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April 19th, 2005» uh, so this new kinski album, alpine static, is turning me into some kind of monster. i got it in them mail the other day and the next thing i know, my hairs grown all long, im wearing my arthur t-shirt and shit. what next, a beard? OK, im kidding. but seriously, this record shreds like an angry sonic youth. due out in july. until then, just listen to me brag about how awesome this record is.
» speaking of the yoof, friday night’s show was incredible. unfortunately it was chilly and i had worn my Hot Indie Rock Girl clothes to the event and wound up hunched over with my arms crossed like A Penn Girl In Black Ass Pants. [you know what im talking about, those unfortunate sorority girls who traipse and chatter all over olde city in the skimpiest clothes ever.] here’s the setlist:
I Love You Golden Blue / Stones / Pattern Recognition / Unmade Bed / Eric’s Trip / Bull In The Heather / Dude Ranch Nurse / Paper Cup Exit / New Hampshire / Rain On Tin // Teenage Riot
not a lot of oldies but well, thats fine by me. with only 400 people in the audience, sonic youth could have stood around, banging away on their guitars with drumsticks, playing with feedback and i would have still been a happy camper. oh wait, isnt that what they kind of do already?
» cat power was the opener and ill say this then let you decide what my reaction was: she played for over an hour. ive never seen that happen before.
» went to a production of the rocky horror picture show after the show. it was mayhem, not just because of the show, but due to its timing during spring fling weekend. many half naked, drunken college kids around. a beautiful sight!
» M83 & Ulrich Schnauss at the Trocadero: hey look, its a vangelis tour! i mean that in the most loving, wonderful way possible. everyone has hailed M83 as the second coming of shoegaze but man, do their songs ever come off as sounding highly proggy. secret weapon? the drummer. you need to see it to believe.
» beatles vs. stones at silk city: OK, what the fuck? SEVEN DOLLARS? look, i know that everyone in philly is a dj but i’m not going to pay someone seven dollars to play those records. consider this an official complaint.
April 20th, 2005 at 10:46 pm
I think Ulrich Schnauss is the proggier one of the two — each track was basically him soloing for eight minutes while the laptop did the rest!
It seems that M83 are starting to come into their own as a live band. Live, they’re rarely capable of reproducing or surpassing the brilliance of their records, which says more about the quality of their records than any faults in their live show. Notable exception: “A Guitar and a Heart”, which was astounding.
April 21st, 2005 at 6:57 am
no, M83 were definitely more prog.
April 21st, 2005 at 10:19 pm
m83 and ulrich were much better in dc last friday than last fall in nyc- i think the new, more muscular soundboard at the black cat helped a lot. but i also think m83 has gotten better as a live band, especially that guitarist (the thin tall one who looks like jon heder), without whom i think the band would really suffer the most. the live drummer was good to have for added volume, but i have to admit i thought about 90% of his fills were totally boring and predictable. i’m no hot shit when it comes to drumming myself, but i felt like he could’ve added a lot more than he did.
anyway, ulrich schnauss is the king of helmet hair and i can’t wait for his next record to come out. also wish my female friend hadn’t flaked on me before the show, just in case i hadn’t mentioned it to like 400 people already.