“You can get our CD for only 10 of your US dollars!”
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And if I didn’t already own it, I would have bought it. :) The Cinematics released their debut album, Cinematics, two weeks ago here in the US. Thanks to an earlier release date in the UK and the powers of Mog, I’ve been listening to the album for a couple of months now. :) For the record, I did purchase a copy when it released here.
The show was located at the Canopy Club on the sprawling campus of the University of Illinois in Urbana, IL. It’s a two hour drive from Indanapolis, but I was pretty excited about seeing them play. The Canopy Club was an impressive place for a campus bar. While the front of the bar is pretty standard for college bars, the back of the bar connects to the remenants of an old theater; naturally, all the floor seating has been removed. The sound in the place was deafening but not bad. All in all, the place provided the kind of intimate setting that every music fan dreams of seeing their favorite bands play in.
Unfortunately, The Cinematics opened first. It was only after talking with the band that I found out that they take turns with the second opening band on who opens first. I say unfortunately because they played a great set and there were not a lot of people there to see them play; maybe only about 40 people. The band doesn't play a very dynamic set; opting mostly for a kind of shoegazing stance at times and some light banter with the crowd between songs. What they lack in animation, they make up for in passion. The singer seems to really pour himself into the songs. They opened up with Sunday Sun followed by Keep Forgetting. Their set ended with Break and Asleep at the Wheel, which I had already figured would be the ending song. The staccatto drum beat and the guitars at the end of the song provide for a dramatic way to end a set. I don't remember the order of the other songs, but they also played: Ready Now, A Strange Education, Maybe Someday, Alright and Human. By the end, they had played ever song I wanted to hear. I only wish they had more to offer. They seem to have made a few fans in the crowd; as I saw several people swing by the merch counter to pick up a copy of the CD.continued in comments...
The show was located at the Canopy Club on the sprawling campus of the University of Illinois in Urbana, IL. It’s a two hour drive from Indanapolis, but I was pretty excited about seeing them play. The Canopy Club was an impressive place for a campus bar. While the front of the bar is pretty standard for college bars, the back of the bar connects to the remenants of an old theater; naturally, all the floor seating has been removed. The sound in the place was deafening but not bad. All in all, the place provided the kind of intimate setting that every music fan dreams of seeing their favorite bands play in.
Unfortunately, The Cinematics opened first. It was only after talking with the band that I found out that they take turns with the second opening band on who opens first. I say unfortunately because they played a great set and there were not a lot of people there to see them play; maybe only about 40 people. The band doesn't play a very dynamic set; opting mostly for a kind of shoegazing stance at times and some light banter with the crowd between songs. What they lack in animation, they make up for in passion. The singer seems to really pour himself into the songs. They opened up with Sunday Sun followed by Keep Forgetting. Their set ended with Break and Asleep at the Wheel, which I had already figured would be the ending song. The staccatto drum beat and the guitars at the end of the song provide for a dramatic way to end a set. I don't remember the order of the other songs, but they also played: Ready Now, A Strange Education, Maybe Someday, Alright and Human. By the end, they had played ever song I wanted to hear. I only wish they had more to offer. They seem to have made a few fans in the crowd; as I saw several people swing by the merch counter to pick up a copy of the CD.continued in comments...
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