I would like to add to Kent's review that I think Numbers seriously ROCK.
They're really great live, and although you could compare them to all kinds
of folks I would say they definitely have their own power source!!
The second Numbers show I saw:
I told a few always-skeptical friends that of all the bands that night, that
Numbers would put on probably the loudest, craziest set out of everyone that
night, and that they were really really fun. They were all, "Yeah, that's
cool, alright lets stay for them ... Should be good ... hum"
Then I said, "OK maybe not, they are not going to be that good, I was just
high or something the first night I saw them, or whatever, don't get your
hopes up, I think they are good, I just don't know."
Their setup was a wait (at least for me, the guy saying Numbers was cool)
but - right when they started up, first song, the whole room started
jumping, pogoing, bumping, etc, fairly violently, but in a very fun way -
there was a negative aspect (from the drunkest in the room), but I would say
even though people were being pushed around - they were smiling (yes even
the ladies - very good) - so - some people were definitely a bit out of
control, but for the most part they threw everyone for a loop and just went
off.
I don't know these guys but I love 'em. Super fun.
Go see 'em if you get a chance.
Word to the wise: Watch the drummer. She rules the band, and she's really,
REALLY dope.
-dave
On 11/30/02 8:59 PM, "Kent williams" <kent@avalon.net> wrote:
quoted 67 lines Well capsule review time:
> Well capsule review time:
>
> Stars As Eyes: I saw them about a year ago and their set is a lot more
> dynamic and interactive. Didn't pick up their new CD but the new material
> sounded great, esp. the song with vocals. Marred a bit (as the whole show
> was)
> by a sound man who didn't know what to make of them. It got painfully loud
> and the bass turned muddy on some of the songs.
>
> Numbers: They rocked. They are doing a sort of New Wave Revival thing --
> think B-52s, Talking Heads, filtered through sort of a White Stripes
> aesthetic.
> Which doesn't really do them justice as a live act -- for a bass, drums,
> and keyboard band they are very tight and put their songs across. I
> especially
> liked the keyboard player using the same rude, nasal patch on a Moog Source
> for every song. Music to pogo to for the new milleneum.
>
> Magus: The local guy, who apparently had fans there -- he had a setup
> with an MC505, an 808 (I think) and some sort of keyboard, and he sort of
> sang, through heavy effects. It was pretty banging stuff, very simplistic --
> reminded me a bit of Suicide. His stage presence was very odd -- black
> plastic
> nerd-chic glasses, long hair cut blunt at the shoulders, in a Jean Jacket
> with no shirt. He sort of danced through the non-singing bits, but not
> on beat, and some of his vocals sounded out of sync with the music. He
> got a big reaction, which baffled me since it seemed a bit slapdash and
> dorky. Of course I'm from Iowa. Slapdash and dorky could be the next big
> thing in Chicago.
>
> Cex: Full disclosure -- I have personal and professional ties with Rjyan,
> so I'm biased, but he's really turning into a consumate entertainer. He's
> charming and funny, and gets into his tracks in a very whole-body, dramatic
> way. I work with hip hop guys all the time, and see a lot of hip hop shows
> and he's got them all beat for stage presence and rapport with a crowd.
> His new tracks are fantastic -- more singing, more melody, more goofy, clever
> lyrics. And his beats are really, really good. If he ever tires of
> leaping around with his pants falling down, he could be the next Neptunes.
>
> Apparently he's an acquired taste, yet to be acquired by some folks on IDM.
> Whatever. Stay at home and put Confield on infinite repeat.
>
> But if you want to have fun at a show, go see him. I've seen him
> 3 times now, and every time he gets better. He has the best chance of
> anyone in 'our' scene of crossing over, straight up. Or as my son Lucas
> put it "he's like Eminem, but not so offensive and annoying." Instead
> of homophobic and misogynistic rants, you get well written, funny, substantive
> rhymes about bikes, dodgeball, fingering, and middle school. Like he says,
> he could rap in a vacuum and still go platinum.
>
> On Fri, 29 Nov 2002, Kewu wrote:
>> Yeah... i'm gonna check the show in Vancouver out Oct 9. It's only 10 bucks
>> Canadian.... no reason not to go. Hopefully it'll be a good one.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "robert sinewave" <robertsinewave@hotmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [idm] CEX/STARS AS EYES CHICAGO TOMORROW NIGHT 11/29
>>
>>> or, @ least have the police follow you.
>
> I had no idea what this comment meant.
>
>
>
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