Party at Ground Zero (FSS tonight)
New Order next week...man they couldn't sell out until a week or so ago...now tix are impossible to find even on the secondary market
they have not had a hit in nearly 25 years...even “Crystal” was not in the US...but in a way because so much modern music derives from new order (the next stepping stone after kraftwerk) their sound is so common now nobody hears the obvious links...My favorite band but moving 6000 tickets is not that easy for legacy acts....Nine Inch Nails tickets still available (and I know it’s two shows).
I know it may seem crazy but a band like Portugal the Man with that hit that was all over radio can move way more tickets faster than new order a pioneering band that established and popularized the template on which most modern rock is seemingly built....I see so many bands predicated on marrying digital programming with “live” sounds...bands nowadays are largely programmers fiddling with computers and synths to lay down a bedrock of dance rhythm over which they place a few choice live instruments...for a fascinating read into this process see Bernard Sumners’ Autobiography particularly from when they travel to NYC and get into the Danceteria scene and meet Arthur Baker and learning how to use sequencers (God the recounting of how him and Morris came up with Blue Monday is to die for...delish)....also towards the end of joy division when Bernard preferred to stay home and build early prototype synthesizers and fiddle with them....history of modern indeed
Waiting to see what they play tonight to see what set list might be but I suppose a lot of substance with some deep cuts and a song or two by joy division...(but “which” deep cuts is the question)
I am glad new order is playing anthem cause from the first few shows at anthem I thought the venue would be a great fit and vice versa....
