I unexpectedly got a chance to go see Iggy Pop.
Excited to do a live music review again, I searched for the opening act and
found this:
"Noveller is the solo project of Brooklyn-based
guitarist and filmmaker Sarah Lipstate. Handling the electric guitar as her
muse, Lipstate summons a sonic palette so rich as to challenge the listener to
conceive of how it’s housed in a single instrument manipulated by a solitary
performer."
Oh dear.
I was able to do some pre-listening. The description
doesn't mention "ambient" or shoegaze" but that's what I was
thinking. That was actually my ray of hope, because while listening to M83 at
home was grating, I didn't mind them so much live.
Indeed, during the show was better than at home.
Lipstate uses a Spartan setup. There is some equipment, but mainly she plays
her guitar under a single light, with her long black hair swaying back and
forth with her.
I could easily imagine her as the hot bass player in
an otherwise male band, but that is an objectifying thing, so surely being out there
doing her own thing is better. Still, shouldn't music be musical?
At her best the numbers sound like whale songs; at
worst like tinnitus.
My friend and I listened at the show. We discussed
Noveller and it wasn't even all snark. However, we also got bored and talked
about other things, including how we while we don't really like jazz we are
willing to believe that we are just missing something and not appreciating it
enough. (Also that we believe that Prince knows enough to get jazz, which seems
random but it was germane to the discussion.)
It is also possible to not like some music and to
feel pretty comfortable with that dislike.
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