What do you get when you cross someone who listens to too much Of Montreal, a laptop, a mic with a very long chord, an excessive amount of empty space, and about five gallons of sweat? Oh and lack of Ritalin too. You would get the sweet opener for LCD Soundsystem last night, known mostly as Yacht. His songs are a combination of techno-pop, sweet bubblegum pop, and a little performance art. Right now his single is known as "See A Penny (Pick It Up)" with its simple lyrics and addictive beat. However during the night, his other songs were the ones that really stood out to me; and unfortunately I don't know any of them yet but I shall soon. Here's some live performances of him to show off the moving blur he can be onstage along with the video for "See A Penny".
Live Shows:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEj6UjBoNe8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaWHEY_W1Vw
Music Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUAuWH9I5d4
Myspace Page for more songs:
http://www.myspace.com/yacht
As for LCD Soundsystem, amazing! Silver shoes and all. The songs take on new life live, especially the speedier version of "Daft Punk Is Playing At My House". They ran through most of the new album except the title track "Sound Of Silver". However James' voice was very aggitated so they ended up cutting the encore short which included the Joy Division cover of "No Love Lost" which was the one song I was super excited to hear. But they still rock the 9:30 Club hard, even got some mosh going on to the side of me during ""Movement". However at the end of the night, the one setlist within my grasp was ripped into three pieces from the keyboard player's silver slippers. But I still wanted it. So I took two grabs at it before I was pulled hard from behind by a bouncer who nearly physically threatened me. His exact words were "If you reach across this stage one more time to take something, I will kick your ass out and ban you completely from the club.". A little much don't you think! For a shred of paper that would have been tossed out anyway given the time to do so; it wasn't like I stole any drumsticks or electronics off the stage. What ever happened to the good old days of bouncers looking for drugs, underage drinkers, fights, and illegal videotaping? Speaking of which, one of the girls near me got busted for the latter which involved in the whole camera being deleted and batteries confiscated. Am I the only one who has such ordeals at that club? Or is it getting worse with time/new owners or some other strange unknown force? Let me know! I think they get one more chance before I give up on the 9:30 club. But anyway here's the setlist from last night for those interested:
Us V Them
Daft Punk
Time To Get Away
North American Scum
All My Friends
Get Innocous (sp?)
Tribulations
Watch The Tapes
Movement
Yeah
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Someone Great
No Love Lost
New York I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down
Too bad "Someone Great" & "No Love Lost" got the axe. But next time! Oh and I got my tickets for both The Faint & Mika so who's on for that?
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no, you are completely right. every single employee of the 930 Club is a fucking douchebag. I've never ever ever met a nice person that worked there. I was standing in the very front and a guy was taking pictures (not the only one) and a bouncer came over and simply grabbed the camera out of his hand and walked away. All he had to do was tap the guy and tell him to stop. So this guy had his camera grabbed and lost his spot. And probably had it deleted, which is ridiculous. I didn't even know they did that. Unbelievable. Bartenders, bouncers, all of them, every single person that works there is an asshole.
that's the biggest f'in penny, tails up I've ever seen. too funny...
I like yacht.
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