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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: eddie rabbit on September 19, 2003, 11:35:00 am
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has isabel canceled the lake trout/sleepy jackson show??
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Don't know both bands very well. Should I give it a try and go to the show? I've liked what I've heard from Lake Trout, but I don't know My Morning Jacket. I read that they have some influence from Neil Young? If that's the case, I will be there.
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Originally posted by Barcelona:
but I don't know My Morning Jacket. I read that they have some influence from Neil Young? If that's the case, I will be there.
Well, if one song on Conan is a sufficient sample, then I would agree with the Neil Young influences.
It was really a pretty good performance. They tore it up.
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lake trout is awesome.....they kinda have a coldplay, radiohead doves kinda feel.....they are really awesome.....and i hear great live....hopefully we will see....
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Funny, I always thought Lake Trout was a jam band. Guess they found the Radiohead route more lucrative...
by Jesse Jarnow
Although originally lumped together with many of the so-called jam bands, Lake Trout's sound, mixing elements of myriad contemporary styles, developed around a harder-edged progressive indie rock attack. Formed while bandmembers were attending music school in Baltimore in the mid-'90s, the quintet featured Woody Ranere on vocals and guitar, Ed Harris on guitar, Mike Lowry on drums, James Griffith on electric bass, and Matt Pierce on keyboards, flute, and vocals.
Their early sound — which combined jazz with hip-hop, drawing on the work of A Tribe Called Quest, Beck, Pat Martino, and Al Green — was documented on a self-titled record, released by SNS Records. Soon after the album's release, the band was introduced to drum'n'bass and electronic music in general. The sound began to creep its way into the band's approach. This resulted in their second album for SNS, Volume for the Rest of It.
The band soon found like-minded spirits in the jam band scene, with groups like the Disco Biscuits, Sound Tribe Sector 9, and the New Deal all experimenting with the integration of electronic elements into their respective aesthetics. Lake Trout briefly signed with a jam band-based label, Phoenix Rising, on which they released Alone At Last, a live album recorded in December 1999 in Virginia, capturing a set performed with DJ Who, who appeared frequently with the band.
What separated the band from other jam bands was their commitment to repetitive minimalism, a trait drawn more from Philip Glass and Steve Reich than Phish and the Grateful Dead. Lake Trout was able to build pieces of music slowly and thoughtfully. This was thanks to a strange combination of the fast-and-propulsive breakbeat drumming of Lowry and the patient pattern playing of Harris.
By early 2001, the group was beginning to integrate more traditionally rock & roll influences (as were many of their contemporaries). While not abandoning the live electronic elements, Lake Trout befriended bands like the Cancer Conspiracy and Dismemberment Plan. By mid-2002, they had produced Another One Lost — a record of dark, Radiohead-like mood explorations — which they released independently, while SNS Records (who they were still under contract to) pursued legal action.
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i always thought of lake trout as kind of a indie band that knew how to play their instruments. more gybe! or less mathy don cab than phish. anyway, i'm going if its still on.
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a former jam band turned radiohead rip-off. yeah, that sounds reeeeeeeeeally good. don't be fooled: they are a jam band. the suits at rca are trying to push mmj on that crowd. it's the hot new trend (flaming lips opening for string cheese?)
i will be showing up at 1155, just to be on the safe side.
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Hey Eddie Rabbit , did you love the Rainey night last night?
(sorry, i just had to)
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Originally posted by BookerT:
a former jam band turned radiohead rip-off. yeah, that sounds reeeeeeeeeally good. don't be fooled: they are a jam band. the suits at rca are trying to push mmj on that crowd. it's the hot new trend (flaming lips opening for string cheese?)
i will be showing up at 1155, just to be on the safe side.
why don't you find out about lake trout for yourself if you're going to pay to get into the show anyway. support your local music, they're from bawlmore and they work hard for their money so you better treat them right.
i'm going and getting there exactly at 9.
:-P
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Originally posted by Barcelona:
Don't know both bands very well. Should I give it a try and go to the show? I've liked what I've heard from Lake Trout, but I don't know My Morning Jacket. I read that they have some influence from Neil Young? If that's the case, I will be there.
MMJ are pretty good live...a psych take on southern rock/roots. I can't make it, but it should be a good show, if you don't mind a well placed guitar solo or two.
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I have seen MMJ 3 times, and have been very pleased at two of those shows. The only time I saw them headline, I got a bit bored and left early, of course they were playing after Burning Brides, and most bands would seem boring after Burning Brides. Be prepared for some long drawn out guitar solos, not just here and there.
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there's some mp3s at their site: http://www.mymorningjacket.com (http://www.mymorningjacket.com)
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I was pretty underwhelmed by My Morning Jacket. I don't think I was the only one either, as the crowd thinned and the conversations grew as the night progressed. I did enjoy the one song that they played on Conan the night before. But the rest was kind of blah.
And what's with the singer always hiding behind his hair? Is his face horribly disfigured? Or is he just shy?
I caught the BellRays at the Black Cat beforehand. They were playing without a bass player. They didn't really give an explanation, just noted that they were playing "one man down." The guitarist was good and loud, and man... can that chick sing. They did pretty well under the circumstances, but it did feel a little lacking.
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Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
I was pretty underwhelmed by My Morning Jacket. I don't think I was the only one either, as the crowd thinned and the conversations grew as the night progressed. I did enjoy the one song that they played on Conan the night before. But the rest was kind of blah.
And what's with the singer always hiding behind his hair? Is his face horribly disfigured? Or is he just shy?
I caught the BellRays at the Black Cat beforehand. They were playing without a bass player. They didn't really give an explanation, just noted that they were playing "one man down." The guitarist was good and loud, and man... can that chick sing. They did pretty well under the circumstances, but it did feel a little lacking.
Good god man! The bassist is an absolute genius...t'wouldn't be the same without him.