zombie boy 2000
09-12-2006, 10:34 AM
I think one of the best ways to get a feel for a city is to hear the local music scene. Whether it be in a rat-infested dive or a fairly large venue, I try to check out local underground sounds whenever I'm in a different town.
I also try to attend as many as possible in my own stomping grounds.
I could wax poetic about the importance of independent music and the intimacy of a small stage, but I'd rather cut to the chase...
Go ahead and give props to those bands (or solo artists) that absolutely destroy at your local pub, induce ink-black silence among the crowd at the music hall, keep the people dancing until 5 AM in the club, etc.
Here a few from the 'ville....
VHS or Beta -- If Daft Punk played instruments and were fronted by Robert Smith, it might sound a little like this..... If anything can be said of their shows, it's that there's a lot of dancing, a lot of hotties, and even more dancing hotties. Their beats are infectious, and if you're into anything New Wave you should spin these guys. Catchy, catchy, catchy....
The Merediths -- Breezy, sunshine college rock in sort of the same vein as the Shins via the Flaming Lips -- with a bit more accessability. Instant singalongs, and always provides a healthy boost of optimism.
and of course....
My Morning Jacket -- Otherwise know as My Morning Crackhead because once you've seen one show, you have to see every show. Alt-punk-country-whatever at it's very finest. Jim James' reverb drenced vocals are sublime. His guitar playing courtesy of the Flying V is hellacious. So much energy and even more emotion... If you haven't heard 'em, buy It Still Moves. You'll thank me...
Now let's hear it for your own local scene...
I also try to attend as many as possible in my own stomping grounds.
I could wax poetic about the importance of independent music and the intimacy of a small stage, but I'd rather cut to the chase...
Go ahead and give props to those bands (or solo artists) that absolutely destroy at your local pub, induce ink-black silence among the crowd at the music hall, keep the people dancing until 5 AM in the club, etc.
Here a few from the 'ville....
VHS or Beta -- If Daft Punk played instruments and were fronted by Robert Smith, it might sound a little like this..... If anything can be said of their shows, it's that there's a lot of dancing, a lot of hotties, and even more dancing hotties. Their beats are infectious, and if you're into anything New Wave you should spin these guys. Catchy, catchy, catchy....
The Merediths -- Breezy, sunshine college rock in sort of the same vein as the Shins via the Flaming Lips -- with a bit more accessability. Instant singalongs, and always provides a healthy boost of optimism.
and of course....
My Morning Jacket -- Otherwise know as My Morning Crackhead because once you've seen one show, you have to see every show. Alt-punk-country-whatever at it's very finest. Jim James' reverb drenced vocals are sublime. His guitar playing courtesy of the Flying V is hellacious. So much energy and even more emotion... If you haven't heard 'em, buy It Still Moves. You'll thank me...
Now let's hear it for your own local scene...