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Figurines @ Bowery Ballroom, NYC | pics
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Pitchfork: You did a tour of North America this past spring-- how did your experience in America measure against your expectations?
Figurines: I was really surprised in a good way about the people. You hear stories about how dangerous it is to walk along the streets, and then one night we were walking around and couldn't find our hotel, and this lady stops-- she could tell that what we were totally lost-- and she asked us what we were looking for. That would never happen in Denmark! And also, we heard all these horror stories from Danish bands touring in the U.S. that they had to play pizza joints and no sound engineer showed up and everything was fucked...but it wasn't like that for us. But there were a lot of burgers! A lot of good burgers. A lot of different burgers. I think we're very spoiled up here in Denmark when it comes to venues, and the treatment and the catering. But we felt good eating those burgers.
I was psyched to check out Figurines between Cold War Kids and Tapes 'n Tapes @ Bowery Ballroom - partly because I had just started digging their music, and partly becaues they were the only band on the bill who I hadn't seen before. Unfortunately I didn't find their live show as dynamic as the recorded music.
I'll probably give Figurines another chance when they play Mercury Lounge with Land of Talk this week (which may mean I'll see Land of Talk twice this week)
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Posted on June 26, 2006 12:09 PM
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words are truly incapable of expressing the depths of sucktitude to which I believe the figurines reach. in the words of one Michael Bolton, they are a bunch of "no talent ass clowns." I would not celebrate their entire catalog.
Posted by Brian | June 26, 2006 6:22 PM
brian. notwithstanding the fact that the lead singer looks like an inbred muppet, i could not disagree with you more. i suggest to all that the figurines show @ mercury is a must-see. i, for one, will be there and will be drinking heavily. i may even wear a diaper in order to avoid missing even a moment of what will surely be a danish rock extravaganza.
Posted by joe | June 27, 2006 1:17 PM