Jimy Chambers was one of the original members of Mercury Rev and his new band, Odiorne, played at Monty’s Krown last night with Small Smalls and NOD. We studied the poster for the gig and determined Nod was going on first. Odiorne was in the biggest type and both they and the Small Smalls were from Buffalo and Nod was listed last in small type. We got to the club about a quarter to eleven and before paying our paltry three dollar cover we asked the doorman if Nod had played yet. He said, “Nope, they’re up first and should be starting any minute.”
Monty’s is a classic rock and roll dive. It smells like cigarettes even though smoking in bars was banned years ago. Ted Williams was still there but this is no longer “the literary bar.” We ordered a pint and found Nod, now just a three piece, sitting at a table. We shot the shit for a bit and learned they were going to be last on the bill. They should be the headliners. They have everything I like in a rock band. They’re gnarly and rough, loose and danceable, and their songs get stuck in your head like a pop song. We had a long day and had to pack it in during Odiorne’s set so we missed Nod.
“World Still Wants You” by Nod fron “Tree Stuff & Lightning”.
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These days, with a boomer crowd and a hipster crowd and boomer bands and younger bands playing earlier or in the middle might be a better move. It seems like we see a crowd change around eleven from us old people to the younguns…