Still getting accustomed to my new job and finding a productive and humane work schedule, difficult tasks with four consecutive weekends with out-of-town commitments. More frequent blogging in the very near future...I guarantee.
In the meantime, a few thoughts on last night's Bloc Party show at the Royal Oak Music Theater. The band came out and performed a lean, fast-paced, Buzzocks-like set. No more than thirty-five minutes, but nearly the whole crowd was shakin' it (and that included college kids as well as older, music-geek types). Amazing energy level, more punk than how they come off on their CD. They flew through the better part of their record, with nearly every track paced notably faster. Even with the speedy, thin pace, the band maintained the dance vibe that earns them Gang of Four comparisons in the media. Oddly, they left the stage and returned with a slowed-down encore that was a bit anti-climactic. But they're a young band and pacing might be something they work on as they build a larger catalogue of material.
The Kills opened the show with their usual loud and suggestive approach to blues-punk. I saw them headline a show in Cinci. last year and the full-length set really allowed them to create a kind of narrative (one involving the duo acting out a love-hate relationship that seemed to involve climbing on amps and using fret boards to simulate firing rifles) within the scope of their performace. Last night they had to shorten the set to play the opening act roll. They rocked out (ears still ringing a bit) but I missed the Captain Beefheart cover ("Dropout Boogie") and their breakout single "Cat Claw" last night, when they concentrated on material from their newer album No Wow.
Good time, and home by 11:15...my kind (read: geezer) of show.
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