SamanthaF Posted November 7, 2004 Share Posted November 7, 2004 I ordered tickets for Paul Weller in November where's Simon when you need him to take the piss? Double Bollocks !!! Tour has been cancelled due to illness Unlucky! Saw him last year in Hyde Park. Simply Brilliant. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Basildog Posted November 7, 2004 Share Posted November 7, 2004 Unlucky! Saw him last year in Hyde Park. Simply Brilliant. Yeah, that's right, rub it in , why don't cha Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Orik Posted November 13, 2004 Share Posted November 13, 2004 OOIOO (pronounced o as in otto, o as in otto, eye, o as in otto, o as in otto) gave a very good performance at the Knitting Factory last night. It's hard to define their style, but it's certainly far from both Japanese saccharine pop and Japanses noise music. Yoshimi, their lead singer (who battles pink robots) has an extraordinary vocal range and overall their musical capabilities were a bit too good for a punk(?) band. Recommended. Kim Gordon opened with something quite terrible, but mercifully brief. Had a good new dish at Han Bat on the way home - seafood bibimbop with sesame leaves. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Daisy Posted December 15, 2004 Share Posted December 15, 2004 Last night I caught this year's final show in Yo La Tengo's quasi-annual, eight-night Hanukkah stand at Maxwell's in Hoboken. They certainly sounded good. And loud. Opener Calvin Johnson joined the band for several numbers, including a fantastic rendition of River Deep, Mountain High. Surprise guests: Feelies Glen and Dave, who played several numbers and joined in a blistering version of I'm A Believer. All in all a terrific show, and one which lasted from 8:30 until slightly after 1 AM. Informed sources tell me Wreckless Eric was a guest earlier in the week and was great. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ron Johnson Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, David Roberston Conductor New Year's Eve Performance Orpheus in the Underworld Offenbach Coppelia Delibes Eugene Onegin Tchaikovsky Circus Polka Stravinsky Sobre Las Osas Rosas Saudades do Brazil Milhaud Estancia Ginastera The Chairman Dances John Adams Tap Dance Concerto (with Lane Alexander) Gould On the Town Bernstein Variations on "I Got Rhythm" Gershwin Polovstian Dances from Prince Igor Borodin A very fun and entertaining apropos of New Year's Eve. David Robertson is the best conductor in the United States, if not the world. I wonder how long St. Louis can keep him? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bonitobroth Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 Word is recent Shortlist winners TV on the Radio are playing a unannounced show at Trash in Williamsburg tonight at 10pm. It will probably be a mob scene, but you're not likely to see them play anywhere that small again in NYC. Another show to look out for: Montreal's The Dears who gave one of the best live shows I saw last year. There is some Morrissey and Blur in their music, but also some Francopop and crunchy shoegazey stuff in there as well. January 15th at Mercury Lounge. This show will sell out but you can still get them through ticketweb for $10. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blondie Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 Word is recent Shortlist winners TV on the Radio are playing a unannounced show at Trash in Williamsburg tonight at 10pm. It will probably be a mob scene, but you're not likely to see them play anywhere that small again in NYC. Woohoo! Thanks for the tip, BB! I'm going to try and stop by after work. I'm also probably going to check out Neon Thrills at the Mercury Lounge tomorrow. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bonitobroth Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 Word is recent Shortlist winners TV on the Radio are playing a unannounced show at Trash in Williamsburg tonight at 10pm. It will probably be a mob scene, but you're not likely to see them play anywhere that small again in NYC. Woohoo! Thanks for the tip, BB! I'm going to try and stop by after work. I'm also probably going to check out Neon Thrills at the Mercury Lounge tomorrow. Word of warning about the TVotR show... I'd get there as early as possible. Bonus on tomorrow's Merc Lounge show. I guess the Giraffe's had to cancel and Ambulance LTD (whose album is great if you haven't heard it) are playing in their place. I think this just happened. I'm going to try and go for sure. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wilfrid1 Posted January 12, 2005 Share Posted January 12, 2005 Coming to Thee Knitting Facktory this weekend, Thee Majesty, featuring thee Genesis P.Orridge of Indeterminate Gender, formerly of Throbbing Gristle, Thee Temple ov Psychick Youth, and Psychick TV. Should be magickal. Supported by Thee Suicide. Rocket, rocket USA. Now, where did I put my curiously stained ripped leather jacket with the dead rat pinned to the collar? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bonitobroth Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 For those in NYC, Sweden's excellent The Soundtrack of Our Lives play Bowery Ballroom on Tuesday, January 18. If you're unfamiliar with them, TSOOL are sort of like every good rock band from '67 -'73 all rolled into one (The Who, the Stones, The Beatles, at least, with some of Spirit's trippy earth mother vibe as well). Super-catchy songs, crammed with riffs and hooks and dumb but inoffensive psychedelic lyrics. Live, they pull out all the tricks -- rock star moves, guitar windmills, stick-twirling -- and the singer is a force of nature, resembling Grizzly Adams at a Renaissance festival. You can get an idea of what they're like from the videos on their website (click on Media) -- "Sister Surround" and "20th Century Ripoff" especially. They are just so much fun live, I can't reccomend a show more highly. Tickets are $15 and still available. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wilfrid1 Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 They are a remarakble facsimile of the past, indeed. Personally, I think the singer's voice is somewhat lacking in character, but they are a spectacle alright. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Orik Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 Isn't it strange that most successful nyc/montreal bands of 2004 sound like they could have existed 20 years ago? bonito -- thanks for the The Dears tip. It does sound like morrissey + air. (althought the opening chords on "Lost in the Plot" could have come from The Cranes) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bonitobroth Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 Isn't it strange that most successful nyc/montreal bands of 2004 sound like they could have existed 20 years ago? bonito -- thanks for the The Dears tip. It does sound like morrissey + air. (althought the opening chords on "Lost in the Plot" could have come from The Cranes) There's some Blur in there too (especially "Lost in the Plot"). Orik, are you going to see them on Saturday? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Orik Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 Yes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wilfrid1 Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 Strangely, history has slowed down for popular music. It's a remarkable phenomenon. In 1964, the cutting edge of popular music was almost incommensurably different from twenty years previously. The Beatles/Glenn Miller. Today, bands of twenty - even thirty - years ago sound like our contemporaries. I walked into a bar recently, and they were playing Patti Smith's Horses. Thirty years old, but could have been released last week. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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