Deciding to do something different than my usual musical interests, gf and I saw the Ghostly International triple bill of Beacons, Shigeto, and Heathered Pearls Saturday night while up in NYC. Eh, some nice moments from all three and Shigeto worked hard jumping back in forth from his laptop to drums (where he was speedily punding), but I wasn't wowed. They're in D.C. tomorrow at U St Music hall.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 19:20 (ten years ago) link
pounding
Beacon
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 19:22 (ten years ago) link
love shigeto, going to see this bill in a few weeks but i haven't heard the other two.
― festival culture (Jordan), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 19:29 (ten years ago) link
Heathered Pearls is one guy doing atmospheric/semi-classical stuff (who live, *spoiler alert*, had two women sitting on the stage in front of his electronic gear painting plastic roses and then each other's faces Kabuki style plus crocheting!). Beacon is 2 guys programming sounds with one offering New Orderish vocals. Beacon had entertaining visuals behind them as did Shigeto. Audience loved Shigeto (esp. some young women upfront). I started out liking him and then found his rhythms predictable after awhile. There's a 4th act on the D.C. bill tomorrow whose name I forget.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 20:25 (ten years ago) link
They had that lineup plus a few others including Adult when I was in SF and it was so-so until the last bit.
― space is deep (mh), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 20:41 (ten years ago) link
http://blackmarble.bandcamp.com/album/its-immaterial
― djh, Saturday, 15 October 2016 10:20 (seven years ago) link
Weird. Thought "Oh, a Ghostly International t-shirt would make a great present!" but couldn't find one in the UK. That said, I've thought the same about Craven Faults.
― djh, Thursday, 18 November 2021 20:51 (two years ago) link