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Posted on 10-25-05 01:18 AM

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Originally posted by richyawyingtmv
Originally posted by 46
Oh hell yeah. I'm anxiously awaiting their headlining tour, whenever that may be. I saw them (TMV, obviously) opening for System Of A Down a couple weeks ago, and they ruled, but as for the crowd, I'd say about 90% of 'em were there just to see System, with another 9 percent there to see both (I'm in this group), and the remaining 1% there just for the TMV. So it'd be a lot more enjoyable to watch a TMV concert with a bunch of fans that know what they're listening to; plus maybe they'll have enough time to play 6 songs instead of just 4.

I remember when I went to see TMV on the 12th march in Manchester. They played the following songs:

Drunkship of Lanterns
Concertina
Roulette Dares
Cygnus, Vismund Cygnus
Take the Veil Cerpin Taxt
The Widow
Cassandra Geminni

The entire set was 2 hours long exactly, and I know because ive got the recording of the gig.

And it was the most amazingly surreal and crazy 2 hours of my life. Total musical brilliance. But the crowd did suck totally. I mean...moshing while the mars volta were playing the widow? WTF?!?! Even the band got pissed off. At the end of cassandra geminni, Cedric threw his mic across the stage, almost hitting omar in his afro, then ran off.

The four songs I got to see:

Cassandra Geminni
L'Via L'Viaquez
The Widow
Drunkship of Lanterns

I understand that the band gets pissed over a lot of things. Cedric's guitar was cutting out, and he slammed it to the ground right in the middle of the song. He was mad that the crowd wasn't respecting the opening band Hella, and said "When that band's making headlines 5 years from now, you'll all be telling your brothers and sisters you saw them here, and you're all full of shit".Then at the end of the show, he flipped off the crowd. I figured it either was all a part of their act, or that all the critical praise they've gotten has gone into their head so deeply that they hate anyone who doesn't think they're the greatest band ever.

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Posted on 10-31-05 03:21 AM

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Originally posted by 46

Omar's guitar was cutting out, and he slammed it to the ground

Corrected.

Anyway, yeah i think the success is going to their heads. Which is lame.

Oh and also, to everyone whos reading this page, i strongly reccomend Maudlin of the Well and Kayo Dot (the band they became). If you dont like kayo dot, then you dont like music.

From ALL MUSIC GUIDE:

Not calling Kayo Dot a metal band is difficult, because there aren't many other genres that leave you with the punched-in-the-gut feeling you get when listening to the group's debut.

Calling them metal and pointing out they're on John Zorn's Tzadik label makes things worse, because Kayo Dot is not a frenzied Naked City or Boredoms-styled band either. Plus there's the classical side, woodwinds and all, rubbing up against a mighty guitar's echoing bar chord. When they let loose they're like Sleep or Isis, and when they calm down they're like Rachel's or This Mortal Coil minus the noodling. That's probably the most satisfying thing about Choirs of the Eye -- it's an extremely well-paced and a structured listen from start to finish, with little that's overdone. It's crushing, epic soundtracks one minute and precious chamber music the next.

But Kayo Dot isn't buying into the soft-loud-soft thing like all of the Mogwai followers; the band should win your trust when it comes to composition right away. It takes nearly 13 minutes to get to the quick thrash and riffing that closes "The Manifold Curiosity," but it wouldn't be the wall-puncher of a payoff it is without the reflective buildup. Follow it with the Spanish guitar of "Wayfarer," and it becomes obvious right away that this is not wallpaper music but an album to get lost in, preferably alone and uninterrupted.

To throw another comparison around, lead singer Toby Driver does sound a heck of a lot like Jeff Buckley, but Buckley would have a hard time hitting the primal screams as loud as Driver does. It's a lot to take in, but it's worth it. Plenty of bands have practiced this cerebral, absurd kind of genre combination, but Kayo Dot makes them seem like charlatans. One wishes the very idea of chamber rock had never been explored before and saved for the skilled and attractively arcane Kayo Dot. Think Pink Floyd's attitude around the time of Meddle: try anything to see if it pays off while paying close attention to the details. Plus you don't so much "get it"; it's more about "feeling it."

(edited by richyawyingtmv on 10-30-05 06:23 PM)

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