Hi (jumping in a little late with this one)

I really enjoy The Walkmen as well. They had one of the
coolest and most disappointing live shows. Their songs were
awesome live. They had the lights turned down really low, we
could barely see them in this little bar. The ambiance that
they produced was very special. The disappointing part was
the fact that they headlined the 3 band show and played for
only 35 minutes. Their first full length CD is longer than
that. I guess I'm really spoiled by the Cure always putting
on 3 hour shows with no openers (usually, I know).

I'm listening to Interpol right now, excellent. I think that
the Joy Division comparisons are warranted. Starflyer 59 has
been around for about 10 years and can be very
Cure-guitar-esque. Dredg is another great "atmospheric" type
band currently opening the Sno-Core tour.

I would have to sort of disagree with the
guitar-driven-Indie-Rock-scene-being-passe sentiments. Maybe
it's just thriving in San Francisco? The Walkmen with Hot
Hot Heat sold out the 300 (?) seating bar/club. Sno-Core
with Sparta, Glassjaw, Hot Water Music, and Dredg sold out
back-to-back shows at The Great American Music Hall 700 (?)
seats/bodies. Interpol sold out back-to-back shows at The
Fillmore 1000 seats/bodies (?). To me, Coldplay can be
Cure-esque and they recently sold out The Shoreline
Amphitheatre 10,000 (?). All of these shows have happened
within the last month or so or haven't happened yet.

Again, to me, Electro just screams 1997. That was 6 years
ago. Everything goes in cycles and it seems to me that
Guitar is the current "cool" place to reside. Proof...? Not
much guitar on MTV but all of these shows are selling out in
spite of it. :-)

Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: "Vera Abdo" <abdove@...>
To: <descent@...>
Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 5:53 PM
Subject: Re: [descent] Electro vs Guitar - Interpol


> Division of Laura Lee is pretty good too, and so are the
Walkmen.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rachel Thern" <kiravae@...>
> To: <descent@...>
> Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 2:47 PM
> Subject: RE: [descent] Electro vs Guitar - Interpol
>
>
> > --- Christian Carrillo
> > <Christian.Carrillo@...> wrote:
> >
> > > Then there is the Hives and The Strokes and this
> > > band PDA, which are bands that I like, but I think
> > > it's because they are reminiscent of early Cure
> > > and/or early Joy Division...
> >
> > When you say PDA do you mean perhaps the band
> > Interpol, that has a song named PDA? They get
> > compaired to Joy Division but they're not derivative,
> > they are excellent. Their CD was one of the best new
> > things in a while. If anyone knows any other new
> > bands that have that sort of sound, please tell me.
> > Rachel

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