The Observation Deck

Pre-review of Nightingales show

I'm kind of exited about this.

The Nightingales will be playing at the Winchester on Friday (March 2nd).

In the 1970's there was disco. Then the disco reaction: punk. Then there was the reaction to disco and punk: no wave. Then there was the reaction to no wave disco and punk: a bunch of pop bands with a somewhat distinctive but extremely hard to describe sound. The Nightingales is one of these bands.

They tune their guitars funny.

Disco: Ohio Players
Punk: Electric Eels
No Wave: BPA, James White and the Blacks
None of the above: Josef K, A Certain Ratio, My Dad is Dead, the Nightingales

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nightingales
http://www.myspace.com/nightingalesmusic

Mark:

Thanks for the heads up on this show.

I listened to their tunes. I am reminded of the bright, slightly brainy and poetic punk continuum (based on my limited comparative draw) where The Nightingales might fall somewhere between The Mekons to The Fall.

I noticed also that Home & Garden are also playing for $10 no less.

Is Jeff Morrison back in town and touring with the Home and Garden?

Wow. Lakewood is back in business, reminding me of the early 80s, when great bands were passing through almost continuously.

Kenneth Warren

It’s funny you should mention the Fall as the drummer that now tours with the band (formerly of Pram) has an alleged second life as a (his initials are my initials too) Mark E. Smith (of the Fall) imposter, apparently recording several Fall albums without anyone the wiser.
http://www.visi.com/fall/
http://www.myspace.com/pushthepram

While on the subject of the Fall, there is a current automobile commercial backed up with “Blindnessâ€Â

The Nightingales ruled with a tight, impeachable set. There was not a weak link in the band. Nor in the set list, for that matter, which was played non-stop to maximum energetic effect. The sound in the Winchester for the Nightingales was very fine, too.

In fact, it was best show I’ve ever seen in Lakewood ever.

Thanks Mark and Jill for the great company at unforgettable musical experience.

Kenneth Warren

Mark Timieski wrote:They tune their guitars funny.

If you're looking for odd tunings, check out The League of Crafty Guitarists, with Robert Fripp and his New Standard Tuning.

Turns out, the tuning was normal. It looked like the two guitarists were playing similar parts an octave apart giving the sound of a twelve string guitar being played by three or four hands.

This is on my top ten list of shows (and I do frequent the clubs)!