Punk Cabaret Is Freedom
Heysa All :)
Just got home from the Dresden Dolls' gig - which I walked out of and went into the brunswick st mall and caught the end of Regurgitator's set!!
Twas a brilliant night. Myself and Aaron arrived at the Arena at a ridiculously early time for a gig to start (darn all ages gigs... but it was fun getting out and it only being 10pm) and we were first of all entertained by a guy named Jason Webley. Who would have thought one man with one accordion could be so entertaining... he was a great act, working the crowd with finesse. At one point he had the entire dance floor (yes they were the under 18's) twirling around in a circle to create the effect of being drunk.
The second act was the zen zen zo physical theatre people, it was really cool, with a musical act being accompanied by about 10 whitewashed actors ... well dancing of sorts in their spot on the dancefloor. Anyway it kinda defies description... hypnotically beautiful though.
The third act was The Red Paintings, which was hugely visually integrating. For those not in the know, it's a five piece band with guitar/vox, bass guitar, drums, cello/vox and violin. These guys are dressed up outrageously, with them all dressed up in traditional japanese kimonos and stuff. Down the front of the stage, they have painters they know painting on huge canvasses while they play, and behind them they have a giant projection screen showing apocalyptic images. However, even with all the visuals, some of their sound went a bit awry. I quite liked it all, but perhaps not all their songs held my focus and perhaps jarred a bit. That can be good, but tonight not everything worked well for them.
Then, [sigh], the Dresden Dolls came on. I had been anxious to see how two people with three instruments (piano + vox, drums) could create any semblance of the large sound on their records. They didn't let me down, and exceeded all expectations - a wonderful mix of dynamism in their physical communication and a beautiful mix. Even through my -25dB perception (musician's earplugs) it rocked my world. Towards the end the longer and slower songs took its toll on the excited crowd and the concentration wavered, but they brought the focus back with a sneaky encore with Jason Webley. Overall, left me feeling excited about taking over the world. Just on a random note (although their musicality is in some ways similar...) I can't wait til Muse tours next.
-Fin-
Just got home from the Dresden Dolls' gig - which I walked out of and went into the brunswick st mall and caught the end of Regurgitator's set!!
Twas a brilliant night. Myself and Aaron arrived at the Arena at a ridiculously early time for a gig to start (darn all ages gigs... but it was fun getting out and it only being 10pm) and we were first of all entertained by a guy named Jason Webley. Who would have thought one man with one accordion could be so entertaining... he was a great act, working the crowd with finesse. At one point he had the entire dance floor (yes they were the under 18's) twirling around in a circle to create the effect of being drunk.
The second act was the zen zen zo physical theatre people, it was really cool, with a musical act being accompanied by about 10 whitewashed actors ... well dancing of sorts in their spot on the dancefloor. Anyway it kinda defies description... hypnotically beautiful though.
The third act was The Red Paintings, which was hugely visually integrating. For those not in the know, it's a five piece band with guitar/vox, bass guitar, drums, cello/vox and violin. These guys are dressed up outrageously, with them all dressed up in traditional japanese kimonos and stuff. Down the front of the stage, they have painters they know painting on huge canvasses while they play, and behind them they have a giant projection screen showing apocalyptic images. However, even with all the visuals, some of their sound went a bit awry. I quite liked it all, but perhaps not all their songs held my focus and perhaps jarred a bit. That can be good, but tonight not everything worked well for them.
Then, [sigh], the Dresden Dolls came on. I had been anxious to see how two people with three instruments (piano + vox, drums) could create any semblance of the large sound on their records. They didn't let me down, and exceeded all expectations - a wonderful mix of dynamism in their physical communication and a beautiful mix. Even through my -25dB perception (musician's earplugs) it rocked my world. Towards the end the longer and slower songs took its toll on the excited crowd and the concentration wavered, but they brought the focus back with a sneaky encore with Jason Webley. Overall, left me feeling excited about taking over the world. Just on a random note (although their musicality is in some ways similar...) I can't wait til Muse tours next.
-Fin-
posted by Luke at 11:56 PM
9 Comments:
I Concur...awesome show, if you haven't heard of any of the aformentioned bands (given the usual readership of this blog I'm guessing you haven't) then do check any/all of them out. Though recorded sound is never the same as a live show, it still gives you some impression of the wonder they are to behold in a live context. Simply brilliant.
i dont like muse.
Then you'd be wrong
Aaron, I bet you'd never even heard of Zen Zen Zo before you saw them on Fri night :-p And I have heard of the Dresden Dolls and Regurgitator.....just not anyone else :-p And how many times do I have to tell you that music is about TASTE, and there is NO right or wrong!!!! :-p Ah, you just do it to stir :-p Too bad it worked. Again. Rats.
I dont really like the dresden dolls much. Pretty much my favourite bands at the moment are Skillet and Payable onn Death. They rock man!
Skillet are really good, I haven't heard POD's new stuff ey. Good to see people from church finally reading my blog!
I actually have heard of Zen Zen Zo, they used to do shows at our school in cairns and one of the girls in the grade above me came down and performed with them for awhile so there. And yes taste is objective, but some people don't possess it. I won't relent on this btw, there is a right and there is a wrong. Just like some books are better written than others, so too is music. Regardless of what some will say, it is not all created equal.
Well, it all depends on your criteria. If your criteria is a highly Westernised, European style, then of course you're going to enjoy Western music more than other types of music and you're going to value it more and say "this is better" - but u may do it at the expense of broadening your musical taste :-p
Noof you're still trying to aruge with him??
There are few things that don't change in this world. Aaron is one of those few. ;-)
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