#30: Trailblazer @ Al’s Bar [Original Post] Man, what a great first Trailblazer show for me to catch. On record he can occasionally get a little noisy for my taste, but this set didn’t get too far from his solid guitar rock base. Solid songs and a great performance made this one of the best [...]

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One of the best shows I’ve seen all year was Deer Tick’s Deervana set at Bonnaroo. They’ve since retired their Nirvana covers set, but they’ve apparently expanded their covers to include ZZ Top. This video comes to us from Dodge at MOKB and Laundromatinee Download the MP3 over at MOKB

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About dinner time on Saturday I caught wind that Deer Tick would be doing a surprise show. Even better than that, they’d be doing one of their Nirvana covers sets — during which they are known as “Deervana.” It went down at 1:30 on the smallest stage at Bonnaroo and was a complete smash hit. [...]

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Deer Tick: “Blew” I had heard a bit about Deer Tick becoming “Deervana” to do some Nirvana covers at SXSW. “Incredible,” I thought. Then I found out that they’d done this before. Then I found out they’d done this a lot. Apparently you’d probably have to beg Deer Tick not to bust out a Nirvana [...]

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