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Post by exitsign on May 28, 2010 22:37:03 GMT -5
I heard that he got a standing ovation, did a Caribou cover, and got to play with Broken Social Scene.
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Post by Thomas on May 29, 2010 0:05:16 GMT -5
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WHICH CARIBOU COVER?!
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Post by exitsign on May 29, 2010 10:29:18 GMT -5
Odessa. Fingers crossed that someone got some footage!
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Post by sarpedon on May 29, 2010 13:08:42 GMT -5
Odessa. Fingers crossed that someone got some footage! They better have!  |
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Post by sakalamp on May 29, 2010 17:27:26 GMT -5
found this
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Post by exitsign on May 29, 2010 20:11:34 GMT -5
Eeeee, thank you.
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Post by Thomas on May 29, 2010 23:53:40 GMT -5
OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOD.
LAZERS.
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Post by jules on May 30, 2010 5:24:13 GMT -5
Isn't that just a magnificant cover  |
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Post by jules on May 30, 2010 5:31:12 GMT -5
Here's the review from Pitchfork
"Owen Pallett [Rockdelux Auditori; 4 p.m.]
The first time I saw Owen Pallett perform live, he was still called Final Fantasy. It was 2004, and he was the opening act for a little band called Arcade Fire. Needless to say, the crowd was hankering for the headline act, but after witnessing Pallett's violin-looping solo show, the audience was on its feet, howling for an encore.
Since then Pallett's live reputation has only grown, as evidenced by an enormous Barcelona crowd that greeted him with hushed tones. Pallett's performance was a selection of material from albums new and old: a little He Poos Clouds (recorded as Final Fantasy), and a bit from his recent album under his own name.
But perhaps the highlight of the set was an unexpected cover: "I've never played this song before; we'll see how it goes." Instead of opening with a few plucks or bows of violin, he hammered some drum-machine beats out of his synthesizer. Layering zapping laser pulses above it, Pallett began singing, and the crowd finally recognized it as Caribou's recent single, "Odessa". It was at once completely out of character and yet made total sense. Pallett's forceful tenor might even have suited the song better than Dan Snaith's vocals.
The crowd again demanded an encore, and this time it got one. --Tyler Grisham
and here's the setlist:
E is for estranged
This is the dream of Win and Régine
Scandal at the parkade
That's when the audience died
Keep the dog quiet
The great elsewhere
Lewis takes action
Odessa (Caribou Cover)
He poos clouds
Many Lives
Lewis takes off his shirt
----Encore
The CN Tower belongs to the dead
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Post by Ren on May 30, 2010 7:02:00 GMT -5
Brilliant brilliant brilliant brilliant
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Post by Scarychips on May 30, 2010 8:56:57 GMT -5
I am getting goosebumps from this. Wow!
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Post by betterthanworse on May 30, 2010 10:59:08 GMT -5
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Post by emilypoulain on May 30, 2010 12:26:15 GMT -5
"i'll try not to be too... depressing" |
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Post by gammonize on May 30, 2010 15:25:41 GMT -5
Cool! I liked his link, haha. I always feel bad for the artists when they do an interview for these things and then they get made to do a link... It's like their eyes are saying; "I'm not qualified to do a link."
Very interesting hearing Owen's comments on performing in front of an orchestra, I thought his orchestra recordings were amazing and was wondering why he didn't do them more. I understand his feelings now after listening, and now I really appreciate the effort that must go into playing his songs solo with a looping pedal; because the ability to use the pedal as skillfully as he does I find much more impressive than standing a front of an orchestra just singing and plucking a few notes... Even though the sound with an orchestra is automatically 'grander'.
Would some people say a looping pedal is superfluous? Maybe Owen could play the keyboard with his feet.
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Post by ben on Jun 1, 2010 8:57:44 GMT -5
I heard that he got a standing ovation, did a Caribou cover, and got to play with Broken Social Scene. I had the absolute pleasure to go to Primavera this year, I've just arrived back after many days of excessive drinking, lack of sleep and good times, but I can say without any bias that Owen's set was the highlight of the whole thing (at a festival that had such acts as BSS, sleigh bells, fuck buttons, panda bear, yeasayer, pixies, grizzly bear...). The sound system in the auditorium he played in was the best I've ever experienced at a gig, his setlist was excellent as usual, his confidence unbounded, and that Caribou cover... well I was as shocked as everyone else and as mesmerised too. The day before, he came on set completely unexpectedly with BSS and I'm a little ashamed to say me and my friends went absolutely mental, a bit unfair as it wasn't strictly his gig... But he played on my favourite, All to All, and it was just so beautiful and he was so cool and nonchalant and it made me literally wet myself to see him properly next day. So I just want to say, Owen if you read this, thanks again for a practically perfect experience and for once again grabbing all my friends that I brought with me that didn't know about you by the scruff of the neck and thrusting them into a state of wonder. |
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