Re: SF Popfest, Day One
But where was the clarinet player?
Alexander Bailey wrote:
> Had never heard them before, but Red Pony Clock were pure delight, and
> I was heartily thankful that I had come early. Totally shambolic and
> yet just totally getting business done, pushing through in their
> mildly abrasive marching band way. Proceedings looked after/blessed
> by (my maniacal grin and) the watchful beneficence of the spirit of
> a(n otherwise absent) tuba. Was told by a band member after the show
> that they sometimes *do* have a tuba in the line up.
>
> If it's not too much, I hereby proclaim 2006 as the year of the tuba...
>
> If RPC were happily channeling the ghost of a tuba, unfortunately in
> the California Oranges' vocals I heard church choir practice. Sorry...
>
> Not sure if I liked the new Music Lovers songs as much as the more
> familiar (and faster) material from their first album. "Virginia
> Lights" in particular was sublime. Definitely heard that Divine
> Comedy-esque persona type in there...
>
> Human Television were new to me and just totally spot-on, articulate.
> Can't imagine their star not being on the rise...
>
> Alexander
>
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