Tag Archives: live music

November 24, 2008, Author: Tobias, Leave a comment

brief, live: stars of the lid; le poisson rouge, 11.21.08

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I’ve been a Stars of the Lid fan for a while, now, and until last Friday they’d been high on the list of groups I’d never seen live whose music I love. I’d missed their Wordless Music show earlier this year, and — as a friend of mine in Seattle had described their music on … Continue reading →

November 13, 2008, Author: Tobias, Leave a comment

Live: Frida Hyvönen; Church of Sweden, 11.12.08

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Attendance, the flyer said, would be capped at 90. I’d guess that the chapel in New York’s Church of Sweden — on 48th Street just off Fifth Avenue, unobtrusive among financial offices and gleaming glass hotels — seated 75 at most, and a few songs into her set, Frida Hyvönen suggested that those standing come … Continue reading →

July 27, 2008, Author: Tobias, Leave a comment

live: joe and the flying spoons, diamond j and the rough, the end of the world; union hall, 07.26.08

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Up first at this Jinners-curated bill were Joe and the Flying Spoons, whose lineup brought together a fairly traditional guitars/bass/drums/keyboard setup with four backup singers, who lent harmony vocals to many of the songs. The group’s frontman (Joe, I’m guessing) made an offhand comment about the keyboard tone sounding churchlike, and those words may have … Continue reading →

July 25, 2008, Author: Tobias, Leave a comment

live: bound stems, mercury lounge, 07.24.08

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Venture to Bound Stems‘ Wikipedia entry, and you’ll find this relatively innocuous opening sentence: “Bound Stems is an indie rock band with math rock influences from Chicago, Illinois“. And that’s great and all, but I prefer to think of them as the band that caused the staff of BD Riley’s think that I was a … Continue reading →