Standout track from Lobisomem, aka noisemaker Brad Loving, to share with you today. The recent full-length album, Onze Pedras, recorded at Chicago’s Soma Studios by another Tortoise alum (John McEntire), is available on Tall Corn records now. The album’s loaded with guest appearances from a variety of acclaimed noisemakers. Send me an email with your name and address for a shot at a copy of the full-length on vinyl.
Gorillaz is one high concept stacked on another—take an animated group of humanized simians as the faces of the band; put behind them a unique mash up of rap, pop, dub, classical, electro, hip-hop and more, all played with a patchwork of samples, electric, acoustic and classical instruments; fly in numerous luminaries from across the pop music spectrum as guest performers; oh, and for the live show, bring on board 50% of The Clash as main players. But instead of toppling under the weight of the ambition of it all, the whole thing holds together and works, and now, well into their second decade, it is soaring high.
Live, on stage at the Gibson Wednesday night, the proceedings have a feeling of celebration, almost as if the hard work has already been done in the recordings and artwork; the live performance is the afterparty. (A pirate themed party, of course—lots of pirate regalia in the crowd.) Even something as mundane as the merch stand has an extra bit of buzz about them with the various offerings of Gorillaz ephemera.
On stage, main man Damon Albarn is less musical conductor than mad scientist, hopping from keys to acoustic guitar to melodica to fuzzed-out CB radio mic. He’s just about delirious with glee, at one point telling us with typical irony, “I’m not having any fun up here at all,” with a wide grin telling us the opposite. Guessing he’s 40-something but he hasn’t lost a bit of spring in his step since the halcyon days of Blur; heck, he might have even picked up a few inches on his vertical (perhaps a result of being freed from the stresses of that band).
2nd Annual Rock and Roll Circus
with The Henry Clay People
The Little Ones
Andy Clockwise
We Barbarians
The Monolators
The Dig
Downtown/Union
Red Cortez
Manhattan Murder Mystery
Marvelous Toy
The Steelwells
Olin and the Moon
The Hectors
Above: Cut Chemist doing something cool at Disney Hall some years back. Photo by Carlie
PICK OF THE WEEK KCRW Masquerade 2010
Cut Chemist, Duke Spirit, Gram Rabbit, Lucent Dossier, KCRW DJs and much more The Park Plaza Hotel
Saturday, 30 October 2010
Standout track from Lobisomem, aka noisemaker Brad Loving, to share with you today. The recent full-length album, Onze Pedras, recorded at Chicago’s Soma Studios by another Tortoise alum (John McEntire), is available on Tall Corn records now. The album’s loaded with guest appearances from a variety of acclaimed noisemakers. Send me an email with your name and address for a shot at a copy of the full-length on vinyl.
Aziz Ansari
2nd Annual Rock and Roll Circus
