excellent

/ / you just added that to show people you had created this topic :p

no I didn't

nice people too. eddie gave me a deal cause i bought everything.

they are playing the kings arms very soon, a couple of weeks i think

yep i was there. we were playing spot the groupie, trying to find jane adams

But greatest band in the world? bailterspace!!!!!!!!!!!

straightjacket fits were definately one of my fav bands of all time! as 4 dk, not my cup of tea.

The Strokes are important.

hmmm - i think the strokes *might* be important - depends on what they do next ... they may be destined to be the band that 'opened a door' for others, rather than great in their own right?? 'one swallow does not a summer make' etc - i think yoda said that ...

dear hollis, how can you call degrees k important yet say that the strokes arn't?

let me start by saying that I only really care about bands that are musically important. Culture is unfortunately channeled through the media and therefore distorts, so a culturally important band is often only a product of the people they impress. So in that case a band like the strokes, while very good and with pure energy, they are only significant because we have been told they are. If I had heard the band before any 'hype' I would have thought they were simply a clever rock and roll band that sounded like joy division, tom petty and the stooges. I may have even bought the record. Also any music that seems so strongly linked to such a fashionable 'new movement' simply doesn't sit with me. And its undeniably retro. For me, orginal thought is the hardest and most rewarding thing to strive for.

While degrees K sit in the math rock/post rock camp ( I hope I don't offend the band with this) they push it to the limits and use it not as the end in itself , but as a way to translate the dynamics of the band . A traditional band that will as a rule play in 4/4 and keep to standard progressions and chords has obviously limited themselves ( which often works) but with degrees K they have all these options open to them and they use them with taste and measure in a way that is fluid and gorgous and mean. And the vocals are quite special, with unusual melodic lines punctuated with less than obvious harmony.
This band is interesting.thats the bottem line. they surprise and take you on a spastic trip that no straight rock and roll will do. I'm in love with them.Its all that music should be for me.

you were there.
I was not on acid.
thats what I heard.

joy division, yes

iv seen degrees k a couple of times, and i never thought of them as a math rock/post rock band, are you sure you are actually talking about degrees k? or know anything about math rock/post rock?

thanks

is that for real, nato?
sounds like a bad RNB song.

nice.
The vocals remind me of Death Cab For Cutie at times, especially at the beginning. Actually so do some of the guitars but only here and there.

yep, I totally agree.
friday night was an absolute pleasure, only concreting my opinion of the band.
So incredibly tight and interesting, and hell bent on delivering thier vison with passion and soul......it is so rare.
I was a bit disappointed that I didn't hear some of the songs that I heard in christchurch at the jet set, but I think they were part of the encore.
The slow songs could be a bit less straight, but the rock numbers are close to godlike.

Shame about certain girls in the audience that couldn't get past the 'hotness' of the band members(sic).

ahhh. that was actually me, andrew was just using my computer last. Fuck my computer is a slut. But andrew does feel similar. I don't think he dances though.....being from dunedin and all:)