Prefuse 73 Still has "It"/Other Bands Interesting...
After playing some cards last night, I decided to be a man and, yet again, keep it real. So I ambled down to The Bowery to see Prefuse 73 play with some other bands about the number seven, and blue coves with Unicorns, or something.
I've told you about The Bowery Ballroom before, and at $15 the price was right to see one of my favorite electronic musicians.
More after The Jump...
The good part is that Scott Herren seemed to have broken the shackles of having John Herndon play with overbear him every fucking live show. Don't get me wrong, Tortoise's drummer is awesome, but in a wanking, jazzy sort of way. His chops always seemed to smother Herren's beats and not accentuate them.
No more though, because seemingly Herren has settled on a drummer who fits the bill snugger than my penis in your mother's anus. I'm sure I could find out for sure, but I wonder if this percussionist contributed a lion's share of sampling for the recordings. Sounds like it, but who the fuck knows?
Also, to the live act, there is the addition of a lanky, knob-twiddler that resembles John Kransinski from The Office.
I missed Blank Blue, and I guess Voice of the Seven Woods was too busy being English to make it across the pond. In his place, however, was Brooklyn band, School of Seven Bells. Fronted by two cute girls, and backed by a bass playing laptop guy and a whistley guitarist, they sounded great, despite what they've posted on MySpace. The girls were channeling Stereolab a bit too much for my taste, and the guitar work was more afterthought than thoughtful, but hey. It's never easy to pull off hybrid band shit. You can tell that these four have spent some time together working it out.
Later in the set, as Prefuse reached for a guitar, I reached for the door and split. The point is, catch the rest of his tour if possible, and take a listen to his supporting acts. Enjoy.