Originally posted by Venerable Bede:I second that.
Originally posted by mark e smith:i agree. . .
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Death Cab/Kweller
Originally posted by El Tee:Well, then, I disagree.
Originally posted by Venerable Bede:I second that.
Originally posted by mark e smith:i agree. . .
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So, HA!
Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
Originally posted by mark e smith:I saw the cover, remebered the bigger lovers were on there, put 2+2 and got 12
[qb] i was just wondering how you got from the mighty lemon drops to death cab for cutie as the band that did the cover, which is the way i read your post.
Seems DCfC are quite polarising, even amongst the indie hipsters.
Why do other people like/dislike them so much?
Why do other people like/dislike them so much?
Originally posted by mark e smith:don't worry i usually get 13.68 :D
I saw the cover, remebered the bigger lovers were on there, put 2+2 and got 12
I'm not an indie hipster, but i guess i have to be contradictory in saying that i neither like nor dislike them. They are tolerable but not awe inspiring.
I think the amount of attention they get serves as a polarizing agent…making people feel the need to make either a statement of love or hate.
I think the amount of attention they get serves as a polarizing agent…making people feel the need to make either a statement of love or hate.
Originally posted by mark e smith:
Seems DCfC are quite polarising, even amongst the indie hipsters.
Why do other people like/dislike them so much?
Oy, I agree with balls. I don't love Death Cab, but have some friends who do and I think the show will be cool (part of my decision to buy tickets was the Saturday show date, though I think my friends would have convinced me regardless – these are friends I drag along to things they've never heard of…I owe 'em).
I do like "Transatlanticism." Don't have any other DCfC albums.
I like Postal Service quite a bit, though. I'd see them if they toured, but would neither rant, rave nor pout if I missed 'em for some reason.
I do like "Transatlanticism." Don't have any other DCfC albums.
I like Postal Service quite a bit, though. I'd see them if they toured, but would neither rant, rave nor pout if I missed 'em for some reason.
Death Cab grabbed me from the first time I heard them a few years ago when someone lent me Something About Airplanes and We Have The Facts.
Totally there. Got my tix early. Seen them twice and they put on a good show.
How anyone could dislike them is beyond me. It's soooo good….
BK is OK, but really, he should be an opening act for death cab. They're not on the same level.
Totally there. Got my tix early. Seen them twice and they put on a good show.
How anyone could dislike them is beyond me. It's soooo good….
BK is OK, but really, he should be an opening act for death cab. They're not on the same level.
i've been looking on ebay for tickets…what once was a $15 ticket before it sold out is going for $75 a ticket on ebay…
insane…
insane…
I don't hate them…just not something I would listen to regularly…although, I did run over and pull the cd out of the player after eight songs…My friend made a cd mix of songs for me…he says he didn't pick a good mix and I need to give them another try. He put Postal Service on there too. They were okay, I liked them a little better than DCfC.
Originally posted by Bags:have fun being surrounded by about 900 underage girls and their emo boyfriends who only like death cab because of that damn show the OC or who think ben kweller is just too cute to miss out on. blegha barfing.
It's a Saturday night show – hot damn! Who's heading to this one?
I don't think that DCFC are Poppy at all as a genre, just very popular; which would seem to be contrary to my opinion.
I don't like them either. They remind me way too much of Dashboard Confessional, whom I abhor. Given a choice, I'd take DCFC anyday over DC. It's those voices. YUCK! Maybe if DCFC's singer would pummel DC, it might cause him(DCFC) to sprout some balls and not sound like such a fucking ninny.
Ben Kweller does nothing at all for me.
Wouldn't mind seeing Aveo though I think they will come off as your run-of-the-mill 1st of 3 acts. Some of their songs I really like and some bore me.
I don't like them either. They remind me way too much of Dashboard Confessional, whom I abhor. Given a choice, I'd take DCFC anyday over DC. It's those voices. YUCK! Maybe if DCFC's singer would pummel DC, it might cause him(DCFC) to sprout some balls and not sound like such a fucking ninny.
Ben Kweller does nothing at all for me.
Wouldn't mind seeing Aveo though I think they will come off as your run-of-the-mill 1st of 3 acts. Some of their songs I really like and some bore me.
Originally posted by Bags:Try "We Have the Facts…" it is the best one…
I do like "Transatlanticism." Don't have any other DCfC albums.
Ben Kweller has to have one of the friggin ugliest mugs in all of music. No way would this pussy ever get laid if he weren't a musician.
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Originally posted by i do not heart winter:
Originally posted by Bags:have fun being surrounded by about 900 underage girls and their emo boyfriends who only like death cab because of that damn show the OC or who think ben kweller is just too cute to miss out on. blegha barfing.
It's a Saturday night show – hot damn! Who's heading to this one?
BEN KWELLER "On My Way" ATO/RCA AVEO "Battery" Barsuk
Friday, April 2, 2004; Page WE07
The title track of Ben Kweller's "On My Way" is a simple folkie tune that might have won him 2004's New Dylan award if only that honor hadn't been retired in the '90s, after one too many folk revivals fizzled. Most of the album, however, has a raucous classic-rock sound, and it closes with a song that recalls the layered late-'60s style of groups such as the Beach Boys.
Since Kweller is no Dylan as a lyricist, the bigger arrangements are for the best.
Bigger doesn't mean slicker. Supervised by Ryan Adams's producer Ethan Johns, who encouraged a live-in-the-studio strategy, "On My Way" is looser than Kweller's 2002 debut, "Sha Sha," which wasn't exactly polished to an immaculate shine. Such songs as "Down" and "Ann Disaster" wrap the singer's sensitivity in swagger – exemplified by Mike Stroud's brash guitar – while "The Rules" is only slightly folkier. What links the album's various styles is Kweller's gift for melody, whether in the simple, shouted refrain of the opening "I Need You Back" or in the more complex harmonies of the closing "Different but the Same."
While lacking the immediacy of Kweller's catchiest work, Seattle's Aveo has a more assured sense of style. The band's second album, "Battery," is a fine collection of cantering rockers and pensive ballads whose arrangements are lush yet not fussy. Such songs as "Dust That Dreams of Brooms" combine sprung rhythms and William Wilson's yearning vocals – the band's name means "I desire" in Latin – with a finesse that recalls the Smiths. Aveo is basically a guitar-bass-drums trio, but it's telling that Wilson places glockenspiel ahead of guitar on the list of instruments he plays. While the three musicians are supplemented here only by keyboards and cello, they have carefully considered each timbre. Aveo desires, but it also ponders, and its brainy pop-rock neatly integrates the two.
– Mark Jenkins
Both appearing Saturday at the 9:30 club with Death Cab for Cutie.
Friday, April 2, 2004; Page WE07
The title track of Ben Kweller's "On My Way" is a simple folkie tune that might have won him 2004's New Dylan award if only that honor hadn't been retired in the '90s, after one too many folk revivals fizzled. Most of the album, however, has a raucous classic-rock sound, and it closes with a song that recalls the layered late-'60s style of groups such as the Beach Boys.
Since Kweller is no Dylan as a lyricist, the bigger arrangements are for the best.
Bigger doesn't mean slicker. Supervised by Ryan Adams's producer Ethan Johns, who encouraged a live-in-the-studio strategy, "On My Way" is looser than Kweller's 2002 debut, "Sha Sha," which wasn't exactly polished to an immaculate shine. Such songs as "Down" and "Ann Disaster" wrap the singer's sensitivity in swagger – exemplified by Mike Stroud's brash guitar – while "The Rules" is only slightly folkier. What links the album's various styles is Kweller's gift for melody, whether in the simple, shouted refrain of the opening "I Need You Back" or in the more complex harmonies of the closing "Different but the Same."
While lacking the immediacy of Kweller's catchiest work, Seattle's Aveo has a more assured sense of style. The band's second album, "Battery," is a fine collection of cantering rockers and pensive ballads whose arrangements are lush yet not fussy. Such songs as "Dust That Dreams of Brooms" combine sprung rhythms and William Wilson's yearning vocals – the band's name means "I desire" in Latin – with a finesse that recalls the Smiths. Aveo is basically a guitar-bass-drums trio, but it's telling that Wilson places glockenspiel ahead of guitar on the list of instruments he plays. While the three musicians are supplemented here only by keyboards and cello, they have carefully considered each timbre. Aveo desires, but it also ponders, and its brainy pop-rock neatly integrates the two.
– Mark Jenkins
Both appearing Saturday at the 9:30 club with Death Cab for Cutie.
Note that Death Cab is the 2nd of the 3 bands tonight. From the front page:
Saturday April 3
Sold Out
Doors open at 9:00
Aveo 9:30
Death Cab For Cutie 10:30
Ben Kweller 12:00
Saturday April 3
Sold Out
Doors open at 9:00
Aveo 9:30
Death Cab For Cutie 10:30
Ben Kweller 12:00
That's sad, except for the Metro people. Or for those who relish the chance of still skipping out and hitting DC9 or some other venue afterwards.
Now, I was a marginal Death Cab fan (like Transatlanticism, really like Postal Service). I went to the show because some friends really wanted to go. I figure, it's Saturday (my fault, I forgot it's the DC United home opener day).
Great show – lots of energy, good performing, way more energy than I was expecing – just really, really good. And this is a sold-out show, which can be hard for me to enjoy. Loved them, bought a CD 'cuz I like 'em even more now. Apparently they're coming back…
Ben Kweller was the 'headliner' - my friends left but I got to hang with Skeeter (which is a treat, everyone – thanks for the beer, skeet!). Pretty good with the full band; quite loud when he was on his own – but I left a couple songs in to his "solo" portion because (1) I'd been drinking since 3:00 pm, and (2) I didn't want to fight for a cab.
Overall, great show – surprising and happily.
Great show – lots of energy, good performing, way more energy than I was expecing – just really, really good. And this is a sold-out show, which can be hard for me to enjoy. Loved them, bought a CD 'cuz I like 'em even more now. Apparently they're coming back…
Ben Kweller was the 'headliner' - my friends left but I got to hang with Skeeter (which is a treat, everyone – thanks for the beer, skeet!). Pretty good with the full band; quite loud when he was on his own – but I left a couple songs in to his "solo" portion because (1) I'd been drinking since 3:00 pm, and (2) I didn't want to fight for a cab.
Overall, great show – surprising and happily.
Something about it, I dunno…. Death Cab was definitely better than they were at the Black Cat a few months ago, and the Black Cat was a good show. Tonight was something else. The sound was definitely better.
Only disappointed that it was far too short. They only had about an hour. So they didn't follow "Company Calls" with "Company Calls Epilogue," didn't play "405" or "Title Track"… they just didn't have enough time.
At least half the crowd was there primarily for Death Cab, easily. I hope they come back and do a full show, at the 9:30.
BK was good, but not Death Cab great. His first song was a disaster, musically and also technically (busted bass). Otherwise very entertaining.
Only disappointed that it was far too short. They only had about an hour. So they didn't follow "Company Calls" with "Company Calls Epilogue," didn't play "405" or "Title Track"… they just didn't have enough time.
At least half the crowd was there primarily for Death Cab, easily. I hope they come back and do a full show, at the 9:30.
BK was good, but not Death Cab great. His first song was a disaster, musically and also technically (busted bass). Otherwise very entertaining.
BK beat the crap out of death cab musically. man the crowd was boring during death cab, but BK brought the rock. i love transatlanticism and we have the facts, but they were just boring live, i dunno. the black cat show was better i think. BK is great every time.