Beer Rating - 1 beer needed
This is the first official show review for the website and until I learn how to make this more fancy with pictures and stuff, text has to do. We also have a rating system based on the number of beers one needs to fully enjoy the show. The lesser the number, the better the show.
For those of you who are not indie enough (I joke!), M83 are a french band headed by two main artists, Anthony Gonzalez and Nicholas Fromageau. As their fancy, dos-inspired website touts, "in 2000, at the tender age of twenty, these two boys from Anitbes, France [who play music inspried] by Tangerine Dream and Mogwai. Their first U.S. release, "Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts" have earned them high praise from several music journalists and website (Pitchforkmedia gave them a superb 9.2/10).
On to the show. After a rather lengthy wait, and three grey goose and crans and after shelling out nearly $51 to buy all my friends drinks, M83 finally came onstage. There were 4 musicians total, with Anthony and Nicholas clearly leading the way. Although I can't remember the song order, they played amazing live renditions of their debut LP. "Unrecorded" was very well done, and each bang of the drums and pluck of the guitar was in perfect sync. "America" was my personal favourite amongst the songs in their set. The sheer intensity of that song, coupled with its booming sound, made my head spin and my ears bleed in happiness.
They also played a number of songs that were not in the album. I don't know these songs, nor do I know whether these songs were new or from prior EPs. Nonetheless, each new tune was well done and pleasingly loud.
They were not kidding when they said they were influenced by Mogwai. It's funny, because I think Mogwai are so-so, but yet think that M83 are better. Is this a case of the student being better than the teacher? Who knows. Ratatat also came to mind, but M83 were more complex in sound.
An all around great show! Afterwards, the gang went to a party that was considered dead on arrival. Then we were literally running to the Hemlock Tavern to get some drinks before last call. Damn you 2am curfew!
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