Cult Of Youth at Live With Animals

It is almost time to say Farewell to Live With Animals, Monster Island, and the rest of the venues in the arts building on the corner of Kent and Metropolitan. Apparently Cult Of Youth refuse to leave. They played on this stage for the second time this month. Too uptempo to be goth, too dark to be folk, Cult Of Youth are like streams of day and night which mingle but do not completely mix. The visuals suited their sound nicely (but made it dang hard to take pictures!)

Posted: 9/23/2011 at 7:40pm     Tags: Cult Of Youth  farewell  Live With Animals 

Vivian Girls at The Knitting Factory

I have only seen Vivian Girls twice, once at Webster Hall and once at Knitting Factory. Why is it that the lighting is so much better at the smaller venue? They sounded great at both, but c'mon WH, burn some electricity. Feel free to compensate by turning off that dang smoke machine. In fact, please turn off the smoke machine all the time. For the environment.

Posted: 9/21/2011 at 10:02pm     Tags: The Knitting Factory  Vivian Girls 

Widowspeak at The Knitting Factory

Having only seen Widowspeak's videos prior to seeing them live I was expecting something... mellower. Hell, let's be honest, I was expecting "easy listening", which is to say boring. Instead they turned out to be an actual rock band, more trippy than mellow, who mostly remind me of Love and Rockets. Oh, and in case you can't tell from the photos: no.

Posted: 9/21/2011 at 10:00pm     Tags: The Knitting Factory  Widowspeak 

The Men at Saint Vitus

I definitely do not think these photos capture the intensity of the sonic pounding The Men delivered to crowd this night. Yes they are pretty intense (and yes they really are called The Men). I did overhear someone in the audience apologize to their friend for the lack of moshpit action, and sure enough there was very little of that. Could it be that the crowd was expecting even more from these guys?

Posted: 9/19/2011 at 7:42pm     Tags: Saint Vitus  The Men 

The Bullys at Trash Bar

Finally! I saw these guys at CBGB's six years ago with The Nihilistics. Didn't catch the name of the band, though, so I only by chance happened to see them again last year. Then I missed most of their set with CJ Ramone when I went to see them earlier this year. Now, at last, I managed to catch the whole show and get some decent photos. Finally!

Posted: 9/10/2011 at 5:48pm     Tags: Finally!  The Bullys  Trash Bar