Indie Music Scene Is Alive, Well At Hillel
Tom Crosby
Issue date: 4/10/08 Section: Focus
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Drawing a diverse crowd, the Indie Rock Showcase, organized by WHUS, hosted four local, up-and-coming indie bands in a fantastic, free, door-busting show.
Opening with Quiet Life, the show kicked off with the energetic quartet playing to what seemed to be a devoted base of fans. The night was off to auspicious beginnings as wide-eyed kids jumped and shouted Quiet Life's pensive-yet-fiery lyrics.
Meg Misset, a 6th-semester nutrition major, said that Quiet Life made her "want to dance around everywhere."
The band, who played several new tracks off of their 2008 release entitled "Act Natural," was a welcome blend of indie, alt-rock, and, surprisingly, a rustic, "honky-tonk" sound that was achieved by lead singer Sean Spellman's intermittent harmonica riffs.
After a short intermission, Aeroplane, 1929 came on to uproarious applause.
Lead singer Jacob Eli Goldman was easily the most charismatic of the night's performers, quipping, "You guys ready for some music? Alright, this is a Jewish center, go somewhere else."
After clearing it up with the audience that his own Jewish heritage gave him permission to be flippant, Goldman and Aeroplane gave an impressive performance of what is otherwise a subpar studio collection.
"I've seen them before," said Liz Larkin, a 2nd-semester Middle Eastern studies major, "and their stuff is a lot better in concert. They're just one of those great live bands."
Playing such hits as "The Holy Ghost" and "Tied Down Giants," Aeroplane 1929 more or less stole the show.
Following another intermission, Luke Temple took the stage. Temple, who is not so much "Luke Temple" as "Luke Temple and friends," was both a musical and facial hybrid of Coldplay's Chris Martin and Radiohead's Thom Yorke.
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posted 4/10/08 @ 12:13 PM EST
Luke Temple was good, but I think a lot of people were definitley turned off by his demand to come back inside for his set. Just play your music, man. (Continued…)
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