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Tuesday, May 20, 2008 --- 66 days ago http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/limewiremusicblog/~3/294322767/2243-Beirut-The-Mu
| More than once, I've vowed to never set foot in this venue again for a show that really matters to me, but the last-minute announcement of Beirut's show there this past Sunday twisted my arm. Did I wish in my heart of hearts that there had been a Bowery Ballroom date, too, but alas, find this was not so? Sure thing. Have I idiotically missed many Beirut shows in the past couple of years due to "schoolwork" and "college"? You betcha. For these reasons, I broke my promise and headed into Brooklyn on Sunday night to see the man behind the voice (and the trumpet, and the ukelele): Zach Condon, a.k.a. Beirut, along with his merry men and women. After dealing with some kids who were appalled at the fact that their invisible moat did not deter us from standing in the 6-foot square space in front of them at a sold-out show (see anti-WMH vows above), we endured the last part of the Stars Like Fleas ' opening set. While I have no doubt that each individual member of this heavily instrumented band was perfectly capable of playing her or his noisemaker well, the result was an indeterminate "wall of noise," as my friend Kate put it. Each instrument can make a perfectly beautiful sound on its own,but if I can't pick one out of the sonic mud, you've lost me. This got agonizing pretty quickly. When Beirut finally took the stage and Condon counted "1-2-3" with his lips already on the trumpet, I was shocked to find myself choking up, just slightly, ... |
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