Explosions in the Sky
I went with
Nick to see a band called Explosions in the Sky at Cafe du Nord in San Francisco on Friday. First I'll say the two opening bands left something to be desired. The first was a guy and a piano. I shouldn't be hard on him though because he said he lost his voice, so he didn't sing anything and instead just played the piano. He played 3 songs, and they sounds pretty simplistic, so I think the singing would have helped.
The second band, Lazarus, rather unfortunately did sing. The lead singer really didn't have a good voice, and the lyrics weren't really that exiting. They did do something cool which was have this home video type thing playing behind them on most of their songs. The lead singer was definitely drunk, high, or both and after 3 songs in a row asked "Can I get some more electric guitar in the monitor?" (said in a drunken slur).
Then came Explosions in the Sky and it was all worth it. Their music is completely instrumental. You can preview some tracks on iTunes
here. The changes in mood throughout any given song were amazing. It would be all slow and then they would go into these fast, crazy guitar riffs. They were really awesome to hear, and if they're ever playing a show in your town you should definitely check them out.
Posted by Jason at October 24, 2004 04:36 PM