Ended up skipping Oh Wonder on the realization I didn't care about them and had homework to do.
stumpf was pretty alright, the lead singer was very much the style I enjoy, that very paranoid squeeky thing, but everyone on stage seemed so high and out if it it didn't work great. Much prefer their studio works which are some mix of Flowers Taped To Pens and Sparklehorse.
Animal Flag just had some bad luck as a whole - bassist was late, drum stand broke in the middle of a song, etc., but they were pretty dark and interesting. Did a pretty short set, I think because they started late, but I'd definitely go see them again.
Vundabar takes the cake of being the weirdest band I've seen live to date. The music, some light but slightly edgy math rock. But the band. Oh my god. These bizarre chicken dances, total deadpan humor by the bassist mixed with the exaggerated and satirical style of the Patrick Carney looking drummer and the ... I don't even know how to describe the singer, but I can say that the way that he signaled to the band that the dramatic silence was over was to produce an inordinate amount of green mucus and spit it just everywhere. It was fantastically weird music and stage performance, and then all their stuff was stolen shortly thereafter. You should go help them out here: https://www.gofundme.com/eum9er8k _________________
Went to a show with an old friend last night (first person from back home I've seen in Boston thus far and sorry rayword for not shooting you an invite but I can only get one person in on a given night) at my school that was shockingly good.
Brittle Brian was up first, and while the set went about as wrong as possible - at least 3 songs had to stop and restart due to tuning problems - that wasn't on her so much as bad equipment/planning, and her music is incredible - some bastard child of Kimya Dawson's fun and simple tunes and Daniel Johnston's lo-fi upbeat musings that are really fairly depressing under it all. The track that the link sends you to is one of her most lush things to date, most is much more minimal, and that's saying something. Great stage presence, really a unique experience.
These next two are significantly different experiences live than studio, so I'll link to live performances.
Eskimeaux put on a fairly intimate concert with their own adorable moments in a very different way - while Brittle Brian had the general stage presence of a kid playing their first show for an audience but who was killing it, Eskimeaux was more like a Catholic school teacher having some fun on the weekend. Rather reserved but still silly, and the music was really good live. Her vocals work far better for me live and I already liked her on the album.
Porches, as some of you know, put out an album recently. It's been pretty well received, even got BNM, but I was not a fan (and the band sort of laughed off the BNM when someone congratulated them during the show). The first 1/3 was great, like "what did I miss on the album these could be a favorite band of mine" great, cool harmonies with the female bass player, dark lyrics, awesome. Then, I remembered. The bassist switched to a synth and the vocalist switched to autotune. The resulting chunk of songs were awful. It didn't fit the rest of the set, the lyrics got ... well, terrible ("She was just 17, and you have no idea what I mean" HAHA LOOK CUZ WE LISTENED TO THE BEATLES GET IT), the lack of the bass which had been a really driving force and keeping the music darker made it just sound like pop without any real force whatsoever, it was a mess. Bassist came back for the final two songs. I'm convinced it's her that made the band good.
And on that note, it turns out she's Kevin Kline's kid. She was in "The Squid and the Whale" when she was younger, and she modeled for the Waxhatchee album cover from last year. She's also put out a billion albums (well, 38, in the last 5 years alone), not including Porches. And I really like the little bits of her stuff I checked out, they're more Kimya Dawson too, pretty anti-folk/lo-fi feel. Sucks that the band is sort of wasting her talent, and I think if they just push the band as more of a "it's a two singer deal" than "she does harmonies sometimes I guess", it would be great. _________________
So in good news, I've been lucky enough to get a(nother) job I adore, working with kids again but this time in a public school.
In bad news, my first full time job's kept me busy enough I've been keeping up with neither new music nor BEA.
In good news, I'm working full time and getting paid so I can afford to do cool music things like go see Ben Folds with the Boston Pops and I'm more pumped for that than any other shows I've heard about in a long time.
What albums have I missed from 2017 that I should check out though? Literally only heard DROGAS light _________________
Congrats on the job! I'd strongly recommend this one, got an early copy 9 days ago and have listened to it every day since, it's like hyperreal level of hifi, new age vibes but with really amazing level of detail and compositions that are active and keep you on your toes with some change ups
Congrats on the job! I'd strongly recommend this one, got an early copy 9 days ago and have listened to it every day since, it's like hyperreal level of hifi, new age vibes but with really amazing level of detail and compositions that are active and keep you on your toes with some change ups
This is a fascinating listen! I had tried to find it before but guess it wasn't on spotify yet or something, listening now. The words that happen from time to time almost take me out of the immersion of everything else because it doesn't sound as ridiculously perfect, but that's not a bad thing, just weird to get my head around.
Also my school just announced their upcoming concert schedule and it's impressive. Italics means I'm planning on going to it
4/3: Wet w/ Overcoats
4/6 (afternoon): LOLO w/ Bay Faction and Decriminals
4/6 (night): Dan Deacon 4/8: Rae Sremmurd and Kesha w/ Atlas Genius 4/13: Noname w/ Sammus and Akenya
Last life update is that I've been getting sick and fatigued a lot lately. Going to a doctor soon, no idea what to expect, but there's been a number of days this month (5 to be exact) where it was not possible to stand for more than about 5 minutes. _________________
Mount Eerie was incredible live, but it really was kind of hard to leave. I don't think I can ever love someone as much as he still loves Genevieve, and he changes a lot of the lyrics live, some to be funnier, some to be even more crushing. _________________
Mount Eerie was incredible live, but it really was kind of hard to leave. I don't think I can ever love someone as much as he still loves Genevieve, and he changes a lot of the lyrics live, some to be funnier, some to be even more crushing.
Sounds intense! Would this album be suitable for The Mellow Zone?
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Sounds intense! Would this album be suitable for The Mellow Zone?
Sorry, I will jump in here and say yes its mellow in sound. No, insofar as the subject is some of the most intensely unmellow and leaves me in gasping tears when I go in without steeling myself a bit.
I'm talking about the new album obviously, this one...
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