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Sunday, February 24th, 2008

iBand, Rock Band ToGo — Say it ain’t so!

For those who haven’t seen it:

Friday, February 15th, 2008

Umphrey’s McGee — Tonight at Fillmore

Yay! I’m going to see Umphrey’s tonight at the Fillmore in SF — yay! They’re a Jam rock band with endless guitar solos and improvisations of all sorts. They freakin’ rock!

I’ll write more about them later, but here is a video of them, just to try to convince some more people to go (yes, you boris, marc, cyril, justine, farid, …)

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

The Polyphonic Spree — Rock Symphonic band from another time.

For my first post about music (because I’m sure many more will follow), I have to talk about this band I just discovered thanks to a US TV show. I might be a late bloomer on them but hey, it’s never too late :).

They’re called The Polyphonic Spree, a self-described “choral symphonic band” from Dallas, Texas. They might look like a cult at first sight — but no, they’re just the creation of the (beautiful) crazy mind of Tim DeLaughter, ex-member of the Tripping Daisy. This band is heavily influenced by the experimental rock bands of the 70s, sunny and overwhelmingly happy. They now count about 23 musicians and singers, depending on everybody’s schedule. and those white robes were just introduced to have an consistent image across the musicians, obviously influenced by a theme of happiness and purity. Their costumes rapidly changed to a black tunique.

Here’s the song that made me discover them — they still wear those white robes every time they play this song, probably because it is the one most representative of their spirit.

Polyphonic Spree - Light And Day

Why would I like such a crazy poppy music? First of, because the music is actually not that simple, and very rich. And also because it is crazy — and I love crazy. Plus, they look so happy when they play it