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OK, so there's a live show in April at Mezzanine in San Francisco. Does anybody know whether they'll have a live band, or is this mostly a DJ set? Like, is Antony going to be there singing on stage?
Disco is so not dead.
I was lucky my friend DJ had another friend who bailed at the last minute because by the time I looked for a ticket they were sold OUT.
After their pyramid robot spaceship landed it began spewing rhythmic columns of lightsmoke. Photo courtesy of DJ's iPhone (which I think looks pretty good in a low-light seriously jostling crowd context).
And again, this time with silhouettes of those masked figures.
The light show was seriously cool, starting out simple with timed on/off spotlights and simple color patterns in the triangle tessellation that flanked them. Eventually, the panels on the pyramid itself became moving neon/lazar vector graphics from the planet _Tron_. And the crowd responded accordingly with every slight variation. Really enjoyable show.
...except the guy just behind my right ear who yelled out a rhythmic "HUP HOOOOOOOAH" every song or so. I know you know what I'm talking about and I know you know why it is awful. Ok ok, I'm not that mean, he can have his little participatory fun any way he likes. ...but then there's the guy directly behind me with the every-time-its-the-same caricature cowboy-themed scream. Yr hurtin' my ears, King Rodeo.
The performance was pretty much every song from each of their three albums put into a blender and spewed back out. With crazy lights. And lots of people. It was a lot of fun. I wish I had a photo or two to prove it, but I think the Daft Punk street team consisted of all gray-bearded dudes in dayglo overalls. If anybody else who was there can confirm, I'd love to hear.
The Rapture opened the show, and they were better than the first time I saw them not on purpose. Still, there's a freaking cowbell in EVERY song which is so trite and enhances their snottiness beyond what I can take. All of the guys in the band have a cowbell, I swear, and they take turns banging on that thing.
Kavinsky (yes!) and SebastiAn did a dual DJ set between acts while the spaceship was landing. Both of Kavinsky's EPs are on eMusic, and I'd recommend starting with 1986. Its a seedy soundtrack for evil, evil nighttime driving...in some kind of sinister black and red Trans Am.
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this show was amazing!! Absolutely the bay area show of the summer, and probably the best of the year so far! Still, I'm still blown away--you can peep some more flicks at my page
This was another group I found through eMusic recommendations. If you relish in the hazy memory of the first time you heard "Kelly Watch the Stars" or the whole _Premiers Symptomes_ album, you should very much enjoy this record. It also reminds me of the first fantastic Grandaddy album (one of my desert island records, for sure, _Under the Western Freeway_).
Not to say that the music is derivative--far from it. Its like a psychedelic version of what those French dudes used to do. Funkier, too, more soul, and way less cold. And its tighter and more restrained than Grandaddy ever was. So, yeah, I guess that means its half way between Air and Grandaddy.
OK, so I'll call it fuzzy psychedelic well-crafted thematic electronic music. That's what it is. The lead-off track (sampled here) hits you in a good way. Its confident in its fuzziness.
They from Pittsburgh. Yoyoyo! (wiki link) (band site) Pittsburgh is a very cool, beat-up city. I'd like to say "Pittsburgh, its the new Baltimore," but I just don't think it can compare. Average man-on-the-street in Pittsburgh looks like he's doin' alright. Same guy in Baltimore looks _mean_ (in my limited and biased experience). I like hanging out in both, though.
Digging a little, I found they did some touring/collaboration with Austin's The Octopus Project. Now, that's a band that's been slogging it out forever (three piece instrumental mod-space-rock, girl with the perpetual haircut playing theremin). Don't get me wrong, I think The Octopus Project music is really fun, but I find Black Moth Super Rainbow's stuff to be a much more mature sound. Still, it'd be cool to hear the whole collaboalbum (hear samples and one full track at the Graveface Records site).
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That CD's already on my lala.com wantlist (thanks to you), but I just added their collab CD :)
Thanks for turnin' us onto such cool shizz.
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so i guess this is "disco for the 2000's"? crazy video.
clearly i dont know who this band is, so i can't answer your question, but have you tried to find photos of their recent shows? maybe that will give you an idea of what to expect.