![]() ![]() There were some joyous moments in his accompaniment when the duo allowed distortion into the set and for a second seemed to have a great dynamic and the ability to play off each other, but they always seemed to lose their chemistry. Mould's voice soured and growled in Songs like "Hoover Damn" and "See a Little Light" while the tween bopped along singing backup and matching hooks. Mould was accompanied by a prepubescent bass and guitar player, who was adorable in his own right, but failed to match the energy Bob brought to the house. (The show didn't actually start until 7:50pm.) Keeping these expectations, the set started out fast and one song blended into another as Mould played but barely addressed the crowd. Who kept getting text messages from Mould backstage saying 7:30 sharp! Mould had to get up early the next day for another show so I expected the set to be short and rushed. I was sitting next to one of Bob's friends from D.C. Last night's show at The Old Town School of Folk Music was a musical tour in his extensive career and life. Leading Hüsker Dü in the '80s, Sugar in the '90s as well as putting out nine solo albums since 1989, few can compete with Mould's prolific catalog of work. ![]() ![]() Review Mon Review: Bob Mould Old Town School of Folk Music, 3/29/09īob Mould is modern rock legend among few others. This atop their deluxe audio & DVD package Local Customs: Downriver Revival, which officially releases this week. Entitled Smart's Palace, the volume will chronicle the story of the Smart family, who were prime movers and organizers on the R'n'B scene in Witchita, Kansas in the 1960s and early '70s. The label's also putting the finishing on the next edition in their Eccentric Soul series of archival anthologies for a scheduled release date in late May. It's an all-ages show, tickets are $22, and it gets underway at 7:30 PM Saturday. Chicago's own deep groove merchants The Uptown Sound will also be on hand to provide backup throughout. The evening's billing features sets by top-flight R'n'B veterans Syl Johnson, The Notations, and Nate Evans as well as reunion performances by Renaldo Domino, The Kaldirons, and the Final Solution. The month of April is going to be a busy one for the folks at the soul-slinging Chicago-based Numero Group.įirstly: this Saturday evening at the Park West Theater, the label presents its first-ever live event, The Eccentric Soul Revue. (Junior Boys aren't too bad either, by the way.) He opens for Junior Boys at Metro on Thursday at 9PM. On this tour, he's been covering the KLF's "What Time is Love?" and another classic, but from a very different genre. And even though he's reconstructing the precision found on his albums, he still finds the space to drop in surprises here and there. On stage, Max Tundra is a one-man show surrounded by gear. When it's all boiled down, it's still just pop music. ![]() Though, every play doesn't need to be heard with undivided attention to be enjoyable. But when the atmosphere's right (and it often is), the listener is roped into the music similar to how Since I Left You makes a person listen keenly, even during the hundredth time it's on. As an immediately bewildering aural experience, it is admittedly not a record for every time, every place or every ear. But it's his latest album Parallax Error Beheads You that shines brightest with time. Some Best Friend You Turned Out to Be and the critically-lauded Mastered By Guy at the Exchange showcase his talent for schizophrenic electronic composition. This is the musicification of "everything but the kitchen sink." (And I'm not sure what the kitchen sink would be in this case.)Īrmed with an Amiga 500, some sequencing software, and a range of live instruments, Max Tundra has thrived in this decade as a consummate musical hunter/gatherer. Pop songs are buried underneath layer upon layer of electronic beats, leftfield samples, thick guitar hooks, lounge-inspired piano. Listening to his music is to hear an olio of popular music history in a compact time frame. Max Tundra clearly does not like to waste ideas. ![]()
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