Beirut Pictures

WEST COAST HIPS DON'T LIE

BLONDE Redhead, Illi nois, Beirut, Amy Winehouse, Bjork, the Arcade Fire and most of the Highline Festival - basically everything you want to see - are all sold out, so you'll have to dig a little deeper this week. Let Playlist be your guide. The...

Published: 2007-05-04 Provider: New York Post Keywords: Bjork, band, Sage, album, free, music, show, since, tonight, music

Arcade Fire & Beirut Members Join Team B

But do they bring their "A" game? (Sorry.) The band, seemingly piloted by Arcade Fire/Beirut member Kelly Pratt, includes LCD Soundsystem's Pat Mahoney on drums plus Jon Natchez and Perrin Cloutier from Beirut and Richard Reed Parry from Arcade Fire. The

Published: 2008-11-05 Provider: StereoGum Keywords: stereogum,indie,rock,mp3,blog

To Do: Band of Horses, Big Kahuna, Make/Shift

· Music round-up Beirut at Avalon; Tiny Vipers at the El Rey; Team Facelift at Spaceland; Band of Horses at Amoeba. · The Promenade Playhouse in Santa Monica offers a free screening of Danny DeVito/Kevin Spacey vehicle The Big Kahuna, with director John Swanback on hand for the inevitable "So what is Kevin Spacey really like?" post-show questions. · Skylight Books hosts the editors and publishers of Make/Shift magazine as they celebrate their second issue with readings by Stephanie Abraham, Myriam Gurba, Erin Aubry Kaplan, and Dean Spade.

Published: 2007-10-10 Provider: Defamer Keywords: To Do

King Of The Rodeo

Tuesday night Manchester Orchestra, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and Kings Of Leon played the Fabulous Fox Theatre. We had good seats so we went early and caught all three acts. The boys in Manchester Orchestra played alternately soft then loud southern emo to a half-full house. For an opening band, they were surprisingly confident (they LOVE to podcast!) and appeared to put every ounce of misunderstood, suburban-youth blood, sweat and Tevas into the set. It’s an interesting combo, Built To Spill and Bright Eyes, filtered through Chris Carraba’s faux-vintage ringer tee. To some, however, it probably sounded like Greg Allman announcing to the Fillmore West crowd that he’s gay. Black Rebel, a grossly underrated band, came on next and played dense and smoky fuzz-sludge blues. The general impression is that their shows don’t vary much, though. like Oasis. The worst part was the mix; they went 3/4 of their set without bass. The soundboard was a disaster the entire night, but we’ll come back to that in three sentences. This was the fifth time seeing Kings Of Leon in four years (the only time not hammered off our porch-swing) and there was a looming fear that this show would not cut the Durkees. And it didn’t. But first the positives: “You know all those completely overrated bands like The Decemberists, Beirut, effing Sufjan, Band of Horses, The New Pornographers, Animal Collective, M.I.A. and the like? You can have them. Go ahead and take ‘em. Just give us the KOL.” These guys are already seasoned pros in their early twenties. Air tight, efficient, and smooth. HA, HA, HA. Now, onto the problems: 1. The mix. We’re no engineers but apparently the guys behind the boards weren’t either. The Fox is a big room, but Bjork’s people nailed it a few weeks back. 2. Heavy on the new material, some of which comes across as a bit simple in a live setting. 3. Sober. Manchester Orchestra: “Wolves At NightR

Published: 2007-10-13 Provider: GoldenFiddle