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Helium, the Pulsars and the Anniversary
The night started out with The Anniversary. They were quite impressive.
With the sounds of Weezer, and touches of Built to Spill, along with layered
moog made for a fun band to listen to. Despite the fact they were textbook
"geek rock" they were still original and fun to watch. Their moog player was
also quite impressive making some sounds I didn't think possible. All in all
I'd see them again if the occasion arose.
After The Anniversary, The Pulsars played. [long space before comment]
They were interesting to say the least. They were Reminiscent of the music
Mike Myers used to play on his Sprockets skit on Saturday Night Live. I was
almost expecting a lot of people in tight neon to start coming out and dancing
real close to each other. I guess you could say I wasn't real impressed with
the whole deal.
Then came the main attraction. I was kind of upset by how many people left
before Helium started, but I think it may have helped the whole mood of their
amazing show. Helium played through their wonderfully beautiful songs better
than any band that I remember seeing.... ever! Mary Timony's nearly erotic
voice was almost as beautiful as she is. Her guitar playing despite a few
obvious mistakes was nearly as wonderful as her voice. Ash Bowie played some
of the most melodic bass lines I've heard, to compliment the almost sloppy
indie style of the band. Shawn Devlin kept some near perfect consistent beats
among all the ambient indie noise. Helium also had a new keyboard player named
Kendall Meade who played with them. She was a good compliment to the rest of
the band, adding some nearly subsonic noises in the mist of the trebly guitar.
To say the least this show was one for the books. If anybody reading this EVER
gets the chance to see them... I suggest you do it!
Dan Ellis |