Tour Dates 06/19/10 First Avenue Minneapolis
Discography
06/21/10 Green Note London 06/23/10 BBC London - The Late Show 07/06/10 Old Rock House St. Louis, MO 07/07/10 Schubas Chicago, IL 07/08/10 Cowboy Monkey Champaign, IL 07/09/10 The Lift Dubuque, IA 07/16/10 Mississippi Studios Portland, OR 07/17/10 High Dive Seattle, WA 07/22/10 Shugas Colorado Springs, Co 07/23/10 Road 34 Fort Collins, Co 07/24/10 Hi-Dive Denver, CO 07/27/10 JJ's Bohemia Chattanooga, TN 07/28/10 Basement Nashville, TN 07/29/10 zanzabar louisville, ky 07/30/10 Schenley Plaza Pittsburgh, PA 08/29/10 Armadillo Burrito Keene, NH
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KaiserCartel, the couple-duo that that we love here at W♥M just celebrated their CD-releasing party at the Cedar in Minneapolis, on June 17th.
Helping them celebrate was Kid Dakota, who, unfortunately due to my schedule, I only caught the last two songs (but let's be honest here: shows at the Cedar starts and ends really early and not to mention on time!). Singer Darren Jackson ended his show with "Optic Failure", which had a great cello part, which I'm assuming was used throughout his set.
There was a brief break before Benjamin Cartel and Courtney Kaiser came on stage. The stage was setup looks like it was for five or six band members, but it was mostly just the duo. Various musical instruments were used, including what looks like a weird foldable accordion-thing. Sorry, I'm not so instrumental savvy, as noted when I previously thought that the ringing on "Favorite Song" was an alarm clock. As it turned out, having finally seeing them perform live, I can tell you that it's an ice cream frother on a xylophone.
Based on the introduction of their songs, it would seem that most of the setlist consisted of songs from their brand new album, Secret Transit . An album that Cartel claimed was "surely the world's greatest album."
Speaking of the new album, they also mentioned that the funding and recording of the album was made possible by fans. People who made pledges donations were privy to an exclusive b-side EP called Philanthropy and various other perks. For those looking for a more personal touch, you can actually make them record songs they hate (Lisa Loeb's "Stay" for instance) or private concerts. The best part I heard them mention was that Cartel will be painting a series of pets.
Although I wasn't familiar with the new material, they mostly sound pretty mellow and introspective to me. After "Okay" (which was switched with "Minefield"), the set picks up to more "devil-horned" type of music.
For their encore, KaiserCartel started playing acoustic and singing very softly to the audience. We're talking, like they were standing right in front of me, singing to me. They walked around the audience, singing the song, while everyone watched intently.
Tonight, they are playing to a much bigger Jayhawks audience, so I'm very glad I got a chance to catch them at the intimate setting of the Cedar.
PS, The body article text was written entirely on my iPad using a bluetooth keyboard. It's pretty sweet.
Helping them celebrate was Kid Dakota, who, unfortunately due to my schedule, I only caught the last two songs (but let's be honest here: shows at the Cedar starts and ends really early and not to mention on time!). Singer Darren Jackson ended his show with "Optic Failure", which had a great cello part, which I'm assuming was used throughout his set.
Based on the introduction of their songs, it would seem that most of the setlist consisted of songs from their brand new album, Secret Transit . An album that Cartel claimed was "surely the world's greatest album."
♥ Courtney Kaiser |
Although I wasn't familiar with the new material, they mostly sound pretty mellow and introspective to me. After "Okay" (which was switched with "Minefield"), the set picks up to more "devil-horned" type of music.
For their encore, KaiserCartel started playing acoustic and singing very softly to the audience. We're talking, like they were standing right in front of me, singing to me. They walked around the audience, singing the song, while everyone watched intently.
Tonight, they are playing to a much bigger Jayhawks audience, so I'm very glad I got a chance to catch them at the intimate setting of the Cedar.
♥ KaiserCartel |
PS, The body article text was written entirely on my iPad using a bluetooth keyboard. It's pretty sweet.
06/19/2010 14:42:03 ♥ vu (
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