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Recently, while attending an amazing concert on July 29, something dawned on me during the final performance by The Roots. I went to the concert mainly to see The Dears, Apostle of Hustle, and The New Pornographers, but in the end I actually didn't enjoy them as much as Tegan & Sara, and The Roots. Why on earth would I enjoy bands that I don't actually like overtop of bands I do? Well, the reason for this is simple, showmanship and a relationship with the audience. Murray Lightburn, of The Dears, has his own philosophy of entertainment, which is "we do what we do, sing what we sing and play what we play. That's it." (The Dears: Polaris Pessimism And Their Last Two Concerts This Year, 07-24-07 ChartAttack.com), but as I experienced this rarely leads to a good show. I have been to many concerts, but only when the band communicates or involves the audience in their shows does it actually make a good concert. Tegan & Sara won me over by jokingly fighting on stage (When Tegan screwed up at the beginning of Dark Come Soon, Sara humorously told the audience that she was new, and probably wouldn't be around to play the next show), but I was put off by the lack of interaction by The Dears and The New Pornographers. Words of advice for any bands willing to listen, the main ingredient for a loyal fan-base and longevity is an involving and entertaining show, so don't fail to please next time, alright Mr. Lightburn?
Whatever happened to good old, fun indie/rock pop-songs? Case in point, the disbanding of The Unicorns, loss of one of the major song-writing pieces in Islands, even the new Arcade Fire and Modest Mouse albums aren't AS fun as the previous. For you I make this a call to arms! Bring back the hard-fought good-natured fun of 5 years ago! Come all ye faithful music listeners, BEGIN THE CHARGE!
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This is sublimely goofy. Kinda makes me want to run out and save kittens. With or without the aid of a shopping cart.
Arcade Fire may sound different now but do you not think it is just to progress the genre forward. Neon Bible is a pretty highly acclaimed album and I don't think that Indie has disappeared, merely reformed.
No, not the Razorlight hit, I am actually referring to the effect that Arts and Crafts/David Newfield has on bands. The most recent of all the mad experiments, Los Campesinos! (exclamation included), from Cardiff, Wales, provide us with another Frankenstein of Drunken-Dance-Rock-Pop-Happiness. I am by no means saying that Los Campesinos! didn't have any talent before David Newfield was brought into the equation, because they did, just listen to Sweet Dreams Sweet Cheeks, available at their website www.loscampesinos.com. They are similiar to Architecture in Helsinki, but with a little rock touch to them, so if you like Architecture or SHOULD like Architecture, then give the peasants a chance!
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I read this before typing a comment but I still couldn't see beyond why you have a white, yellow, and PINK page. C'mon man...
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yeah, sometime it doesn't even matter if you love the band, they can just sit there and play their songs and the show gets boring, but if they put some effort into it, joke around a little it's always better--and the roots are just amazing live ayway!
Would this have anything to do with their sexy mullets? ... Ick.