!!! - Dance off, Pants off - !!!
Now either every person in Seattle who has ever danced at a concert (c’mon, you 20 people know who you are) were somehow cosmically shanghaied into gathering at Neumos last night … OR !!! (commonly pronounced “chk chk chk”) actually rocked hard enough to cause a full fledged dance movement. I’d personally like to believe the latter but won’t rule out the cosmic possibilities.
Backing their latest album, Myth Takes, !!! lit up the crowd immediately with the first 2 tracks off of their album, “Myth Takes” and “All My Heroes are Weirdoes”. Granted it was a bit anticlimactic and confusing at first when the lead singers mic didn’t work and there was some finagling involved to get the vocals… BUT, as the night wore on, it became very apparent as to why that mic was mangled. Nic Offer had blown the shit out of it the night before with animalistic yelps and throat ripping screams, an impressive display to say the least, all kept in check with the sultry murmurs truely inspired by Mick Jagger.
…as the night wore on, it became very apparent as to why that mic was mangled. Nic Offer had blown the shit out of it the night before with animalistic yelps and throat ripping screams, an impressive display to say the least, all kept in check with the sultry murmurs truely inspired by Mick Jagger.
Coming through with a sound that was a lot like channeling Pink Floyd through a Disco filter, these guys put on a high energy show that was talented, fuking rocking and most importantly, surprising. Switching up their line-up occasionally to put John Pugh (I think that’s his name) in front made the show for me. He maintained the haunting melodies of “Bend Over Beethoven” and “New Name” then kicked you in the neck by punctuating the peaks of the songs with the most incredible wailings. The killer disco/punk tracks on the album were all turned up a notch for their live event, leaving both performers and crowd exhausted by nights end.
Might be the “cookies” talking, but I’m sold.
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with two rock(ish) shows consumed with crazy dancing at two separate clubs on the same night [arctic monkeys, and possibly even the kooks?], not to mention the all out insanity of LCD Soundsystem maybe it’s time to retire the tired old stereotype that people in Seattle don’t dance at shows.
Seems more like an anomaly than a movement, but power to it. Let the head nodders get pushed to the back.
Nice. I think the one thing that stands out with this band is that the recordings just can’t quite capture the disco-wall of funk-punk that explodes from the ensemble cast. The rhythm section is as tight as they come and Mario Andreoni’s slick guitar leads make it some of the best dance music of it’s kind. Of course, Offer’s stage antics are a big part of the overall attraction. The records are good, don’t get me wrong, but the live show trumps them through and through. You rarely see that kind of raucous interaction at a venue like Neumo’s–or at local rock shows in general.
I’ve actually been checking out your blog from time to time for the past several weeks–been looking for a good one on local music (besides the plagiarist tactics employed by KEXP’s blog posters). Keep it up.
perhaps Seattle just has higher standards, dancing only when strictly appropriate (at dance rock shows). After all, it’s a slippery slope to hippie dancing. I’d rather encounter a sea of head nodders than someone flailing about to a beat that only he or she can perceive.
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