Seattle Subsonic

Tonight in Awesomeness

November 21st, 2008

In case you missed the original, I’m reposting this so you know how stoked I am for this show tonight. Haven’t listened to much else besides Deerhunter this month (that’s partially a lie, but mostly true).

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The exclamation points are for excitement; excitement that one of the most intriguing bands in recent memory—Deerhunter, led by the enigmatic and boundlessly creative Bradford Cox—is playing Neumos with a band, Past Lives, whose 2008 choppy yet fluid debut I absolutely loved.

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I’ve been literally pining to see the Atlanta-based Deerhunter live ever since I fell in love with their dividedly peculiar bust out record, Cryptograms (I still think “Heatherwood” is one of the best songs I’ve ever heard) earlier this year. In a move that surprised even the most loyal of the band’s fans, Cox released a super-secret second disc, Weird Era Continued, to complement the much anticipated and gentler Microcastle. Within this latest opus, there are dissimilar elements of both the Velvet Underground and Sonic Youth; Cox even resembles the tall, lanky Thurston Moore, and, at times, sounds like a younger Lou Reed while strumming solitary guitar chords. But what really stands out is the achingly beautiful strangeness that permeates the nebulous layers of guitars, dissonant soundscapes, transformative song structures, and plenty of oddball (and often unintelligible) lyrics. Lots of kick-ass basslines, too.

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A show not to be missed. In fact, I’ve already got my tickets; you should have them, too. Cox’s blog is worth a gander, as well. Lots of cool info, but the gems are his downloadable Micromixes, podcasts (if you will) of interesting music currently catching his ears.

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DEERHUNTER
TIMES NEW VIKING
PAST LIVES

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$12 ADV
8PM DOORS
All Ages/ Bar W/ID