PHOTOS: Longwave & Bloc Party At Terminal 5 - 3.25.09 (sold out show!)
Posted 3/28/2009 12:00 PM by Faith-Ann Young
Tags: Terminal 5, Longwave, Bloc Party, concert, rock, photos
(Photo: Loren Wohl)
Longwave @ Terminal 5
It's been Bloc Party's week on RCRD LBL. First of all, we brought you Armand Van Helden's Remix of Bloc Party's track "Signs". Second, we also caught them performing live perform with our friends, NY natives Longwave on Wednesday at Terminal 5. That night, Terminal 5 transformed into a spaceship-sized sardine can, packed with wiry, excitable teenage and adult fans - a solid mix of kids-who-play-guitar-hero-too-much and Bloc Party fanatics. Needless to say, they brought the house down. More Picts and words here.
(Photo: Faith-Ann Young)
Bloc Party - Signs (Armand Van Helden Remix)
Bloc Party - She's Hearing Voices
Bloc Party - Helicopter (Weird Science Remix Featuring Peaches)
RCRD LBL Hits Up The No Age/Telepathe/Abe Vigoda Show + Downloads!
Last Friday, I hit up one of my favorite spots in the city, the South Street Seaport (Clipper Ships! Ex-Mafia hangouts! Weird Tourists! Parents!) to see what the kids were feeling these days. While the sound was not so hot, Abe Vigoda and No Age both added some serious ’90s art-core vibes to the evening and were pretty enjoyable to watch. Re: Telephathe, I'll just come out and say that you probably should not rush to check out their live show any time soon—but they put out good records, so save your money and cop those. More photos of bands and kids moshing after the jump.
Film: U2 & Stones concert films think big
If you're the biggest band on earth, you need your concert film on IMAX. That's exactly what U2 and the Rolling Stones are doing: "U2 3D" opened this week exclusively on 60 IMAX screens, and the Martin Scorsese-directed Stones film called "Shine A Light" will bow on 100 IMAX screens (as well as in regular theaters) on April 4.
The U2 film was shot in Buenos Aires' River Plate stadium as part of their Vertigo tour, and it was shot specifically for a 3D experience on double camera rigs. Filmmakers were able to manipulate images, play with depth of field, and shoot angles that would pop in 3D since it was shot entirely in that format, and the end result is stunning. Dope IMAX sound certainly helps, and whether you like U2 or not it makes for a pretty stunning concert experience. Is it as awesome as the Beasties' "Awesome I Fuckin' Shot That"? Visually yes, conceptually no.
Scorsese's Rolling Stones concert film is regular 2D format, but we hear its raw and personal. It's also an entirely different beast than "U2 3D" as it spans the career of the group by weaving archival backstage footage with footage from 2 recent, legendary shows at NY's Beacon Theater. From the trailer it also looks as if there's compelling traditional documentary elements as we see Scorsese scrambling to put the whole thing together.
In any event, we're psyched that there seems to be no end in sight to the tidal wave of music docs and concert films that are hitting theaters. Let's hope more bands are into IMAX.
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