Weekend Jams 4/13-15

BANDS WHAT ARE PLAYING THIS WEEKEND

That We Didn’t Write About Already

1. The Irish Band

Jesus, Mary and Joseph, Maggie, the Elders are playing both nights this weekend at the Record Bar. Some people think the Elders are big cheeseballs. They kind of are. Some think they’re fookin’ great. They kind of are. Persnickety Irish folk geeks think the band rips off Irish trad. music and fuses it sloppily and shamelessly with bloated American rock. They… who the F cares? I’ve seen the Elders twice, and I’ve had a blast both times. The second time, which was the last time they played the Record Bar, I even drunkenly accosted the lead singer, Ian Byrne (who’s unashamedly into the music onstage), and asked if I could by buy him a shot. [Thanks to cantakerous bastard Pete Maher for pointing out the typo. — JH, 4/30]