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Posted in music | pictures on September 15, 2009
Fruit Bats played MHOW (pics & video)
photos by Raymond Haddad
Denver Post: What have you learned from playing in groups like the Shins, Vetiver and Califone over the years?Fruit Bats stopped in Brooklyn last night (9/14) to play a show at Music Hall of Williamsburg with Iran and Kevin Barker. Their tour continues tonight (9/15) in Cambridge. How was the NYC show? A few more pictures and a video from it below...Eric D Johnson: It's sort of intangible. Especially with the Shins, the operation is such a larger scale than my own band that I compare it to having a job at a law firm, and then Fruit Bats is my job volunteering at the soup kitchen.
That's not a bad soup kitchen.
In the simplest terms it's motivating to be like, "I want that cheese platter for my own band backstage." The Shins' (popularity) was a pretty awesomely organic process as far as where they went with themselves. Their story is no one else's story. Our bands existed in parallel worlds for years -- the home recording, the unambitiousness of both. James and I have really similar personalities and that's why I think he ended up bringing me on board. But I'm sure there have been a trillion little musical things that have seeped in there too over the years.
Kevin Barker...
Fruit Bats...
Fruit Bats @ MHOW
and from an in-store in Dallas earlier in the month....
Fruit Bats @ Good Records, Dallas, Texas, 9/1/09
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Posted on September 15, 2009 11:49 AM
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Comments (5)
FBs were fantastic. Honestly one of the most enjoyable shows I've been to in a long time!
Posted by Anonymous | September 15, 2009 12:26 PM
really great show! kings of convenience last week, fruit bats last night, all is good.
Posted by Anonymous | September 15, 2009 12:54 PM
love love love these guys. Saw them in LA a few weeks ago. The new record is an instant classic.
Posted by Anonymous | September 15, 2009 1:31 PM
definitely agree: one of the most enjoyable shows in awhile. they were so amazing. it's a shame they don't tour more often!
Posted by Anna | September 16, 2009 1:10 AM
mobius band dull? you should give them another shot if you're going to the show anyway...they can be totally entrancing and energetic.
Posted by louis | October 17, 2009 12:22 PM