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Tour Dates
03/29/13 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle
03/30/13 Detroit, MI Magic Stick 03/31/13 Toronto, ON Lee's Palace 04/02/13 Millvale, PA Mr. Small's Theatre 04/03/13 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer 04/04/13 Washington, DC Black Cat 04/05/13 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom 04/06/13 Hartford, CT Arch Street Tavern 04/07/13 Cambridge, MA The Sinclair 05/15/13 Hudson, NY Club Helsinki 05/16/13 Burlington, VT Signal Kitchen 05/17/13 Victoriaville, QC Various Venues 06/23/13 Duisburg, Germany Landschaftspark Read More This was the first of a series of Sonic Youth releases from Universal/Geffen. It contains a bunch of extras, mostly rehearsal recordings on the second disc.…
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Chelsea Light Moving, the post-Sonic Youth band from Thurston Moore, came by the Triple Rock Social Club last Wednesday to showcase their brand new self-titled debut album from Matador Records.
Starting off the night was Cyrusvance (named after the duo's names of Cyrus Pireh and John Vance, not named after a famous lawyer). They played ear-piercing rhythm and noise. I had to actually step away from the front because it was ear-damaging music. When not playing around with their custom typewriter electronics, the band did bust out a sax-type instrument (which looks like a cross between a saxophone and oboe) and traditional bass.
Someone was trying to explain to me that it's like classic painting vs abstract art (Cyrusvance being the abstract art). Some people will understand and appreciate it… just not my cup of tea though.
Chicago's Cave was a little more my thing. Let me preface this by announcing that their music is not "drone". I don't know why the band is labeled as such, they sound to me like classic instrumental surf rock (like the Ventures) but with very good techniques.
Reviewing instrumental bands are hard because you can't really take notes on lyrics. It's especially hard when their songs are so good you just jam to it and forget to take notes.
The guy behind me was about to explode when Cave started ramping an entro to their song, by building and building a rift. Just when you think they'll end, the song just kept going. That guy behind me started yelling out, "what's going to happen next?", "oh my god!", "whooo!", "can it get any better?", etc. After what felt like ten minutes, the song finally ends! It got a huge response from the crowd. You would think that they would have ended their set with that epic number, but that's just a regular song!
As for Chelsea Light Moving (featuring Thurston Moore), it's one of the more clumsy band name. I thought it was "Chelsea Moving Lights", someone else thought it was Cheslea Light was a woman. I'm assuming they had to stick Thurston Moore's name on all billing to bring in the old Sonic Youth fans. Whatever they did, it worked, I've never seen such a large gathering of slackers (old and new). It was like going back in time to the 90s (Singles-era).
Anticipations were high, everyone was so excited to see and hear what the post-Sonic Youth project will sound like. Thurston Moore came on stage and announced their name with a joke: "Hi, we're Chelsea Light Moving and we're from Minneapolis!" It suddenly lightened up the mood and the feedback guitar king launched into "Sleeping Where I Fall."
The live songs felt like they were Sonic Youth songs, particularly songs like "Lip" (with just one line of "too f****ng bad") and "Empire of Time".
One other thing I should mention is that you need to see Thurston Moore live. There are some things you can't capture on a studio recording, one of which is the experimental working from Moore on stage. It's amazing to watch how his fingers slide over the neck of the guitar. He makes it look so easy.
Chelsea Light Moving is currently on tour for their Matador Records.
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CYRUSVANCE
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Someone was trying to explain to me that it's like classic painting vs abstract art (Cyrusvance being the abstract art). Some people will understand and appreciate it… just not my cup of tea though.
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CAVE
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Reviewing instrumental bands are hard because you can't really take notes on lyrics. It's especially hard when their songs are so good you just jam to it and forget to take notes.
The guy behind me was about to explode when Cave started ramping an entro to their song, by building and building a rift. Just when you think they'll end, the song just kept going. That guy behind me started yelling out, "what's going to happen next?", "oh my god!", "whooo!", "can it get any better?", etc. After what felt like ten minutes, the song finally ends! It got a huge response from the crowd. You would think that they would have ended their set with that epic number, but that's just a regular song!
As for Chelsea Light Moving (featuring Thurston Moore), it's one of the more clumsy band name. I thought it was "Chelsea Moving Lights", someone else thought it was Cheslea Light was a woman. I'm assuming they had to stick Thurston Moore's name on all billing to bring in the old Sonic Youth fans. Whatever they did, it worked, I've never seen such a large gathering of slackers (old and new). It was like going back in time to the 90s (Singles-era).
Anticipations were high, everyone was so excited to see and hear what the post-Sonic Youth project will sound like. Thurston Moore came on stage and announced their name with a joke: "Hi, we're Chelsea Light Moving and we're from Minneapolis!" It suddenly lightened up the mood and the feedback guitar king launched into "Sleeping Where I Fall."
The live songs felt like they were Sonic Youth songs, particularly songs like "Lip" (with just one line of "too f****ng bad") and "Empire of Time".
One other thing I should mention is that you need to see Thurston Moore live. There are some things you can't capture on a studio recording, one of which is the experimental working from Moore on stage. It's amazing to watch how his fingers slide over the neck of the guitar. He makes it look so easy.
Chelsea Light Moving is currently on tour for their Matador Records.
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Chelsea Light Moving at the Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (03/27/13) |
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