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05/30/11 Lee's Palace - Toronto, ON
Discography
05/31/11 Club Lambi, Montreal, QC 06/01/11 Brighton Music Hall*, Allston, MA 06/02/11 Bowery Ballroom*, New York, NY 06/03/11 Johnny Brenda's*, Philadelphia, PA 06/04/11 Sonar Club Stage*, Baltimore, MD 06/05/11 Rock N Roll Hotel*, Washington 06/07/11 Strange Matter*, Richmond, VA 06/08/11 Lexington Ave Brewery*, Asheville, NC 06/09/11 The Earl*, Atlanta, GA 06/10/11 Spanish Moon*, Baton Rouge, LA 06/11/11 Fitzgeralds*, Houston, TX 06/12/11 The Parish*, Austin, TX 06/17/11 Gebäude 9, Köln, Nordrhein-, DE 06/18/11 Schlachthof, Wiesbaden, Hessen 06/19/11 Feierwerk, Munich, DE 06/20/11 Beatpol, Dresden, Germany 06/21/11 Kulturkeller Fulda, Fulda, Hessen 06/22/11 Ex-Haus, Trier, Rheinland, DE * w/ The Nighty Night
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I am mistaken about the broken lights at 7th Street Entry, the soundman just do not turn on the main lights. So, it was fitting for this dark and stormy night as a trio of Texan bands arrived in Minneapolis last night on May 27th.
I didn't know what to expect of this mostly-lumberjacky audience, you know the type: button plaid shirts (preferably red-colored), beards, possibly carrying tools. I asked around, it seems like some of the audience's hometown are from Texas, some are were massive doom/drone fans. There seemed to be a lot of fans out last night.
Nowlikephotographs.com provided the music between sets, the DJ seems to really like his 80s remixes of Prince and MJ.
Starting it all off was Austin's Pure X, formerly known as Pure Ecstasy (although this must've been a fairly recent change because the poster and listing still bill them under their former name), they are a shoegazy with mostly Nate Grace singing over a melodic wave of sound.
Sleep∞Over was supposed to have three women (Stefanie Franciotti, Christa Palazzolo and Sarah Brown), but I thought there were just two last night. The two did a lot of harmonizing and there were a lot of fans in the front who were eager to see them play. They cursed themselves as amateurish when the soundguy didn't start on time and then the drum machine didn't work until the third song kicked in.
I didn't know This Will Destroy You was an all-instrumental band. I should have seen it coming when the stage was cleared and there were no microphones. Since there were no lyrics involved, I'll admit, it was pretty hard for me to figure out what songs were played. Let's just agree that they played stuff from their recently released album, Tunnel Blanket.
A lot of their song seems to be spacey, moody, with lots of room to breath, and then, surprisingly the occasional loud guitars are kicked in. Their songs are longer than the average pop songs, most of them over eight minutes, but to be honest, you could not tell when a song ends or begins. The audience tried and guessed when a song end, and you do hear clapping and whistling, as the band continued to play on.
While this sort of ambient drone is not the sort of the music I listen to, I was glad to have seen them. They will be continuing their tour through June with The Nighty Night, so check them out if you can.
I didn't know what to expect of this mostly-lumberjacky audience, you know the type: button plaid shirts (preferably red-colored), beards, possibly carrying tools. I asked around, it seems like some of the audience's hometown are from Texas, some are were massive doom/drone fans. There seemed to be a lot of fans out last night.
Nowlikephotographs.com provided the music between sets, the DJ seems to really like his 80s remixes of Prince and MJ.
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Sleep∞Over was supposed to have three women (Stefanie Franciotti, Christa Palazzolo and Sarah Brown), but I thought there were just two last night. The two did a lot of harmonizing and there were a lot of fans in the front who were eager to see them play. They cursed themselves as amateurish when the soundguy didn't start on time and then the drum machine didn't work until the third song kicked in.
I didn't know This Will Destroy You was an all-instrumental band. I should have seen it coming when the stage was cleared and there were no microphones. Since there were no lyrics involved, I'll admit, it was pretty hard for me to figure out what songs were played. Let's just agree that they played stuff from their recently released album, Tunnel Blanket.
A lot of their song seems to be spacey, moody, with lots of room to breath, and then, surprisingly the occasional loud guitars are kicked in. Their songs are longer than the average pop songs, most of them over eight minutes, but to be honest, you could not tell when a song ends or begins. The audience tried and guessed when a song end, and you do hear clapping and whistling, as the band continued to play on.
While this sort of ambient drone is not the sort of the music I listen to, I was glad to have seen them. They will be continuing their tour through June with The Nighty Night, so check them out if you can.
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