First of all, this was my first show at the Fillmore, and it's a great venue. We spent quite a bit of time just staring at all of the various posters. :)
Now, onto the show!
The Openers: Eisley
I'd heard of Eisley before, but had never seriously listened to them, despite the recommendation Carrie sent a while back. Seeing them live was a great introduction to them! I really am a sucker for harmonies, and they always stand out so much more when you hear them live.
This band is from Texas and has been around since 1997. Here's their own description of their sound:
Sounds like: a kind woods troll who was kicked out of his
evil hovel (insubordination)... and, while wandering about the forest
floor, he stumbled upon the one and only, very Keebler Elf tree. He
knocked and knocked, but only heard a shout from above:"hey...don't you
know there are grizzly's out there?" and just threw him a mint
chocolate cookie. Afer eating the cookie, he felt safe...so he
sojourned on - deep, deep into the forest where he wallowed out a
beautiful little home (a pine bed for slumbering); but rest assured, he
always kept his GrizBlade 6000 zirconium coated machette blade beside him...just in case ole Grizz came a paw-flashin' in the night. "with lightbulbs in our pockets, we light the darkened forest".
Here's some footage of one of my favorite songs from the concert last night:
The Main Event: Mute Math
Eisley was so good that I was starting to worry about whether
Mute Math would be able live up to their performance. The intro was pretty awesome and the beginning of their first song, Typical, started epically with the lead singer standing on his keyboard while playing the keytar, and then jumping off all crazylike. But despite the high energy, I still felt like something was missing. Would Eisley really come out on top?
Hell no! It seemed Mute Math put the poppiest songs in the beginning on purpose, leaving them time for the more chill songs that turn into 10 minute jam sessions in which everyone is switching roles and playing homemade instruments and doing head stands and handsprings off piano's and jumping from the highest thing they could climb up on.
In short, it was awesome.
Mute Math's description of themselves:
Born in the dust-laden family garage with archaic samplers, Radio Shack
mics, and broken record players, Mute Math have been noisily calculating
their notes for the past few years. This electro-alt rock collaboration
between longtime friends Paul Meany (vocals/keys), Darren King (drums), Greg
Hill (guitar), and Roy Mitchell-Cardenas (bass) has crept up on the music
scene with the onslaught of a worldwide fan-base driven to their website
from countless video blogs and non-stop touring.
The four piece (originating from New Orleans) has scattered influences
that are apparent without being obvious, and touch on everything from
DJ shadow styled beats, moments of beauty and grandeur a la Bjork, and
vocals that pay legitimate homage to Police-era Sting. When asked about
this vast expanse of musical territory that we are asked to find them
dwelling within, Meany replied, "I blame it on the past forty years of
music". They act on the idea that their magic is to be found in the
mixture of countless thoughts. Their live show thrives on this random
energy too involving homemade instruments, live sampling, a junked-out
keytar, and the kind of freak-outs that keep any given performance
worth the price of admission.
Onto the videos! Here's a video of the intro with all the flashing lights:
And one of the closing song. You see that instrument the frontman is holding? Yeah, he made that. And yes, the audience plays it.
Once I split the Break the Same video into parts (it's too big) I'll post that too. Also, they played a new song: Clockwork, and I have the video of that too. :)
To view everything I have up so far, check out this collection:
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