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| From | "Stewart Mason" <craigtorso@verizon.net> |
| Subject | Re: Minneapolis goings on next Monday or Tuesday? |
| Date | Thu, 05 May 2005 12:45:40 -0400 |
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From: "floatingunder" <Steven.Durben@cignabehavioral.com>
> The Ravonettes @ First Ave (I know it's my own fault that I live in
> a
> cave but can anyone tell me more on this group...This is a new group
> I
> right?)
Not really, they've been around a few years now. (It's the
Raveonettes, btw, as in the Buddy Holly song.) They're a Danish group,
and their initial hook was that they were like a musical equivalent of
the Dogme filmmakers: songs could only have three chords, had to be
under a certain length, and each album was written in a specific key:
the first was in B flat minor, the second in B flat major. They've
pretty much dropped all that, however, and the new album PRETTY IN
BLACK is a flat-out '60s pop pastiche, with a lot of Spector/girl
group cops. It sounds to my like the first Jesus and Mary Chain album
inverted, where the guitar fuzz is in the background and the heavy
'60s influence is out front. A lot of people hate the new album, but
while I don't like it quite as much as the last one, CHAIN GANG OF
LOVE (which is just flat-out great), I think it's entirely worthwhile.
> Also, has anyone see Gang Of Four? I've heard little on if they
> actually pull off the live show very well, or not.
They haven't played Boston yet, but I've heard good things about the
UK shows.
S
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