Brightblack Morning Light ... WTF?

That would have gone down a treat at ArthurBall, I'm sure.

But yeah, about three-quarters of the way into the set, a backup singer came on (Mariee Sioux, maybe?) and Nabob's guitar amp started erupting in feedback. The sound was pretty shitty, but he stopped in the middle of the song and started futzing around. At some point he came over to Rabob's Rhodes and was trying to get her to stop playing (or something, he kept messing with her hands and she refused to stop). He then proceeded to run upstairs, looking for the sound booth. When he found it, he threw himself into the door a couple times, and, unsuccessful, started throwing shit at it (I think). (Meanwhile, Rabob and the rest of the band are all playing with embarrassed looks on their faces. The backup singer is standing there and not really doing anything). Security (and the sound guy) rush over to confront Nabob (this is all upstairs in the VIP lounge-y thing at the Troubadour). I don't really know what happened next but I was told that the guy who replaced D. Higgs on the bill (some guitar-y folk guy--Embrace? Entrance?) threw a bottle, either at security or at Nabob, and some hippie chick in a poncho was rushing back and forth. Rabob and the band played one more song (to heavy applause) and then got off stage pretty hastily.

The Troubadour has really shitty sound, but it was pretty inexcusable to storm off like a baby and throw shit at the the sound booth, especially for a guy like Nabob, who seemed like (in the 40 minutes I talked to him) a decent, if spacey, guy. But--more respect to the band's other 4 touring members, who played well despite the distraction. I have to say that I liked it a lot both with and without Nabob; as long as Nabob's not going to pull a diva act, they're worth seeing.

http://homepage.mac.com/jmcgonnell/look/brightblack_1.jpg

but i met elvis telecom and ned, tho!

They are really great. I'm a believer!

They had Jeb Bishop on trombone playing with them at Pitchfork, as well as some other unidentified reed guy (anybody knows?) .. what a nice sound.

this is still a great album for 85-degree-and-above heat

Saw them play in the woods out here in Nor Cal and they are equally good for crisp foggy weather as well ! Robbie Lee is the name of the guy playing the flute/ reed.

When they played here recently, I was not too eager - I had gotten the impression from reviews and what not they were sorta alt-country freak-frolk beardo shit.

So at least at the time it was real pleasant surprise. Then I little a little bit of one of their records. Sounded good!

i like this thread because its both one of the first that i ever posted to on ILM and its about the first band i ever wrote an 800-word article about

this is still a great album for 85-degree-and-above heat

-- max, Tuesday, July 17, 2007 4:27 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link anyone who's not some college student idiot.

yes, i agree.

feelin it

http://www.thefader.com/articles/2008/7/22/freeload-brightblack-morning-light-hologram-buffalo

http://www.matadorrecords.com/images/fullsize/ole-786.jpg

Nice...I hope they have some tracks with a punchier groove but this is cool. Love their Rhodes sound.

pysched to hear about a new record. bummed i re-read this thread.

What a great cover

i hope this album is like the good songs on the last one, but all the way through. not that there were any bad songs on the last one, really, but more consistent awesomeness would be great thanks.

hey i got it. it sounds like the last one, but even less urgent. almost a little gospelly in places.

they kind of remind me of mu. the fankhauser band from the 70s.

It's a sneaky sideways move from the last record- less drums but more horns, so it's funkier and yet also more motionless. The production on the vocals is really gooey and great. I think the thing it reminds me of the most is Sly & the Family Stone's "Thank you for Talking to me Africa"- lotsa empty space, a certain starkness. The lyrics seem more directly political on this record, and that's a change too.

hey, i posted a Mu song to my site last week.

http://robotsinheat.com/trax/EternalThirst.mp3

the vocals are the thing that really bug me on this one :(

man, so dying to hear this .... but, I will wait until it comes out

not sure if I like the idea of them deemphasizing the drums .. "even less urgent" ... hmmm ... ah, I'm sure I'll love it

yeah, the drums were so good on the last one. but can't wait for this.

still haven't heard the last one but i liked their debut

"another reclaimation" sounds really, really good on a rainy morning.

hey, what do you know, so does "a rainbow aims." if this keeps up i might have to post four more times.

"Previous to this recording, while BBML toured Europe, singer Naybob Shineywater sang each show with an arrowhead in his mouth. Why? To let his own sung words & breathe touch this stone before european ears could hear them.
"I was not singing for war, but to engage the spirit of the maker of the arrowhead itself, to offer up Peace, that his warrior effort find a new respect,
and to help my own warrior spirit sing in Peace," reveals Naybob."

for some reason i don't hate this band despite shit like that. like, I strangely do not find that as lame and stupid as it sounds

look, nobody post anything about this band, their names, what they think or the things they do in this thread, ok? i just want to like their music and ignore them being prats.

Let's just call 'em Raymond & Nathan.

I still haven't revisited the new record since my initial lukewarm reaction. Maybe I will do that today.

ian download that ted lucas i posted on noize