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Grand Archives & Violens @ South Street Seaport, NY - pics
photos by Chris La Putt
Violens
Grand Archives
Grand Archives and Violens played the free show at South Street Seaport in NYC on Friday night (Aug 22, 2008). This coming Friday = Oneida, Endless Boogie & a special guest. Then on Saturday September 6th is the East Village Radio Fest w/ Boris. Then comes fall. More pictures from Friday night below...
Violens...
Grand Archives...
Posted on August 25, 2008 12:15 AM
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Does anyone here like Grand Archives?
Posted by Anonymous | August 25, 2008 12:21 AM
never ever heard of grand archives, but I love violins
Posted by Anonymous | August 25, 2008 12:26 AM
Grand Archives = Sub Pop, ex-Carissa's Wierd, ex-Band of Horses:
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2008/06/grand_archives.html
Posted by Anonymous | August 25, 2008 12:33 AM
grand archives album is okay, but live, they're way off. maybe it was partly the sound guys fault, but it just wasn't a good show.
Posted by Anonymous | August 25, 2008 12:57 AM
Grand Archives have definitely been better, but I don't care what anyone else says, Violens were hitting on all cylinders Friday night. Great show.
Posted by bill p | August 25, 2008 1:02 AM
seen grand archives x 2 - both times they were on...great harmonies, good vibe.
Posted by Anonymous | August 25, 2008 1:03 AM
good harmonies, yeah sure, in theory, but the show in friday was horrible and cringe worthy.
violens wasn't that impressive either. sorry. but it's true.
Posted by Anonymous | August 25, 2008 2:13 AM
i like grand archives. Not as much as I love Band of Horses though.
On the album cover front, if it counts, Grand Archive have the most beautiful in recent years.
http://liveon35mm.wordpress.com/2008/03/06/band-of-horses/
Posted by liveon35mm.com | August 25, 2008 6:52 AM
the sound was messed up on friday...but it was nice to see them again.
Posted by Anonymous | August 25, 2008 8:56 AM
Violens were pretty sloppy when I saw them with Grizzly Bear. The guitar player just used a lot of delay/echo and kind of sucks. The drummer is great though. Bass player looks like he used to play guitar or just learned bass. Not very good musicians over all.
boring!
Posted by Joe | August 25, 2008 12:13 PM
What if Grand Archives and The National got together and formed The National Archives? They could totally get government sponsorship... Oh wait, this isn't Canada.
Posted by Lt. Slothrop | August 25, 2008 12:23 PM
I saw Violens open for Grizzly Bear as well, and I thought they were pretty good. Definitely enough there for me to want to listen again/see where they go.
Also:
"violens wasn't that impressive either. sorry. but it's true."
I mean, I would necessarily say that's true. Sounds more like opinion to me.
Posted by Anonymous | August 25, 2008 1:30 PM
I Grand Archives. They had a very good performance. The National is one of the last bands I would want to see anyone collaborate with.
Posted by chester | August 25, 2008 1:55 PM
Grey Reigning was an excellent song, and Jorge's voice is unlike any other. Also, saying something "wasn't that impressive" indicates impressive-ness, not so much that it was especially impressive, but impressive non-the-less. I need a life
Posted by venus of the soup kitchen | October 30, 2008 12:33 AM