Showing posts with label Pelican. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pelican. Show all posts
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Hook of the Day - Pelican "Dead Between the Walls"
by Wayne Graham
Headbanger's Blog has posted Pelican's new video "Dead Between the Walls" and will play the clip this Saturday on Headbanger's Ball on MTV2. Good for them, I say. A little more of this type of thing and a lot less of...well, you know.
Headbanger's Blog has posted Pelican's new video "Dead Between the Walls" and will play the clip this Saturday on Headbanger's Ball on MTV2. Good for them, I say. A little more of this type of thing and a lot less of...well, you know.
Monday, March 17, 2008
Lair of the Minotaur's WAR METAL BATTLE MASTER Release Events
by Wayne GrahamChicago's own Lair of the Minotaur have a couple of Windy City-area events lined up to celebrate the March 25th release of their latest kick-in-the-ass, War Metal Battle Master. (courtesy of Southern Lord Records)
Tomorrow night, March 18th, @ 10pm, Southern Lord will present a listening party at Kuma's Corner (2900 W. Belmont Avenue, Chicago). The event is free, and there will be food and drink specials all night. (I presume one could partake of Lair's namesake burger which has brie, pancetta, carmelized onions, and whisky-soaked pear slices on a pretzel roll) Metal DJ sets will be provided by Laurent Lebec (of Pelican) and Ben Eastman. Limited edition versions of the CD will be on sale.
Additionally, on March 25th @ 5:30pm, Lair will play a short set at Reckless Records (1532 N. Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago). Also free. Also awesome.
Both events will be great. If you're in the area, drop by, won't you. And say hi to me! I'll be the guy with the beard!
Please enjoy "Horde of Undead Vengeance" from War Metal Battle Master.
Friday, February 29, 2008
Concert Review: Pelican @ Empty Bottle, Chicago 02-28-08
By Myche J
About three minutes into the first song, Mark leans over to me and says “yea, this is where we should be tonight”. My sentiments exactly. Having never seen Pelican before, I will say that they exceeded my expectations. Blew them away, really.
Instrumental music is an interesting thing. In my opinion, going voxless can be a limiting factor in the eyes of many music listeners, but of course there have been exceptions to this rule (“Telstar”, the “Cantina Theme” from Star Wars, “Rockit” by Herbie Hancock, Jan Hammer’s “Theme to Miami Vice”, “Axel F” – I apologize if you now can’t get some of these tunes out of your head now). On the other hand, how many times have you been rocking away from the opening riffage of a track, it sounds vey promising, you are ready to love it – then just as the singer offers up his contribution to the track you instantly say to yourself “ok, this sucks” and move on? But I digress. When the instrumental thing is pulled off effectively, it can be special. And Pelican pulls it off effectively. So on to the show…
The band pretty much grabbed me by the juglar from the onset. What I like about them is that they are very patient with the songs. They let the jam spill out slowly and smoothly. No need to hurry, we’re all in this thing together. But then when the time comes, they have the ability to dig deep and smack you right over the head! The nice variety in tempo makes a huge impact here.
I get the sense that they really enjoy making and playing their music. It shows. Nothing seems contrived. There were a couple times where one of the guitarists and the bassist both did some similar power moves in unison, and for a split second I thought it looked fantastic and wondered how they got that down (given that they weren’t looking at each other at all). But as I watched them more and more, I don’t think it’s contrived at all. It’s just what the music makes you want to do. The right move for the groove, if you will. Hell, if I would have never seen them live I would have done some of those things whilst jamming solo at home…
Forgive me for not knowing song titles here, besides “City of Echoes”. This show was one of the easiest 90 minutes I’ve encountered. Nothing seemed to drag too long, every note fit together perfectly. A wonderful concert experience.
They made me proud to be from Chicago…
By Myche J
About three minutes into the first song, Mark leans over to me and says “yea, this is where we should be tonight”. My sentiments exactly. Having never seen Pelican before, I will say that they exceeded my expectations. Blew them away, really.
Instrumental music is an interesting thing. In my opinion, going voxless can be a limiting factor in the eyes of many music listeners, but of course there have been exceptions to this rule (“Telstar”, the “Cantina Theme” from Star Wars, “Rockit” by Herbie Hancock, Jan Hammer’s “Theme to Miami Vice”, “Axel F” – I apologize if you now can’t get some of these tunes out of your head now). On the other hand, how many times have you been rocking away from the opening riffage of a track, it sounds vey promising, you are ready to love it – then just as the singer offers up his contribution to the track you instantly say to yourself “ok, this sucks” and move on? But I digress. When the instrumental thing is pulled off effectively, it can be special. And Pelican pulls it off effectively. So on to the show…
The band pretty much grabbed me by the juglar from the onset. What I like about them is that they are very patient with the songs. They let the jam spill out slowly and smoothly. No need to hurry, we’re all in this thing together. But then when the time comes, they have the ability to dig deep and smack you right over the head! The nice variety in tempo makes a huge impact here.
I get the sense that they really enjoy making and playing their music. It shows. Nothing seems contrived. There were a couple times where one of the guitarists and the bassist both did some similar power moves in unison, and for a split second I thought it looked fantastic and wondered how they got that down (given that they weren’t looking at each other at all). But as I watched them more and more, I don’t think it’s contrived at all. It’s just what the music makes you want to do. The right move for the groove, if you will. Hell, if I would have never seen them live I would have done some of those things whilst jamming solo at home…
Forgive me for not knowing song titles here, besides “City of Echoes”. This show was one of the easiest 90 minutes I’ve encountered. Nothing seemed to drag too long, every note fit together perfectly. A wonderful concert experience.
They made me proud to be from Chicago…
Monday, February 25, 2008
This Week's Notable Chicago Shows
by Wayne Graham
Any of you Chicagoland area readers feel like attending a nice, loud rock show this week? There are a few choice options for you!
MONDAY 2-25
Foo Fighters (w/ Serj Tankian, Against Me!)
Allstate Arena, Rosemont, IL
(tickets)
TUESDAY 2-26
Clutch (w/ Murder by Death, Maylene & The Sons of Disaster, Hex Machine)
Metro, Chicago, IL
(tickets)
WEDNESDAY 2-27
Dub Trio (w/ Foreign Islands, The Jai-Alai Savant)
Subterranean, Chicago, IL
FREE SHOW!!!
THURSDAY 2-28
Pelican (w/ Black Cobra, Unearthly Trance)
Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL
(tickets)
by Wayne Graham
Any of you Chicagoland area readers feel like attending a nice, loud rock show this week? There are a few choice options for you!
MONDAY 2-25
Foo Fighters (w/ Serj Tankian, Against Me!)
Allstate Arena, Rosemont, IL
(tickets)
TUESDAY 2-26
Clutch (w/ Murder by Death, Maylene & The Sons of Disaster, Hex Machine)
Metro, Chicago, IL
(tickets)
WEDNESDAY 2-27
Dub Trio (w/ Foreign Islands, The Jai-Alai Savant)
Subterranean, Chicago, IL
FREE SHOW!!!
THURSDAY 2-28
Pelican (w/ Black Cobra, Unearthly Trance)
Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL
(tickets)
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