Klaxons @ Bowery Ballroom, NYC 4/10/07
Wait, Klaxons are launching a campaign to ban glowsticks? That whole "new rave" thing was a term they made up as a massive piss take of overeager and gullible NME journos? We don't know what to believe anymore! And apparently, the high school kids front row at the band's sold-out Bowery gig Tuesday night didn't get that glowstick memo. Neither did the Klaxons roadie, who had a glow hoop placed around one of the Brit kids' mic stand. Good thing we forgot ours at that Phish show in '98 (Hood!).
Yes, Klaxons are the UK's "it" band of the moment (or at least, that's what NME says -- no reason not to believe them, right?) -- but they've never fit in that Shitdisco/Datarock shitrock bucket. Of course we were skeptical of 'em at first (saying stuff like "MDMAzing!" will do that), but Klaxons are too good to allow label-hungry genre-creators ruin 'em for you. The Bowery show was a burner, Klaxons by turns grinding through apocalyptic, technicolor dance rock ("Atlantis To Interzone," "Gravity's Rainbow") and timeless pop gems ("Golden Skans") -- sometimes in the same song (ala "As Above, So Below").
They've also got their stage personae figured; there's that one with the pretty face, the one who's too wasted to keep to the mic through each of his background vocals, and the vaguely unhinged looking guy with that manic "two days of hard drugs and too little sleep" glint in his eye. The kind of band you wanna bring home to mommy. Or, maybe to have on your iPod on your trips home to visit mommy. Color us very impressed! But not with day-glo, 'cause that's contraband.
SETLIST
01 "The Bouncer"
02 "Atlantis To Interzone"
03 "Hall of Records"
04 "Totem On The Timeline"
05 "Golden Skans"
06 "As Above, So Below"
07 "Two Receivers"
08 "Magick"
09 "Gravity's Rainbow"
10 "It's Not Over Yet"
11 "Isle of Her"
12 "Four Horsemen of 2012"
Posted at 12:33 PM in Concert
Tags: Klaxons
really????
i was bored. they sounded great, but i wanted them to be a lot crazier. maybe that's what i get for seeing iggy pop the night before...
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I feel they can do no wrong live. Even though it was not overly exciting (I've seen them use a bit more effects in London), the songs are so good that there was no way it could have ever possibly been a bad show.
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yea they were awesome but something was alittle off.. seemed liek they were having alot of problems with the guitarists sound. also, dissapointing to see bonde do role be virtually ignored by the young folks as they are fucking awesome. i think studio b will be a lot better
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nice... i'm excited to see them saturday in philly.
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i was bored. I agree it sounded pretty good, but it sounded exactly like the album. Felt like they were going through the motions. The band seemed bored, the crowd was chatting and fairly unresponsive except for the front 2 rows, and on a whole it was just sort of random and confusing.
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oooh, i like the one with the pretty face!
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They were most excellent in Boston last night.
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ill check back in 5 years to see just how "timeless" they are.
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thos pictures look like you were standing right by me. there were like 5 people taking pictures near us. it was awesome. everyone around us was going nuts. i didnt turn around at all so i dont know how the rest of the crowd was. but it was an awesome show. magick was the best live
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I fucking hate the NME. You can bet after tonights Pete and Carl Re-uniting gig that they will whore it for the next year.
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They were fantastic in Toronto. The crowd was pretty wild.
And Nick - if you have nothing better to do that post smart-ass commentary about your future plans - good luck with those 5 years, mate - you're onto something
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Nick is a tool. Nowhere has anyone said that this band was "timeless". Wanker.
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actually right up there it says "timeless pop gems". that said, nick's still a wanker
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I will second the "most excellent in Boston" comment.
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The crowd was surprisingly dead during Bonde Do Role but they definitely got into the party during the Klaxons set:
Klaxons (photos)
http://www.FiddleWhileYouBurn.com/2007/04/0410-klaxons-bowery-ballroom-photos.html
Bonde De Role (Photos)
http://www.FiddleWhileYouBurn.com/2007/04/0410-bonde-do-role-bowery-ballroom.html
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The crowd was surprisingly dead during Bonde Do Role but they definitely got into the party during the Klaxons set:
Klaxons @ Bowery Ballroom (photos)
http://www.FiddleWhileYouBurn.com/2007/04/0410-klaxons-bowery-ballroom-photos.html
Bonde De Role @ Bowery Ballroom (Photos)
http://www.FiddleWhileYouBurn.com/2007/04/0410-bonde-do-role-bowery-ballroom.html
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The crowd was surprisingly dead during Bonde Do Role but they definitely got into the party during the Klaxons set:
Klaxons @ Bowery Ballroom (photos)
http://www.FiddleWhileYouBurn.com/2007/04/0410-klaxons-bowery-ballroom-photos.html
Bonde De Role @ Bowery Ballroom (Photos)
http://www.FiddleWhileYouBurn.com/2007/04/0410-bonde-do-role-bowery-ballroom.html
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ah, my bad. it does say that...
nick is still a wanker.
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Boring... Flat.... Underwhelmed
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Yes the first 2 rows were crazy! I should know, I was the obnoxious one stepping on toes and dancin' around. They did seem bored but the music was awesome
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last night was a blast! i was jumping up and down like a mad man! they put on a hell of a show... good times!
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anyone else see nick zinner there
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Dear god, they're truly horrible... even worse live. Are you all deaf?
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Too loud!!
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