Music Pill Update: November 2011

Greeting and salutations. I love this time of year, when the leaves are changing and falling, the weather is cooling down (yes, I do like cold weather), and the holidays are just around the corner. In addition, this is also a great time of the year in music. As the summer concert season ends, bands who want to continue touring start booking winter tours at smaller venues. As much as I love outdoor festivals with huge crowds and big line-ups, the indoor venues typically add another dimension to a show that I really enjoy.

So what’s going on at The Music Pill? Well, lots. I originally intended on this being focused on both recent/upcoming concerts AND recent/upcoming albums that have been released, but there was just too much, so I had to focus in on just the concerts. Here’s an update for the month of November.

Concert Review: Between the Buried and Me

Concert Review:  Between the Buried and Me

As a person who claims to love metal music, I have to be honest when I say that most of my experience is on the hard rock/softer metal/metalcore side of the spectrum. It’s not that I don’t like harder metal, it’s just that it’s not as easy to find, and I don’t have as many friends who really like it and want to go to shows. However, for the past few years, at the request/violent demand of an unnamed friend with long hair who we’ll call “Schmoey”, I have really been trying to expand what I listen to, and a good portion of the interesting new stuff I’ve found has been in the death metal genre. So, when Schmoey called me and said “I’ve got a metal show for you,” I happily accepted. Regardless of the fact that I just started a new job, and this show was on a weeknight, I picked up tickets and had been looking forward to the show for a few weeks.