27 April 2005
Louis XIV @ Bowery Ballroom 04.26.07
Last night we attended the Louis XIV show at the Bowery Ballroom. We missed Nic Armstrong's set but did catch Runner & the Thermodynamics performance. The boys from Runner were good. It wasn't until we heard "My Woman" that we realized we've heard that song before. Don't ask us where. The crowd seemed to like their energy on stage. We're anxious to see more of their shows.
Louis XIV came out on stage minutes later. They were dressed to impress. They all wore black eyeliners. The drummer looked like a cross between Joan or Melissa Rivers and David Bowie. The bassist displayed his Farrah Fawcett liked mane and we did could not stop staring at the lead singer's chin cleft.
Louis XIV failed to impress us last night. While we enjoyed their releases of Illegal Tender and The Best Little Secrets Are Kept, they failed to live up to those songs live. It goes to show you what CD production can do for a band. The best way for them to remedy this is to play more live shows.
Highlights of the show included songs from their self-titled debut ("It's The Girl That Makes Him Sad" & "It's The Girl That Makes Him Happy") and The Best Little Secrets Are Kept ("Illegal Tender" and "Finding Out True Love is Blind"). The audience seemed to like what they saw. While LXIV played an encore we walked down Delancey Street to catch the F train to Brooklyn.
LXIV will be on Conan on May 12th. Set your TiVos now.
Here's some images from the show. You can view more at our Flickr page.
UPDATE: It's official. We really dislike Blogger. A much longer review of this show was posted but it is now lost due to Blogger's constant server problems. Blogger's recovery tool isn't even helpful. We are this close to switching to Wordpress.
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Last night we attended the Louis XIV show at the Bowery Ballroom. We missed Nic Armstrong's set but did catch Runner & the Thermodynamics performance. The boys from Runner were good. It wasn't until we heard "My Woman" that we realized we've heard that song before. Don't ask us where. The crowd seemed to like their energy on stage. We're anxious to see more of their shows.
Louis XIV came out on stage minutes later. They were dressed to impress. They all wore black eyeliners. The drummer looked like a cross between Joan or Melissa Rivers and David Bowie. The bassist displayed his Farrah Fawcett liked mane and we did could not stop staring at the lead singer's chin cleft.
Louis XIV failed to impress us last night. While we enjoyed their releases of Illegal Tender and The Best Little Secrets Are Kept, they failed to live up to those songs live. It goes to show you what CD production can do for a band. The best way for them to remedy this is to play more live shows.
Highlights of the show included songs from their self-titled debut ("It's The Girl That Makes Him Sad" & "It's The Girl That Makes Him Happy") and The Best Little Secrets Are Kept ("Illegal Tender" and "Finding Out True Love is Blind"). The audience seemed to like what they saw. While LXIV played an encore we walked down Delancey Street to catch the F train to Brooklyn.
LXIV will be on Conan on May 12th. Set your TiVos now.
Here's some images from the show. You can view more at our Flickr page.
UPDATE: It's official. We really dislike Blogger. A much longer review of this show was posted but it is now lost due to Blogger's constant server problems. Blogger's recovery tool isn't even helpful. We are this close to switching to Wordpress.
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