Busdriver with Daedelus and Antimc
by Dave Madden
Online Exclusive / Posted November 5, 2007 More Exclusives
Busdriver with Daedelus and Antimc
10.26.07
In The Venue
All Photos by Dave Madden
I’ll skip my rants about In the Venue’s penchant for always booking a large crowd show and a small crowd show (trying to hear the small show over the din of said large show is impossible) and just say thanks for leaving me and every other journalist off the Liars/Interpol list. We all really appreciated waiting in line twice (thanks to the dude who heard my tale of woe and gave me his extra ticket…gave…gratis…nothing involved…who does that?!)
And bands, if you promise a +1, please do it, otherwise my girlfriend and I will probably have a hard time watching you play without mentally screaming "give me my $15!" (you felt my eyes burning into you, didn’t you?) I’m not being cheap, I just hate the disappointment and I generally plan out to-the-dollar how much I can spend at shows. I’m sure there are a few paid Chuck Klostermans who get the assignment, come down, watch half your songs, drink for free then churn out a regurgitated 500 words (I worked Sundance, I saw these jerks). Us SLUG writers, however, are here to see you because we actually enjoy your music (or someone in the lineup’s music) and requested the review. So don’t burn bridges over $15, okay? Plus that money was meant for one of your shirts! You would rather the venue make the money (do the net vs. gross math of a shirt sale vs. a ticket sale in your head)? Suit yourselves. I digress.
To a crowd of 20(plus the 8000 Tiger Army fans who peered in from the bar), Antimc and cohort Devin "Desert Eagles" Foley, armed with a mountain of Korgs, electric guitar and bass, MPC, turntables and laptops, unassumingly took the stage and offered a short set resembling something between a Justice and Boards of Canada show. The duo, short a piece of their usual live trio (one is doing a little "time" because of "traffic tickets"), offered bits of vocoded singing, tapped out beats, roaring square bass, analog atonalities, record scratches and affected guitars. Perhaps the absent member takes up the slack, or the drive from L.A. got to them (SLC is the first date of the tour), or dining at Alberto’s sunk their spirits, or the stupid fact that the audience (and band, I assume) could hear Tiger Army next door, but the group seemed a little tired and uninspired, failing to excite the crowd beyond a little toe-tapping – until they brought Busdriver up for their joint track, "Bellies Full of Rain".
10.26.07
In The Venue
All Photos by Dave Madden
I’ll skip my rants about In the Venue’s penchant for always booking a large crowd show and a small crowd show (trying to hear the small show over the din of said large show is impossible) and just say thanks for leaving me and every other journalist off the Liars/Interpol list. We all really appreciated waiting in line twice (thanks to the dude who heard my tale of woe and gave me his extra ticket…gave…gratis…nothing involved…who does that?!)
And bands, if you promise a +1, please do it, otherwise my girlfriend and I will probably have a hard time watching you play without mentally screaming "give me my $15!" (you felt my eyes burning into you, didn’t you?) I’m not being cheap, I just hate the disappointment and I generally plan out to-the-dollar how much I can spend at shows. I’m sure there are a few paid Chuck Klostermans who get the assignment, come down, watch half your songs, drink for free then churn out a regurgitated 500 words (I worked Sundance, I saw these jerks). Us SLUG writers, however, are here to see you because we actually enjoy your music (or someone in the lineup’s music) and requested the review. So don’t burn bridges over $15, okay? Plus that money was meant for one of your shirts! You would rather the venue make the money (do the net vs. gross math of a shirt sale vs. a ticket sale in your head)? Suit yourselves. I digress.
To a crowd of 20(plus the 8000 Tiger Army fans who peered in from the bar), Antimc and cohort Devin "Desert Eagles" Foley, armed with a mountain of Korgs, electric guitar and bass, MPC, turntables and laptops, unassumingly took the stage and offered a short set resembling something between a Justice and Boards of Canada show. The duo, short a piece of their usual live trio (one is doing a little "time" because of "traffic tickets"), offered bits of vocoded singing, tapped out beats, roaring square bass, analog atonalities, record scratches and affected guitars. Perhaps the absent member takes up the slack, or the drive from L.A. got to them (SLC is the first date of the tour), or dining at Alberto’s sunk their spirits, or the stupid fact that the audience (and band, I assume) could hear Tiger Army next door, but the group seemed a little tired and uninspired, failing to excite the crowd beyond a little toe-tapping – until they brought Busdriver up for their joint track, "Bellies Full of Rain".
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