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Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Tonight! Tonight in Music: Laura Marling, Average White Band, The Bug, Noah and the Whale

Posted by Ezra Ace Caraeff on Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 3:40 PM

In addition to the all that hot Jew-on-Jew action (on Rosh Hashanah!), here is a list of what else is happening on this busy Tuesday evening.

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LAURA MARLING, JOHNNY FLYNN, MUMFORD & SONS
(Lola's Room, 1332 W Burnside) Laura Marling is not Lily Allen or Kate Nash, despite constant comparisons to both. She is a teenage, British, female singer with a ridiculous way with words, but that is where the comparisons stop. While Allen and Nash have more pop tendencies, singing with biting wit, Laura Marling is an old soul with a haunting voice, laying down mournful songs full of love, heartache, and regret with so much conviction it's ridiculous. To think that an 18-year-old already has more figured out than you is a bit unnerving, but Marling does, and isn't afraid to bare it all openly. And, though I love Lily and Kate, something tells me Laura Marling is the name that will stand out amongst the three in the future. RS

LISTEN:







Laura Marling - "Ghosts"

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AVERAGE WHITE BAND, COLIN LAKE & WELLBOTTOM
(Aladdin Theater, 3017 SE Milwaukie) The late preeminent soul curator Jerry Wexler acknowledged the expert groovemanship of Average White Band at first listen, signing them to Atlantic Records in the mid-'70s. Not many years later, the collage artists of the burgeoning hiphop movement tipped their hat to the Scottish band by repurposing snippets of their indelible funk. Point being, Average White Band specializes in dance-friendly licks that original members Alan Gorrie and Onnie McIntyre still churn out with the aid of some capable recruits, as their most recent live album, Soul and the City, makes head-noddingly clear. JALYLAH BURRELL

LISTEN:







Average White Band - "Cut the Cake"

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NOAH AND THE WHALE, LINDI ORTEGA
(Doug Fir, 830 E Burnside) This is not music for those in need of an optimism boost, but it is a nice lulling accompaniment to the impending gloom. Noah and the Whale come all the way from London to woo you with dark themes and deep throaty vocals, paired immaculately with soft folk instrumentation. Sunny tracks are not Noah and the Whale's specialty; instead, songs like "Shape of My Heart" and "If I Die Tonight" display the band's way of weaving sorrow in with the lively. Their debut album, Peaceful, the World Lays Me Down, came out in the States earlier this month, so snatch it up as your soundtrack to the long rainy months ahead. KAITLIN JOHNSON

LISTEN:







Noah And The Whale - "Shape Of My Heart"

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THE BUG, WARRIOR QUEEN, DJ E3, RYAN ORGAN
(Rotture, 315 SE 3rd) In nearly 20 years of making music, Kevin Martin has never stuck to one genre. His past projects God, Techno Animal, and Ice range from industrial to jazz to hiphop to dub, with a list of notable co-conspirators and respectable record label affiliations too long to mention here. Under his current incarnation as the Bug, Martin is a founding influence in the London dubstep scene. Focused on the industrial and garage angles, his sound is about as severe and evil as the already menacing genre gets. A handful of outstanding, bass-driven singles from the extremely well-received London Zoo, recently released on Ninja Tune, have helped extend the reach of dubstep around the world and popularize Kingston-born emcee Warrior Queen, who joins Martin on tour. AVA

LISTEN:







The Bug - "Skeng" (Featuring Killa P & Flow Dan)

 

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