Thursday, April 17, 2008
Liner Notes Inside This Week's Music Section
Posted by Tracy Moore on Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 11:27 AM
Fuck Buttons at Mercy Lounge. (Photo by Steve Cross)
Call of the Weill: German cabaret singer Ute Lemper indulges “The Seven Deadly Sins.” (Playing Thursday, 17th, Friday, 18th and Saturday, 19th at Laura Turner Music Hall.)
Petals and Thorns: Kathleen Edwards and her new album, Asking for Flowers, have room for tough talk and soft spots. (Playing Saturday, 19th at Mercy Lounge w/Dan Wilson.)
Tapes ’n Tapes: A new local cassette label resurrects the spirit of tape-trading culture—but it’s not all nostalgic romanticism.
Polymer Plaudits: Saturday is Record Store Day—got vinyl?
Scenecast Episode 128 is smoother than cold beer in the middle of a double-header with line drives from Thad Cockrell, Reckless Kelly, John Gorka, Dixie Bee-Liners, Moody Blues, Okkervil River, New Pornographers, Old Ceremony, Nick Lowe, Braille, Steve Earle, Allison Moorer, Elvis Costello and multi-band events like Rites of Spring, Dirty Rabbit Carnival, Grimey's Spring Festival & the MTSU Record Convention.
Our Critics' Picks: Reckless Kelly, Thad Cockrell, New Pornographers, Rites of Spring, Moody Blues, The Dixie Bee-Liners, Braille & more.
In The Spin: Caribou and Fuck Buttons, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
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Wow. Apparently me and whoever wrote that Caribou review were at different shows. I thought it was one of the best performances--local or touring-- that i've seen in a long time. Definitely ss good as the last monotonix show at springwater, but for different reasons.
Normally I wouldn't call bullshit on someone's personal opinion of a show, but I really think this review misses the mark. I mean EVERYONE who I saw at that show was FLOORED by Caribou. I didn't hear a single person say 'yeah they were kinda cool i guess'.
Bruton will back me up.
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another negative review here from local mag american songwriter-
http://www.americansongwriter.com/site.php?content=concerts_list
but dont be mistaken, that show was badass and objectively its true that very few were not visibly into it at the show. so yes L.F.C., it is odd.
Luke from character, I'm not disagreeing with your assessment of the show any more than I'm agreeing with The Spin's assessment. I wasn't there.
But, let's say you went to see, say, John Mayer, and came out of it thinking, "That was really cheesy and not very good." Now, almost everyone else at the show may have enjoyed themselves thoroughly and thought it was really top-notch. Are you in any way compelled to say, to anyone, that the show was good just because the crowd went wild for it? Of course not, right?
The last sentence of the review acknowledges that the crowd didn't agree with the Spin's assessment. Also, for what it's worth, not everyone in the crowd was floored. I happened to witness people on the deck complaining about how boring they thought Caribou were. They were very obviously there for the Fuck Buttons, though.
I thought Caribou were great. I guess they didn't do enough screaming for the Fuck Buttons contingent.
No love for the electronic scene? One of the biggest American progressive trance DJs will be in Nashville tonight, Christopher Lawrence.
Hey Pete, the 90s called and they want their pacifier back. Christopher Lawrence is anything but progressive and trance music BLOWS - unless, of course, you're a 16-year-old with an affection for MDMA. Which you might be, I don't know. Regardless, lay off the Vap-o-rub pal, it's clouding your judgement.
Enlighten me then. What is he?
And yes I do agree, trance music is the pop music of dance culture.
You should check out my set for yourself? I’ll be playing a minimal techno set from 9-1030. The show is @ Elevation fka Code Blue on Division. And I assure you, your stereotype is far from correct.
matt, i see your point.
i would very interested to know what recent shows the writer enjoyed. Just so i know what kind of scale we're talking about here.
different strokes. I'm just saying, as someone who is out at shows 5 nights a week, caribou put on the best performance i've seen in a while.
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