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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: ggw on October 05, 2004, 04:02:00 pm
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Anybody know anything about The Cuts?
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I'll be at the show.
Haven't heard of the Cuts (http://www.thecuts.com/) previously, but there are audio samples on their official site.
From the description on their label's site:
Modern day psychedelia â?? coming right at you with lightning speed. The Cuts' self-titled LP is finally available on everyone's favorite digital format! Several years ago rock scribe and all around tastemaker Mark Murman released this album on vinyl on his superb Rock'n'Roll Blitzkrieg label. The Cuts had already released a single for Lookout Records that displayed a straight-ahead punk/garage/rock'n'roll style ala DMZ or the Real Kids (and no one currently alive on Earth does not absolutely adore DMZ and the Real Kids), but by the time they recorded their first full length they had already moved on to a more psychedelic sound (by way of late '70s NYC). Did someone say "13th Floor Elevators meets Television"? The Cuts stand apart from any contemporary garage rock purveyors. Tough as nails, neurotic, simplistic, big, deep, catchy and devastating all at the same time. Genuine decathlon scorch.
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A guy I know saw this gig in NYC and said The Cuts reminded him of Television.
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Anybody know anything about The Cuts?
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I'm really looking forward to this show.
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I'll be there, should be a good show...
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Hope it's a great show and a great time. Sounds like you all need to pre-party with ggw.
I dig these guys & have seen them many times - Once @ Antones in Austin - so I don't think the size of the club will be a problem: Their sound is huge.
I will be checking them out tomorrow night again here in da Burgh and anxiously await your feedback. :D
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Originally posted by grotty:
I dig these guys & have seen them many times - Once @ Antones in Austin - so I don't think the size of the club will be a problem: Their sound is huge.
Agreed. When they played Coachella this year, that tent was probably twice the capacity of the 9:30 Club and they filled it with no problem. That was my first time seeing them perform live and they blew me away...just two guys making that sound.
I'm really looking forward to tonight's show. I'm sick, but dammit, I'm going! :D
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Black Keys: OMFG! They were so good. Seeing everyone's head bob along to "Thickfreakness" sent chills up my neck. :) I can't believe this was their first time playing in DC. Wow, I hope they return soon! It was cool to see Patrick walking around talking to folks, too.
The Cuts (opening band): <img src="http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons6/28.gif" alt=" - " />
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That boy can sure play the geetar good.
Really phenomenal set by the Black Keys. Exceeded my elevated expectations. Great sound. Tons of head-bobbing and wooting. I couldn't say enough good things about them.
Originally posted by Random Citizen:
The Cuts (opening band): <img src="http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons6/28.gif" alt=" - " />
You have to admit, Andre the Giant played a mean bass.
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Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
You have to admit, Andre the Giant played a mean bass.
LOL!! I thought the same thing about that guy. Either Andre or the Hulk. Man, that was one of the most unpretty bands I've seen in some time. They need to get a hot chick bassist or something. :D
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Yeah, I thought The Cuts were pretty boring. But the Black Keys set was terrific!
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Originally posted by Random Citizen:
When they played Coachella this year, that tent was probably twice the capacity of the 9:30 Club and they filled it with no problem.
The world's first gig performed in a sauna.
How long was the BK's set?
Was there a decent sized crowd?
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Originally posted by grotty:
The world's first gig performed in a sauna.
How long was the BK's set?
Was there a decent sized crowd?
The set was about an hour, including an encore set. They started right around 10pm and I exited the club at 11:05pm. I was on the floor near the sound booth, so I got out pretty quickly.
As far as the crowd, it was pretty packed in there.
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Originally posted by Random Citizen:
Man, that was one of the most unpretty bands I've seen in some time.
Unprettier than Bad Wizard?
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Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Unprettier than Bad Wizard?
Yeah, plus Bad Wizard is actually a good rock band, so I'm more forgiving in the looks department. The female guitarist isn't that bad looking.
<img src="http://www.dimpleandasmirk.com/_images/badwizard/bw_11.jpg" alt=" - " />
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did anyone else think that the keyboardist for the cuts looked like an obese philip seymour hoffman?
black keys were amazing. great show, huge crowd, lot of fun.
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Yes, it was packed! Oh and grotty, the Black Keys t-shirts (for sale) are very cool.
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Originally posted by kurosawa-b/w:
Yes, it was packed! Oh and grotty, the Black Keys t-shirts (for sale) are very cool.
Did they have these sweet t's?:
<img src="http://www.cinderblock.com/Designs/BKK-102-x.jpg" alt=" - " />
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Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
did anyone else think that the keyboardist for the cuts looked like an obese philip seymour hoffman?
Hee! Someone on the WOXY message board mentioned that similarity.
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WOXY?
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Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
WOXY?
WOXY (http://www.woxy.com/)
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Black Keys: A Show of Force at 9:30
Friday, October 8, 2004; Page C04
Two-person bands -- if they can be called bands -- have enjoyed a bit of a boom in the past few years. Detroit's White Stripes are the best-known of these rocking musical duos, but others such as the Raveonettes and the Kills have also experienced some success.
Enter the Black Keys, a powerhouse, white-thrash blues band, er, duo from Akron, Ohio, with a giant crashing sound that is louder and fuller and grimmer than a drummer and guitarist alone should be able to produce.
Before a good-sized crowd at the 9:30 club on Wednesday night, drummer Patrick Carney and guitarist/singer Dan Auerbach played a roaring, cocksure set that replaced the traditional mournful sound of the Delta blues with a variety that was much more harrowing.
Auerbach is a ferociously talented guitarist whose leads bristle and burn as if the guitar were a molten mass. And Carney wails on his drums as if he were taking part in an anger management therapy exercise. The pair's concert is as much a show of force as it is a musical performance.
Highlights included the blistering "Stack Shot Billy," an update on the folk/blues standard "Stagger Lee" and a cover of Louisiana bluesman Robert Pete Williams's "Grown So Ugly," both from the band's new album, "Rubber Factory."
If there is a problem with the Black Keys, it is the structure of the band. The two-person approach gives the songs a raw, even primitive feel, but ultimately it feels too limiting. Even though the show clocked in at just over an hour, it had already begun to feel a bit wearying before the encore, and it became harder to distinguish the songs from one another. Ultimately, the songs seemed not to match the prodigious musical ability of their authors.
-- Joe Heim
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This was my friend's review of their show in NYC.
So, I saw the Black Keys last night. Now if only there were bands called the Black Stripes and the White Keys, then the blues' transformation from oppression music to frat house music would be
complete.