Heartless Bastards....wow

mfc2006

This was our 6th time to see them tonight...holy shit. They blew the roof off the place. Small venue, maybe 300 people there & the vibe was great!! They played most of their new album (out on 2/14/12) & the new songs were fucking great. If any of you have a chance to see them on this tour, DO IT. They're easily one of my favorite live bands out there & I'd love to see them open for PJ someday. Will post pics tomorrow!! Great night in San Antonio!!!

red mos

Glad you had a great time Matt. Heartless Bastards were awesome at ACL 2009. So in a way they did play a show with PJ, just on the stage directly across from the main stage. or does that count??? :think: great stuff.

I have to say, seeing Clutch, theToadies and Dead Weather open for PJ on the main stage was epic. I agree though, seeing Heartless Bastards open a PJ tour proper would be really awesome.

Pap

red mos wrote:

Heartless Bastards were awesome at ACL 2009.

I watched them on PBS back then.

youngster

Fenway just burned me a copy of The Mountain and it is unbelievable. Great band. Looking forward to their new record.

2-feign-reluctance

mfc2006 wrote:

This was our 6th time to see them tonight...holy shit. They blew the roof off the place. Small venue, maybe 300 people there & the vibe was great!! They played most of their new album (out on 2/14/12) & the new songs were fucking great. If any of you have a chance to see them on this tour, DO IT. They're easily one of my favorite live bands out there & I'd love to see them open for PJ someday. Will post pics tomorrow!! Great night in San Antonio!!!

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mfc2006

yeah, Kyle...they were great that year. they sound great @ festivals, but the club stage is where they sound the best. loving the new guitarist as well...it really adds a whole new dimension to their sound. plus, he's a really cool guy. my wife & i talked to him & the drummer for about 20 minutes or so after the gig. good times.

direwolf74

Amazing band. I discovered them back in '09 when I first heard The Mountain, which is hands down one of the best pure rock n' roll albums I've heard in probably 10 years. From there I ended up buying their previous 2 albums as well, and I've been a fan ever since. I'd step over my own mother to see them live, but unfortunately they don't seem to play Canada very often, except maybe Toronto or Montreal. One of these days I'm gonna have to plan a road trip around them.

Thanks for the info on the new album! I've been scouring the interwebs over the last few months trying to find some info, as the band never seems to update their website. It's kind of annoying.

Pap

Go watch their full ACL 2009 performance on pbs.org everybody!

dcfaithful

Heartless Bastards are awesome. I've seen them just once, opening for Drive-By Truckers, but they were exceptional!! I didn't know they had a new record on the way that's awesome. Keeping my fingers crossed for a SLC tour stop.

he.who.forgets

Glad to hear they put on such a great show. If you arent familiar, check out The Ettes. Just saw them yesterday and they were very reminiscent of the Bastards

red mos

he.who.forgets wrote:

Glad to hear they put on such a great show. If you arent familiar, check out The Ettes. Just saw them yesterday and they were very reminiscent of the Bastards

I saw the Ettes open for the Dead weather at HOB. Oh man, it was awesome. They were fantastic. People where chanting "one more song" at the end of their set. came home and downloaded some songs off Itunes. Great band. So what an awesome night cause Dead weather was phenominal too. I saw them open for PJ too, at ACL but it was awesome seeing them in an indoor small venue setting on the "sea of cowards" tour.

FenwayFaithful

Just a fantastic band

merkinball

dcfaithful wrote:

Heartless Bastards are awesome. I've seen them just once, opening for Drive-By Truckers, but they were exceptional!! I didn't know they had a new record on the way that's awesome. Keeping my fingers crossed for a SLC tour stop.

That's the only time I've seen them too, but I'd definitely like to see them again.

LukinFan

I've never heard these guys - would you compare them to another band? Which album should I start with?

FenwayFaithful

LukinFan wrote:

I've never heard these guys - would you compare them to another band? Which album should I start with?

I'd start with The Mountain. I'd liken them to perhaps a cross between Wolfmother and Black Keys? Others may disagree.

mfc2006

LukinFan wrote:

I've never heard these guys - would you compare them to another band? Which album should I start with?

hard to compare them to anyone else i've heard...hmmm...definitely has a hard blues drive mixed with some bluegrass. whatever the hell it is, it's awesome!

i love all 3 of their records....i'd say "The Mountain" is the most mellow of the 3. i'm partial to "All This Time" myself & their first record "Stairs & Elevators" is great.

shit, buy them all!

btw---they sound great on vinyl! spin my white copy of All This Time well...all the time!

mfc2006

http://www.billboard.com/news/heartless ... 9952.story

LukinFan

FenwayFaithful wrote:

LukinFan wrote:

I've never heard these guys - would you compare them to another band? Which album should I start with?

I'd start with The Mountain. I'd liken them to perhaps a cross between Wolfmother and Black Keys? Others may disagree.

Never heard Wolfmother either - trust me if it wasn't for this place I would still be listening to the crap on the Alt rock station :oops:

I do like the Keys though - a lot. I'll have to check them out

LukinFan

mfc2006 wrote:

LukinFan wrote:

I've never heard these guys - would you compare them to another band? Which album should I start with?

hard to compare them to anyone else i've heard...hmmm...definitely has a hard blues drive mixed with some bluegrass. whatever the hell it is, it's awesome!

i love all 3 of their records....i'd say "The Mountain" is the most mellow of the 3. i'm partial to "All This Time" myself & their first record "Stairs & Elevators" is great.

shit, buy them all!

btw---they sound great on vinyl! spin my white copy of All This Time well...all the time!

Very cool - love new music! I think I'm going to start off with The Mountain and go from there. Thanks guys!

dcfaithful

LukinFan wrote:

mfc2006 wrote:

LukinFan wrote:

I've never heard these guys - would you compare them to another band? Which album should I start with?

hard to compare them to anyone else i've heard...hmmm...definitely has a hard blues drive mixed with some bluegrass. whatever the hell it is, it's awesome!

i love all 3 of their records....i'd say "The Mountain" is the most mellow of the 3. i'm partial to "All This Time" myself & their first record "Stairs & Elevators" is great.

shit, buy them all!

btw---they sound great on vinyl! spin my white copy of All This Time well...all the time!

Very cool - love new music! I think I'm going to start off with The Mountain and go from there. Thanks guys!

I saw them open for Drive-By Truckers. If you're familiar with that band, that should give you at least a minimal idea of who they appeal to and what kind of music they create. Overall they've got a great rock sound that I would say is influenced by a lot of blues rock, some country and folk.

LukinFan

Just finished my first listen of The Mountain - I'm diggin it

he.who.forgets

LukinFan wrote:

Just finished my first listen of The Mountain - I'm diggin it

:thumbup:

Pap

LukinFan wrote:

I've never heard these guys - would you compare them to another band?

A: The Avett Brothers

LukinFan

Pap wrote:

LukinFan wrote:

I've never heard these guys - would you compare them to another band?

A: The Avett Brothers

That's another band that I need to check out that I keep hearing good things about

LukinFan

dcfaithful wrote:

I saw them open for Drive-By Truckers. If you're familiar with that band, that should give you at least a minimal idea of who they appeal to and what kind of music they create. Overall they've got a great rock sound that I would say is influenced by a lot of blues rock, some country and folk.

My cousin just got into the Truckers recently so I decided to give them another shot and the one thing that I noticed is that I only enjoy their music while under the influence - other than that, they are a little too country for me. Anyone else feel like this? I saw them live at Roo 08 - first time experiencing them and I really liked them a lot. Sorry - not trying to derail this thread. Back to the Heartless Bastards

mfc2006

LukinFan wrote:

Just finished my first listen of The Mountain - I'm diggin it

nice!!

i can't wait for the new record...i think you guys are going to be pleasantly surprised. we heard most of it @ that show and it was awesome.

Pap

LukinFan wrote:

Pap wrote:

LukinFan wrote:

I've never heard these guys - would you compare them to another band?

A: The Avett Brothers

That's another band that I need to check out that I keep hearing good things about.

You are not going to regret it.

LukinFan

Pap wrote:

You are not going to regret it.

I can only handle one new band at a time if I really want to give them a chance, so once I have listened to HB enough to let them sink in, I'm going to give them a try

LukinFan

mfc2006 wrote:

"All This Time"

Going to try this one out today

mfc2006

if you go to their site & sign up for their mailing list, you'll be able to download the 1st song from their new record, Arrows. it's called "Parted Ways."

http://www.theheartlessbastards.com/

jjflash

mfc2006 wrote:

if you go to their site & sign up for their mailing list, you'll be able to download the 1st song from their new record, Arrows. it's called "Parted Ways."

http://www.theheartlessbastards.com/

I'm with you, man....love these guys . Really looking forward to hearing the new album come February and then seeing them in March when they make a pit stop in my neck of the woods .