Listening to
Live on Lansdowne, Boston MA, the
Dropkick Murphys' second concert collection after 2002’s
Live on St. Patrick's Day from Boston, MA, can never truly replicate the experience of slamming Irish Car Bombs in the middle of a mosh pit, but the band’s stoic blue-collar attitude, high-energy performances, and inclusive (as in the bad older brother and his friends talking you into ordering a shot of Pucker) banter helps to paint a pretty clear picture of the good-natured debauchery at hand. Comprised of 20 electrifying songs recorded over several days during the band’s annual sold-out St. Patrick’s Day shows, and featuring guest appearances from the
Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Liza Graves, Rock Solid String Section, Bunker Hill Pipe Band, and the Forbes Academy of Irish Dance (as well as an accompanying DVD of the mayhem), it’s hard not to get swept up in all the Blarney, even if it leads you out to sea. ~ James Christopher Monger