I love Maxwell's but hate driving through Hoboken, especially on a weekend night, so this had to be a very special show to get me to drive across the river and hunt for parking. Just to see Penelope Houston and Greg Ingraham play together again was well worth the trip but The Plus Ones were also a lot of fun. Half of The Plus Ones are the new rhythm section for The Avengers.
The Plus Ones have been around since the late 90's and now feature Joel Reader, Luis Illades, John Speranza, and Luke Powell with Joel being the only original member. Both Joel and Luis are now doing double-duty and playing with The Avengers. The band is currently touring behind their second full-length cd Oh Me Of Little Faith, Right Now and their sound is similar to that of the Plimsouls, Paul Collin's Beat and other early 80's power pop bands.
The Avengers tour is now over and The Plus Ones are now touring their way back to the West Coast starting with a show tonight in Brooklyn at the Trash Bar. Now that I have blown through my upload quota on my main Flickr account, I will upload my remaining pictures to my alternate Flickr account in the next day or so and will also try and get my Avengers pictures posted.
Remaining tour dates are:
Sep 14 2006 8:00P BALTIMORE, MD - Sonar Baltimore, MD
Sep 15 2006 6:00P MT. VERNON, OH - Escape Zone (early show) Mt. Vernon, OH
Sep 16 2006 8:00P DETROIT, MI - Modern Exchange Southgate, MI
Sep 17 2006 8:00P DAYTON, OH - Nite Owl Dayton, OH
Sep 19 2006 9:00P CHICAGO, IL - The Note Chicago, IL
Sep 20 2006 8:00P GALESBURG, IL - Knox College Galesburg, IL
Sep 21 2006 9:00P OMAHA, NE - Sokol Underground w/ Nada Surf Omaha, NE
Sep 22 2006 8:00P EMPORIA, KS - Josie's Emporia, KS
Sep 23 2006 7:00P DENVER, CO - Bluebird Theater w/ MC Chris Denver, CO
Sep 26 2006 8:00P ALBUQUERQUE, NM - Burt's Tiki Lounge Albuquerque, NM
Sep 27 2006 12:00P ALBUQUERQUE, NM - University of New Mexico campus (noontime show) Albuquerque, NM
Sep 28 2006 12:00P TUCSON, AZ @ University of Arizona (noontime show) Tucson, AZ
Sep 29 2006 8:00P PHOENIX, AZ - Modified Arts Phoenix, AZ
Sep 30 2006 8:00P SAN DIEGO, CA - San Diego Sports Club San Diego, CA
Oct 1 2006 8:00P MORENO VALLEY, CA - Cheers Moreno Valley, CA
Oct 2 2006 11:00P LOS ANGELES, CA - TBA Los Angeles, CA
Wednesday, September 13, 2006
The Plus Ones @ Maxwell's, Hoboken, NJ 9/9/06
Posted by Mike at 10:09 PM