Well, it's not a spotlight, it's an illuminated drum head. He sounds like fucking Val Kilmer doing a Jim Morrison impression.

LOL. Skip to the 2:00 mark.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6h1ZXN2noI&feature=related

[Edited on November 29, 2011 at 11:01 AM. Reason : e]

11/29/2011 10:59:32 AM

http://youtu.be/r6X_dbop0FU

Ed Schrader is punk as hell. This is it; wild-eyed Ed with Devlin Rice on bass screaming through most of a set of music in under 10 minutes. No jokes (almost), no banter, just the raucous poetry of Ed Schrader's Music Beat.

11/29/2011 11:02:51 AM

kids are fucking idiots sometimes.

11/29/2011 11:17:29 AM

more like

Ed Schrader's Music Beats Off

amirite?

11/29/2011 1:21:16 PM

yeah they are pretty fucking awful

11/29/2011 2:19:57 PM

Got a question for those who went -

How does a man become a dog?

Furthermore, how does a dog get around?

11/29/2011 3:12:18 PM

Quote :

"It came off like an elaborate troll where he's just testing to see if anybody will actually become a fan of it. "

Pretty much. I saw them at King's and was astonished at how bad it was, yet people were still at least pretending to dig it. They might be rad dudes, but the dude has no idea how to play drums (or keep a remotely consistent tempo). Sloppiness aside, the music is just not good.

11/29/2011 3:52:45 PM

The good thing is that his set is 2 cigs and a beer.

11/29/2011 3:54:18 PM

I'm not sure of the actual length but it sure felt like it went a good 30-40 minutes.

11/29/2011 3:59:31 PM

And they make whoever they open for sound MUCH MUCH MUCH better.

Not that Future Islands needs that at all, but coming on after ESMB and not killing it is probably pretty hard to do with the bar set so low.

11/29/2011 4:00:35 PM

Again, 2 cigs and a beer. It's been tested.

11/29/2011 4:05:43 PM

Yeah, his set actually did serve as a great buffer while I took care of some business outside.

11/29/2011 4:19:02 PM

They should have Ed Schrader's Karaoke Beat every Wednesday at Neptunes.

11/29/2011 4:23:09 PM

How was Lonnie Walker?

Don't feel bad missing Ed Schrader's Music Bea(s)t--seen'em before and wasn't impressed.

Stupidly mad I missed the concert--but oh well. Fucking illnesses.

11/29/2011 9:31:37 PM

THIS IS MY THURMAN

THIS IS MY THURMAN

THIS IS MY THURMAN

12/5/2011 1:31:58 PM

well, this is fucking awesome:

http://www.studio360.org/blogs/studio-360-blog/2011/dec/21/david-byrne-music-picks/

12/22/2011 1:03:52 PM

nice

12/22/2011 1:11:44 PM

The girl who won Work of Art on BRAVO created the album artwork for In Evening Air. She's originally from Durham.

12/22/2011 1:14:56 PM

watched that for the first time last night and I KNEW her art looked familiar

12/22/2011 1:18:17 PM

^^I'm Facebook friends with her!!!!

12/22/2011 1:26:40 PM

^ Nice. She's good-- amazing drawing abilities.

12/22/2011 3:02:01 PM

KYMIA NAWABI Y'ALL

She also did all the covers for that era of FI records (Feathers & Hallways, Undressed EP, etc.), and she used to be in the band when they were Art Lord.

12/22/2011 7:31:53 PM

I haven't spoken to her in over a decade it feels like...

12/25/2011 1:54:07 AM

I think the more I listen to On the Water, the more I like it, the more I regret not getting it on 180g, and the more I'd put it in an end of the year top ten list.

1/13/2012 5:23:58 PM

the more I listen to "Before The Bridge" the more I love it

1/13/2012 6:45:55 PM

Like the first version a little more. I played it to death though

1/13/2012 7:35:46 PM

their music makes me emotional

I don't know why

but I like it

1/13/2012 7:39:55 PM

I think its supposed to

1/13/2012 7:51:20 PM

it's pretty overtly emotional music.

1/13/2012 8:47:46 PM

i listen to other music that is overtly emotional and it does nothing to me

if anything this stuff should turn me off because it is so overt and i tend to like subtlety

this shit is special

1/13/2012 9:14:09 PM

gonna be out of town for work when they're in charlotte. fff

1/13/2012 10:20:05 PM

The Thrill Jockey store has a few copies of the 180 gram LP for anyone who cares.

They also have cassette versions of On the Water and In Evening Air (limited to 300). Cassettes are $6 each (cheap).

I bought all three of these things. SCORE.

I needed to replace my Tears for Fears cassette tape in my car player.

[Edited on February 10, 2012 at 10:27 AM. Reason : k]

2/10/2012 10:26:12 AM

found a pretty awesome full set video of a show they just did in berlin. good shit here, including a few new songs. i imagine most of you probably saw them perform this set or something similar at local 506, but i missed that show.

8/27/2012 5:11:10 PM

Anyone want to buy my ticket to the show tonight? I can't go.

11/2/2012 2:32:59 AM

^Just one ticket? Damn. Maybe if it was two...

11/2/2012 4:43:04 PM

see you motherfuckers there

11/2/2012 4:47:17 PM

charlotte got jipped. the last show here was cancelled and they have played in raleigh ~3 times since

11/2/2012 5:33:56 PM

raleigh >

11/2/2012 5:35:13 PM

^^yeah and i'm afraid their days of playing the milestone club may be over.

11/2/2012 5:48:45 PM

w00t!

11/2/2012 6:26:24 PM

Yeah just the one ticket that I can't use.

11/2/2012 6:37:52 PM

that was awesome

hope everyone got home safe, holy shit folks were drunk

11/3/2012 1:43:45 AM

I've never felt like such an old timer

(ps: it ruled, as usual)

11/3/2012 1:49:10 AM

i kinda wish they had kept the PA off for the encore

it was like old times

11/3/2012 3:20:40 AM

11/3/2012 7:27:06 AM

that was a great, great show.... and i've had the worst hangover i've had for the year 2012 today.

11/3/2012 8:09:51 PM

holy shit

fucking amazing

11/3/2012 8:54:02 PM

The second worst hangover of my life was after a Future Islands Berkeley Cafe show. 2009, was it? Maybe '10? I dunno.

11/3/2012 10:51:50 PM

11/15/2012 8:29:09 PM

WAIT FOR IT

11/20/2012 9:14:27 PM