A pleasant surprise from the El Ten Eleven concert I attended last night was the opening band The Globes. I ended up buying their CD [Future Self] and I was not disappointed.
“Ghost” Live @ Red Eyed Fly (SXSW 2011) (by The Globes)
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A friend just shared this with me; pretty epic if you ask me…
You can download all their YT video music here.
Mario Medley (by Technodrome)
So I went to a Tera Melos/Marnie Stern show this Feb 24. The opening band was a little discovered jem from Austin, TX called ‘Zorch.’
Here’s my question to you. Has there been an increase in indie bands with ‘spastic’ drummers or is it just the music I’ve been attracted to lately (see: So Many Dynamos, toe, This Town Needs Guns, Tera Melos, etc)?
So I found this copy of Nightmare Revisited at my local library a couple of days ago. One of the more interesting bands in the CD was this duo (brothers, actually) of shamisen players; the Yoshida Brothers.
What makes them ‘aweome pie’ in my book is that they blend traditional(ish) shamisen styles with more western ‘backing tracks.’ I think it works really well; definitely a new timbre for my ears to get massaged with.
This song is a bit more extreme, but I can see some parts of it (say 1:44-2:10) in an episode of Samurai Champloo. Yes, I know the show’s theme/style is hip-hop but try to argue with me that it wouldn’t fit!
[Song: Yoshida Brothers - Shamisen Six]
UPDATE: Looks like I’m not the only one who thinks so.
[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]
It’s been years that I’ve wondered what’s going on with The Whole Fantastic World. I can assuredly say that this band’s CD -Chime- is one of my ‘stranded on an island’ picks.
They have some new tunes on MySpace (plus a few others I snagged from their official site) but no official news or anything in about 4-5 years. To experience this band live is definitely one of my ‘bucket list’ items.
I have to wonder if Chime was their one fluke or they’re just weary about becoming big (in the indie sense). Hm…that kinda brings Helms to mind. Anyway, consider this my tribute to TWFW; a howl in the night, searching for that long lost love.
[Song: Here’s to Looking Up Your Old Address]
