vampire rock
Last night I checked out the free Murder by Death show on campus. I'd heard of them, a little bit, through my roommate and his girlfriend, but didn't really know what to expect. But a few of their songs on myspace music seemed pretty alright, so I figured it was worth a drop-by.
With a name like "Murder by Death," I kinda figured it would be all angsty goth stuff, or something. I didn't really know. But actually a good bit of their stuff reminded me of the Old 97s, kinda, and Maggie said they reminded her of The Pogues, the Killers, Flogging Molly. So, yeah: somewhere in that range. I also like the term "vampire rock" for their stuff because of their Eastern European rhythms and because of the really fantastic dark cello. If I were a vampire, I would want MBD as my soundtrack. Fo' sho.
Melissa dropped by the show too (I learned this morning), and here's her completely awesome and accurate description of the lead singer: "i found it incredibly amusing how the lead singer's head seemed to pop up at the jaw hinge rather than his jaw going down when he opened his mouth wide." Yeah, there was definitely something a bit muppet-like about his singing. But, still: awesome.
I ended up buying their album Good Morning, Magpie, mainly for this song:
With a name like "Murder by Death," I kinda figured it would be all angsty goth stuff, or something. I didn't really know. But actually a good bit of their stuff reminded me of the Old 97s, kinda, and Maggie said they reminded her of The Pogues, the Killers, Flogging Molly. So, yeah: somewhere in that range. I also like the term "vampire rock" for their stuff because of their Eastern European rhythms and because of the really fantastic dark cello. If I were a vampire, I would want MBD as my soundtrack. Fo' sho.
Melissa dropped by the show too (I learned this morning), and here's her completely awesome and accurate description of the lead singer: "i found it incredibly amusing how the lead singer's head seemed to pop up at the jaw hinge rather than his jaw going down when he opened his mouth wide." Yeah, there was definitely something a bit muppet-like about his singing. But, still: awesome.
I ended up buying their album Good Morning, Magpie, mainly for this song:
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