Nouvelle Vague at the Fonda 9/8

[€uroMeinke]

We picked up tickets to this one too - and you can as well here

Nouvelle Vague does loungy covers of songs from Joy Division, Bauhaus, Public Image, XTC, Dead Kennedy's, etc. I loved their first CD and am looking forward to their next release in August.

[blueerica]

WHAT?!?!

OK, that's my birthday... That's a coincidence... However... ACK! I had plans for Vegas... What to do? What to do? I'm starting to feel panicky...

Why do you have to find fun things to do when other fun stuff's going on...f dsajhfdas;j;l!

[flippyshark]

I got to hear some of that CD when I last visited the Meinke home. I dug it.

[€uroMeinke]

In a similar loungy vien Isabelle Antena is playing in San Diego, Santa Monica, and San Francisco - unfortunately, I'll be in SF when she's south, and back in LA when she's in SF

You can hear some samples in her MySpace site

[Not Afraid]

Their new CD is out and, while we haven't bought it yet, I've listened to samples on Amazon and I've heard a few tunes on KCRW.

OMG! I can't wait to hear the entire thing. It includes a cover of A Certain Ratio's "Shack Up" and Bauhaus' "Bela Lugosi's Dead" (among other things)!!!!!

[€uroMeinke]

So, what with French girls, covering favorite 80's music, I knew I would enjoy the show for it's campiness alone. But last night I was completely blown away, the energy, the musicianship, the pure fun and joy of the band was simply amazing. This was one of those concerts you go to, that when you pop that favorite CD into the player you are left wondering where all the energy went. I will make it a point to see this band live whenever I can.

The band has 2 main vocalists, one (Melanie Pain) with one of those sweet voices, which was great counterplay to the expected dark sounds of the likes of Joy Division's Love Will Tear us Apart. The other voalist(Phoebe Killdeer), was sultry and soulfull, she could belt it out like Shirley Bassy and was just awsome doing the Cramps, Human Fly. The third woman in the band was also their accordianist, and I swear I've never heard accordian music so cool - it was a great dark french café addition to Bauhaus' Bella Lagosi's Dead. The percussionist was increadible, generating all these subtle sound effects and nuances that would have put a Foley artist to shame.

Also, the choreography was great - the soulfull vocalist also had the Bob Fosse moves down from that gal in the Sweat Charity club sequence. Her swaying with Human Fly was great - and the duo stumbling acrross the stage, begging drinks from the audience for the Dead Kennedy's Too Drunk to F*ck was also great fun (as was the sing along audience participation)

During their encore, they also did a great version of Wall of Voodoo's Mexican Radio - I wondered if Stan Ridgeway was in the audience.

Lisa and I had a blast - these songs are among the few I knew the words too and it was joyfull to catch that recognition of what was coming next. We both left with big broad smiles. What a show. If you grew up listening to the originals, you must see them live.