6/7/12

C'est bien? C'est bien.

Tinariwen enchanted Swallow Hill members in a VH1: Behind the Music- like performance Tuesday night at the L2 Cultural center. The intimate venue combined with their traditional garb, style, and instrumental methods resulted in an atypical performance (especially for the Denver-area).



Sidenote: Grammy winner

6/2/12

Flight of the Condor

The Staves, a harmonizing acoustic English sister trio, strummed their gueetars and mandolin and whispered of a sandless time glass refilling with the dawn. Their sound fits the following scene: backporch of Smoky Mountain log cabin during misty dawn.  Although it was their last show with Bon Iver, they will be playing other shows.


Feist conquered the stage. Along with various horns, drums, and the crowned females of Mountain Man as her back-up, her performance combined a keenly developed rebelliousness with candor. With her guitar adorned with a pink silhouette of mountain peaks, she stomped the stage into the ground. The best part was hearing how her songs could sound so beautifully different when live.



 
I don't even cry during war movies. Or at the old couple in Titanic going down with the ship. Or goodbyes. Bon Iver made me tear up.  The beautiful melancholy of his voice intertwined with the various instruments projecting out into the red rocks was a transformative experience. Do not miss.

6/1/12

Bound


Vacationer - Dreamlike video. Check out their site for personal inspiration for hitting the summer time pavement.