Originally posted by Rhett Miller:your characterization of all reggae as crappy is symptomatic of your extreme lack of depth in taste.
Yes, you can usually enjoy crappy music if you're high enough. Classic example: any reggae.
Fiery Furnaces
wow. i really haven't heard much of their albums, just what i hear on our college's radio station, but the fiery furnaces were absolutely fantastic live. i couldn't take my eyes off the drummer half the time, he was amazing. they played for about an hour or so straight, no breaks, each song flowed together and it was great.
in case anyone was wondering. i went into it not really knowing what to expect, and i left a huge fan.
in case anyone was wondering. i went into it not really knowing what to expect, and i left a huge fan.
someone mentioned the tempo was speeded up as sort of a montage, and i was already expecting that.
did anyone else think the show was louder than usual?
i liked the show, although it was tough trying to pick out the song. i wish the guy sang a bit more, he has a great voice.
did anyone else think the show was louder than usual?
i liked the show, although it was tough trying to pick out the song. i wish the guy sang a bit more, he has a great voice.
Originally posted by Rhett Miller:Another ignorant post from Rhett! He's probably only heard Bob Marley and current dancehall. Reggae is NOT pot-smoking music. I'm so sick of that. Ever heard "Heart Of The Congos" by The Congos? Didn't think so.
Yes, you can usually enjoy crappy music if you're high enough. Classic example: any reggae.
The Fiery Furnaces, Blazing Away at the Black Cat
Washington Post
Monday, September 27, 2004; Page C08
The Fiery Furnaces played without a break Friday night at the Black Cat, collaging its repertoire into a continuous suite and, in the process, stretching the boundaries of song as we know it. The New York quartet's latest album, "Blueberry Boat," includes several eight-minute songs, and its performance expanded those experiments into a single 45-minute piece. Only the encore, which ran about four minutes, resembled a conventional song.
Mention the word "suite" in a rock context and most people will think of bombastic '70s British bands such as Yes and Emerson, Lake and Palmer. But there's little of those groups' Bach- or Mussorgsky-quoting in the Furnaces' sound, which is assembled from bluesy vamps, folkie melodies and classic-rock riffs.
Matt Friedberger, who switched between guitar and keyboards, clearly ran the show, sometimes issuing audible instructions to singer Eleanor Friedberger, his sister. Yet the band's improvisations were not instrumentally oriented. Instead, the Friedbergers recombined (and sometimes repeated) vocal-driven passages from free-associative tunes such as "Don't Dance Her Down" and "My Dog Was Lost but Now He's Found." The individual parts were simple, but the whole was driving, complex and dynamically unpredictable.
Inouk, which opened the evening, also blends rock and folk elements, though it does so in songs that are more conventional in length (if not structure).
As is often the case with bands that include three guitarists, Inouk sometimes flirted with chaos. Still, songs such as "Elected" came together nicely, and the lyrical guitar passages were engaging.
– Mark Jenkins
Washington Post
Monday, September 27, 2004; Page C08
The Fiery Furnaces played without a break Friday night at the Black Cat, collaging its repertoire into a continuous suite and, in the process, stretching the boundaries of song as we know it. The New York quartet's latest album, "Blueberry Boat," includes several eight-minute songs, and its performance expanded those experiments into a single 45-minute piece. Only the encore, which ran about four minutes, resembled a conventional song.
Mention the word "suite" in a rock context and most people will think of bombastic '70s British bands such as Yes and Emerson, Lake and Palmer. But there's little of those groups' Bach- or Mussorgsky-quoting in the Furnaces' sound, which is assembled from bluesy vamps, folkie melodies and classic-rock riffs.
Matt Friedberger, who switched between guitar and keyboards, clearly ran the show, sometimes issuing audible instructions to singer Eleanor Friedberger, his sister. Yet the band's improvisations were not instrumentally oriented. Instead, the Friedbergers recombined (and sometimes repeated) vocal-driven passages from free-associative tunes such as "Don't Dance Her Down" and "My Dog Was Lost but Now He's Found." The individual parts were simple, but the whole was driving, complex and dynamically unpredictable.
Inouk, which opened the evening, also blends rock and folk elements, though it does so in songs that are more conventional in length (if not structure).
As is often the case with bands that include three guitarists, Inouk sometimes flirted with chaos. Still, songs such as "Elected" came together nicely, and the lyrical guitar passages were engaging.
– Mark Jenkins
Good job by the Post for covering Friday night shows by both Fiery Furnaces and Heart and ignoring Drive By Truckers. Brilliant.
excellent show.
the overt sibling tension was fun to watch too (i believe at one point she adlibbed the lyrics to curse out her brother for fucking up).
the overt sibling tension was fun to watch too (i believe at one point she adlibbed the lyrics to curse out her brother for fucking up).
the FF show was probably the most groundbreaking performance i've seen in the last few years…it was great to hear them f&%k with the recorded song structures, tempos and themes to create a precise and driving medley.
the "tense" relationship between matt and eleanor was most visible onstage. i've heard people say that it's all an act but after seeing the dirty glances and hearing matt bark cues at eleanor in the midst of songs i'm convinced the sibling rivalry is real…pretty creepy. anyone else think that eleanor could be the love-child of patty smith and karen carpenter?
we ended up taking a taxi back to our place with a stranger who had been at the drive-by truckers show. i actually felt sorry for them and all of the others that went to DBT instead…they don't even realize that they missed out on the most interesting show to hit dc in a long time.
the "tense" relationship between matt and eleanor was most visible onstage. i've heard people say that it's all an act but after seeing the dirty glances and hearing matt bark cues at eleanor in the midst of songs i'm convinced the sibling rivalry is real…pretty creepy. anyone else think that eleanor could be the love-child of patty smith and karen carpenter?
we ended up taking a taxi back to our place with a stranger who had been at the drive-by truckers show. i actually felt sorry for them and all of the others that went to DBT instead…they don't even realize that they missed out on the most interesting show to hit dc in a long time.
We walked by the Black Cat and felt sorry for those who opted for the Fiery Furnaces show. Well, not really…just glad that we were at the Truckers show. I'm sure anyone who was there would concur.
Originally posted by joz:
the FF show was probably the most groundbreaking performance i've seen in the last few years…it was great to hear them f&%k with the recorded song structures, tempos and themes to create a precise and driving medley.
the "tense" relationship between matt and eleanor was most visible onstage. i've heard people say that it's all an act but after seeing the dirty glances and hearing matt bark cues at eleanor in the midst of songs i'm convinced the sibling rivalry is real…pretty creepy. anyone else think that eleanor could be the love-child of patty smith and karen carpenter?
we ended up taking a taxi back to our place with a stranger who had been at the drive-by truckers show. i actually felt sorry for them and all of the others that went to DBT instead…they don't even realize that they missed out on the most interesting show to hit dc in a long time.
whatever makes you happy, rhett…personally, the DBTs bore the shit out of me; their music seems to be designed for those who prefer their music spoon-fed in chunks of predictable song-structure and lame choruses that are repeated ad nauseum.
Song structure with choruses are definitely a good starting point when looking to make good music.
Originally posted by joz:
whatever makes you happy, rhett…personally, the DBTs bore the shit out of me; their music seems to be designed for those who prefer their music spoon-fed in chunks of predictable song-structure and lame choruses that are repeated ad nauseum.
heh, Rhett you always opt for the safe indie mainstream don't you? :D
man reading all this stuff about the Fiery Furnaces, I'm now kicking myself for not going. Sounds like it was a good show!
man reading all this stuff about the Fiery Furnaces, I'm now kicking myself for not going. Sounds like it was a good show!
Hope you had a good birthday shindig on Saturday Dr. Doom…I think you would have enjoyed the FF show also. They're playing at the ottobar in Baltimore in late October for those who missed them this time around.