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Last Thursday I had the pleasure of seeing two great bands and also DJing to a packed house. Not too shabby. Above are two B&W-ified pictures from Unbuckled 3. I'm playing around with converting images to B&W since both shows were bathed in red light, which made the original pictures not so good. That may be a little harsh, but I was getting frustrated that no one wanted to step into what little light there was.
Anyways, Nethers were their usual feedback drenched selves and it was nice to see and hear them at the 930 Club. They are playing again in June with Dungen, so you're not done reading about them in this space just yet because, yes, I will be going. Georgie James have improved by leaps and bounds since their first gig a mere six weeks or so ago. Seeing them was a nice way to kick off my four day weekend. They're even testing out new material, so go see them before they disappear into the studio.
First and foremost, Happy 47th to the mighty Mozzer! Good on ya.
I've had quite the last few days. On Friday night Ms. Smith and I went to see Aberdeen City and Sound Team at the Black Cat. After a traffic filled 13 hour trip from Boston to D.C. Aberdeen City almost didn't get to play, but Sound Team was nice enough to go on first on the bill and allow the boys from Boston time to get to the venue. Elefant and the venue also agreed to push back everyone's set times a bit so everything to fall in to place. And Aberdeen totally killed it. They literally got to the venue, walked on stage, plugged their guitars into Sound Team's gear, tuned up and got to it. They were straight fire. You could tell how happy they were to be out of the van and on stage. I interviewed AC after the gig, so look for that in a day or two over on DCist.
Download: Another Seven Years | Aberdeen City (MP3)
Sound Team were good but a bit inconsistent. They have one or two songs that are straight up smashes, but some of their other stuff is a bit middling. And they have like 20 people onstage(it's actually 5 or 6) and it's a bit distracting. But when they lock it in, like on "Your Eyes Are Liars," you can really get a good feel for what they are trying to do. I'm really not that familiar with them and I've heard great things about their forthcoming album, so I'd go see them again and give them another chance. More pictures after the jump.
Download: Your Eyes Are Liars | Sound Team (MP3)
Each Note Secure has links to Sound Team and Aberdeen City's WOXY lounge Acts.
Ms. Smith got her graduate degree from GW on Saturday(yay!). Her Mom and step-Dad are in town for the occasion, so we spent the weekend eating some fine food and drinking some fine vino at some fine D.C. establishments.
The 25 best music sites on the web.
This is literally the coolest thing ever. It's a fully interactive panoramic image of the Apple Store opening last Friday. Do yourself a favor and play around on this thing for a few minutes. Wow.
Torr has some Stone Roses demos for download. I have most of this stuff on a bootleg and "The Sun Still Shines" is my favorite Roses track ever. Too bad they never recorded it properly. Go get it!
Oh Annie. How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. Is it your delightful potty mouth? Kinda. The killer hooks that eminate from your guitar? Affirmative. Your on stage banter regarding anal hymens? Check. They way you still look hot even though you didn't even bother to shower yesterday? Absolutely. In fact, I respect you even more because there's no way in hell I would use the shower at the Black Cat.
Giant Drag played a great set at the Black Cat last night. Not as mind blowing as their previous DC appearance, but it still rocked. Annie was much more at ease with the crowd last night. Everyone adored her, except the girl that shouted "You need to eat something" when the Drag took the stage. Annie was all like "Oh no you didn't! I'll have you know I have a very fast metabolism. I just ate a burger, fries, some fruit and a piece of motherfucking cheesecake." Owned. Annie and Micah played two new songs during their set, the first of which was perfection. This bodes well for future releases. This band really amazes me. They have a big, fleshed out live sound despite only two people being on stage. Eff the White Stripes, gimme Annie and Micah any day of the week.
I stuck around for a few songs from Pretty Girls Make Graves (I'm willing to listen to any band that takes their name from a Smiths song) but I really didn't get them at all. They were really energetic on stage though. Their bassist must be like 6-foot-4. I was all the way up front and couldn't fit more than like 1/4 of him in my camera lense. Too bad too, 'cause he was totally rocking out. They had the lights turned waaaaay low while they were on stage, so I was forced to use my flash to take a few pics. It was the first time I'd used the flash on my Rebel XT (weird, I know, but I really like natural light), and I think the results were OK. More pictures after the jump. You can see them all over at Flickr.
Mogwai were amazing last night. I'm a total verse-chrous-verse guy and was wondering how I would deal with a show without vocals, but it wasn't a problem. They aren't much to look at on stage, but that's not the point. Mogwai can stop on a dime and switch from drone to death metal, and it is best. Their light show was top notch. Even though all the band members just stood around, there was still plenty to watch. It was also one of the loudest shows I've been to in a while. My ears were hurting after taking pics up front in front of the speakers and you could still feel the bass pound your chest at the back of the venue. I wonder if they were doing some surround sound shizzle? Anyways, Mogwai are officially information leafblower approved and endorsed.
NPR broadcast the show and you can listen or download it here. Peep the DCist review here.
More photos after the jump.
It’s your move The Daily Ten.
My answer would be, a bunch of books not on this list.
Why the Red Sox keep winning (last night excepted).
Further evidence that SportsCenter has lost all connection to reality.
My big project finally gets released to the world later today.
I think.
Real content tomorrow.
I hope.
I'm finally starting to feel comfortable taking pics in the Black Cat. I got some good ones on Saturday that I was very happy with. Now I just need to beef up my Photoshop skillz for post production work. Small steps. I wrote a short review of the show on DCist (which should be up soon), and you can peep all of my photos over at Flickr.
But enough about me, I have some Super Furry News straight from the band's mouth! Let's get the bad news first. There will be no US tour following their June show in NYC. That's too bad but one show is better than no shows in my book. But the big news is the reason that the band won't be doing a full tour (although I'd also bet the World Cup has something to do with it). After the gig in June, the band will be returning to the studio to start work on a new record! I was very happy to hear this, since on their last tour, I kept asking everyone in the band what their next move was and no one knew. Which is not to say there was ever a danger that the band wouldn't record a new album (actually I should clarify that to say as far as I knew, that was never an issue), it was just that they didn't have concrete plans to do so, which was a first for them. Generally bands have their lives planned out months and months ahead of time, especially if they are working records in different territories. Since the SFA didn't have a record contract, their last US tour was the end of the record/promote/tour cycle for Love Kraft. And they had no future plans after that. I was a little nervous about all of that when I saw them during the tour (and this was the issue I kept dropping hints about way back then) but I was still fairly positive that everything would work out. And it has! So no US tour, but new record. I can live with that. And I have no idea what label this new album will come out on if and when it's released. I've heard some Rough Trade rumours from the Super Furry messageboards, which I think would be really great for the band, but nothing concrete.
Completely unrelated but yet equal in its besteverness, the jPod website! There are also Douglas Coupland book tour dates, but sadly, none for Washington DC. Do I have to start a "Why Does Douglas Coupland hate Washington DC?" rumour now? Here's a Coupland interview to get you started.
Saw Cedars play another great set at the Black cat last night. The band after them, Augustana, must have been on One Tree Hill or something like that because the WB demographic were out in full force. Still trying to master taking photos in the Cat lighting. I'll try again on Saturday at the Georgie James/Exit Clov show.
Os Mutantes has been added to the Pitchforkfest line up. I'm not familiar with them but Kriston and Genevieve were speaking of them very highly on Monday, so I'll have the check them out. Best of all? They're now headlining the main stage on Sunday, moving Spoon down a slot, which leaves me plenty of time for some Diplo action on the second stage.
Holy shit. Art Brut were teh awesome last night. I honestly can't remember the last time I had so much fun at a rock show. Ever go to a gig and know that it's going to be incredible after the first 30 seconds? That was me last night. As great as the CD is, the live show blows it away. Big ups to Onelouder for making me take notice of this band. There will be better reviews from bloggers that got more sleep than I did last night, so if you want a comprehensive written review of last night, search them out.
More pics after the jump and also at Flickr.
Busy today, but at least my day is going better than Derek Lowe's. [Thanks Michele]
Also, The Sports Guy's running diary of Opening Day.
I think I made my summer festival choice. Now all they need is Mylo and Maximo Park. And The Bunnymen. And Morrissey. And the Super Furries. And Nethers. Then we'd be set.
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