Westbound Train

Above is a video of Westbound Train covering Sam Cooke's "Cupid". This summer I saw them perform at Warped Tour, and while I felt sorta depressed most of the day, their set, and this song in particular, resurrected my soul. You see just about every band I saw, I heard no sincerity. Every band was out there to be a band, not musicians. There was no soul or love in the music of A Skylit Drive, Saosin, All Time Low, or any of these other bands. It made me question, am I getting older? Am I loosing my love for music? Why don't I get this when years before Warped Tour was the highlight of my year?

However once WBT started it all came back. It showed me why I love music. Its a great memory for me and its sad to see that they are taking a hiatus now and others won't to feel the warmth that their music brought. At least they made 4 fantastic records which i'll be listening to for years whenever I need my reggae fix.

Forever - Westbound Train

Fuck it, we'll do it live

Welcome to Moose in a Box. This is my first post, and I thank you for reading. On this blog I'm going to post news, new songs/videos, album reviews, things I find interesting, and talk about my feelings on music/issues and hopefully try to see how it fits into life in general. But my first post is about perhaps my favorite aspect of music, live music.

Isn't it the best? I'm going to see what I expect to be some awesome shows this summer but am definitely looking for more in the Tri-State area. Any ideas, please let me know. Also, show me what your schedules are. So far here's mine;

6/30: Explosions in The Sky @ Central Park, NY
7/4: Conor Oberst and The Mystic Valley Band @ NY (Free/pending work)
7/5: Algernon Cadwallader@ Piscataway, NJ (Free)
7/11: Reel Big Fish @ Starland, NJ
7/15: Dark Star Orchestra & Keller Williams @ Vasa Park, NJ
7/19: Warped Tour @ Oceanport, NJ
7/23-26: Gathering of the Vibes @Oceanport, CT (still pending money)
7/29: Rx Bandits @ TLA Philadelphia, PA
7/31: Soulive & John Scofield @ Brooklyn, NY (FREE!!)
8/5: Portugal. The Man @ Mercury Lounge Brooklyn, NY
8/12: Blink 182, Fallout Boy & Panic At The Disco @ Hershey, PA (I know, epic right?)

Luckily there's only one conflict this summer, between Rx Bandits and Yes which Rx will probably win out. Some other possibilities include The Flaming Lips in Philly with Explosions in the sky, Moe in Vasa Park, and Animal Collective in NY. Expect some sort of review for these shows.

For the bands that aren't touring this summer, we luckily have streaming video. Here are some quality full length streaming concerts. Check out the site the Circa show is from for a bunch of other cool shows too. Also, all these sets take place outside of the US. Weird.

Circa Survive in Australia


Radiohead in Japan


Tortoise in Werchter

Tortoise - Live at Werchter [full set] from Neil Moroney on Vimeo.