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Jon Brion @ Tonic, NYC | Pics (& lots of Links)
Jon Brion played two shows (early and late) at Tonic in NYC on April 27th, 2005. I was lucky enough to make it to the late show and get these photos.
'Amazing, Amazing, Amazing' is how to describe a Jon Brion show. People living in Los Angeles get to see him almost every Friday night at Largo. Thanks to the Tribeca Film Festival, where he also spoke, New York got to experience his magic. He's a musical genius that can sing and play every instrument. He even has a musical sense of humor. The crowd was cracking up during his comical opening rendition of "Stairway to Heaven."
"Brion is quite possibly the ultimate one-man band. A virtuosic musician, he used live tape loops to capture each individual instrument's part as he played it, layering drums, piano, bass and rhythm guitar one at a time before stepping up to the microphone to actually sing the song. Everything about Brion's performance was effortless, from his frenetic guitar solos to his piano ballads to his astounding repertoire of cover songs." - Daily Bruin
Someone posted three (kind of rough) live streaming Jon Brion videos:
1) video of Jon Brion as Tom Waits doing Radiohead
2) A one man band (video 1)
3) A one man band (video 2)
We heard Prince, David Bowie, Velvet Underground, Led Zeppelin, Brian Eno and other covers, as well as originals from his 2001 solo album, Meaningless.
The Village Broadsheet scored an interview with Brion a few days before the NY shows. It's full of good stuff, but I'll just copy and paste this bit...
"A week prior to our interview, he was in London (at Abbey Road! Abbey fucking Road!!), working on his own recordings. Exciting news for all of us Brion fans, who have been clammoring for a proper vocal album from the man since 2001, when his brilliant debut Meaningless crept its way into our headphones and heads. Between his soundtrack work (I Heart Huckabees, Magnolia), productions for other artists (Fiona Apple, Rhett Miller, Aimee Mann), and boffo studio musician gigs (Macy Gray and many others), it’s easy to forget that Brion is a first-rate performer in his own right. As he put it, “I’ve had a high quality of distraction in my recent history.” You ain’t just whistlin’ Dixie, brother."
Good news. He promised he'd be going on tour (but said don't call it a "tour") this year. He even hinted at a week long residency in NYC. Be excited.
He's been involved with many, many recordings.
The Onion inerviewed him two years ago.
Jon is producing Kanye West's next album
He produced Fiona Apple's unreleased album.
Pitchfork's Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Soundtrack Review
Pitchfork's I Heart Huckabees Soundtrack Review
Stylus' Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Soundtrack review
Unfortunately for Jon, his guitar broke in half after falling on the stage. Fortunately for us it was one of the highlights of the show. He played an entire song with the broken guitar. Note the strings hanging down in the following picture:
the Punch Drunk Love Soundtrack
lots of toys:
Did I mention Fran Lebowitz was in the audience?
Previously
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Posted on May 2, 2005 10:25 PM
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grr i wish i knew about this. would've really liked to see him...
Posted by rachel | May 3, 2005 9:38 AM
what were the songs he covered? sounds cool.
Posted by rajeev | May 3, 2005 9:38 AM
I was so waiting for you to post this! :)
I linked it on my personal blog [see april 30th entry at sitdownstandup.com]
Posted by wes | May 3, 2005 9:55 AM
finally a post about jon brion at tonic! thank you! for a while there, it was beginning to seem like he didn't play in the city at all, or at least that no bloggers were there, which i suppose amounts to the same thing these days. if a tree falls in the forest...
Posted by Anonymous | May 3, 2005 10:10 AM
some songs he covered at the last show, from what i can remember:
brian eno - baby's on fire
david bowie - life on mars
prince - when doves cry
the velvet underground - femme fatale
led zeppelin - stairway to heaven
someone to watch over me - i THINK this is george gershwin
eurythmics - sweet dreams (a tiny bit)
someone requested "thriller" and he flat out refused. i kinda wanted him to do "major tom" or anything new order done by a different artist (which, from the looks of his "radiohead as tom waits" video, is hysterical)
Posted by Anonymous | May 3, 2005 10:15 AM
i wish there was a recording of "babys on fire."
ay, anyone in LA:
is it possible to get into those shows at Largo if
they are booked in advance? or does the standing room only capacity fill up too?
Posted by cincinnati j. | May 5, 2005 1:02 AM
Haven't been there in 3 months so I don't know if things have changed drastically since...BUT, it used to be the case that you can get in easily if you would come early on Friday night (around 8:15) and wait in line outside.
Posted by Anonymous | May 11, 2005 6:12 PM
these are great pictures. i went to see jon brion at largo this past friday for the first time. we got there at 7:15 and someone had cancelled their reservation, so we got a table. definitely stick around for the second set; the front-and-center table emptied after the first set and we relocated. fantastic; definitely worth the time spent waiting in line.
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Hey! I've never been to Tonic NYC but I've noticed that you have quite a few photos from there, some with flash, so I'm assuming photography without flash is allowed. I've called their number several times to have no one pick up - so perhaps you could help me from experience; do you know if they allow video cameras/how is the light? Judging from the photographs ( I don't know what ISO you used ) it was a little dark.
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I was at this a-freakin-mazing show too. Does anyone know how he gets that gorgeous bass sound out of his guitar? Is it just a pitch shifter, or something more elaborate?
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tonic really rockz!! it waz f?!ckn great to hear their songz!wish i could see them in person! rock on!
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