Heretic-Monkey

Saw Foo Fighters last night at the Target Center and man do they rock. More later.

Update: It’s later.

I loved this show for several reasons:

• The opening acts were tolerable. The first band, whose name escapes me, had a decent heavy metal sound. The second was Serj Tankian of System of a Down fame. I like his voice, his lyrics and his politics (see especially Axis of Justice).
• The Foo Fighters are tight. The whole show was just really well produced and the music was fan-fing-tastic.
• The stage show was great as well, with the whole band strolling out to a round stage that dropped from the ceiling mid-show. They played a few songs, then the rest of the band went back as Dave Grohl did some solo work. I was lucky enough to be right next to the walkway as the band strolled by, which was pretty cool.
• The band members seem to genuinely like each other and obviously have fun playing the show. The opening bands, while good, did not have nearly as much fun as Foo Fighters. The camaraderie, joking, shout-outs, all lent a small-venue feel to a stadium show.
• Local artist Jessy Greene was the target of much of Dave’s praise, which she accepted with some embarrassment, probably not helped by the audience’s spontaneous “Jessy…Jessy…Jessy” chant. She plays a mean violin/fiddle, and can sing pretty good too.

Anyway, if you have a chance, go see this band play!

Haven’t written about these guys before… I’ve listened to them since ágætis byrjun, although the first album I bought was (). I bought takk… a while back as well. I dig their atmospheric, ambient sound.

• R A T M
  (tags: music band)
• DFA
  (tags: music label electronic nyc)

I like LCD Soundsystem. I really do. They’ve got a new single coming out and they have this crazy experimental/disco track called Freak Out/Starry Eyes, which can be heard over at Pitchfork. I’ve been on a electronic kick as of late, but this is crazy strange. Makes me chortle when I hear it.

I can’t believe I blogged about those other bands before mentioning the new disc I got a while back. Perhaps it was because I’ve been listening to it almost constantly in my car. Anyway, Wolfmother is an incredible rock band. Just, the perfect metal (or rather metal-hard-rock-psychedelic) band. Best thing to come out of Australia since… Paul Hogan? No. Mel Gibson? Not really, he was born in NY. Vegemite? Definitely not. Maybe since Men At Work, although they are completely different.

Anyway, they’ve only put out one album and I can’t wait for the next.