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6/20/2006 The Black Angels @ The Triple DoorToday was another KEXP 500 Club event at the Triple Door. We haven't been to one in a while but figured The Black Angels were worth rearranging our schedules to accomodate. We worked from home, skipped out to see the show mid-day, and worked late. Pretty sweet.
This time there was a surprise: an opening act! Swedish singer-songwriter Jose Gonzales played for ~20 minutes before The Black Angels. Several folks I like and trust seem to be super excited about Gonzales but, honestly? I can't see what the fuss is about after having seen him. He just kind of mumbled and moaned over some lackluster acoustic guitar playing. Once in a while he enunciated, and once in a while there was an interesting chord or two, but on the whole it was boring. He does have a nice warm tone to his voice. On the radio, I've occasionally heard his stuff remixed into electronica, and I guess I like the remixes a hell of a lot better than the original stuff.
Enough about him though. The Black Angels were really great. I think theCultFigure got a wee crush on their drummer who was really thrashing it :-) How to describe them? Lots of thoughts washed through my mind during the performance: atmospheric... ominous... Jim Morrison... foreboding... rich... intense... No, they didn't sound like The Doors, but the lead singer somehow reminded me of Jim Morrison's dark intonation. It was the oddest thought that flitted through my head as I soaked it all in.
Your mileage may vary, but I really enjoyed their the low, throbbing beats and fuzzy, distorted guitars. It wasn't clear what the keyboardist was adding; perhaps she was the near-invisible mortar holding the wall of sound together. The most outstanding tracks were those that required the drummer to take up some weapons and really pound (what theCultFigure told me was) the floor tom. Seriously, for some songs she had normal drum sticks, but for others, she busted out what appeared to be mini-baseball bats.
The Black Angels are returning to Seattle later this summer for the Capitol Hill Block Party. We may be out of town that weekend, but if we aren't, I think I'll be lobbying hard to see them again :-) Comments (1)
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