three shows last week
wednesday, the junior boys - this show was everything i was hoping it would be. the encore, under the sun, was especially the bomb. definitely one of my favorite all around acts over the last few years.
friday, the evening episode - mostly new line-up for this local sacto band... the emphasis on vocal effects is a good direction because the new singers aren't as amazing as teresa (2nd from left)... not that they're bad, but...
saturday, digitalism - this show was unexpectedly amazing. having only heard a few digitalism songs ever, i didn't really know what to expect, but the set was killer. i had so much fun, i don't even know how long they played. i know we kept dancing when the house djs came on after the show, and they had to tell us when it was time to leave. seriously, i will be happy if the daft punk show is even close to this good. i would love it if someone could point me to a good recording of one of their live shows. also, i rather enjoyed the opener, joakim: loud, tall electro-rockings.
up next: mayer in may, daft punk in july.
friday, the evening episode - mostly new line-up for this local sacto band... the emphasis on vocal effects is a good direction because the new singers aren't as amazing as teresa (2nd from left)... not that they're bad, but...
saturday, digitalism - this show was unexpectedly amazing. having only heard a few digitalism songs ever, i didn't really know what to expect, but the set was killer. i had so much fun, i don't even know how long they played. i know we kept dancing when the house djs came on after the show, and they had to tell us when it was time to leave. seriously, i will be happy if the daft punk show is even close to this good. i would love it if someone could point me to a good recording of one of their live shows. also, i rather enjoyed the opener, joakim: loud, tall electro-rockings.
up next: mayer in may, daft punk in july.
COMMENTS:
said: joakim ra podcast is pretty great, you should check it out. what kind of stuff did he play live?
said: I saw the Junior Boys play a couple years ago. It was a Sunday show at Bard and they were playing with Caribou. What struck me about the show is that the dudes looked straight up depressed the whole time, though. I saw them smoking outside the venue afterward and had to restrain myself from walking up and giving them hugs and telling them everything was going to be alright.
said: oh man they were so depressing. and not nearly as entertaining as caribou, genuinely. mope is dead. not really but caribou had two left handed drummers and that was way cool.
said: joakim had a band with him (the ectoplasmic band) and played loud, beat-driven electro rock with very little vocals (and varying degrees of guitarishness). pretty distorted and pretty dancy.
but the main point is that digitalism were amazing. zdarlight kept going and going, and i did not like it when it was over.
also, the junior boys were not so mopey last week. i talked to the junior boy with the beard after the show and told him how much i liked it. he wasn't smoking and didn't seem depressed. maybe he's had therapy.
said: avalances: ray of zdarlight
said: search: cut copy - hearts on fire (joakim remix)
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