French Kicks @ Mojo's, 4/20/09
What’s the matter – everyone too high to come see the New York Scenesters on the Emo label play some amiable post-punk?
The tallest band I have ever seen played a “let’s just do this” show for the twenty people left in the bar. They whipped out the Plan B set list, which, according to drummer Aaron Thurston, featured several songs being played for the first time on this tour. I have to think one of those was a cover of Linsdey Buckingham’s “Trouble,” since I doubt that goes over as a set closer during a more engaged performance. Lucky for us, I guess – with the exception of a song someone who actually listens to this band tells me is called “Atlanta,” Mr. Buckingham’s single was the highlight of the set.
What else? Almost no banter with the crowd, an ending no one saw coming (I don’t mean there was some big surprise. It just came without warning and happened very suddenly is all.) and no encore. Oh and locals Capybara, which features members of the defunct Dadbot and comes to you via New Mexico via Brooklyn/Portland via Columbia, also played. You can go ahead and download their album here if you're so inclined.
[photos and review by Kiernan Maletsky]
2 comments:
Whats the matter with Columbia. I lived there for a year and saw many great bands (The Sea and Cake for instance) play in front of embarrassingly small crowd. Jon Wurster of Superchunk, in a tour diary entry, commented on the fact that he loved the Blue Note, but could never get people to come out to shows. This is why Lawrence (my current place of residence) gets much better shows.
I wanted to go to this, but the lack of sleep that comes with a baby would not allow me to trek out to Mojo's. I saw the French Kicks open for the Walkmen once. They were OK. (The Walkmen were great.)
Of course, this is not the real problem. The kids aren't coming out like they should. I used to go without drinking (and sometimes eating) in college so I could go to every show that hit town. I even went to shows I didn't care about just in case I saw something interesting. Kids these days.
Post a Comment