Seattlest: Her Heavy Wings Will Warp Your Mind - Blonde Redhead

dean

Mon, 23 Apr 2007 17:12:30 -0800

This was a "darker" BRH show. I have seen them many times and since "MIsery" the band has had a dark vibe. Ive seen kazu wear sexy white numbers with her hair pulled back like an angel, ive seen them all laugh (and cry). This show had a dark vibe about it. I love them live and thought the show was mind blowing as usual. Only complaint is that the song set was not a varied as previous shows. Most of the time they have an increadlbly varied list, but Saturday at the Showbox was much more "23" centric.

erik

Mon, 23 Apr 2007 16:32:09 -0800

I won the ticket giveaway and had a great time! (Thanks Seattlest!) Having been a fan of Blonde Redhead for 10 years, this was the first time I saw them live and must say they were beyond expectations. The mix of new and old material was perfect; matched by their appropriate blend of samples/triggers and straight up rock. They did seem to be having fun during "Bipolar" from "Fake Can Be Just As Good" with an apology from Kazu for "messing up". Annuals left no major impact. I pretty much saw what I saw on the YouTube videos that were posted on this site last week.

Jack

Mon, 23 Apr 2007 14:05:27 -0800

Unfortunately, I missed the first half of their set, but I'll definitely concede that Annual's show was fun and enthusiastic. I loved the duel drum kits and all the on-stage energy. I was just more into Blonde Redhead that night. Also, I think the appropriate level of banter from artist to audience is really relative to the nature of the music. In this case, I didn't think they were far off.

Ryan Caudell

Mon, 23 Apr 2007 13:41:15 -0800

I have somewhat lukewarm feelings about Blonde Redhead's performance. Did you notice how they barely even spoke to us or acknowledged we were there? I found myself thinking much more about the opening band, Annuals, as I left that night. The level of enthusiasm and gratitude they showed on stage totally blew me away. They just looked like the were having a ton of fun (which is more than I can say for Blonde Redhead).