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04/20/09 Public Space One Iowa City, IA
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Jenn Wasner, singer from Wye Oak* (official/myspace) joked that their touring teamup of Wye Oak and Pomegranates should be called "The full spectrum of human emotions tour" because while Wye Oak brought the "sadness", Pome brought the "happiness".
Opening up for both band was Minneapolis' Bill Caperton (myspace), who, when not playing solo, is part of the band Ela (myspace). He played a pretty long set, surprisingly since it was a Sunday evening and there were two other bands on the bill. I think he might have realized this just ended after one song when he announced that he had two more... saying "I think I'll just leave it at that."
Pomegranates (myspace) took the stage and introduced themselves as "Jesus Christ and the Fire Eating Five!" as they set in their energetic music set.
The band name shenanigan continues on as Isaac Karns introduced them again as "Three Ninjas Plus One", and would continued with "as Joey said, we're called the E-Flat Band!". Apparently the last name never fail to get a laugh.
My personal favorite from their set list is "Late Night Television" from their debut album, Everything Is Alive (2008). Anyway, for some reason, the aggressive music doesn't seem to go with the depressing lines: "I want to know where you've been at night. I've been lying awake, I left on the lights. ", but it worked (and it rocked).
I think the highlight of the show was for their last song, they asked Brody to come on stage for their finale song "Southern Ocean" (see video below).
So embarrassingly enough, I actually have listened (and own) Wye Oak's first album, If Children, I only realized this after I picked up their album again. Anyway, that would explain why they sounded so familiar to me.
They sounded really good live, with this constant guitar fuzz, and melodic girlie vocals of 'singing waitress' Jenn Wasner. But let's not forget with Andy Stack's contribution with his right arm on the drums, while his left on keyboard thing, while his mouth on blow-y thing.
Wasner said they have a new recorded already recorded, and that it was coming out on July 21st. A quick check reveals the album is called The Knot. At the moment, you can get If Children via their record label, Merge Records.
As for Pome, you can get their records at Lujo Records - check out the free MP3 downloads!
So, definitely go see the rest of the "the full spectrum of human emotions" tour in a city near you.
* Incidentally, the band's name comes from their homestate Maryland's honorary tree of the same name.
Opening up for both band was Minneapolis' Bill Caperton (myspace), who, when not playing solo, is part of the band Ela (myspace). He played a pretty long set, surprisingly since it was a Sunday evening and there were two other bands on the bill. I think he might have realized this just ended after one song when he announced that he had two more... saying "I think I'll just leave it at that."
The band name shenanigan continues on as Isaac Karns introduced them again as "Three Ninjas Plus One", and would continued with "as Joey said, we're called the E-Flat Band!". Apparently the last name never fail to get a laugh.
I think the highlight of the show was for their last song, they asked Brody to come on stage for their finale song "Southern Ocean" (see video below).
They sounded really good live, with this constant guitar fuzz, and melodic girlie vocals of 'singing waitress' Jenn Wasner. But let's not forget with Andy Stack's contribution with his right arm on the drums, while his left on keyboard thing, while his mouth on blow-y thing.
Wasner said they have a new recorded already recorded, and that it was coming out on July 21st. A quick check reveals the album is called The Knot. At the moment, you can get If Children via their record label, Merge Records.
As for Pome, you can get their records at Lujo Records - check out the free MP3 downloads!
So, definitely go see the rest of the "the full spectrum of human emotions" tour in a city near you.
04/20/2009 11:07:06 ♥ vu (
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