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Beach House @ Bowery Ballroom, NYC - pics
Seeing Beach House open for Grizzly Bear at Bowery Ballroom gave me a new appreciation for the Mazzy Star-esque Baltimore duo. Mazzy Star is one of my favorite bands of all time, so it was good to feel something similar again when Beach House's Victoria Legrand sang - and she can sing, reverb or not. Other comparisons people like to use are Galaxie 500, Spiritualized, and Slowdive. Though apprehensive at first, I loved them in the end.
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Posted on March 8, 2007 2:43 AM
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Comments (20)
Extremely boring. Should've opened.
Posted by Anonymous | March 8, 2007 3:20 AM
They were better than Grizzly Bear.
Posted by beau | March 8, 2007 3:31 AM
haha, if you like overdrenched reverb and seated singers who barely move.
Posted by Anonymous | March 8, 2007 3:54 AM
im happy i skipped this. i like papercuts/beach house/grizzly bear a bit but i just cant see enjoying a live show.
ill keep it in the stereo.
Posted by sam | March 8, 2007 8:32 AM
grizzly bear live is way better than on disc
Posted by Anonymous | March 8, 2007 9:07 AM
yes but what did the drummer from we are scientists think?
Posted by Anonymous | March 8, 2007 9:45 AM
bore house.
Posted by Anonymous | March 8, 2007 9:45 AM
I love it when you mention the mazz BV. They were great weren't they....and 5 years later I'm still playing bavarian fruit bread on loop. So that's why we dig marissa nadler, beach house, victoria from concretes, etc. we just lookin for our next HOPE!
Posted by pretty girl | March 8, 2007 9:47 AM
I like beach house and all, but to compare them to Galaxie 500, spiritualized and Slowdive is like comparing a street busker to the ny philharmonic.
Posted by kiteless | March 8, 2007 9:50 AM
totally forgot to mention, while we're on the subject of hope sandoval . . . MIRANDA LEE RICHARDS is like the queen of the search for the next mazzy starry girl. Jus sayin.
Posted by pretty girl | March 8, 2007 9:51 AM
Last night I learned that you don't have to be on valium to enjoy Beach House, just the right mix of pot and vodka.
Posted by Blackman | March 8, 2007 10:00 AM
Loved them.
Posted by Eduardo | March 8, 2007 10:27 AM
Speaking of Hope Sandoval, isn't she going to be the featured vocalist on the next Massive Attack release? I'm looking forward to that one.
Posted by Dan | March 8, 2007 11:45 AM
new shit sounded dope
Posted by Anonymous | March 8, 2007 12:06 PM
Beach House was great.
Posted by Katie | March 8, 2007 12:56 PM
Beach house were terrible. The same three boring arpeggiated reverbed chords through the whole set. Every song sounded the same. The only remarkable thing about it was how bad the songwriting was. After their set, they were upstairs in the back and would not shut up for all of grizzly bear's set(which was ALOT better by comparison)
Posted by badhouse | March 8, 2007 2:29 PM
Agree with Badhouse. Like the Beach House disc, show was terrible. She has a great voice but the over drenched reverb made it almost unlistenable and she has none of the x factor of Hope Sandoval. How can you LOVE Mazzy Star so much and make any kind of comparison.
Posted by anonymous | March 8, 2007 2:32 PM
Agreed... Grizzly Bear was amazing live, even though I don't care for their albums at all. Beach House is just the opposite: should have been great, but the reverb in her mic made me want to punch someone.
Posted by the management | March 8, 2007 3:00 PM
can I also agree here? I mean beach house are OK, they just need to change a lot of things. Less reverb, perhaps stand...do something to spice it up. Ultimately it just felt dull and awash in it's own reverb. You can't even compare their live show to grizzly bear's who were/are great, but honestly anyone would have sounded great after their set.
Posted by Anonymous | March 8, 2007 3:13 PM
can I also agree here? I mean beach house are OK, they just need to change a lot of things. Less reverb, perhaps stand...do something to spice it up. Ultimately it just felt dull and awash in it's own reverb. You can't even compare their live show to grizzly bear's who were/are great, but honestly anyone would have sounded great after their set.
Posted by Anonymous | March 8, 2007 3:13 PM