JW
04-09-2006, 08:45 PM
Alright, what to say, what to say...
Well, that was easily the strangest show I have ever been to. Not just the music, but the people as well. Anyways
Reverend Glasseye (http://www.reverendglasseye.com/) kicked off the show, and in my opinion were the best part of it. What first made me interested, was the bassist using an upright bass - just seemed amazing to me. The lead singer sings with the a similar frantic/urgent sounding voice as Frank Black Francis does, the lead singer from the Pixies, and their music is beautifully produced. I loved it so much that I bought two of their CD's, "Our Lady of the Broken Spine," and another one that is in my car right now.
You can listen to Reverend Glasseye here (http://www.myspace.com/reverendglasseye).
Next was Golem (http://www.goldenland.com/golem.htm). If you can imagine polish bands, comprised of mainly jewish members that would have existed around the 1800's with a punkish twist, you've hit the nail on the head with these guys. Now, don't immediately pass them off as some crappy weird band, because these guys are awesome. I'm sure you can guess by now that they didn't use your normal set of instruments, what they did have was: an accordian, a violin, a trumpet, a lead singer, an upright bass and a drum set. Did I mention that they sing primarily in yiddish?
You can listen to Golem here (http://www.myspace.com/golemrocks)
And of course, the last band to play was The Dresden Dolls (http://www.dresdendolls.com/). I'm not a huge fan, but these guys put on a good show. Everytime they sang a song, I couldn't help but think of another song that followed a similar pattern, but they still did a good job and the lead singer gives them a unique sound. What I loved the most was how they set up the stage for them. They had the drummer on the right, and the keyboardist/lead singer on the left. Behind each of them was two flood lights, so when they were playing their silouhetes were blown up on the back walls of the theater.
You can listen to The Dresden Dolls here (http://www.myspace.com/dresdendolls).
Overall it was a good show, I don't regret going to it afterall. As some of you know, I won tickets to this, and with those I also got an advanced copy of The Dresden Dolls new CD, scheduled to be released in a week.
Well, that was easily the strangest show I have ever been to. Not just the music, but the people as well. Anyways
Reverend Glasseye (http://www.reverendglasseye.com/) kicked off the show, and in my opinion were the best part of it. What first made me interested, was the bassist using an upright bass - just seemed amazing to me. The lead singer sings with the a similar frantic/urgent sounding voice as Frank Black Francis does, the lead singer from the Pixies, and their music is beautifully produced. I loved it so much that I bought two of their CD's, "Our Lady of the Broken Spine," and another one that is in my car right now.
You can listen to Reverend Glasseye here (http://www.myspace.com/reverendglasseye).
Next was Golem (http://www.goldenland.com/golem.htm). If you can imagine polish bands, comprised of mainly jewish members that would have existed around the 1800's with a punkish twist, you've hit the nail on the head with these guys. Now, don't immediately pass them off as some crappy weird band, because these guys are awesome. I'm sure you can guess by now that they didn't use your normal set of instruments, what they did have was: an accordian, a violin, a trumpet, a lead singer, an upright bass and a drum set. Did I mention that they sing primarily in yiddish?
You can listen to Golem here (http://www.myspace.com/golemrocks)
And of course, the last band to play was The Dresden Dolls (http://www.dresdendolls.com/). I'm not a huge fan, but these guys put on a good show. Everytime they sang a song, I couldn't help but think of another song that followed a similar pattern, but they still did a good job and the lead singer gives them a unique sound. What I loved the most was how they set up the stage for them. They had the drummer on the right, and the keyboardist/lead singer on the left. Behind each of them was two flood lights, so when they were playing their silouhetes were blown up on the back walls of the theater.
You can listen to The Dresden Dolls here (http://www.myspace.com/dresdendolls).
Overall it was a good show, I don't regret going to it afterall. As some of you know, I won tickets to this, and with those I also got an advanced copy of The Dresden Dolls new CD, scheduled to be released in a week.