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As an added treat the Sophisticats played. (The link goes to the Sophistikittens, but hey, they are the fun part of the show. Piece of trivia #2: I used to be very good friends with "Satin Doll" ) The Sophisticats are always an entertaining band to see, and they didn't dissappoint. If you ever have to opportunity to do so, go and see them, it's a fun show. Bloom also played, and they were a decent band. That's all I have to say about that. The Suicide Girls then performed. There were six of them, in all of their tattoo glory. Two of the girls were hyper-smack skinny, but still managed to be hot. Their acts ranged from old timey-burlesque style to hip-hop pimp skits. The most clever bit (and most appropriate for a Suicide Girls production...) by far was a burlesque rendition of the "Stuck in the Middle" scene from Reservoir Dogs, complete with simulated ear severing. The sexiest bit, however, was the final dance to the song "Chocolate Salty Balls" by Chef from South Park. The girls all got on stage, covered themselves with chocolate syrup, and gyrated and sampled the flavor of said chocolate syrup. I really enjoyed the show, and at $14 it was definitely worth the price of admission. The Sophisticats alone usually charge $10. To be fair, some of the numbers seemed more like Lap Dance Stripping than burlesque, but overall it was well choreographed and entertaining. Permalink to this post. |
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Most of the reviews are pretty positive, and it could come across that I like everything or am easy to please. In reality, I see crappy shows all of the time but I just don't feel driven to write about them. So, understand that I don't rave about every band I see, it's just that unless I feel like raving, I generally don't feel like writing. That being said, Bingo rocks. Bingo plays every Thursday night at Fiorella's on Decatur street, right across from Angeli's and the Whirling Dervish. Bingo is unusual in many ways. First of all, Most (all?) of the members of the band work at Fiorella's. There is a definate culture in and around the place, and you get the sense of a group of people who really care about something they are building. They thank Fiorella's on their CD notes, and there is mention of it on their web site. (As an aside: eat at Fiorella's. They have good food) They put on a great show. It is hard to describe their music out of the context of the show. They have a carnival atmosphere, complete with megaphones and noisemakers, costumes and games. Twice per night they do in fact host games of Bingo, with the winner getting to dance with members of the band. They also play short homemade films a few times per night. While these films are showing they play dark hypnotic songs over a casio keyboard rhythm. They have three distinct styles of music that I have heard. First is their carnival style music, which they typically play during the games of Bingo or different hijinks. Second is the somewhat environmental music they play during the films, and finally they play beautiful ballads. Their ballads are what I really like, and I can hear influences from all over the place. Beatles, polka, and random noises. The lyrics are great with a definate New Orleans undertone. Or overtone. Whatever. I would be remiss in my duties as transcriber if I did not tell you that their songs have been stuck in my head for almost a week now. And I mean stuck with a capital U-C-K. It isn't an annoying loop like when that whoah-oh-oh-oh-oh line from Hanging Tough gets in your head, but more like a gut-wrenching sense of future nostalgia. Some of the songs are really beautiful, and the effect they have on me is still strong even after all of the compulsive repetition in my head. I have decided that I like Bingo! better than Black Mountain. 10 out of 10. Permalink to this post. |
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Last night was the night. They played at the "Monster Pajama Party" at Twiropa on Friday the 13th. It was a fun time in general, and Black Mountain just made the night rock. Black Mountain started life as Blackula, and they have apparently been around in New Orleans quite a while. I'm not sure what prompted the name change. Their sound is a fuzzy style in the same vein as Fumanchu. They have a great sound and are a good solid live band. But what really makes them shine is their live show. They are full of energy and they have a great frontman. You really can't mention this band or their frontman without mentioning the fact that he clogs. That's right, kids. This is a fuzz rock band with clogging. They have a big piece of plywood onstage that is fitted with a microphone. During some of the song breakdowns one of the singers puts his bass away (with much showmanship, I might add), nods his head as if to say, "You know what's coming..." and clogs on the plywood like a maniac. It is in time with the drummer, who is pretty heavy all by himself, and the result is a great sound with great visuals. It isn't just a gimmick, though. It actually sounds good and flows well with the show. Add to this that they are good songwriters and performers, and you have a winner. They are simply the best New Orleans rock band I have seen. 9 out of 10. Permalink to this post. |
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This is a lesson Concrete Blonde should have taken from having twinemen open for them. In a Nutshell: Concrete Blonde was a 6. Twinemen was a 10. Twinemen was formed by two former members of Morphine after Mark Sandmann died. I had heard a couple twinemen tracks and they were pretty good. Morphine-esque, but different enough to be their own band. They now have a female singer, and I was a little worried about how she was going to hold up. The show was awesome. It was at the House of Blues, and that place has the best acoustics of any place I have ever been. Everyone sounds like a million bucks there. Their songs were pretty and dark and just plain good. The singer has a great voice, and the sax player sang a good bit and filled in a bit of the Sandmann's shoes. The highlight of the show was seeing the sax player play a bari and a tenor sax at the same time. I had thought he multitracked to get the effect, and he may do so in the studio, but he pulls it off live by playing two damn saxaphones at the same time. And it wasn't gimmiky. It was just plain awesome. He actually played two separate parts on the things. The mind boggles. Awesome. 10 out of 10. Permalink to this post. |
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There were two opening acts, both of which were comprised of members of Folk Implosion. This gave the show a somewhat anticlimactic feel. It started off totally acoustic with pretty ballads. I enjoyed this part of the show for the first 15 minutes or so, and then it got old. Then a female member of the band got onstage and played more pretty ballads. Except she wasn't very good. She actually messed up, said "sorry", and restarted some songs. That isn't something I expect to see from a professional musician. When Folk Implosion hit the stage I had already heard all but one of the musicians play over the last two hours. Folk Implosion wasn't bad, but it just wasn't sufficiently different or better than what I had been hearing. After about an hour of them playing songs that sounded monotonously alike, my brother had enough. He said that he wanted to go, and I wasn't enjoying myself enough to put up a fight. We went home. Mediocre at best. 4 out of 10. Permalink to this post. |
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