Saturday, June 16, 2012

What The Pop Group Would Sound Like These Days If They Did Cocaine

The Pop Group, circa 1980: left to right - Gareth Sager, Bruce Smith (obscured), Mark Stewart, Dan Catsis)

Recently WFMU broadcasted this year's Primavera Sound Festival from Barcelona, Spain and one of the headliners was the reincarnated lineup of The Pop Group, featuring a majority of the members from their prime incarnation (I vastly prefer their work with second bassist Dan Catsis, cf. my earlier TPG blog post).

I listened to the time-delayed broadcast with disappointment. The tempos consistently lagged across the board. Now, to be realistic, The Pop Group are not hormonally addled 16 year old boys anymore, but . . . the group is getting the instrumental timbres, general attack and song selection right, but I really want to hear this material at the blistering tempos they were once played at. It just doesn't sound right to me otherwise.

So, for my personal use, I have electronically sped up the Barcelona broadcast by 15 percent, without altering the pitch. I believe this gives one a fairly accurate portrayal of what the new Pop Group might sound like if their asses were still totally on fire. I give them a B+ for effort, but wish they would pick up the pace . . .  a lot of bands have come back sounding a lot worse. I wish them well!


cheers,

WW

Saturday, June 2, 2012

Weasel Walter Related Gig Update for June/July

Wednesday June 6, 2012
Zebulon
285 Wythe Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
9:30 PM show
FREE - donation

Weasel Walter and guests tba
plus other acts


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Thursday, June 14, 2012
Lit Lounge
93 Second Ave, New York, NY
9pm show

Suishou No Fune
Absaroka
Marc Edwards/Weasel Walter Group
a.o. tba


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Saturday, June 16, 2012
Cake Shop
152 Ludlow St, New York, NY
8:30 PM show

Mike Pride/Jon Irabagon + 1
Cellular Chaos (10:30 set time)
Dominique Leone
Harpoon Forever
Sediment Club
Bob Crusoe


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Sunday, June 24, 2012
Death By Audio
49 S. 2nd Street, Brooklyn, NY
9 PM show

The Home of Easy Credit (Tom Blancarte/Louise D.E. Jensen)
Ghola Tanks (Blancarte/Tim Dahl/Weasel Walter bass trio)
Jensen/Dahl/Walter
Split Red


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Monday, June 25, 2012
Douglass St. Collective
295 Douglass St., Brooklyn, NY
8:30 PM show

Aram Shelton/Josh Sinton
Aram Shelton/Mary Halvorson/Weasel Walter (9:30)
Pascali


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Saturday, June 30, 2012
Freedom Garden
295 Douglass St., Brooklyn, NY
9 PM show
donation

Nick Millevoi/Evan Lipson/Weasel Walter
a.o. tba


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Thursday July 5th, 2012
I-Beam
168 7th Street, Brooklyn, NY

8:30: Jason Hwang/Max Johnson/Weasel Walter

10:00: Sabir Mateen/Bern Nix/Max Johnson/Weasel Walter


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Thursday July 12th, 2012
I-Beam
168 7th Street, Brooklyn, NY

8:30: Elliott Sharp/Max Johnson/Weasel Walter

10:00: Elliott Levin/Louie Belogenis/Max Johnson/Weasel Walter


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Thursday July 19th, 2012
I-Beam
168 7th Street, Brooklyn, NY

8:30: Mark Whitecage/Max Johnson/Weasel Walter

10:00: Kirk Knuffke/Ken Filiano/Max Johnson/Weasel Walter


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Thursday July 26th, 2012
I-Beam
168 7th Street, Brooklyn, NY

8:30: Vinny Golia/Max Johnson/Weasel Walter

10:00: Steve Swell/Mary Halvorson/Max Johnson/Weasel Walter

Friday, June 1, 2012

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