Bombadil

I went to the Bombadil show at the Lincoln Theater last night with Madison. Excellent show!

We skipped the first opening act (Madison had free tickets, so it's not like we had a reason to see bands we weren't interested in). The second was Benji Hughes, which was... alternative blues (?) or something, fronted by the Dude (Lebowski) after he hadn't shaved for a few months. Intriguing music, but I'll have to download it to say anything of substance about it. Could not hear the vocals at all. A cursory listen at MySpace leads me to believe I like them better live.

Bombadil itself was excellent. I met Daniel via Madison before the show: he, and the other members, seem pleasantly nerdy. The music is sort of a traditionally-inspired rock, with almost Irish overtones. I'd highly recommend them!

Tangent: I discovered Bombadil only a week or so ago via Last.fm. It was one of those moments when you hear the beginning of one song and know you'll like everything the band makes. Malcolm Gladwell discusses this type of thing in Blink. I'm a tremendous believer in the power of intuition.

I do rather wish I had learned of Bombadil earlier, though, because I didn't know most of the songs by heart yet at the concert. Ah, well.

By my hand,
~Michael Akerman