Saturday, 11 Oct 2008
Two great shows going down in Madison tonight. You can choose Broken Social Scene with Land of Talk at Union Theater or catch The Magnetic Fields at Capitol Theater. Which will you choose?
Here’s some audio/visual previews to aid anyone still on the fence:
Broken Social Scene - “Stars and Sons” (Juan’s Basement)
Broken Social Scene - “Churches Under The Stairs” (Juan’s Basement)
The Magnetic Fields - “California Girls” (Live, Los Angeles)
The Magnetic Fields - “Drive On, Driver” (Live, Los Angeles)
Myspace: Broken Social Scene
Myspace: Land of Talk
Myspace: The Magnetic Fields
Find MP3’s at The Hype Machine or buy stuff from Strictly Discs | eMusic
October 11th, 2008 at 1:20 pm
i have seen BSS six times now. they tour often and play at least one major summer festival.
the magnetic fields rarely tour + never play festivals.
i know what i am doing…
October 12th, 2008 at 5:06 pm
I opted for BSS and was not disappointed. LOT opened….Liz Powell is awesome, but I was not impressed with their set. Liz on gutar, one more guitar and drums. Kind of stark and unexciting…plus her vocals sucked. BSS was another story, and Liz was on stage a good portion of the time with them. They really put out a wall of sound…at one point Brendon got a little irritated at the lack of enthusiasm from the audience. Still a great show….
October 13th, 2008 at 12:17 pm
Anyone happen to have a set list? I really liked “Cause=Time” and finally found out what album it’s on. I’ve got the two most recent ones…Brendon Canning did the soundtrack and score to “Half Nelson”. Great flick, btw.
October 13th, 2008 at 5:51 pm
Magnetic Fields have always put me to sleep. The’re not bad, but I just get bored with them. The BSS show was simply mindblowing. Wall of sound is a perfect way to describe it. It’s amazing you can get that many guitars at the same time at a live show like that and it still sounds that good.
Anyone able to deny or confirm if in fact that was a Do Make Say Think song they opened up with? I swear they played the opening track from History in Rust, “Bound to be That Way”.