This past weekend was as good of a weekend as any to hit the road and head a thousand miles east to take in some culture. In between Chomsky lectures in Massachusetts and the last nights of restaurant week in Philadelphia lies the music scene in New York, Brooklyn to be exact, Williamsburg to be even more exact (that nondenominational depends-on-how-many-people-on-the-street-are-in-skinny-jeans-to-really-decide area between Bushwick and Williamsburg to be annoyingly doubly exact). You wouldn’t be able to miss experiencing art you’ve never seen or heard of in Brooklyn if you tried, which made this weekends goal of doing so, fairly easy.
Friday at 929, on the set list for tonight we have Princess Chelsea, a New Zealand act who attests her music to be something around the area of "the soundtrack to an old Disney movie meets Kraftwerk /Enya in a 60s production of Les Mis set in space" Which is a surprisingly accurately description, judge for yourself. Up next SUPERCUTE!, a bubble-gum, happy, super-happy, female harmonizing, ukulele playing, indie-pop trio who vowed to never write songs about boys, opting instead to write about candy!!!!!! (Weee!!) The night ended with Pikachunes (the obvious winner of the most obscure band name of the night award) a scrawny kid with a laptop in hand instead of an instrument and a voice reminiscent of Joy Division in his mouth with witty interludes instead of stage presence. I’m fairly certain I fell in love with this last one by the end of the night.
Pikachunes along with the nights opener Princess Chelsea are on tour with Lil’ Chief Records from their native New Zealand to spread their quirky stylings with the world. As my hipster senses almost explode from overstimulation I send thanks to 929 for housing these two performers as I will now remain on the lookout for Lil’ Chief shows here in Chicago.
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| the super cute ladies of SUPERCUTE! |
929, located off the JMZ Myrtle Broadway stop, has over the years become a go to spot for those ever supporters of unknown music Brooklyners, or just to those who want to pretend they’re a Brooklyner for the night (me). Not every show is a winner, (SUPERCUTE! you’ve kind of insulted me; if you insist on being shallow, at least be deep about it), but every show is surely a fun experience and you’ll find yourself putting those faux combat boots to use on the dace floor in no time.
If you ever find yourself unfulfilled by the venues in Logan Square or the fringe shops in Pilsen venture out to this, in their own words, ‘’music & art space in Brooklyn, NY run by space cats who focus on supporting unique, inspiring, emerging independent artists on Earth’’ to get your hipster needs filled and feel cool about it, because you’re in Brooklyn, and that is just about the coolest place in the world.
A very warm and fun review. The tone of the opening was excellent, really enjoyable to read and it really drew me in. I would only suggest that you state the exact nature of what you're reviewing as soon as possible and as a part of the opening, rather than in the second paragraph. Other than that, everything was summarized and identified well. I would have liked to have seen more of your opinion on each of the bands and their particular performance that night, but your opinion of the general experience and the venue was well formed. Like the opening, I enjoyed the closing paragraph and thought it was an effective ending.
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IDENTIFICATION: ★
SUMMARY: ★
OPINION: 1/2★
CLOSING: ★
TOTAL: ★★★★1/2
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Total: ****1/2 (4.5)
Your introduction was a bit long in introducing your topic that you were reviewing, but nonetheless felt funny and sassy. Your identification and summary was precise and direct to the point, had no questions to who, what, and where all this took place. Loved it! My only major criticism would be your very quick opinions on SUPERCUTE! and Pikachunes, they felt like incredibly brief summaries of what they’re all about, but I wanted to stay a little longer and hear more about them. Closing was solid, great idea to include a sort of invitation to see them.
Opening half star. Know location of where it is at, but do not know what the event is until latter in the review.
ReplyDeleteIdentification half star. Know what and where the event is but not when and what type of acts perform or what type of arts are showcased.
Summary Full Star. Each summary about the acts that you mentioned were well informative.
Opinion half star. there was only a little bit of your opinion present in your review. Some things to think about are. Did you like or dislike each act. Why or Why not. Do you like the genre or style. How does each performance make you feel. Does it make you feel good or bad.
Closing full star. Closing summed up your review nicely. Still missing dates and times.
You've got some good advice here, and I'm looking forward to reading the revision. In the meantime I want to single out your use of links and imbedded video here--nice--very useful!
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