Thursday, August 21, 2008
from a great height
Weather aside, Oxford's favourite sons were in pretty fine form, as usual on Tuesday night, although Jonny seemed a bit sloppy at a few points, sort of chucking part of the solo to "Just."
The setlist, predictably, leaned heavily on In Rainbows, but there was also a healthy dose of "classics" and "Bangers and Mash" (Thom: "this is a nasty little song...") from the In Rainbows bonus disc.
Some of the crowd was sort of douchey, as evidenced by Thom quipping "this isn't a Rage Against the Machine show" at one point and interrupting "Faust Arp" to tell a heckler (who pays $70 and then heckles the headliners?) to "fuck off. You're not funny you just don't get out much." At least not out and off of Granville. Close though.
Liars were sort of lost on most people, which was unfortunate, despite the fact that they really weren't suited for the huge stage. At least, they weren't suited to such a big stage at such a relatively low volume. All the bang and clatter didn't quite have the power that it probably needed to. Angus Andrew does get bonus points for joking, "see those guys playing hacky sack over there? Beat them up."
Gang Violence are at Blastramp! at the Bourbon on September 4th. It's their first show since Music Waste (I think) and they've got a new singer: Sara from Ice Cream/Channels 3+4.
On September 11th, Old Time Relijun is at the Biltmore with Shearing Pinx and Role Mach. (thanks to Tom for the reminder - what a day to forget, I know)
The next evening, also at the Biltmore, the Grand Archives play.
Speaking of the Biltmore, what exactly happened there last Friday?
Speaking again of the Biltmore, the Mohawk Lodge show that was supposed to take place there tonight (that I forgot to list - sorry, Ryder) is off. As far as I know, things are supposed to be resolved before this weekend.
On September 13th, Kellarissa is celebrating the release of her Mint Records LP, Flamingo at Video-In. Hello, Blue Roses and Les Beyond (Erin from Shearing Pinx) open.
Fond of Tigers and Secret Mommy are teaming up on September 19th for a pretty interesting endeavour at Open Studios as part of the New Forms Festival. Each band will compose a new piece of music using a song already recorded by the other band as source material. Rad.
Jolie Holland is at Richard's October 19th.
now playing: the Abramson Singers - Take a Camera
Monday, October 01, 2007
down is the new up
This is... well, it's one of those things that makes you say, wow.
If you haven't read it elsewhere (and I'm sure you have), you can download the new Radiohead record starting on October 10th for a grand total of as much or as little as you want (plus a 45p processing fee).
I don't think I need to mention how incredibly cool this is.
For those of you who like to shell out for a physical artifact, you can also grab that for 40 pounds (how do you make the "pound" sign on a N. American keyboard?). $80 CDN is a bit pricey, but you get 2-LPs, 2-CDs, lyric books and other goodies, plus everything is housed in a hardback book and a slipcase. And you still get to download the record on October 10th, even though the made-to-order packages don't ship until December 3rd.
See that? I didn't say anything novel there. That's why I usually avoid standard news reporting... this has me pretty excited though.
now playing: MIA - Bingo (Diplo Mix)
from a great height
Were you at Radiohead? Are you dry yet?
Weather aside, Oxford's favourite sons were in pretty fine form, as usual on Tuesday night, although Jonny seemed a bit sloppy at a few points, sort of chucking part of the solo to "Just."
The setlist, predictably, leaned heavily on In Rainbows, but there was also a healthy dose of "classics" and "Bangers and Mash" (Thom: "this is a nasty little song...") from the In Rainbows bonus disc.
Some of the crowd was sort of douchey, as evidenced by Thom quipping "this isn't a Rage Against the Machine show" at one point and interrupting "Faust Arp" to tell a heckler (who pays $70 and then heckles the headliners?) to "fuck off. You're not funny you just don't get out much." At least not out and off of Granville. Close though.
Liars were sort of lost on most people, which was unfortunate, despite the fact that they really weren't suited for the huge stage. At least, they weren't suited to such a big stage at such a relatively low volume. All the bang and clatter didn't quite have the power that it probably needed to. Angus Andrew does get bonus points for joking, "see those guys playing hacky sack over there? Beat them up."
Gang Violence are at Blastramp! at the Bourbon on September 4th. It's their first show since Music Waste (I think) and they've got a new singer: Sara from Ice Cream/Channels 3+4.
On September 11th, Old Time Relijun is at the Biltmore with Shearing Pinx and Role Mach. (thanks to Tom for the reminder - what a day to forget, I know)
The next evening, also at the Biltmore, the Grand Archives play.
Speaking of the Biltmore, what exactly happened there last Friday?
Speaking again of the Biltmore, the Mohawk Lodge show that was supposed to take place there tonight (that I forgot to list - sorry, Ryder) is off. As far as I know, things are supposed to be resolved before this weekend.
On September 13th, Kellarissa is celebrating the release of her Mint Records LP, Flamingo at Video-In. Hello, Blue Roses and Les Beyond (Erin from Shearing Pinx) open.
Fond of Tigers and Secret Mommy are teaming up on September 19th for a pretty interesting endeavour at Open Studios as part of the New Forms Festival. Each band will compose a new piece of music using a song already recorded by the other band as source material. Rad.
Jolie Holland is at Richard's October 19th.
now playing: the Abramson Singers - Take a Camera
Labels: liars, radiohead, show announcements, show recaps
Monday, October 01, 2007
down is the new up
You know, I usually try to keep things sort of local. For one, because I like to talk about stuff like that. And two, because I like to try not to talk about the same thing that you've already read on a million other blogs. But if you'll indulge me, I felt compelled to spill at least a few words on Radiohead.
This is... well, it's one of those things that makes you say, wow.
If you haven't read it elsewhere (and I'm sure you have), you can download the new Radiohead record starting on October 10th for a grand total of as much or as little as you want (plus a 45p processing fee).
I don't think I need to mention how incredibly cool this is.
For those of you who like to shell out for a physical artifact, you can also grab that for 40 pounds (how do you make the "pound" sign on a N. American keyboard?). $80 CDN is a bit pricey, but you get 2-LPs, 2-CDs, lyric books and other goodies, plus everything is housed in a hardback book and a slipcase. And you still get to download the record on October 10th, even though the made-to-order packages don't ship until December 3rd.
See that? I didn't say anything novel there. That's why I usually avoid standard news reporting... this has me pretty excited though.
now playing: MIA - Bingo (Diplo Mix)
Labels: radiohead
