Lots of great things have happened since the last time I posted.
The Professor got a job. The Truth grew a chest hair. The Mets cried.
I also went to a Ratatat show. Baller. Second time seeing them live, and although it didn't quite live up to the epic first time, the hits were hard and the beats were bumpin'.
The opener, E*Rock, sucked pretty hard. The music wasn't particularly great, the graphics on the screen behind him were weird and repetetive, and the volume was about 47089979% too loud. I'll give my eardrums to Ratatat. I won't give them to Ratatat's brother's friend who happens to have a MacBook.
One cool thing about E*Rock, however, was that he used a modded Wii-troller to control his music. Second time in 2 shows I've seen that. Cool. One not cool thing about E*Rock was that he used his Wii-troller to create 4 minutes of obnoxious noise at the end of his set that made everyone want to vomit. Lame.
Moving on. The second band, Panther, was pretty deec. The lead singer sounded a little like Demetri Martin and cracked some dry humor jokes, but cracked a few too many of them. I get the feeling that on an album they could be pretty great, but the live show suffered from a lack of crowd enthusiasm and some technical difficulties. Apparently the second night they got booed off the stage. They didn't deserve that.
Ratatat finally came on around 10 (what is the formula for doors, listed showtime, and actual showtime?) that should be published. Doors at 7:30, "Show" at 8, good band at 10.
The Ratatat show followed an arc. Really great hard hitting rockers, followed by really mellow stoner james, followed by hard hitting baller tracks. Not coincidentally, the tracks followed an arc as well. Old stuff, followed by new stuff, followed by old stuff. NOTE TO BANDS: If you are starting and ending your shows with old tracks, you should already realize that your new stuff isn't what fans are looking for. And therefore your show shouldn't be 60% new stuff.
Minor quibbles. All in all, the show was great. A good crowd, the nicest bouncer I've ever met (grabbed a camera to take a picture from the stage of a cute couple), and come great tracks. Highlights: Loud Pipes, Wildcat, Nostrand.
Ballin.
Here be some trax for your enjoyment, including a Panther track about defective trains or something, a dope new Ratatat remix of The Knife's "We Share Our Mother's Health", a good electro remix of "Shempi" (original from LP3), and my favorite Classics track, "Loud Pipes".
1 comments:
Have another winner in the Doors/Showtime/Actual Showtime category. I went to a Steel Panther show recently. Band is awesome, if you don't mind all the misogyny...Doors 8:30p, Show 9:00p, Steel Panther 12:15a. Gross. Especially since they only had one opener listed on their website and 3 openers seemed to materialize out of nowhere. Add in the fact that this was a Monday night/Tues morning...
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