Engineers/Automato - worth my precious time?

[joeavrage]

So what's the opinion on these guys? Should I get there early for the Bloc Party show, or just spend another couple of hours playing  Sudoku??

[Relaxer]

Engineers is quality stuff. Kind of has the early-90s shoe-gazer vibe. I could see them sounding very good live.

[Jaguär]

If I could make it down, which I can't, I'd go solely for The Engineers. Very much wish that I could be there just for them. But if you are the rocking type who falls asleep with a little dreaminess in your music, forget it.

[eros]

Originally posted by My Cat Can DJ:
  or just spend another couple of hours playing  Sudoku??

I got turned on to this last month while working in Europe.  Everyday I curse the name of my colleague who introduced me to it.
 
 It's a scheme by the Chinese to decrease Western productivity.

[dotdot]

Automato are a group of white rappers whose record was produced by DFA (James Murphy of LCD Soundsytem and that ex-Mo'Wax dude).

[K8teebug]

I just took a listen to both of them....I think I'll be drinking some delerium tremens at cafe st. ex instead of seeing them....

[DDiamond]

Engineers were very good live...any idea where to get their latest CD in DC?  Only selling the vinyl last night and the US iTunes doesn't have their albums yet.

[Bartelby]

I got there in time to catch both opening acts...not totally turned off by rappers, but it just got so darned repetitive, I got bored.  The Engineers were awesome.  I'm gonna bet we'll be hearing LOTS more about them.  I'd also like to know how to find their CD...

[Arlette]

I've heard Engineers a lot when listening to woxy.com, sorry I missed them, glad to hear they are good live.  
 
 Their album gets released in the U.S. on Tuesday.  You can go to their site and see videos and such.  
 
 http://www.engineersweb.net/
 
 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0007YMVEW/qid=1119016314/sr=2-2/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_2/103-0614633-2757415

[Arlette]

Now there's a coincidence for you:  doing my morning rounds of websites; go from here to Pitchfork, and there's the review for Engineers.  
 
 http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/e/engineers/engineers.shtml

[jbcapati]

It seemed to me that Engineers was trying to emulate that "oceanic rock" sound purveyed by Ride and others 10+ years ago.  Walls of shimmering guitar with plenty of feedback.  They seemed up to the task, but I didn't necessarily hear anything new from them.
 
 It is strange, I remember seeing the Engineers album on ITunes a couple of months ago, but it is no longer there.  Now I see that the US release date of the album is June 21.

[joeavrage]

The Engineers did *sound* excellent last night, have to say. But not my thing...I would very rarely find myself in the mood to listen to them. Props though.

[Bartelby]

Thank you Arlette, I agree with the Pitchfork review. I'm into many different kinds of music - and go to LOTS of live shows - but on Sunday morning, I'll be putting on The Engineers with my old standby line up of the Verve CDs for my listening pleasure!

[Arthwys]

Engineers sounded like Ride all over again to me.  They do what the do rather well, but it's not exactly my bag.  I enjoyed Automato about as much as I would enjoy any hip-hop group, which is about the level of mildly amusing.