We Are Scientists Question

that was a fun show, but man, that opener before them was bad! the second song wasn't bad, but everything else was painful.

good crowd, happy band, dancing fans-perfect combo for a rainy tuesday. there was a guy in the back who is probably going to need an IV to rehydrate for all his energetic dance. it entailed running from one side of the club to the other and then up and over the seating area, coupled with several high jumps, twirls, karate chop kicks, and some attempted breakdancing. fun to watch.

they threw with that song that has the same opening riff as the cure's "fascination street", and that that riff continued in the song as an undercurrent. i liked the song, but i kept waiting for them to break into full verse for the cure song!

Originally posted by lily1:
good crowd, happy band, dancing fans-perfect combo for a rainy tuesday. there was a guy in the back who is probably going to need an IV to rehydrate for all his energetic dance. it entailed running from one side of the club to the other and then up and over the seating area, coupled with several high jumps, twirls, karate chop kicks, and some attempted breakdancing. fun to watch.

Oh, you liked my moves, huh? Thanks! (*)

Originally posted by lily1:
that was a fun show, but man, that opener before them was bad! the second song wasn't bad, but everything else was painful.

"Fun" is the word! The We Are Scientists portion of the show was so much fun that I believe it is outlawed in five states. The WAS shows just keep getting better and better. Wow.

Which opener are you referring to, lily1? I guess it doesn't matter. They were both pretty awful. The Double were lame. Should have heeded Hoya's warning above. At first, I liked the effects-laden guitar sounds by their guitarist, but even that got monotonous after a couple of songs. Their lead singer had no stage presence whatsoever, and all their songs sounded the same.

I'm not sure what to say about Au Revoir Simone… They must have been three high school girls? They barely knew how to play, it seemed. I just hope the kids aren't neglecting their studies….

(*) Just kidding. No, that wasn't me.

We Are Scientists

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We Are Scientists is a fun, likable band. The members of the buzzed-about Brooklyn trio played to an adoring crowd at a sold-out Black Cat on Tuesday night, giving a high-energy performance while savoring every minute of being onstage. There was entertaining between-song banter, mostly delivered by bassist Chris Cain, who even sported one of those hip, ironic mustaches. (It is ironic, right?) And when an enthusiastic female fan hopped onstage toward the end of the group's set and didn't leave, singer-guitarist Keith Murray didn't have her escorted off. Instead, he indulged her in a bit of "Dancing in the Dark"-esque shimmying.

But fun and likable don't always translate into good, and that's the case right now with We Are Scientists. The group has been lumped in with the likes of Bloc Party and Franz Ferdinand as post-punk revivalists, and its strongest moments do come on skittery, infectious songs such as "This Scene Is Dead" and "The Great Escape," which inspired many in the crowd to get down. There's just as much pre-"TRL" emo and pop-punk in the band's catalogue, though, except those songs lack the punch or hooks to make them especially memorable. It's as if the band is hedging so many bets that most songs fall into an unexciting middle ground – not quite tacky enough to be pop, not quite hard enough to be rock and not quite cool enough to be indie rock. It ends up sounding all too much like some forgotten '90s alt-rock band (Eve 6, perhaps?), and when Murray ended the set by crowd-surfing through the audience, the comparison seemed all the more apt.

– David Malitz

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/28/AR2006062802078.html

Finally someone who agrees with me.

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
We Are Scientists

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We Are Scientists is a fun, likable band. The members of the buzzed-about Brooklyn trio played to an adoring crowd at a sold-out Black Cat on Tuesday night, giving a high-energy performance while savoring every minute of being onstage. There was entertaining between-song banter, mostly delivered by bassist Chris Cain, who even sported one of those hip, ironic mustaches. (It is ironic, right?) And when an enthusiastic female fan hopped onstage toward the end of the group's set and didn't leave, singer-guitarist Keith Murray didn't have her escorted off. Instead, he indulged her in a bit of "Dancing in the Dark"-esque shimmying.

But fun and likable don't always translate into good, and that's the case right now with We Are Scientists. The group has been lumped in with the likes of Bloc Party and Franz Ferdinand as post-punk revivalists, and its strongest moments do come on skittery, infectious songs such as "This Scene Is Dead" and "The Great Escape," which inspired many in the crowd to get down. There's just as much pre-"TRL" emo and pop-punk in the band's catalogue, though, except those songs lack the punch or hooks to make them especially memorable. It's as if the band is hedging so many bets that most songs fall into an unexciting middle ground – not quite tacky enough to be pop, not quite hard enough to be rock and not quite cool enough to be indie rock. It ends up sounding all too much like some forgotten '90s alt-rock band (Eve 6, perhaps?), and when Murray ended the set by crowd-surfing through the audience, the comparison seemed all the more apt.

– David Malitz

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/28/AR2006062802078.html

I enjoyed the show, but I tend to agree with the "hedging their bets" comment. The intro will sound like one band, then the verse sounds like another, then the chorus sounds like a third. Something for everyone I suppose…

Originally posted by Joe M.:
Finally someone who agrees with me.

You complained (repeatedly) that they were "boring." Not really the same thing as "giving a high-energy performance."

Sorry, I only agree with the reviewer about the "doesn't translate into good" portion :)

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:

Originally posted by Joe M.:
Finally someone who agrees with me.

You complained (repeatedly) that they were "boring." Not really the same thing as "giving a high-energy performance."