All You Need Is Drums
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Artist:
The Secret Machines at the "Theater of Living Arts":http://www.livenation.com/venue/getVenue/venueId/1681, Philadelphia
An observation: the band you listen to at home may not be the band you see live.Could there be a greater divide between the two faces of a band than with The Secret Machines? One would expect some difference in sheer volume; most venues are, amazingly, not suited for musical performances, and the answer is always MORE AMPS! (It goes to eleven.) But...The show is all about Josh Garza. Period.
Not that this is a bad thing. It transforms the spacey, ethereal tone of their music and makes it amazingly visceral. Of course, much of the detail heard in their albums is lost. But it's still an amazing and curious experience. Someone was kind enough to record a sample:Oh, and I had absolutely nothing clever, appropriately flattering, or enlightening to say when the three gentlemen kindly signed my CD before the show.
Still got nothin'. Sorry.
An observation: the band you listen to at home may not be the band you see live.Could there be a greater divide between the two faces of a band than with The Secret Machines? One would expect some difference in sheer volume; most venues are, amazingly, not suited for musical performances, and the answer is always MORE AMPS! (It goes to eleven.) But...The show is all about Josh Garza. Period.Not that this is a bad thing. It transforms the spacey, ethereal tone of their music and makes it amazingly visceral. Of course, much of the detail heard in their albums is lost. But it's still an amazing and curious experience. Someone was kind enough to record a sample:Oh, and I had absolutely nothing clever, appropriately flattering, or enlightening to say when the three gentlemen kindly signed my CD before the show.Still got nothin'. Sorry.
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