(no subject)
Jul. 23rd, 2004 09:56 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lwoodblooWow.
The Hives might be the best live band I've ever seen. The Legendary Shack Shakers were close, but nowhere near as tight as the Hives are. No one ever talks as much shit as Howlin' Pelle Almqvist does. No one. Apparently, according to him, the Hives are my favorite band, and that I need to clap more.
The hives are kind of the apotheosis of the matched suit/jacket garage band that plagues music today. See The Woggles, or whatever bar band is local to you. But better. Tighter. Better singer.
kelefa sanneh wrote a pretty decent review in the Times today. While I agree with miost of what he has to say, I think he denies the essential quality of this band. I don't think they're faking, in a way. I think they really believe, honestly, that they ought to be your favorite band. And they will do most whatever it takes to be so. Pelle jumps, slides, kicks, screams, and hits it on the one every time they start another song. I've had the "best frontman" discussion a number of times with a number of people, and i think that for sheer attitude alone, Pelle Almqvist has to be considered the best frontman of the current crop. Who else is there? I'm talking about "new" bands, which is a relative term. Iggy? Maybe just. I like Geoff Rickly from Thursday, but man...he can't talk shit at all. Possibly some metal band out there, the guy from the Eagles of Death Metal? I personally like the dual harmony attack of Crime and Judy, but they lack the essential arrogance in performance.
I've rambled quite a bit. But suffice it to say, I loved the show last night. I talked to some cool people, flirted a lot.
The Hives might be the best live band I've ever seen. The Legendary Shack Shakers were close, but nowhere near as tight as the Hives are. No one ever talks as much shit as Howlin' Pelle Almqvist does. No one. Apparently, according to him, the Hives are my favorite band, and that I need to clap more.
The hives are kind of the apotheosis of the matched suit/jacket garage band that plagues music today. See The Woggles, or whatever bar band is local to you. But better. Tighter. Better singer.
kelefa sanneh wrote a pretty decent review in the Times today. While I agree with miost of what he has to say, I think he denies the essential quality of this band. I don't think they're faking, in a way. I think they really believe, honestly, that they ought to be your favorite band. And they will do most whatever it takes to be so. Pelle jumps, slides, kicks, screams, and hits it on the one every time they start another song. I've had the "best frontman" discussion a number of times with a number of people, and i think that for sheer attitude alone, Pelle Almqvist has to be considered the best frontman of the current crop. Who else is there? I'm talking about "new" bands, which is a relative term. Iggy? Maybe just. I like Geoff Rickly from Thursday, but man...he can't talk shit at all. Possibly some metal band out there, the guy from the Eagles of Death Metal? I personally like the dual harmony attack of Crime and Judy, but they lack the essential arrogance in performance.
I've rambled quite a bit. But suffice it to say, I loved the show last night. I talked to some cool people, flirted a lot.
![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
no subject
Date: 2004-07-23 09:45 am (UTC)Woggle this!
Date: 2004-07-23 11:52 am (UTC)Re: Woggle this!
Date: 2004-07-23 12:00 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-07-23 12:34 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-07-23 05:32 pm (UTC)