finally listened to the King Crimson gig in chicago from august 2008, their first run with the addition of gavin harrison on drums. the lineup is very odd & it probably shouldn't have been so shocking that the mix of the show was mostly drums. two drummers! & gavin harrison is the double bass maestro so there's quite a bit of that for the first time in king crimson. i'm not sure how i feel about it, to be honest.
the setlist was entirely golden oldies, which were mostly merely adequate. adrian belew's voice sounded a bit rough in some spots.... but hearing 'sleepless' in the set for the first time in forever was interesting. also interesting that even though tony levin is the only bassist in the current lineup, and 'sleepless' was his iconic bass riff, it was mostly absent from the live version. hmmmmmm. 'three of a perfect pair' is always cool. 'neurotica' kind of half cool, half annoying, same with 'thela hun ginjeet.' didn't care for 'frame by frame' at ALL! 'indiscipline' was mostly pointless since the dynamics were kind of flattened out by either the nonstop drum solos or the 'powerful eq' setting on my car stereo, not sure which. but now i am curious to reinvestigate the band Porcupine Tree since gavin harrison is in king crimson.
ALSO:
random search on 'shoegaze' & this 2008 joint by Resplandor came up, produced by Robin Guthrie. a peruvian (it says here) shoegaze band that formed in early 1996. y'know, we should've all formed a peruvian shoegaze band in early 1996. anyway, Resplandor is nice but it's not instant/permachub like The Daysleepers was/were/is/always will be.
Here's another Resplandor track, live, with bigboy Guthrie sitting in (playing a Fender Jazzmaster guitar, very nice!).
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