David Balogh

Sweet Oblivion

The latest tastiness from Underworld came out back in October, and I must say they did not disappoint. A more introspective, groovy, and guitar-centric album than previous, the feel does a great job of throwing you into their world. The album art reflects on past albums and plays on the journal they keep on their site filled with random poetic images and words.

Margaux and I had a chance to see them live in September at Central Park’s Summerstage, one of the best shows I’ve seen in the last couple years. No matter how often you are afraid to dance or express joy when listening to your favorite band for the sake of looking cool, you cannot stop yourself when Underworld is at the helm. I don’t usually stop myself anyway, and this is the band I will put 150% of love into when dancing about.

The set list for the show:

Luetin
New Train
Crocodile
Pearls Girl
Biro The Leggy
Two Months Off
Rowla
Glam Bucket
Rez / Cow
Nuxx
King Of Snake
Jumbo

Impressive as always.

Add comment November 30th, 2007

Natalie Wa?

So Margaux and I went to see a favorite singer of hers at the Living Room last night. Well, she was a fave until the show. She has a beautiful and strong voice, but no real voice to her music. Every time she explained the meaning of a song, we cringed. Every time her hands went up in a diva-esque way, we flinched.

It was so utterly pop, that it almost stained the walls of Living Room with permanent pop marker. A place that I normally frequent for great singers with intelligent, meaningful lyrics all of a sudden had the next Celine Dion on their hands. One would have thought the audience would be overrun by 19 year-old girls, but instead most of them were guys. One could guess many various reasons for this, but we’ll leave it at that. Anyway, if you like pop-divas, the music isn’t that bad out of context, just maybe stay away from shows. Check her out: Natalie Walker

Add comment November 30th, 2007