I went to the Cex show at the Silverlake Lounge in LA on Monday night. It
was embarrasingly bad.
Stars as Eyes first. Boring, lo-fi-ish, bland, almost put me to sleep. Their
only good part was the last half of the first song which sounded like Pink
Floyd.
Languis next. At least I knew that they were going to be mellow and sleepy.
I must've looked at my watch every three minutes through their entire set.
Electric Company next. Awesome. Cut-up, cd skipping sounding darkness. Not
heavy, but grindy and unsettling. Brad consistently impresses me.
Cex last. Somebody on the list said "Dude, we're not laughing with you,
we're laughing AT you." Exactly. He started the show by instructing us to
envision ourselves at a Baltimore hospital because Cex was pregnant and
about to give birth to 'bees.' He raps his way through the first song whose
only line I deciphered was Cex going on about how his 'pussy hurt.' Really
high brow stuff. Musically, it sounded like the sounds could've been
sequenced in and played by a DR-550. And I don't even dislike his studio
stuff, but in the live setting you can't help but feel embarrased for him. I
left after three songs, so it might've changed after that, but I'm thinking
I didn't miss anything.
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