J. Robbins & Gordon Withers, City Winery, Boston, 25 May 2022 (full set)

J. Robbins (Jawbox, Office of Future Plans, Channels, Burning Airlines, Government Issue) and Gordon Withers (Office of Future Plans, Betwixt) performing songs by J, Jawbox, Channels, Mission of Burma, Gothic Archies, John Cale, and Gang of Four.
This video has been published with gracious permission from the musicians.
Set list:
• 1:27 - Anodyne jrobbins.bandc...
• 4:16 - Abandoned Mansions jrobbins.bandc...
• 6:50 - Your Majesty jrobbins.bandc...
• 10:50 - Automaticity jrobbins.bandc..., and also on the 2024 “Basilisk” album, jrobbins.bandc...
• 13:47 - Dead-Eyed God jrobbins.bandc..., and also on the 2024 “Basilisk” album, jrobbins.bandc...
• 18:20 - banter about touring with Bob Mould
• 18:57 - Aviary jrobbins.bandc...
• 21:20 - Lorelei jrobbins.bandc...
• 23:40 - Salamander (dedicated to Ulrike Meinhof, en.wikipedia.o...)
• 29:19 - Radical Love jrobbins.bandc...
• 32:19 - Thoughtless Kind (John Cale cover, genius.com/Joh..., • John Cale - Thoughtles... )
• 35:48 - Our Own Devices jrobbins.bandc...
• 40:01 - Desert Sea (Jawbox) jawbox.bandcam... jawbox.bandcam...
• 43:28 - Exquisite Corpse (on the 2024 “Basilisk” album, jrobbins.bandc...)
• 46:44 - The World is a Very Scary Place (Gothic Archies cover) jrobbins.bandc...
• 49:55 - 2wice (Mission of Burma cover) jrobbins.bandc... / 2wice-single
• 53:50 - Winter Sun jrobbins.bandc...
• 58:20 - Firelight jrobbins.bandc...
• 1:00:40 - banter about the Salton Sea
• 1:01:40 - Cast Away (Channels) channels.bandc..., available on the “For Callum” benefit compilation: forcallum.band..., forcallum.band...
• 1:05:20 - Static (Jawbox) jawbox.bandcam... jawbox.bandcam...
• 1:08:40 - Soldier On jrobbins.bandc...
• 1:11:40 - To Hell with Poverty (Gang of Four cover) jrobbins.bandc..., original gangoffour.ban... + gangoffour.ban...
Most of these songs, plus a lot more, are available on Bandcamp:
• J. Robbins jrobbins.bandc...
• Gordon Withers gordonwithers....
• Jawbox jawbox.bandcam...
• Office of Future Plans officeoffuture...
• Betwixt betwixt1.bandc...
• Channels channels.bandc...
• Mission of Burma missionofburma...
• Gothic Archies thegothicarchi...
• Gang of Four gangoffour.ban...
Go get ’em!
Earlier shows with these two:
J. Robbins, Brooks Harlan, and Gordon Withers
Green Street Studios, Cambridge MA
16 Nov 2014
• Jawbox’s “The Desert Sea” • “The Desert Sea” by J....
• “Cast Away” • “Cast Away”, by J. Rob...
• “Deluxe” • “Deluxe”, by J. Robbin...
• “Stay Unprepared” • “Stay Unprepared”, by ...
• “Spoiler” • “Spoiler” by J. Robbin...
• “68” • “68”, by J. Robbins (J...
• Mission of Burma’s “2wice” • Mission of Burma’s “Tw...
• “Static” • “Static”, by J. Robbin...
• “Abandoned Mansions” • “Abandoned Mansions”, ...
• “Aviary” • “Aviary”, by J. Robbin...
• “Lorelei” • “Lorelei”, by J. Robbi...
• “Anodyne” • “Anodyne”, by J. Robbi...
• “Salamander” • “Salamander”, by J. Ro...
• “Savory” • “Savory”, by J. Robbin...
J. Robbins & Gordon Withers
Lily Pad
Cambridge MA
7 Oct 2011
• "Savory" • J Robbins & Gordon Wit...
• “Desert Sea” & “Spoiler” • J Robbins & Gordon Wit...
• “Lorelei” & “68” • J Robbins & Gordon Wit...
• “Static” • J Robbins & Gordon Wit...
• “Salamander” & “Escape Engine” • J Robbins & Gordon Wit...
• John Cale’s “Thoughtless Kind” • J Robbins & Gordon Wit...
• “Aviary” & “Deluxe” • J Robbins & Gordon Wit...

[@simplestringdev]

very good

[@minorityleft5808]

It was "Anodyne" that hooked me into J. Robbins when I first saw him open for Bob Mould. I had never heard of him, but that song clicked instantly. Love it!

[@duarteclaudior]

thanks for this working post! Amazing songs by J.
Gang of four was a good surprise.

[@inappropriatedrummer]

What a beautiful performance you two. Bravo.

[@Wyattporter]

“Exquisite Corpse” and new versions of “Automaticity” and “Dead-Eyed God” have released on a fully-produced new LP today. It’s on J. Robbins’s Bandcamp

[@ChrisDevers]

Good call! The new “Basilisk” album is, of course, outstanding. I’ve updated the description on this post to link to the tracks that show up on it.

[@andrewwagner4762]

Thanks for posting this, Chris! I was at this show as well, so glad you recorded it. A couple of notes on the setlist:
Gordon told me that "Exquisite Corpse" is a new J. Robbins song.
Also, the song at 1:01:40 is "Cast Away", by J's band Channels.

[@ChrisDevers]

• Makes sense that “Exquisite Corpse” is new - I found a lot of surrealist/dadaist references to the term, and clearly unrelated songs by the same name, but this explanation is better. :-)
• Thanks for setting me right on “Cast Away”. I’ve edited the caption to note Channels and to link to their Bandcamp page; I don’t see the track on their page per se, but I do see it on the “For Callum” benefit from 2007, so I’m linking to that version.

[@briantunney]

Amazing, thank you for capturing this!

[@danielmchugh9739]

This makes my day!

[@RealMusicHype]

Nice, keep it up! We would like to feature your music on our music blog!