http://www.thelmagazine.com/TheMeasure/archives/2009/06/14/john-norris-at-northside-day-three-kurt-vile-woods-grooms Comments On: John Norris at Northside, Day Three: Kurt Vile, Woods, Grooms by John Norris en-us Copyright 2009 The L Magazine. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The L Magazine readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The L Magazine. wil@desert.net (The L Magazine Webmaster) Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:01 -0500 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:15:00 -0500 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by judy]]> Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:39:07 -0400 The L Magazine Posted by NBurry]]> Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:38:42 -0400 The L Magazine
Posted by gjk]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2009 19:19:27 -0400 The L Magazine The preceding acts who performed at the cavernous venue that is The Shank were also gemlike groups of musicians. I came for Woods, the low-fi folk psych pop band that has devised a secret way to compose fairly incredible songs. They were able to hypnotize the jaded crowd (almost exclusively under 24) with their mesmerizing fuzz-soaked tunes. Lucas Crane’s pedal board ear-phoned cross-fading cassette sound contraption was truly something else, and was worthy of more visibility. And vocals were performed sincerely on wired microphone tweaked by reverberating effect. Grooms followed, and their noise melody core possessed glimmers of brilliance—guitar twinkles hidden beneath blankets of feedback and heavy percussive hammerings. Then Blues Explosion performed their electronic bombardments, rocked out and made noise that somehow translated into brief shimmers of chordal feeling. On top of that, the Colt 45 wielding bartender selected vintage R&B gems from the 50s and 60s between sets that were wisely selected and kept things moving. By the end of the night we were pouring sweat, dodging residents of the space who shooed smokers away from the building’s exterior for fear that “the cops will shut us down”. Oh yeah, and I did notice you and man I too wondered what the fuck you were doing there, but it’s great to see you’re still out there and doing a good job. Looking forward to reading your talks with Woods and Vile.

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