Moptop Kilgour was in the 80s band The Clean from New Zealand. They had a cult following and some under the radar hits. On this evening, Kilgour sang and strummed fractured folk songs with a Lou Reed delivery, even breaking into a little I'm Waiting for the Man tease. Decent songwriting and ok guitar-work (I think he played drums in The Clean) were augmented by a great kiwi accent.
Savak played intelligent indie rock with some punk drive. Dueling guitar vocals, muscular bass, and frenetic drums were the foursome. I chatted with one of the guitar/vocalists prior to the show. He was wearing a WFMU Tshirt and his name was Sorob and was originally from Iran.
Monday, June 27, 2016
Monday, June 20, 2016
The Whiffenpoofs Rome,Italy 6/18/16
A strange serendipity had our family on holiday in the eternal city of Rome at the time when the legendary Yale Whiffenpoofs performed a short set in front of the ultra-legendary Pantheon. My daughter's boyfriend's brother happens to sing in this globe-trotting acapella group. They sang some pop songs, a jazz standard (I'll Be Seeing You), and a rousing version of House of the Rising Sun. After the show, we dined just off the piazza at Alfredo's, super-ultra-legendary inventor of fettuccine Alfredo.
Monday, June 6, 2016
Low Mentality 6/5/16 Cafe 9
Brooklyn amalgam that includes some members of the Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra, brought some of their insistent beat to the 9. Playing to a sparse crowd (the band almost outnumbered the audience) , the band soldiered on. The players: lead vocals-guitar-keys, trumpet-keys, guitar, bass, drums, and a mini female conga player who allegedly played with the Easy Allstars (dub collective). The songs were all original and were a mixed bag of jams.
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