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has anyone seen them? what should be expected?

― astroblaster (astroblaster), Friday, 18 June 2004 16:18 (nineteen years ago) link

i picture white boy on stage, amidst laptops, being mad senti

― cutty (mcutt), Friday, 18 June 2004 16:27 (nineteen years ago) link

wait, the jr. boys are white!?!?!?!

― ddb (ddb), Friday, 18 June 2004 16:31 (nineteen years ago) link

http://www.electrokin.com/artists/junior_boys/

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― cutty (mcutt), Friday, 18 June 2004 16:37 (nineteen years ago) link

pitchfork sells more records than anybody!

― cutty (mcutt), Friday, 18 June 2004 16:37 (nineteen years ago) link

One guy on ancient keys, another on guitar + vocals.
Sounds like 1983 New Order (more so than on record).

― Barry Bruner (Barry Bruner), Friday, 18 June 2004 17:31 (nineteen years ago) link

yah it was good. kinda minimal

― astroblaster_somewhereelse, Sunday, 20 June 2004 01:30 (nineteen years ago) link

seven months pass...

Tour dates with Caribou:

4/26/2005 Elixir Night Club Kingston ON
4/30/2005 Noyes Community Center Ithaca NY
5/2/2005 Iron Horse Northampton MA
5/4/2005 Middle East Cambridge MA
5/9/2005 Local 506 Chapel Hill NC
5/10/2005 Drunken Unicorn Atlanta GA
5/11/2005 House of Blues Parish New Orleans LA
5/12/2005 Mary Janes Fat Cat Houston TX
5/13/2005 The Parish Austin TX
5/14/2005 Haileys Denton TX
5/27/2005 Berbatis Pan Portland OR
5/28/2005 Chop Suey Presents Seattle WA
5/29/2005 Lucky Bar Victoria BC
5/30/2005 Richards on Richards Vancouver BC
6/1/2005 Broken City Calgary AB
6/2/2005 New City Liqwid Lounge & Suburbs Edmonton AB
6/7/2005 Empty Bottle Chicago IL
6/9/2005 Magic Stick Detroit MI
6/10/2005 The Casbah Hamilton ON

I'm excited to see them in a space with better sound than the Logan Sq. Auditorium.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 4 February 2005 00:09 (nineteen years ago) link

kinda weird they're skipping california...

― firstworldman (firstworldman), Friday, 4 February 2005 00:11 (nineteen years ago) link

was it in California that Manitoba got served with the court/ legal summons?

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Friday, 4 February 2005 00:15 (nineteen years ago) link

Haha, they're playing Kingston and Hamilton, but not Toronto and Montreal!

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Friday, 4 February 2005 00:18 (nineteen years ago) link

I got the info from Caribou's booking agency, so it's possible that Junior Boys are playing shows without Caribou on off days.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 4 February 2005 00:19 (nineteen years ago) link

I thought Junior Boys live was pretty boring, even though I love Last Exit. Could have just been that I was spaced out -- they were almost done with their set before I realized it was them.

― Mark (MarkR), Friday, 4 February 2005 00:28 (nineteen years ago) link

Grain of salt

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 4 February 2005 00:30 (nineteen years ago) link

(Actually, though, I was a bit disappointed, too, but I chalk that up to the venue's poor acoustics.)

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 4 February 2005 00:30 (nineteen years ago) link

There's a big time gap before the Northwest shows, so I'm guessing those are all California Junior Boys shows sans Caribou.

― donut christ (donut), Friday, 4 February 2005 00:34 (nineteen years ago) link

was it in California that Manitoba got served with the court/ legal summons?

-- DJ Martian (altmartinu...), February 4th, 2005.

think it was nyc

― ken taylrr (ken taylrr), Friday, 4 February 2005 00:37 (nineteen years ago) link

nothing in NYC?!

― rm265, Friday, 4 February 2005 04:58 (nineteen years ago) link

ITHACA?????

wtf, while I was there all we had was fucking blue traveler and god street wine and motherfucking RUSTED ROOT, who were and shall remain the worst band ever.

fuck you, Ithaca. and fuck you Plastic Nebr@$ka, Ithaca's most popular band (Dead cover band). goddammit.

― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Friday, 4 February 2005 05:04 (nineteen years ago) link

a review i did of there show in san diego:

http://www.explodingplastic.com/features/oct8livereview.html

― twelve, Friday, 4 February 2005 05:56 (nineteen years ago) link

nothing in NYC?!

Note the time gap between MA and NC in the dates. Again, these are either unconfirmed shows in the works, or Caribou-less shows.

― donut christ (donut), Friday, 4 February 2005 06:12 (nineteen years ago) link

i caught the show in toronto with ratatat and mouse on mars. the junior boys just bored the hell out of me so much i couldn't stop talking about how irritated i was. lo and behold their manager is standing at the bar right behind me, and he's telling me 'yeah, i think they might need some live drums'. i'm not sure how well that would work out, but god do they need something, i don't care how good they are on record.

― aaron ef, Friday, 4 February 2005 08:43 (nineteen years ago) link

aaron, if the junior boys "rock" next time, I now know whose house to egg!

― donut christ (donut), Friday, 4 February 2005 09:03 (nineteen years ago) link

Heh, aaron, I described that gig as possibly the dullest set I've ever seen.

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Friday, 4 February 2005 09:42 (nineteen years ago) link

> lo and behold their manager is standing at the bar right behind me, and he's telling me 'yeah, i think they might need some live drums'

the junior boys' manager is a female. fact.

― rumour dispeller, Friday, 4 February 2005 11:10 (nineteen years ago) link

Haha, they're playing Kingston and Hamilton, but not Toronto and Montreal!

Montreal - April 29
CARIBOU (Manitoba)
JUNIOR BOYS
THE RUSSIAN FUTURISTS

― alex in montreal, Friday, 4 February 2005 16:42 (nineteen years ago) link

Hmmm, that's not on the Windish site.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 4 February 2005 17:00 (nineteen years ago) link

It's on the promoter's site (www.blueskiesturnblack.com)

― alex in montreal, Friday, 4 February 2005 17:15 (nineteen years ago) link

Junior Boys live is, indeed, pretty dull. The singer looks like a college frat-boy with an acoustic guitar around his neck, while the guy on the keys just twists knobs in a fairly classic manner. I eventually walked out and returned 30 minutes later to see Mouse on Mars, which was better.

― Jena (JenaP), Friday, 4 February 2005 17:32 (nineteen years ago) link

I can't really relate to any of the above comments. Yeah, they could use a little more of a stage presence (or possibly louder volume and a more mysterious one!) and I think it was a little too early/awkward in the evening for anyone to actually dance, but I've seen much more boring. That and I don't get the frat boy thing at all, unless it's some new frat boy trend to have a beard and wear sweaters. I also implicitly distrust Jena since I believe it was JBs->Ratatat->MoM at all the gigs, meaning a thirty minute break would mean coming back in the middle of Ratatat's set.

I was also really sad that all the "fasionable" indie girls were apparently only there to try to be Ratatat groupies. Yuck.

― mike h. (mike h.), Friday, 4 February 2005 20:51 (nineteen years ago) link

I also wish that people would realize that stopping in Chicago and Detroit don't make for a very thorough midwestern tour. This might just be because the rest of the midwest is lame and can't fill shows, which I might admit.

― mike h. (mike h.), Friday, 4 February 2005 20:55 (nineteen years ago) link

three months pass...

loved the junior boys' set in new york tonight, way more than expected. i adore the album, just thought they'd be underwhelming live. but the new songs were really enjoyable (guitar was very 'unforgettable fire' on one of them) and the old ones all worked well. i didn't mind the preprogrammed beats too much, the live bass/guitar made up for it.

maybe my expectations had just been really beaten down, or maybe i was just psyched to finally catch em.

― rajeev (rajeev), Thursday, 5 May 2005 04:45 (eighteen years ago) link

They were awesome last night. I can't wait for the next album b/c the new shit was completely killer. they're way more danceable these days than when i first saw them.

― Fetchboy (Felcher), Thursday, 12 May 2005 17:14 (eighteen years ago) link

that's great news. jeremy was exhorting everyone to dance when they played here a few months ago, and i was definitely among the few that did, but i also remember thinking, hmmmm, this isn't all that dancey.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 12 May 2005 17:16 (eighteen years ago) link

Saw them again opening for Caribou and it was a bit better. Still, call me a boring old rockist, but I don't exactly get the idea of live music with so much pre-programmed stuff unless it goes theatrical in some way. Press up some vinyl instrumentals and do a DJ set with live vocals and you'll get more people dancing.

― Mark (MarkR), Thursday, 12 May 2005 17:22 (eighteen years ago) link

That's right, jaymc. I saw them last month, and thought they were good, and one of the things that kept them from being betterthangood was the begging and chiding with regards to the dancing issue. It isn't really dance music.

― peepee (peepee), Thursday, 12 May 2005 17:24 (eighteen years ago) link

peepee, did they play a CJAM event, like the Jammies maybe, or did i dream that?

― ken taylrr (ken taylrr), Thursday, 12 May 2005 17:37 (eighteen years ago) link

He should be exhorting people to CHILL.

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 12 May 2005 17:39 (eighteen years ago) link

Junior Boys = GREAT
Russian Futurists = VERY GOOD
Caribou = 10 TONS OF SUCK

Kyle/Fetchboy karaoke-ing U2 and Nine Inch Nails = ULTRA ULTRA CLASSIC

― adam (adam), Thursday, 12 May 2005 18:09 (eighteen years ago) link

Only dance-related comment I heard was a "Do you guys want to dance?" or "like to dance" or something of that nature. The show was pretty empty due to the corny indie fuxxor population all hitting up the Decemberists show. People in NO = very stupid.

― adam (adam), Thursday, 12 May 2005 18:26 (eighteen years ago) link

does NO = New Orleans?

― ken taylrr (ken taylrr), Thursday, 12 May 2005 18:27 (eighteen years ago) link

yeah

― Fetchboy (Felcher), Thursday, 12 May 2005 18:29 (eighteen years ago) link

and also Adam, your lalala's on "can't get you outta my head" were astounding.

― Fetchboy (Felcher), Thursday, 12 May 2005 18:31 (eighteen years ago) link

Well I had to get something right. I lose at karaoke.

Anyway, about the Junior Boys -- normally the film-student crap projected behind the band really pisses me off (gybe, sonic youth, etc) but it really seemed to gel with the music. Maybe that's the innumberable Millers High Life and Dixies talking.

― adam (adam), Thursday, 12 May 2005 18:37 (eighteen years ago) link

Ken, twas a Jammies event, but you still may have dreamt it.

― peepee (peepee), Thursday, 12 May 2005 18:54 (eighteen years ago) link

how long was the Jbz set? last time i saw them they only got to play five songs....so i am hoping for a bit longer set this time out.

― william (william), Thursday, 12 May 2005 19:22 (eighteen years ago) link

6 songs? Maybe 7? Too short.

― adam (adam), Thursday, 12 May 2005 19:23 (eighteen years ago) link

peepee-- ah, okay... i must've read about it somewhere.

― ken taylrr (ken taylrr), Thursday, 12 May 2005 19:31 (eighteen years ago) link

(xpost) jaymc, i must've been dancing right next to you at that jbeez chicago show. i loved how there was this small little group dancing and the rest of the peeps just rubbing their chins behind. bless chicago. hopefully the empty bottle will work out better (mebbe more intimate?) than logan's square.

― natedey (ndeyoung), Friday, 13 May 2005 22:12 (eighteen years ago) link

heh. yes. i hope so, too. logan sq. auditorium is kind of a weird venue.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 13 May 2005 22:18 (eighteen years ago) link

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i don't have a beard anymore, adam! do keep up.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 05:22 (eighteen years ago) link

prove it

― Yakuza Ghost Six (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 05:26 (eighteen years ago) link

http://photos.friendster.com/photos/00/98/328900/1250381449446l.jpg

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 05:32 (eighteen years ago) link

BANANAS

― rett bratner (deangulberry), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 05:33 (eighteen years ago) link

Is that shirt...shiny?

― Yakuza Ghost Six (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 05:34 (eighteen years ago) link

You know sometimes I think Dean reads EVERY thread.

― Yakuza Ghost Six (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 05:34 (eighteen years ago) link

he at least reads all the ones I do.

― Yakuza Ghost Six (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 05:34 (eighteen years ago) link

I guess. It's polyester. (xp)

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 05:34 (eighteen years ago) link

Which one is Dean, again?

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 05:35 (eighteen years ago) link

some bitch who reads every thread

― rett bratner (deangulberry), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 05:36 (eighteen years ago) link

Some of them are good, I hear.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 05:38 (eighteen years ago) link

It does look like you and n/a are having a little gay joke.

― Yakuza Ghost Six (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 05:38 (eighteen years ago) link

ehh

this one is getting amazing though, i must say

― rett bratner (deangulberry), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 05:38 (eighteen years ago) link

he didn't just...shave you, did he?

xp keep with it, rett!

― Yakuza Ghost Six (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 05:39 (eighteen years ago) link

My favorite part of that picture is that there is a pineapple next to Nick's head.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 05:40 (eighteen years ago) link

Well...yes, that is pretty inspired.

― Yakuza Ghost Six (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 05:40 (eighteen years ago) link

And his eyes look like Little Orphan Annie's.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 05:40 (eighteen years ago) link

Does anyone have that mix CD mentioned upthread??? Nubirth - "Anytime" is one of my all time favorite tracks!

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 05:42 (eighteen years ago) link

hahaha!

This becoming, like, the ultimate ILM thread!

― Yakuza Ghost Six (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 05:42 (eighteen years ago) link

No! I didn't see any mix CDs at the merch table.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 05:43 (eighteen years ago) link

behind the pineapples

― rett bratner (deangulberry), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 05:43 (eighteen years ago) link

Have any of you gentlemen heard the JBs remix of Billie Holiday's yesterday, perchance?

― Yakuza Ghost Six (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 05:44 (eighteen years ago) link

I've heard it. It's good but not amazing.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 05:44 (eighteen years ago) link

I like it.

― Yakuza Ghost Six (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 05:45 (eighteen years ago) link

http://entimg.msn.com/i/gal/Confidence_premiere/BrettRatner_300x435.jpg

― rett bratner (deangulberry), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 05:45 (eighteen years ago) link

He went to the same school as me!

― Yakuza Ghost Six (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 05:46 (eighteen years ago) link

http://images.villagevoice.com/issues/0410/harvell.jpg

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 05:47 (eighteen years ago) link

The URL of that ends in "harvell.jpg."

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 05:48 (eighteen years ago) link

Is it REALLY him?

― Yakuza Ghost Six (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 05:49 (eighteen years ago) link

(xpost) Brett Ratner is English?

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 05:50 (eighteen years ago) link

It is the fellow from the Junior Boys. ON TOPIC, PLEASE.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 05:50 (eighteen years ago) link

nope

― Yakuza Ghost Six (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 05:50 (eighteen years ago) link

I wanna know if Nate DeY0ung was at the show tonight! I forgot to ask. Or djdee? But he probably would've posted by now if he was.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 05:52 (eighteen years ago) link

a good band.

― cozen (Cozen), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 06:45 (eighteen years ago) link

Saw them on Monday, great show. New material, better stage presence, more bells and whistles that I didn't really need (video) but were pretty cool. Did the Russian Futurists make it to the Chicago date? Apparently they couldn't make it into the country the other day. They were out of the mix cd mentioned upthread when they went through Des Moines, so I missed out..

― mike h. (mike h.), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 16:18 (eighteen years ago) link

Nope, I don't think the Futurists are expected until Cleveland.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 16:19 (eighteen years ago) link

one year passes...

Anyone going to see then tomorrow at The Luminaire, London??

Anyone want spare ticket?

― Tannenbaum Schmidt (Nik), Wednesday, 9 August 2006 18:43 (seventeen years ago) link

ANYONE??? I HAVE SPARE TICKET - NEED TO GET RID OF. thanks

― Tannenbaum Schmidt (Nik), Wednesday, 9 August 2006 21:02 (seventeen years ago) link

six months pass...

Should I go see them tonight?

― baaderonixx, Monday, 26 February 2007 13:48 (seventeen years ago) link

YES

― lex pretend, Monday, 26 February 2007 13:52 (seventeen years ago) link

The show in London at Dingwalls last week was dead good, despite technical difficulties. Bonde do Rolle were fun as well.

― Neil S, Monday, 26 February 2007 13:59 (seventeen years ago) link

yeah it was great - sound a bit muddy though, and i really really hate dingwalls.

― lex pretend, Monday, 26 February 2007 14:10 (seventeen years ago) link

Is there a supporting act? Right now the thing I wanna do is to go to bed, so I wouldn't mind if it finished early...

― baaderonixx, Monday, 26 February 2007 14:12 (seventeen years ago) link

There were three support acts in London ...

I was at Dingwalls too, never having seen them before. I emailed a mate about it, which I'll just copy here:

"It was good but odd. I don't know how you imagined him, but I thought he would be thin and in his late 20s. He was portly and in his early 30s. There were lots of technical problems and so when he was talking to the crowd rather than singing this came across too much. Rather spoilt the mystique. When they got going this was less of a problem. He has a lovely voice and it kind of transforms him when he sings.

It actually worked really well live. There was him singing and playing guitar or bass (doing some of the bass bits that are electronic on the records), a keyboards/electronics/laptop guy and a drummer, who was doing lots of accents and hi-hat patterns and stuff, although the main beats were still electronic. But somehow the fact they were clearly a really good tight band in control of the material also detracted from the mystique. It was interesting, as you could see what was making each noise (this made me think of the New Order video to Perfect Kiss), but perhaps I wanted something more futuristic and seamless."

Bondo do Rolle WERE good!

I like Dingwalls, as well. But the crowd were a bit shit.

― Jamie T Smith, Monday, 26 February 2007 14:25 (seventeen years ago) link

the crowd at junior boys gigs in ldn are always like that, it was just as bad at the luminaire (though i enjoyed that gig better - not on the verge of a cold, good venue, better sound, got drunk and headed to the front with a friend to rave to 'under the sun' at the end).

i'd totally imagined jeremy as a skinny wimpy indie boy, it was a bit like WOAH when i first saw him (portly, ginger, bearded, slightly ungainly, sweaty), but you're right, his voice does transform him.

― lex pretend, Monday, 26 February 2007 14:31 (seventeen years ago) link

Just noticed yesterday they were gonna play my town on the 24th! FUUUUCK

― nathalie, Monday, 26 February 2007 15:22 (seventeen years ago) link

I was at Dingwalls the other day too - worst gig venue in London? Discuss...

― Kaliova, Monday, 26 February 2007 15:57 (seventeen years ago) link

ten years pass...

anyone seen them recently? i'm thinking about going next Friday Night and wondering if it's worth it?

― Bee OK, Thursday, 22 June 2017 00:45 (six years ago) link

show is at 10 PM until 3 AM. sounds like a club, which is fine by me.

― Bee OK, Thursday, 22 June 2017 00:45 (six years ago) link

they were fine last september. played songs from all their albums. i don't remember that much, but if you're a fan they're definitely worth seeing.

― circles, Thursday, 22 June 2017 01:29 (six years ago) link

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