[ATTENDED: July 22, 2017] Thurston Moore Group
I’ve loved Sonic Youth since the late 1980s. And yet in all of those years I never saw them live. Never! So to make up for that, I quickly snatched up tickets for Thurston Moore’s show at Underground Arts (such a great intimate venue). Inexplicably, I don’t think the show sold out.
For this show his band consisted of Thurston on guitar and vocals, Steve Shelley on drums (1/2 of Sonic Youth right there), My Bloody Valentine bassist Debbie Googe (!) and maniac guitarist James Sedwards.
I had the impression that they would play most if not all of their new (fantastic) album Rock n Roll Consciousness. And that was fine with me. They did play the whole album, but not in order.
I was talking to the fans around me and we marveled at the lo-tech way their gear was set up–the bass was propped on the bass drum case, guitar amps were stacked on chairs. And, everyone (except Thurston) came out to prep their own gear.
There were a couple lunatic bozos nearby who just screamed and shouted through the set, but it’s hard to overpower Thurston and Co. One of these bozos took off his short and threw it on stage–it actually landed on Deb’s bass which I could see pissed her off. After the song she threw it back into the crowd–it sailed right over my head. (more…)
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