last night I went to a show. it was at the square room in market square (if you haven't been there go now. it is: a restaurant, coffee shop, and music venue. really nice). Tenderhooks and The Royal Bangs. the Tenderhooks were mediocre. look at their myspace if you wish. Daniel you might like it, but it was not my cup o' tea. then The Royal Bangs took the stage. it was tremendous. their set was electrifying. loud thumping beats, I know the drummer, Chris Rusk (Royal Bangs, Dixie Dirt, The Cheat) and he is an animal on the drums. so, loud funky beats with fat bass and great melodic vocals, shredding double guitars. The lead singer, Sam Stratton, sang with a style and demeanor evocative of Tim Harrington (Les Savy Fav ). needless to say that it was a great show. all of this is to say, art is worthwhile. there are artists everywhere, not all are good at what they do. however, all need support. go to local shows, go to museums (knoxville museum of art is free for all of 2009), go to plays. support local economy. as robert said, get off your ass and go do something. stimulate our economy, grassroots style. next Royal Bangs show should be packed. they are by far the best band in knoxville.
Farley, over Christmas I purchased Dixie Dirt's Pieces of the World album. The music is so good, especially the drums and guitar. Its almost Explosions in the Sky-ish, but I have trouble listening to the album because the lyrical writing is so terrible, or at least comes across as really awkward and amateur at times. What do you think of Dixie Dirt?
ReplyDeleteI really like them. Rob and I saw them at grimey's, I think more than once. The lyrics are not good, but thats is not what they were about. I was talking to chris about dixie dirt, and he said that they were all about rocking out. and they were only our age and younger (not that that says anything, but they were juvenile). However, most importantly they rock out. the lyrics to Kings of Leon songs are not good..."she saw my comb over, her hourglass body, she had problems with drinking milk and being school tardy, etc." there are lots of bands with bad lyrics, and I still love them because they rock out. Kings of Leon and Dixie Dirt both fall into that category.
ReplyDeleteGood point, I guess. I feel validated in my fanhood now.
ReplyDeletePS, I saw them at Bonnaroo, but wasn't cool enough to talk to 'Chris' about his musical projects.
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