Eels Canceled For Sunday, But Wait There's More

What was a solid 3 out of 4 days of music starting this Saturday has been slightly derailed thanks to the Eels canceling their Sunday show in New Haven. Sadly that one didn't work out, but there's still two great shows coming up.

First is Wussy on Saturday at Cafe Nine in New Haven. For those of you who don't know, Wussy was formed as Ass Ponys broke up in 2005. Chuck Cleaver, vocalist and guitarist for both bands, formed Wussy and released two albums on Shake It Records. Funeral Dress in 2005 and Left for Dead this past November.

Now I haven't been able to get my hands on Left for Dead yet, but their label said, "From swampy-Americana to Velvet Underground infused folk to bedroom-produced pop-jems." All I know is that "Mayflies," off the album certainly has that folky, but more towards the direction of Rilo Kiley, oddly enough.

Second is Beach House, who have been getting a ton of great press since their sophomore effort, Devotion, hit stores exactly one month from today. I was told during Why? that is was no where near as good as their self-titled release, but I'm not much of a judge since I've just heard the latest. Either way, Beach House will be at Wesleyan University on Tuesday and as per usual it is free.

I probably shouldn't leave the one artist playing these next few days (tonight to be exact) that I actually know something about. While you won't catch me paying $20 to see him, Talib Kweli will be at Toad's Place in New Haven. This summer's Eardrum was in pretty heavy rotation for me and I actually enjoyed it a hell of a lot more than Common's whatever he put out (not looking it up, it sucked). Ed even briefly mentioned the guy in the Best Hip-Hop of Our Generation discussion late last year AND didn't get shit on by a few people on a Rawkus Records message board. Now that is saying something for Ed, congrats. Good times all around.