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Late last Wednesday night, Justin Harris’ bass guitar slipped out of his hands, bringing Menomena’s set at T.T. the Bear’s Place to an inglorious and momentary halt...
Harris had a point. But then again, how often do you see the über-precise Carlos D discard his bass mid-song to play a rough saxophone riff or nimbly manipulate a set of keyboard loops with his feet? Menomena has always been a more claustrophobic, oddball project—and, as they showed last week, it’s had a most liberating effect on their music...
...Blame Monster” is full of double-jointed, intricate sonic moments seemingly made possible only by agile programming, but many of those highlights were played almost flawlessly on stage. This may sound terribly rockist, but you just don’t expect to find bass chops as funky as Harris’ or limb-cracking beats like those meted out by drummer Danny Seim in a band whose recorded output relies so heavily on silicon...
With a killer combo of drums, vocals, keyboard, guitar, and an undeniable bass, Interpol’s sound is an ironic medley of grim beauty. This “post-punk” band used a wide range of pitches and beats, a powerful bass line, vicious vocals, and periodic spurts of guitar cacophony to tempt its Boston audience...
...parents got me playing the violin when I was about ten. I took lessons for nine years, and although I don’t really play it much anymore it made me familiar with all the tools I would need to teach myself guitar and bass and to start writing music. The first time I remember being excited about music was in middle school. I went to a Beck concert in sixth grade. Odelay had just come out, and I really couldn’t believe what was going on: it was just a circus with DJs and disco balls...