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What Laura Says Thinks And Feels are one of those bands that are awesome to see live even if you don’t like what they’re playing. Which I didn’t, but their live energy was catching and kept me cheering.
Kill Me Tomorrow is a bad ass trio from San Diego. They reminded me of all those bastard spawns of The Birthday Party, the mighty mid 80’s-early 90’s Mute triumvirate of Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, Crime & The City Solution, and These Immortal Souls. Meaning that their songs are black epics roaring with the apocalyptic gallop of plague drums, creaking guitar, and mean, mean bass. I’ve been humming their soaring slave shanties to myself since I left the show that night. At least those I can remember: their website is about 2 years outdated and the tracks on it represent an earlier incarnation of the band that don’t sound anything like what I heard. Bummer…
I love The Album Leaf. I’d like to be their sound, that pure and beautiful energy that Arthur C. Clarke says we might evolve into one day. I’d even like to be that video projection that plays over them and the stage, all percolating electronic blips and melancholy blurs of oceans and sunlight. The Microphones make me feel OK about dying and The Album Leaf makes me hope there’s more when I do.
