Okay, so I went to a show last week and was sooo very excited to see the band. It was Mojave 3 and I used to LOVE their beautiful, subtle, slo-fi* music. Except the show completely BLEW. They have apparently completely changed their sound now....I should have read the all music guide description BEFORE I went: "[Mojave 3's new album] threw their formula out and recast them...as an uptempo pop band with the occasional country-influenced ballad." BLECH. It disgusts me, it turns my stomach. Not in years have I had such an angry reaction to a show.
So, I spent the weekend licking my wounds. Woe is me, indeed. However, after the appropriate 36 hours of mourning, I decided to pick myself off the not-so-proverbial "Dust bunny infested" floor of my bedroom and go to another show. Adem and Juana Molina from Domino Records. B and I arrived at Cafe Montmartre a full two hours early....I due to the need to sit down in case the show was terrible...and B due to a rather unfortunate misunderstanding about when the show started. However, the dinner was great, our waiter was great, the ambiance was perfect (they played Velvet Underground AND Neutral Milk Hotel.....sigh...I'm such an eight year old girl). Needless to say, it was the set-up for a great show. Adem with his quiet indifolk* songs. My favorite part was his rendition of Unravel by Bjork on a Eukelele....it was actually very good. Not to be outdone, he was followed by the small voiced but big sound of Juana Molina. It seems that this space was perfect for her. Molina, previously an Argentinian sit-com actress, played beautiful and sparse organic folktronica*, often looping her own voice on delay and singing over it. Very cool. The only hitch of the evening was when Adem convinced me to buy the vinyl edition of his new album.....which I promptly forgot next to my chair and had to come all the way back from home. Small price to pay for a good night.
Anyway, sorry for the gush...it was just one of the better shows that I've seen in months....especially when contrasted with the other show-that-shall-never-again-be-spoken-aloud.
* [editor's note: these genre names are all made up....these genre's do exist, I think; but I'm not sure if these bands actually fit in to those categories. Apparently I don't care enough to check. sorry]
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um, the voldemort show?
oh yeah - i saw juana molina in dc, and it was an excellent show - even though she had sound difficulties and got fed up, she was just fantastic.
VOLDEMORT!!!!!
Yeah, I actually talked to Juana Molina about D.C. and she said she couldn't remember that..."but sometimes these things just happen." She was very polite.
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