Toe Show
Written by hKWAP on Saturday, 27 of September , 2008 at 8:51 am
Last night, myself and two fellow members of the tape team, made the trek to the west side to see what has been dubbed the “Toe-tally Awesome”, and “Toe-tally Fresh” show. This concert, as was previously described in an advert for the show, was a benefit for a girl’s toe, which had been sliced off. All proceeds went to the restoration of her toe, as her insurance was not willing to “foot” the bill. As the story goes, a similar group of kids were attending some sort of house show and at one point the band played a track strictly for the guys in the crowd. Therefore, all the girls began to leave the room. The victim of this incident, who was the last to exit the room, closed the door lightly on her toe. Then, not recognizing that someone’s toe was logged in the door, drummer Luke Silas slammed the door shut, causing a sizeable chunk of the toe to shoot out towards the audience. Of course there was utter commotion and panic but thankfully, after a trip to the hospital, the girl in question, Hannah Berezin, is fine.
The first band to perform was Boys who’s acoustic sound is altered by the presence of a trumpet as one of their lead voices. This makes for a very original sound and creates some really nice layers atop the simple rhythms and great harmonies.
Next up, Will Weisenfeld of Nephews and Post-Foetus displayed another electronic side of his musical endeavors. He performed as Geotic: a Daedelus-inspired one man band who delighted us with the soothing sounds of his computer.
Then, noise rock group Ass Sayer took the stage. When asked about their name they responded by saying, “one time we got hight and thought it was funny”. Indeed there is not much more to be said besides that they definitely exemplified the essence of their genre. They were, if nothing else, noisy.
As the ringing in my ears was beginning to subside, the energetic, Nephews-esque trio, Nat-Love, began their set. Comprised of two members of Nephews (Luke Silas, Newman Wolf), they played a healthy number of originals and a Blink 182 cover, “Adam’s Song,” all set against a projection of Hayao Miyazaki’s Castle In The Sky. Some songs were uncannily synchronized with the film, creating a very cool audio/visual experience…
Then, the inevitable, and painfully cliche: The police arrived and shut the concert down. However the spirit of art and music would prevail as, the show continued after the police had dispersed. Although Nephews only played two songs for fear of a second encounter with the police, it was an epic two songs. The math rock trio (four if you count Newman Wolf on strobe light) performed wearing masks and their music was set against scenes from Ice Cube’s cinematic masterpiece, “Friday”. Odd time signatures and carefully constructed rhythms were interspersed with loud and climactic choruses, which were further enhanced by a shirtless Luke Silas, standing atop his stool as he played, and taking swigs of beer in rest periods.
Although I was definitely disappointed by the length of the final set, I left the venice house feeling more than satisfied.
Here are some key nephews tracks.
An Ode To Last Night’s Events…
Last night, myself and two fellow members of the tape team, made the trek to the west side to see what has been dubbed the “Toe-tally Awesome”, and “Toe-tally Fresh” show. This concert, as was previously described in an advert for the show, was a benefit for a girl’s toe, which had been sliced off. All proceeds went to the restoration of her toe, as her insurance was not willing to “foot” the bill. As the story goes, a similar group of kids were attending some sort of house show and at one point the band played a track strictly for the guys in the crowd. Therefore, all the girls began to leave the room. The victim of this incident, who was the last to exit the room, closed the door lightly on her toe. Then, not recognizing that someone’s toe was logged in the door, drummer Luke Silas slammed the door shut, causing a sizeable chunk of the toe to shoot out towards the audience. Of course there was utter commotion and panic but thankfully, after a trip to the hospital, the girl in question, Hannah Berezin, is fine.
The first band to perform was Boys who’s acoustic sound is altered by the presence of a trumpet as one of their lead voices. This makes for a very original sound and creates some really nice layers atop the simple rhythms and great harmonies.
Next up, Will Weisenfeld of Nephews and Post-Foetus displayed another electronic side of his musical endeavors. He performed as Geotic: a Daedelus-inspired one man band who delighted us with the soothing sounds of his computer.
Then, noise rock group Ass Sayer took the stage. When asked about their name they responded by saying, “one time we got hight and thought it was funny”. Indeed there is not much more to be said besides that they definitely exemplified the essence of their genre. They were, if nothing else, noisy.
As the ringing in my ears was beginning to subside, the energetic, Nephews-esque trio, Nat-Love, began their set. Comprised of two members of Nephews (Luke Silas, Newman Wolf), they played a healthy number of originals and a Blink 182 cover, “Adam’s Song,” all set against a projection of Hayao Miyazaki’s Castle In The Sky. Some songs were uncannily synchronized with the film, creating a very cool audio/visual experience…
Then, the inevitable, and painfully cliche: The police arrived and shut the concert down. However the spirit of art and music would prevail as, the show continued after the police had dispersed. Although Nephews only played two songs for fear of a second encounter with the police, it was an epic two songs. The math rock trio (four if you count Newman Wolf on strobe light) performed wearing masks and their music was set against scenes from Ice Cube’s cinematic masterpiece, “Friday”. Odd time signatures and carefully constructed rhythms were interspersed with loud and climactic choruses, which were further enhanced by a shirtless Luke Silas, standing atop his stool as he played, and taking swigs of beer in rest periods.
Although I was definitely disappointed by the length of the final set, I left the venice house feeling more than satisfied.
Here are some key nephews tracks.
An Ode To Last Night’s Events…
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Comment by f-no fest
Made Saturday, 27 of September , 2008 at 10:45 pm
newman is so fucking good at strobe light. so good.
