upcoming show – friday, june 8th, kung fu necktie, philadelphia, pa

taggartrocks — Tue, 08 May 2012 16:48:44 +0000

we’re very excited for our next show, another early show at kfn with some great friends:

8:30 howling fantods
9:30 metroplex
10:30 taggart
11:30 The Collective Bargaining Agreement w/ DJ Jay Brown (Swivel Chairs)

doors at 8:00 / $10 cover

purchase advance tickets here.

kung fu necktie, philadelphia, pa 3/23/12

taggartrocks — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 20:54:19 +0000

great show at kung fu necktie for r5 productions with our friends like a fox & ava luna.

slow down
spotlight
rotten life
subbacultcha (pixies)
good intentions
breed (nirvana)
starting now
humpty
afternoon is better
butterfly
stock

arlene’s grocery, nyc, 3/17/12

taggartrocks — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 21:39:34 +0000

it was a packed house for our second show in new york city at arlene’s grocery. we had a great time playing for a large crowd that had obviously been making the most of their st. patrick’s day.

final chapter
good intentions
lifeboat
infinite space
starting now
nutso
skin i’m in
undecidedly so
humpty
when i get home (beatles)
butterfly
stock

arlene’s grocery, nyc, march 17, 2012

taggartrocks — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 17:18:38 +0000

video of our entire st. patrick’s day set at arlene’s grocery.

songs: final chapter, good intentions, lifeboat, infinite space, starting now, nutso, skin i’m in, undecidedly so, humpty, when i get home (beatles), butterfly, stock

private party 3/11/12

taggartrocks — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 20:28:08 +0000

we got asked if we could play a one hour set of early beatles pop songs for a private party. we said sure.

yellow submarine
eight days a week
can’t buy me love
you’re gonna lose that girl
all together now
a hard days night
you can’t do that
she loves you
ticket to ride
when I get home
all my loving
please please me
hey bulldog
i want to hold your hand
twist and shout

abbaye 9th anniversary party 1/21/12

taggartrocks — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 19:37:22 +0000

this was our 6th year (5th in a row) as the karaoke band for our friends at the abbaye and as always it was a great time. people were invited to choose from our list of 210 songs and come up and sing with us. we had more people than ever come up and sing without the lyric sheets and everyone did a fantastic job. for the second year in a row we got a late night request for the who’s nine minute mini-opera “a quick one (while he’s away)” which isn’t on the list but this year was performed perfectly by our friend joe from the band the marts. another highlight was meghan, one of the owners of the abbaye, surprising us by coming up and singing one of our songs “geometric mean”. no one had ever requested to sing one of our songs before and it was pretty awesome. she even had her own lyric sheet. we warmed up at the start of the night with three of our songs and then immediately turned the vocal duties over to the crowd. below is the list of what was performed for all three sets. the cover songs for karaoke have the original band’s name in parenthesis following the song title.

good intentions
butterfly
starting now
last caress (misfits)
be my baby (ronettes)
should I stay or should I go (clash)
just like heaven (cure)
can’t hardly wait (replacements)
our lips are sealed (go-go’s)
psycho killer (talking heads)
under pressure (david bowie & queen)
left of the dial (replacements)
mary jane’s last dance (tom petty & the heartbreakers)
wrong (archers of loaf)
fake plastic trees (radiohead)
fuck & run (liz phair)
academy fight song (mission of burma)
queen bitch (david bowie)
my name is jonas (weezer)
blitzkrieg bop (ramones)
glad girls (guided by voices)
slot machine (superdrag)
phaser (superdrag)
low (cracker)
basket case (green day)

a salty salute (guided by voices)
we (descendents)
geometric mean
game of pricks (guided by voices)
creep (radiohead)
here comes your man (pixies)
baba o’riley (who)
o valencia (decemberists)
cut your hair (pavement)
psycho killer (talking heads)
(what’s so funny ‘bout) peace, love & understanding (elvis costello)
bikeage (descendents)
surf wax america (weezer)

i will dare (replacements)
under pressure (david bowie & queen)
harnessed in slums (archers of loaf)
debaser (pixies)
teenage f.b.i. (guided by voices)
weed king (guided by voices)
lethargy (guided by voices)
highway to hell (ac/dc)
take the skinheads bowling (camper van beethoven)
(you gotta) fight for your right (to party!) (beastie boys)
i’m allowed (buffalo tom)
rockin’ in the free world (neil young)
motor away (guided by voices)
dumb (nirvana)
twist & shout (beatles)
a quick one (while he’s away) (who)
mary jane’s last dance (tom petty & the heartbreakers)

what’s new for 2012?

taggartrocks — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 23:21:56 +0000

t-shirts!

joe strummer tribute night, northstar bar, philadelphia, pa, december 22, 2011

taggartrocks — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:00:35 +0000

featuring the music of joe strummer, the clash, the 101ers & the mescaleros being performed by the future unwritten, leland plumridge (of f irst capitol funk), tonight we strike, successful failures, lust2love, scarier area, mean streets and us. the proceeds were all donated to strummerville, a registered charity that gives support to aspiring musicians and help to projects that help change the world through music. set up by the friends and family of joe strummer in the year after his death, the charity seeks to reflect joe’s unique contribution to the music world by offering support, resources and performance opportunities to artists who would not normally have access to them. we performed four clash songs.

janie jones, career opportunities, safe european home, death or glory

chris parker – philadelphia weekly – december 21, 2011

taggartrocks — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 18:43:25 +0000

critic’s pick: strummerville benefit – what better way to seize the seasonal spirit than by celebrating punk’s patron saint—joe strummer—and contributing to his namesake charity, which, naturally, helps young, broke musicians make their mark. the lineup’s strong, highlighted by taggart, a local fixture harking back to underground rock’s golden age during the half-decade leading up to nevermind. the guitars are sweet and crunchy like super sugar crisp, purveying tasty hooks coated in distortion and jagged edges with gruff, half-yelped vocals reminiscent of eric bachmann (archers of loaf). versatile trio mean streets’ medium is punk rock in the vein of acts like the adicts and toy dolls. it’s catchy, boisterous stuff you might describe as pop-punk before blink-182 came along. the successful failures specialize in blending melancholy jangle pop and alt-rock fury. The bill’s filled out by the groovement’s frontman leland plumridge, bloozy classic rockers the future unwritten, and high-energy pop-punkers tonight we strike. (Philadelphia Weekly)

“for what it’s worse” in blowupradio.com’s top 100 albums of 2011

taggartrocks — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:44:17 +0000

much thanks to lazlo from blowupradio.com for naming “for what it’s worse” 96 in his top 100 albums of 2011.