Great Northern, Robbers on High Street, Northern State and Tegan & Sara. I missed Regina Spektor, Spoon and the Polyphonic Spree. I'm a bit sad about Spree and Spektor - but both were mid week and I couldn't get to the shows.

Still stellar week and lots of recordings. Also got lots of new CDs - so should be some good posts coming up.

First - Robbers On High Street. I'd just picked up a copy of their latest record - Grand Animals, then had a chance to see the band play at Good Records with Great Northern.

The record is great - you can stream the bulk of it over at their MySpace page. Check out Crown Victoria, its my favorite track and fairly representative of the band. They really remind me of a band I used to listen to from Tulsa - the Mellowdramatic Wallflowers, fun, jaunty tracks featuring organs and jangly guitars that accompany hummable vocal lines.

Great little show - the bands atypically a 3 piece, but they expanded their lineup live to include 2 additional players. Good choice as it allowed them to better represent their recorded materials. The guys played 3 quick tracks from their new record and the recording came out well, though the vocals were a little low in the mix for the first couple of songs.

Catch them out on their tour with Great Northern - a really great pairing of bands.

Live MP3 MP3s:
Intro
Guard At Your Heel
Crown Victoria
Your Phantom Walks The Hall
Outro

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