Front row (okay third row) tickets for The Magnetic Fields show in July is naturally something to be very excited about. Although reading this guys response to an NY show is enough to make me nervous. Am I going to hate it for the same reason I dislike seeing movies at film festivals or find visits to the 'thea-tah' so annoying. In Auckland the "average TMF fan" didn't really exist, but I can imagine he/she (but mostly he) does exist in London and that I would find him/her very irritating. Or perhaps I exhibiting text book behavior of an average TMF fan right now. Looking through set lists from recent shows looks like they've gone for a pretty decent spread, not enough pre-69 Love Songs stuff but that's always going to be the case. 'Holiday' or 'Charm of the Highway Strip' Don't Look Back anyone? I think the most exciting thing is putting this date in my calendar and realising I'll be seeing Jonathan Richman and My Bloody Valentine between now and TMF show - should be a happy summer.
After plenty of EP listens I went and saw Still Corners last night when they opened for Phil Wilson. I was happy to see that went for a 'proper band' and didn't rely on any backing track. Predictably the soft subtlety of their recordings was replaced with more epic rockery which is fine, although the synthesizer was based around a distinct tone that is kind of dated at c1995 and made them sound a bit too much like Portishead for my liking. As for Phil Wilson, unfortunately I had to leave after The Pocketbooks but by all accounts he was great. Plus I've never really been a fan of The June Brides.
Saturday, 12 April 2008
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2 comments:
i truly love still corners hehe i hope to c their live very soon!!!
Sorry I only just saw this comment now. They are really greta live, actually much better than what I make them sound like here. I'm really keen to see them again, but haven't been able to make many of their recent shows.
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