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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: kurosawa-b/w on November 28, 2005, 04:40:00 pm
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Well, cancelled flights and other travel problems yesterday caused me to miss the Dandys show. But I won't be missing this one! Anyone else going to see the Iron & Wine/Calexico collaboration (or respective sets)? I just realized it's a late show...
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I'm gonna be there (assuming my flight from Chicago isn't delayed)
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I hate that smelly beard guy. I'll gladly see Calexico when they do their own headlining tour.
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Concert to be simulcast on NPR (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5029368)
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I will be there.
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count me in. anybody know when they go on stage together? 9:30 website only has the individual band times.
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Seemingly at some point during the bearded guys' set?
Originally posted by callat703:
count me in. anybody know when they go on stage together? 9:30 website only has the individual band times.
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I saw this show about a month ago @ Stubb's, Calexico did a 45-min set, then Iron & Wine came out & did about the same, then Calexico joined Iron & Wine onstage for another oh I dunno 30-45 minutes. Looking forward to seeing them again.
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Looking forward to this one...
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I have to admit that my only exposure to either band was just a few songs that I had downloaded off their websites. Based on that, I thought that I would be mildly impressed with Calexico and really into Iron & Wine.
As it turns out, my experience last night was quite the opposite. I really dug the southwest sounds of Calexico (esp the horns) whereas I&W left me somewhat underwhelmed.
Maybe there's a better venue for I&W other than a jampacked 930 Club. It's almost as if the sound got lost. It seemed like it should have been a much more intimate (for lack of a better word) experience. But I'm sure I'm in the minority on that one - everyone else seemed in rapture. It's been awhile since I've seen the 930 so quiet. I don't think I've ever had bartenders whisper to me before.
Good to see Kurosawa at the show after a long time. Sorry I didn't see you before I left but I wanted to make sure I was able to grab a cab home.
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I love Iron & Wine but I didn't go to the show because the 9:30 is an awful venue for them. They're pin-drop quiet. Iota was bad enough with drunk tagalongs obliviously chatting and drowning out the band, so I can only imagine the 9:30. This is one of the few acts I would much rather play the Birchmere - they would benefit from the shushmere policy.
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Calexico is one of my all time favorite bands and always puts on a long, solid show. This time was a disappointment -- too short a set, and almost all of it was new stuff. Some of the new stuff was great, but it would have been nice to hear more than just "crystal frontier" from ye olden days.
I&W -- jeeez, talk about boring. It sounds pretty for a while but there's nothing special about it, and gets repetitive very quickly. Nothing that you wouldn't expect from an average coffeehouse bearded dude trying to make some extra bucks for grad school. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz......
The mexican who does the animal sounds and the traditional music... kind of a shtick. But his music was more involving than I&W and it was nice to see something a little different, even if, in the end, he was also a little one dimensional.
The combined set, man, that really showed where the talent was. Calexico. Everything they touched added something to the music. When it started to become too iron & wineish, it was over.
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Why do you refer to "the band", when in fact it's only ONE guy (at least the time I saw him at Iota.
Can I say that I didn't go to this show, but echo the reviews thus far...Calexico, great. Iron and Wine, boring.
Originally posted by bellenseb:
I love Iron & Wine but I didn't go to the show because the 9:30 is an awful venue for them. They're pin-drop quiet. Iota was bad enough with drunk tagalongs obliviously chatting and drowning out the band, so I can only imagine the 9:30. This is one of the few acts I would much rather play the Birchmere - they would benefit from the shushmere policy.
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Originally posted by xcanuck:
As it turns out, my experience last night was quite the opposite. I really dug the southwest sounds of Calexico (esp the horns) whereas I&W left me somewhat underwhelmed.
Funny, I guess I've gotten to know your tastes since hanging around here. I wasn't surprised you ended up feeling this way. :D
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When I saw him at Iota there were 4-5 guys on stage. Maybe he also does solo shows, but my impression was he's usually with a band on the road.
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for the most part, the bearded dude was there by himself or with a chick who wasn't allowed to sing much and occasionally picked at a stringed instrument. when his "band" was there, they mostly just echoed him.
calexico can develop a rich, textured, complex sound. when they joined I&W it was like someone pressed the "music" button on the stereo.
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what did they play for the encore??
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I'm not sure what most of you expected from Iron & Wine. He's a guy who sings songs and plays a guitar.
I personally thought the whole show was great. Calexico really impressed, and I thought Iron & Wine was very good for the size of the venue. I saw them at Iota last year, and nothing can top that. But for being a guy who plays really quiet music, I thought it translated to the club surprisingly well.
Then again, I'm a big Iron & Wine fan, and I like quiet music.
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for some reason that posted twice. oops.
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I really enjoyed the show last night. It was mellow and had a good vibes feel. Both bands were having a great time. And when both bands played, they frequently smiled and laughed at each other. Calexico's set felt too short, but I guess they could only play so many tunes due to the late hour. Iron & Wine's sound is quiet and gentle. During his set, I preferred his songs when he was on his own rather than with the other musicians. When Calexico came out, the sound just jumped and was richer. I particularly liked the songs with the trumpet parts.
The highlight, for me, was Salvador Duran. When he walked out, I thought, "Who's that guy?" and then he proceeded to astound me with his voice and guitar playing. I'm so glad the bands asked him to play some of his songs before joining him on stage. It was a nice transition. I'd love to see a whole set with him. Anyone know what that style of music is called? I can't think of it and it's driving me crazy.
Oh and the crowd was amazingly quiet and respectful the whole night!
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Originally posted by kurosawa-b/w:
Anyone know what that style of music is called? I can't think of it and it's driving me crazy.
Mariachi?
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Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Mariachi?
I guess that could work. I feel like there's another name, though. Or maybe I just didn't realize mariachi singing could be almost operatic. Whatever it was, I loved it.
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Score one for Tucson. :D
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Anyone know what that style of music is called? I can't think of it and it's driving me crazy.
Try Flamenco.
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"Ranchera" is the word I was trying to think of. But you are right, med. It did have a flamenco snap to it and the NPR site refers to him as a flamenco guitarist.