Reunion – Paul Westerberg

Seeing The ‘Mats Indoors vs Seeing The ‘Mats Outdoors | I Will Dare

Jodi — Tue, 05 May 2015 01:57:00 +0000

Second of all, HOLY SHIT did seeing the ‘Mats indoors rock the motherfucking Casbah, and I put the credit for this at the feet of the crowd. I forget what a difference the crowd can make at a show, especially because I’ve seen so many outdoor shows lately.

via Seeing The ‘Mats Indoors vs Seeing The ‘Mats Outdoors | I Will Dare.

Just One From Seattle: Nobody

Jodi — Fri, 10 Apr 2015 15:34:54 +0000

The ‘Mats are coming for you this spring

Jodi — Mon, 09 Feb 2015 21:00:57 +0000

Seattle, Milwaukee, Portland, SanFran and LA, and a bunch more places that aren’t Minneapolis.

Check it out at The Current

Merry Matsmas: A New Jam, ‘Poke Me in My Cage’

Jodi — Tue, 23 Dec 2014 01:26:20 +0000

It’s a 24ish minute instrumental jam because, of course.

Rolling Stone Buried the Lead

Jodi — Mon, 22 Sep 2014 19:04:17 +0000

“Now, the Replacements say they’ll likely make an album at some point in the future.”

the rest of the words are here

The Replacements: The Greatest Band That Never Was | Rolling Stone

Jodi — Mon, 22 Sep 2014 18:51:18 +0000

For years, Westerberg seemed set against a reunion, as a point of pride. But in 2012, Slim Dunlap, who played guitar in the Replacements from 1987 to 1991, suffered a severe stroke. Dunlap had been essential in stabilizing the band after the split with Bob Stinson, and is a beloved figure in the Minnesota music scene. Westerberg and Tommy Stinson came together in Minneapolis to record Songs for Slim, a five-song covers EP that included two of Dunlap’s songs, with sales going toward raising money for their former bandmate’s medical care. “He’s been in and out of the hospital maybe 40 times,” says Westerberg. After that, the reemergence of the Replacements didn’t seem so crazy. “We were talking to Slim when he was in the hospital,” says Westerberg. “And I was like, ‘Should we play?’ And he said, ‘Yeah, play.'”

via The Replacements: The Greatest Band That Never Was | Rolling Stone.

Concert Review: The Replacements, West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills, Queens, 9-19-14 | Caryn Rose’s jukeboxgraduate.com

Jodi — Sat, 20 Sep 2014 18:05:37 +0000

I had no idea what Paul was going to do when he suddenly lowered the microphone and got down on his knees (thus totally reinforcing the renegade elf classification from earlier) and it was one of those moments where you’re going, “Well, it SOUNDS like ‘All Shook Down’ but I’m pretty sure I am wrong and I am not remembering correctly.” But yes, it was “All Shook Down,” without intro or preface and I wish they would do more of that. There is no end of material in the catalog that would work and that Paul would still feel comfortable singing.

via Concert Review: The Replacements, West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills, Queens, 9-19-14 | Caryn Rose’s jukeboxgraduate.com.

Forest Hills Videos in Setlist Order (don’t miss All Shook Down)

Jodi — Sat, 20 Sep 2014 14:48:36 +0000

EDITOR’s NOTE: These are the ones I could find so far this morning. I’ll look again later this afternoon because I am nothing if not an obsessive completeist.

Favorite Thing

Takin a Ride
I’m in Trouble
Don’t Ask Why
I’ll Be You

Valentine

Waitress in the Sky

Tommy Gets His Tonsils Out / Third Stone From the Sun
Take Me Down to the Hospital

I Want You Back

Color Me Impressed

Nowhere Is My Home

If Only You Were Lonely

Achin’ To Be

Kiss Me on the Bus

Androgynous

I Will Dare

Love You Till Friday > Maybellene

Merry Go Round > All Shook Down
(The sound on Merry Go Round is a bit staticy, but All Shook Down is fucking lovely)

Swingin Party & Love You in the Fall

Can’t Hardly Wait & Bastards of Young

White and Lazy

Left of the Dial & Alex Chilton

Unsatisfied

The Replacements Play at Forest Hills Stadium – NYTimes.com

Jodi — Sat, 20 Sep 2014 14:16:54 +0000

Mr. Westerberg, 54, still has the slender build, flashy wardrobe and insouciant intensity of a rocker. Mr. Stinson, who has also been touring in Guns N’ Roses, was his comic relief, regaling the audience with a tale of falling on his face the morning of the concert. The band kicked up a solid ruckus, just reckless enough as it worked from punk rock back through echoes of the Rolling Stones and the Beatles, while Mr. Westerberg delivered more than two dozen Replacements songs with the same ragged conviction they held in the 1980s.

via The Replacements Play at Forest Hills Stadium – NYTimes.com.