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March 24, 2006

AC at Webster Hall

Storsveit Nix Noltes

Last night me and Nuno went to see AC at Webster Hall. First we had dinner at Elvie's Turo Turo for some kick ass Filipino food (ya gotta check it out!). We got to the venue around 8:30 and the first band hadn't come on yet. They came on around 9 and I didn't catch their name. They were a bit ear piercing at times but also had some interesting moments kinda electronica, ambient, jammy, not much vocals...They played for half hour and shortly after their set, the second band came on, Storsveit Nix Noltes.

A nine piece band from Iceland that included a kick ass cellist, trombone, upright bass, banjo (?), accordian, guitars and drums. They were awesome and totally worth admission. They sounded very Eastern European, not much vocals (seems to be the theme of the night), folky and jammy. They played about 45 minutes.

AC came on a little before 11 and I'm sad to say I was a little disappointed. I was expecting them to blow my mind. The first couple of songs there wasn't much singing, just sounded like chanting. There was a delay effect on the vocals throughout the whole set and I found that annoying. The guitars were too spacey sounding and just wasn't cohesive to me. I was kinda frustrated after the first 20 minutes but we braved it out for a little over an hour hoping for some little piece of golden nugget. We left a little after midnight.

Posted by luluvision at March 24, 2006 10:06 AM

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Posted by: Pete at March 27, 2006 05:08 PM