十年系列之2
這是2007年2月16日,在Webster Hall看的Sonic Youth,是我第二次在那裡看他們。
翻了一下記事本,門票比第一次還便宜,第一次是2004年8月,門票30美元,這次只要26.5美元,換算成台幣,真是便宜。(而且都是加過手續費了)
Sonic Youth在2006年中發行了《Rather Ripped》,這次巡演,便以那張專輯的歌曲為主,但一些重要的曲序,就用經典老歌,譬如開場曲便是《Daydream Nation》裡的〈Candle〉,第二次安可則端出《Evol》裡的〈Expressway To Yr Skull〉,好爽!而《Daydream Nation》裡的另一首名曲〈Silver Rocket〉也有出現在歌單。
當時,Thurston Moore是48歲,還是那麼帥,Kim Gordon雖然53了,依然,嗯,風韻猶存。
那時沒人知道,四年後,這對獨立樂壇的第一夫妻檔,會宣布離婚;而Sonic Youth在2009年又發過一張《The Eternal》,目前看來是真的解散了。
樂團解散後,Thurston、Kim、Lee、Steve各有projects,Steve依然時常幫Thurston打鼓。不過,要再次看到這四人合體,機會恐怕是不高。(尤其Kim出了那本回憶錄《Girl In A Band》之後...)
我看過Sonic Youth三次,沒有意外,這應該會是最後一次。氣場是一種很難解釋的東西,但看到這四個人同時站在台上,站在他們習慣的位置,用很帥的姿勢在那邊搞噪音,那種視覺加上聽覺的震撼,我是永遠都忘不了。
ps1. 這場是五人編制,加入Pavement的貝斯手Mark Ibold。
ps2. Thurston穿了一雙很騷包的Dinosaur Jr.聯名限量版銀色Nike Dunk High,我覺得他應該不用排隊去買吧,請J Mascis幫他弄一雙就好了。
當晚的歌單
http://www.setlist.fm/…/webster-hall-new-york-ny-23d87497.h…
同時也有1部Youtube影片,追蹤數超過1,290的網紅TheWhiteEyesBand 白目樂隊,也在其Youtube影片中提到,The White Eyes Female lead singer Gao Xiao-gao is getting pretty famous within Taiwan's and China's indie scenes for being outrageous on stage, inclu...
pavement band 在 Forests 森林 Facebook 的最佳貼文
We made "Record of the Week" on aQuarius recOrds. If you're in the U.S. and would like one you can get them from them. You can also get them from our good friend Land Animal Tapes. Thanks.
"We've said it many times before, but the best album discoveries are the ones that come totally out of nowhere. Forests came to us on a tip from a friend, a Taiwanese band with little in the way of press or internet presence, and one minute into the first track we heard and we were hooked. Think "Mix Up" era Cabaret Voltaire but with the a drummer that falls somewhere between the skeletal pulse of Disappears and the repurposed junk-drumming of Einsturzende Neubauten. A lysergic swirl of strange, effects-laden synths and electronics, dark, brooding post-punk bass lines, hypnotic rhythms, and monotone vocals, all with a kind of outsider approach that makes you wonder if they've even heard the bands they sound like. Quite a welcome departure from their previous incarnation as a more Sebadoh/Pavement style indie rock band, we must say. Weird, awesome, and highly recommended!"
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pavement band 在 TheWhiteEyesBand 白目樂隊 Youtube 的最讚貼文
The White Eyes
Female lead singer Gao Xiao-gao is getting pretty famous within Taiwan's and China's indie scenes for being outrageous on stage, including showing up for one gig wearing a nude leotard painted to look like she really was buck naked. The entire scene did a triple take on that one, both at the show and the next day on Facebook. Formed in 1994, White Eyes takes their name from a Taiwanese expression for people who say out loud those embarrassing things that everyone knows about. They've opened for international acts The Music and These New Puritans in Taiwan, were named best indie band at Taiwan's 2009 Hohaiyan Music Festival, and their gigging experience covers Taiwan, China and Japan. The White Eyes debut album "Kiss Your Eyes" was recorded in Beijing and later mastered in New York by Greg Calbi, who's worked with Sonic Youth, Pavement, Interpol, MGMT. They see it as a fusion of grunge, punk and psychobilly.
http://www.facebook.com/whiteeyeslove
http://www.myspace.com/whiteeyeslovesyou
http://www.thewhiteeyes.com/