On the winter’s eve of the 27th of February, I attended an indie rock show at the Music Hall of Williamsburg located in the hipster hub of Brooklyn. The Music Hall, owned by The Bowery Presents, was opened eight years ago, and it is a charming little venue that actually holds up to more than its capacity. It’s built with three floors: a lounge with seating and tables, a ground floor where the experience is much more exciting, and a second floor with a spacious seating area and benches. I would definitely go back there, maybe when it’s warmer outside. The atmosphere was extremely calm. Many people simply ordered their drinks and floated right in front of the stage without running or pushing. It was satisfying. The venue was filled with down-to-earth civilians who were just looking for great music and cheap drinks on a cold …show more content…
Friday night. The security guards were friendly, but firm as they prevented underaged, yet already-drunk fools from seeing the show. They wanted a trouble-free night, and so did the fans. The first act was a cheerful blonde by the name of Greta Morgan.
However, the songstress is known as Springtime Carnivore. I have never heard of Springtime Carnivore until now. She walked on that stage with a heavenly presence. She, along with her band, performed songs that transported me to a white-sanded beach with pink waters and bright green clouds. Morgan’s music is dreamlike and exuberant; one can imagine his or herself somewhere totally different when listening to it. Morgan’s music sounded somewhat familiar, but had a modern distinction. Utilizing fuzzy guitars, roaring drums, and keyboards enhanced Morgan’s bubbly vocals. The excitement was only just beginning as Springtime Carnivore and her band kept the audience in high spirits towards the end of their set. The Dodos would take the stage and the crowd would go berzerk. Meric Long (guitar/vocals) and Logan Kroeber (drums/vocals) graced the stage like bottles of ketchup and mustard; Long was wearing red and Krober wore yellow. The California natives brought an endless amount of energy onto their set. The indie rock duo conquered the stage with twelve songs without any
imperfections. Long and Kroeber’s music is not labeled as math rock, but there was definitely a huge amount of effort and careful planning put into each of their songs. A vibraphone was not used during this live performance. Long’s live guitar loops and Kroeber’s timed drumming laid over a backtrack. Kroeber had two cymbals - one placed on top of the other - like a hi-hat. From where I was standing, it seemed as Long used his fingertips rather than a guitar pick for the entire set (I could be wrong). The Dodos have a different instrumental approach that is unlike any other band. The Dodos’ setlist is as follows: “Goodbyes and Endings,” “Competition,” “The Season,” “Confidence,” “The Tide,” “Walking/Red & Purple,” “Black Night,” “The Current,” “Retriever,” and “Pattern/Shadow.” The duo came out again for the encore: “Joe’s Waltz,” and “Don’t Try And Hide It,” featuring Springtime Carnivore. The Dodos’ sixth studio album, Individ, is out now. I recommend you give it a listen and witness how amazing and inspiring the duo’s music is.
Millions of animals are consumed everyday; humans are creating a mass animal holocaust, but is this animal holocaust changing the climate? In the essay “ The Carnivores Dilemma,” written by Nicolette Hahn Niman, a lawyer and livestock rancher, asserts that food production, most importantly beef production, is a global contributor to climate change. Nicolette Niman has reports by United Nations and the University of Chicago and the reports “condemn meat-eating,” and the reports also say that beef production is closely related to global warming. Niman highlights, carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxides are the leading greenhouses gases involved in increasing global warming. A vast majority of people across the world consumes meat and very little people are vegetarian, or the people that don’t eat meat, but are there connections between people and meat production industry when it comes to eating food and the effect it has on the climate? The greenhouse gases, methane, carbon dioxide, and nitrous oxides are not only to blame, but we should be looking at people and industrialized farming for the leading cause of greenhouse gases in agriculture and the arm-twisting dilemma we have been lured into, which is meat production itself.
Lead singer/rhythm guitarist Sonny Remlinger makes the cool clubs warm with the lyrics he belts out one reverberation at a time. Joseph finds songwriting sessions useful to the process and is crafts distinctive songs people enjoy seeing play out in live forum. “As f...
...Maine. More than 80,000 fans show up to these events. These events are usually the cause of huge traffic jams and a three day party. People come from all over the world just to experience the sense of community, as well as the intriguing music.
The band consist of 8 members, Nathan East bassist/vocals, Andy Fairweather-Low, lead guitar/vocals, Steve Ferrone- drums, Chuck Leavell-key boardist, Ray Cooper- tambourines, Katie Kissoon and Tessa Niles- vocals, and Eric Clapton- composer, rock n roll guitarist, lead vocalist. The band members dressed in casual attire. The band members were professionals, they knew exactly how to orchestrate every chord, they collaborated with the lead singer and each other in ways that wasn’t so noticeable to the audience but they knew which chords to use for every song, the band was a top notch team. The tempo of the songs were a mixture of fast, slow, to a medium style beat. The texture of the songs was homophonic and well put together lyrics. The style of the music was from the 1960s-1970s which genres were rock, blues rock, psychedelic rock, hard rock, jazz and blues.
Music week ( 2005) ‘HMV to encourage environmental awareness’ [online] musicweek 27TH of January. Available from http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/hmv-to-encourage-environmental-awareness/027552 [accessed on the 30-3-1014]
I was one of the first to arrive in the lobby for the performance, but it didn’t take long before the area was full and the chatter amongst everyone was rather loud. Most of the older crowd greeted each another as if they
It had a more artist approach to it. It was also fun to see that they used some of the same visuals as us in their show. I feel like they lost some visual effect by the fact that they did not wear their jackets and shakos because it very warm that night. Their arms look a little funny out to the sides without the jacket. The performers did engage me however I got distract by other audience members a few different times during the performance. During the performance people were talking really loud and a few people kept getting up and walking in front of me during the performance. Which I found very disrespectful. So this gave me an insight of how people probably act during our halftime shows because it hard to tell from the field. Overall I really enjoyed the show and was glad that I got to go see
middle of paper ... ... Other stage collapses have occurred at a Radiohead concert in Toronto, a Cheap Trick concert in Ottawa, and the Pukkelpop Festival in Belgium. I’ve attended over one hundred concerts in my life and this one was definitely up there for me in terms of excitement and quality. I’m originally from Greenville, so it was really cool to see a band that I actually like playing near my hometown.
The food supply was not enough for the huge mass of people. Likewise, sharing 600 portable bathrooms and inadequate water facilities was very hard with over 300,000 people. None of the organizers were prepared for the wave of bodies that formed. Many of the audience members got sick from a drug overdose, so to help get them out them concert, they hired helicopters to fly them out, because traffic was blocking all the streets. Casting an even blacker blanket over the happenings was the death of 17-year-old Raymond Mizak, who was run over by a tractor Saturday morning when he was laying in his sleeping bag. There was another death on Sunday from a drug overdose. This caused a lot of negative attitudes toward the
When I was younger, I was an avid concert goer. A lit up, crowded, and blaring concert hall was my favorite place to be. Before I had my license and could drive, I would beg my parents to give me and my friends a ride to any show we could find. We would search the internet up and down and high and low for venues near us hosting an artist. It was something we would do every other weekend, and we always looked forward to it. Every aspect of a concert hall, from the inside to the outside, would make it a crazy and insanely electrifying place to visit.
After 15 minutes people were starting to get frustrated because nothing was happening. It is a good thing. Suddenly there was activity onstage and the lights dimmed. the first support band, Slam Cartel, came on. The mosh pit went wild.
...s ornate balconies, elaborate ceiling frescos, and grand marble columns help to transport visitors to a previous era. Legends such as the Grateful Dead, Arcade Fire, and Animal Collective have all played this space. It is known that many artists will only play this venue in San Francisco.
Warman, Janice. "How Music Festivals Are Singing the Changes." The Guardian. Guardian News and Media, 28 Aug. 2010. Web. Mar.-Apr. 2014.
The concert opened with DJ Reverse Prime whose goal was to “get the party started,” and of course he did just that. By the time the DJ left the stage, the anticipation was immense. That’s one thing B.A.P is great at, keeping the audience intrigued. I could feel my mind was being held captive from the moment B.A.P walked onto the stage to the moment they walked off. During those two and half hours, it was easy to become mesmerized by their songs. Time seemed to tick away at an alarming rate while the audience sang to their heart's content alongside the band. Not to mention, the venue itself complimented the groups appearance. The Majestic Theater, was classy and provided a vintage feel. There were chandeliers hanging from the ceiling and a beautiful patterned carpet below with colors that complimented the chandeliers. The gorgeously detailed white balconies above us made it feel like we were walking into an opera performance. On occasion, they paused the performance to talk with the fans and it was hilarious to hear some of the members attempt to pronounce English words. Overall, there was not a moment in which I wanted to look away, the energy from both the fans and the group was
in them as possible. Everyone seemed to be having a good time preparing for the concert