By: David Schultz

Last week, Zac Lasher, Rob Salzer and Adam Bendy - 3/4 of U-Melt - offered a quiet little early evening acoustic set at New York City's Rockwood Music Hall, which long time readers will recall as the locale of Earvolution's first New York City showcase. I'd love to offer a lengthy dissertation on the set but due to the rigors of maintaining a day job, I only caught the tail end: the last half of "Folded" and the bawdy "Ballad Of Peniston." I can say that what I saw was pretty damn impressive. Playing on a stage slightly bigger than the piano, the stripped down setting let you really focus on how great each of these guys are. I only got a small taste, so I'm hoping there will be more Acousti-Melt in the future. In the meantime, U-Melt returns to Sullivan Hall on Friday night December 4 for a post-Phish after-hours gig.

AFTER ROCKING THE GARDEN AS part of the opening night of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's 25th Anniversary celebration, Bruce Springsteen returns this weekend for a pair of shows. As he did at Giants Stadium, he'll be playing an album in its entirety each night. Saturday night, he'll play The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle and Sunday night, he play The River.

Labels: Bruce Springsteen, U-Melt