Word: bandness
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...suddenly, there you are, right in the middle of it. You’re not sure how you got there, but now you’re lost amid the flash of cameras, inexplicably surrounded by the music of the just generally inexplicable Harvard University Band. You’ve become a bystander at a crime scene, a rubbernecker on the highway, a solemn attendant of your own funeral. And you can’t leave...
David A. Wallach ’07, the lead singer of Harvard band Chester French, which opened the show for Breuer along with New York comedian Pete Correale, also said Breuer was a success...
...marquee outside of the Avalon might have well read “Music 245, Death Cab for Cutie and the Transatlantic Transformation.” With pensive college students staring curiously at the four-man Seattle band, the Avalon seemed more like a lecture hall than a rock venue Tuesday night. Yes, a few indie rockers were scattered about, and several twenty- and thirty-somethings mingled, but the overwhelming majority of the room was attending their Tuesday night class, trying to discern the complex sound waves striking their academic ears. Some heads bobbed, a few hands waved and a scattering...
Openers Pretty Girls Make Graves kicked off the show with a solid set. A fellow Seattle-based group, the band was invited to tour with Death Cab and is promoting its 2004 release Good Health. Forced to cope with an even more passive audience than that which faced Death Cab, they nonetheless played with great verve and precise rhythm. However, their upbeat and punk-influenced style was a fiery prelude to the more nuanced and contemplative Death...
...time when singer-songwriters, divas and solo acts abound, Death Cab is a refreshing example of humble unity. Dressing mainly in black and communicating actively with each other on stage, Death Cab comes off as a band in the fullest sense of the word. They convey music, not pretenses, overdrawn speeches and affected crowd pleasing. In fact, guitarist/keyboardist Chris Walla rarely even makes eye contact with the audience, and bassist Nick Harmer pays most of his attention to drummer Jason McGerr. Perhaps this is too much at times, but the underlying innocence and musical devotion implicit in these mannerisms...