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words by Andrew Frisicano, photos by Devyn Manibo
Javelin @ the Whitney
Javelin and Warpaint played a show at the Whitney on Friday, August 13th as part of their now-finished tour together (previously on the trip, both bands played Lollapalooza). The pay-what-you-wish entry fee covered both the music and the museum's current art, which includes the vividly styled watercolors of Charles Burchfield (his previously mentioned Heat Waves in a Swamp retrospective) and Christian Marclay: Festival, a collection of the artist/composer's sound-centric work with daily performances.
On Friday, the line to get in stretched around the block: I arrived at 6pm and got in the door just before Javelin started their 7pm set. The duo, playing off their Luaka Bop-released debut LP No Más, brought their wall of dismembered, rewired and colorfully spraypainted boomboxes to project the sample-based songs. One half of the band, George Langford, stuck to the drums, playing cymbals and a digital pad, while "frontman" Tom Van Buskirk worked up a sweat on the mic. The excellent No Más covers a lot of '80s-inspired ground: breakbeats, New Wave, downtown disco, dream pop and so on. On top of the samples, Buskirk interpolated his own words with borrowed hip-hop verses and hooks from the same era to complete the circle. A neon-painted keytar and fuzzed-out kazoo rounded out the melodies.
Warpaint started shortly afterward, but I didn't see much of them, opting for a quick walk around the museum before closing (in hindsight, pretty stupid: the exhibits require a few hours). Like Javelin, Warpaint's funky drums got the crowd moving and bobbing along, and the band sounded at home in the crowded basement-like space. The sidewalk outside actually provided one of the best viewpoints on the action below.
Warpaint go on tour with the xx and Zola Jesus in September. That includes an October 2nd show at United Palace Theatre (tickets still on sale).
Javelin's next show is Friday, August 20th (TONIGHT) the Yard at Soho Grand along with a DJ set from JD Samson as part of their free Summer Hummer series (RSVP). Javelin also just cut a recently posted Daytrotter session.
The last Whitney Live show of the summer happens August 27th with DJ/Rupture and Tanlines.
More pictures of Javelin and some video of Javelin & Warpaint are below...
(sorry, no pics of Warpaint, but you can see them in the videos below)
Javelin Performance | Whitney Live
Javelin at the Whitney Museum performing "Moscow 1980"
Javelin Interview | Whitney Live
WARPAINT @ The Whitney Museum
WARPAINT @ The Whitney Museum
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terrible photos
Posted by Anonymous | August 20, 2010 1:23 PM
terrible bands
Posted by Anonymous | August 20, 2010 1:33 PM
Warpaint is one of those mediocre bands who out of nowhere snagged a major label deal. Not a mystery when you realize there's an LA model in the band. And record companies still puzzle over why the industry is in free fall.
Posted by Anonymous | August 20, 2010 1:35 PM
^ um... mean?
Posted by Anonymous | August 20, 2010 1:36 PM
Wow, big mistake not sticking around for Warpaint. The venue was obviously not ideal for the sound but they were still good. They were absolutely incredible when they played the Knitting Factory a couple of months ago.
Posted by Anonymous | August 20, 2010 1:43 PM
BEST LIVE BAND SINCE DRIVE LIKE JEHU!
Posted by Anonymous | August 20, 2010 1:46 PM
Warpaint sounds amazing live and on album. Disintegration style jamming rules...
Posted by Anonymous | August 20, 2010 2:05 PM
cool
Posted by skdns | August 20, 2010 2:09 PM
yeah warpaint was brilliant. as for javelin- you know when somebody makes an off-colored remark just a little bit too loudly and the whole room goes quiet? that's what they reminded me of.
Posted by Anonymous | August 20, 2010 2:10 PM
warpaint isn't on a major label, you stupid fuck.
They're on Rough Trade.
Posted by Anonymous | August 20, 2010 2:24 PM
@1:35... maybe you should pull your pants up and go see warpaint some time.
Posted by JOE | August 20, 2010 2:28 PM
these bands make me want to smash my macbook air
Posted by Anonymous | August 20, 2010 2:59 PM
i have to agree with 1:43. big mistake leaving warpaint's set. those girls are incredible live (although the whitney is less than ideal to see anyone)
Posted by Anonymous | August 20, 2010 3:03 PM
"warpaint isn't on a major label, you stupid fuck.
They're on Rough Trade."
That's really funny. That tiny indie Rough Trade.
They're also under the Beggar's umbrella, which at this point is pretty much the biggest label around.
Posted by Anonymous | August 20, 2010 3:20 PM
javelin tossers
Posted by the masked fauxhemian | August 20, 2010 3:38 PM
1:46 - please tell me your tounge is planted FIRMLY in your cheek...
Posted by Anonymous | August 20, 2010 4:01 PM
What is up with the white-girl dancing in the seventh picture down?
Posted by Anonymous | August 20, 2010 4:19 PM
4:01, you can't tell? What is up with no one on these boards having a B.S. detector that works?
Posted by Anonymous | August 20, 2010 4:20 PM
Javelin reminds me of third-rate Beck. why is this "band" with Luaka Bop?!?!
Posted by Anonymous | August 20, 2010 5:54 PM
i have always thought javelin and that particular 'lifestyle' music is overrated. so, after watching the 1:30 interview brought to us by 'keds' (lame) du eh uhh like durrr...................
Posted by discus | August 21, 2010 6:13 PM