The Paper Tongues started off the show. The band is comprised of 7 members, which is a lot of people to fit onto the tiny stage of Radio Radio, but they made it work well. The band hails from Charlotte, North Carolina and finds a way to blend hip-hop, electronica, and rock. And of course, they have a massive amount of energy that just radiates throughout the crowd. Within the first song, the lead singer, Aswan North (which is probably the coolest name for any lead singer) jumped onto the floor and started shaking hands with people in the audience. It is that approachability and willingness to be a part of the crowd that hears their music that will help them gain success and fans in the future. Also, North has an epic voice, with some influence of perhaps Steve Perry.
Some highlights of the set include songs "Trinity," "Ride To California," and "Everybody." Those were the songs that stuck out to me the most. The music is positive I feel that each band member brings something unique to the sound of the band and they all are very good performers. I enjoyed the positive messages of their songs...it's not cheesy, and it's not overtly Christian in nature, but it just brings the positivity that our world needs. I highly recommend their music
For our first time seeing both of these bands, we were happily surprised by how much we liked their music, though it doesn't exactly fit what we ordinarily listen to. We liked both bands sense of musicianship and the fact that the guitar player from Civil Twilight often played the guitar with a bow was a pretty cool effect we enjoyed and haven't seen much. We had a good time at the show and we walked away from the evening interested in more music that we probably wouldn't have been exposed to if not for seeing live shows such as this one. That's the thing we love to do and part of our mission; although most people only hear about the shows coming to Indy at the State Fair or larger venues such as Conseco, Indy is actually a great place to discover up and coming musicians and has some pretty stellar smaller venues and that's where we like to go.
Sunday, July 18, 2010
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- Was offered on Pug's website for free as a Memorial day promotion.
- Nicole mentioned her girlfriend quit smoking very shortly after she played this song in front of her g/f's Baptist Minister father - I believe the line was "You accept my bullshit, I accept your smoking". Enough said.
- "Do you know that your kisses are like windows I fall through" - great line
- From her Chimera EP
- From her newest album, "
". She wrote this after taking a walk with Lyndell Montgomery, bass and fiddle player in her band, while visiting at her Canadian home. They walked out to an abandoned house and barn, then while passing back by the house, Chris found a bell sitting next to the front door. Lyndell convinced her to take it, and the bell is now immortalized on the cover of the new album.
- "Sometimes I wish that tide would take me" - hearbreaking lyrics.
- Contains the album title lyric "How I learned to see in the dark". Has great radio-play potential.
- Written for her grandma. From the 
album.
- One of my Chris Pureka favorites form the 
album.
, another favorite). Both Chris and Nicole hung out back by the merchandise table after the show to meet everyone. Thanks to Cathy for strongly expressing her desire for Chris to play "more, more", so we could hear a live version of Porch Songs. And huge thanks to Cathy and