Thursday, February 11, 2010

Odds N' Sodds:: Postdata and Construction & Destruction

It's a slow day here on the hill. Last night we were treated to two stellar sets; one from Basia Bulat and one from Owen Pallett and as a result, the review I had slated for today will be up tomorrow.

Obviously, we will add some more detailed coverage and poor quality MP3s later, but the dichotomy of the two acts fit the venue perfectly. Basia, playing with instruments and songs that could have been as old as the walls of the church, filled the room with her powerful voice. Owen on the other hand used modern loops and equipment to defiantly challenge the structure of the space. If rail thin, white dudes wearing ugly sweaters were the barometer, his set was off the chain.

Anyway.

Got some absolutely great news yesterday. Postdata - aka, Paul Murphy from Wintersleep - is playing two intimate shows - March 7th & 8th @ the Sonic Temple. Not only that, he's bringing Brian Borcherdt and herohill's favorite tweeter, Julie Fader to help him out. If you can't get down to that my friends, you simply can't get down.

Check out this terrific video of Paul and Christoph Schmidt playing Tobias Grey.

MP3:: Postdata - In Chemicals
WEB:: http://postdatamusic.com

Another great show coming our way is The Burning Hell, Shotgun Jimmie and Construction & Destruction on Feb. 27th. Honestly, it would be worth it to see any of those bands so getting a three-pack is certainly worth the measly $5 it will cost you to get into Gus' Pub.

So to whet your whistle, here's a nice unreleased gem from C & D, a take on Neil Young's Mr. Soul that could have been so wrong, but actually works out pretty nicely.