no, more rock!
It's been a while since I paid attention to music, but upcoming shows promise to change that. On the schedule: New Pornographers/Belle & Sebastian (if Matt still has a spare ticket for me); Hold Steady, maybe (sold out?); and Islands/Metric, apparently. The Tegan & Sara/Gogol Bordello show would've been attended but, well, I just learned about it today.
At the moment I'm most excited about Islands, the ex-Unicorns outfit. I loved the Unicorns, and the early Islands mp3s I've heard (particularly "Abominable Snowman" — although the Unicorns wrote that) seem promising. Plus Nick Diamonds did this, my enthusiasm for which you may already know. So I'm prepared to dub him "the good Unicorn" (there can be only one). You can find some Islands mp3s here. Also: I have just learned that the Unicorns' debut release is available for free here. Neat.
Back on track! The other enblogged act coming to town seems to be Stars. I've only started listening to that CD this week. Good songs, but I'm not sure I'm sold on them yet — their rhythm section is pretty weak when they're not using a drum machine. "Reunion" could've been great, but instead it only ends up being good. Maybe I'm projecting my crass predilection for Andrew WK-style cock rock onto the fully rendered craft of a sensitive auteur with no taste for bass. Or maybe they should hire a new drummer. Either way, the prospects for live rocking don't seem that great to me. But hey, I could be and probably am totally wrong. I'll be curious to hear folks' reactions.
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New Porn, we are there! Hold Steady, we are there! Jellybones, Yes!
I saw Stars open for Death Cab in the fall. They were a little...odd, I guess. Each band member seemed like they had a different music persona going on--the drummer with the wife beater and a mohawk, nattily dressed trumpeter/singer, goth singer, hipster bass player, and the guitarist with an 80's-style very shiny windbreaker. Kind of seemed like they were trying a bit too hard, though the music was fine. It's sort of that "auditory cloud" style, not my favorite, but they're decent.
Gogol Bordello is one I'd have liked to see tonight, too. Tegan and Sara kind of creep me out, but I really like one of their songs.
ahh a flurry of posts by beth....soo heres the story. you should DEFINITELY go see sharon jones and the dap kings play at the black cat on feb 17th. we had her at the ballroom last semester and it was utterly fantastic. probably our best-received show of the year. also. the budos band is great. super fun old school soul revue. also. she parties harder than most other bands we've had in. anyway great time that appeals to everyone. check her out.
ditto tom's sister, which may make you less likely to follow her advice.
Gogol Bordello is worth seeing.
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