Posts Tagged ‘Amoeba Records’

show review: The Dodos at Amoeba Records

Monday, September 21st, 2009

Last time I saw The Dodos they were playing to a fair sized crowd at Outside Lands Festival last month. Their set at the festival was pretty good actually. But there seemed to be something missing from this performance.

While the epic drum extensions were still there and seemed like a scene from Stomp. It’s fair to say that the songs from Visiter are way more fun to watch than songs from Time To Die. They played the whole new album in shuffle form and peppered a few jam sessions, but the show felt incomplete and dull at times.

Once they kicked off Fools, everyone (obviously) went apeshit, but that was all they brought from their last album. It wasn’t a bad show by any means; plus it was free, so I can’t say I was cheated, just slightly disappointed.

Setlist

The Strums
Small Deaths
Acorn Factory
Fables
Time To Die
This is a Business
Troll Nacht
Two Medicines
Longform
Fools

The Dodos – Fables from Time To Die (2009)

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This Week In Bay Area Live Shows: Mar 8 – 14

Sunday, March 8th, 2009

theSTART at The Bottom of the Hill

We’re switching things up here at Kata Rokkar. No more long lists of Bay Area live shows on the Sunday post. It’s gotten tedious and time consuming and frankly I don’t think anyone really reads the whole thing. What will be happening is a separate calender page opening in the next few days. I’ll be posting the best of the Bay Area shows there from now on. This post will be dedicated to highlighting what’s good this week and reviews of any shows I may have attended. If you are sweating right now and wondering where to go to find the best in Bay Area shows until we launch the calender, head over to The Bay Bridged and click on their calender. While you’re there, check out their podcasts, show coverage, and comprehensive interviews.

Okay enough of that. Last Thursday’s theSTART show was full of the band’s greatest songs from their last 8 years as well as a sneak peak at their latest project, Normandie. What I love about theSTART is that they are a band that could have given up 5 years ago and no one would have blamed them. The criminally underrated band pushed on despite changes in line-up and poor record sales. They constantly evolve and mesh styles like shoegaze, glam pop, dance, and goth rock to create a style all their own. With the assistance of lead vocalist Aimee Echo’s signature vocal style, the band still performs beautifully live with their high energy sets. You can still catch the band on tour or at this year’s SXSW.

The Limousines at the Rickshaw Stop

Electro-pop outfit, The Limousines have been brewing up tunes for almost 2 years now and still don’t have a record to show for it. What they do have is a live show filled with flashing fluorescent lights, heavy beats, and techno-pop songs buried in static. Thursday’s show at the Rickshaw Stop was a unique and entertaining look into a group that has been molding it’s identity over the past few years. While they do not have any shows lined up right now, according to lead vocalist Eric Victorino, they do have various record labels circling and interested in showcasing their potential. This could be good news for fans of a band that has yet to release anything outside of their myspace (or this website).

As for this week, the Cut Copy show is obviously sold out, so good luck trying to find tickets on craigslist. Today Jim Norton is doing a show at Cobb’s Comedy Club, that should be a good time. Secret Chiefs 3 are playing Masada Book II in full over at Yoshi’s in San Fran on Tuesday. There’s still some tickets left for the Asobi Seksu show at the Independent. And do your best to make it out to the local Amoeba Records at 6pm on Friday to see a solo set by freak-folker Phosphorescent for free before he heads over to Café du Nord that night.

See you out there!

theSTART – The 1234