I don't really read the NME anymore, but on the one day I did, they were raving about this band called the 1990's. So, I looked into them some more and found out that they are playing a Popscene sponsored show at Cafe du Nord. I downloaded their album and found the songs to be really catchy and fun. So, naturally, I bought a ticket.That was a month before the show. As the months went by, I grew less and less interested. The album was still good, but not as gripping as I originally thought. I still wanted to see what they were all about though.Come show day, I was too tired and had no interest. Instead, I spend that time catching up with Charky and some champagne. I heard 1990's play "You Made Me Like It," which is the opening track to their album Cookies. It was fun sounding, but I'd rather talk to my pal. They played everything from Cookies, including "You're Supposed to Be My Friend," which has really catchy drums and chorus. And the "da da da" of "See You at the Lights.The crowd seemed to be into it. I wish I was.Beer Rating:
1/2
A month has passed since Shearwater, and I was so anxious to get out of the office and go see Daft Punk and The Rapture. The last time I saw Daft Punk was Coachella and they put on a show that was beyond belief. This time, I expected that they will have the similar set up with the pyramid, but I hoped that they would change things up a bit from the Coachella show. They did at times, but I lacked interested for the most part since I saw everything they did before.For most of the crowd, they haven't seen this elaborate music and light show that Daft Punk put on. So, they were just astounded by everything they saw. From the start of "Robot Rock," to the little bit of "Around the World," and to the awesome rendition of "Technotronic," complete with eyepopping visuals. They played pretty much everything that mattered from their previous releases. I wished they played a little bit more of "Around the World," but instead we were relegated to just a few seconds of the song as a transition to another.The lighting was just great. And during the encore, the lights slowly snaked their way to the band and then their jackets lighted up. As you probably already know, Daft Punk dressed up like robots and they acted like it too. However, the maniacal crowd were anything but robots, constantly flapping their arms in the air and screaming the occasional "woo!" or "Wow" for good meausre.My friends and I started off on the floor but after three or four songs, went to the beer garden and sat at the lawn. We then moved over to the seats were our other friends were.I missed the damn Rapture because they came on at 7:45 even though the ticket says that the show starts at 8pm. That pissed me off so much since I wanted to see them a lot more than Daft Punk. Oh well.Beer Rating: 1/2
I'm a bit more discerning now when I choose to watch a show. But I just couldn't pass up the opportunity to see Shearwater at the Bottom of the HIll. Everytime I think of Shearwater, I think of Okkervil River. Rightfully so, since the band was originally a collaboration between Okkervil's Will Sheff and Kingfisher's Jonathan Meiburg.Since I'm blogging about this show that happened nearly two months ago, I don't remember much. I do remember that they opened up with "Red Sea, Black Sea" from their album, Palo Santo. It was a very strong start for the band and really electrified this somewhat sparse crowd at Bottom of the Hill that night."Seventy-Four, Seventy-Five" was another well played song. Meiburg's vocals, accompanied by the band's superb musicianship, made this venue with sometimes okay acoustics sound like a grand concerthall. Okay, that maybe just a bit exaggerated, but you get my drift I hope.Beer Rating:
