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Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Tonight! Tonight in Music: Flaming Lips, Sims, DoublePlusGood

Posted by Ezra Ace Caraeff on Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 10:12 AM


THE FLAMING LIPS, LE BUTCHERETTES
(Keller Auditorium, 222 SW Clay) Read our article on the Flaming Lips.


SIMS, LAZERBEAK, CECIL OTTER, PAPER TIGER, SPEAKER MINDS, CLOUDY OCTOBER
(Branx, 320 SE 2nd) Minneapolis emcee Sims is touring with his latest full-length, Bad Time Zoo, a wildly energetic recording full of introspection projected upon a dystopian version of the present. The disconnection between our virtual selves and those we interact with on a personal level is a recurring theme, a world where full inboxes collide with emptiness and where "you're buying all organic/screaming 'save the planet'/But you won't even save your neighbor, damn it." The production of tight snares, spacey synths, screaming guitars, and full horn section is courtesy of Doomtree collective member Lazerbeak, who joins Sims tonight alongside fellow members Cecil Otter (Wugazi) and Paper Tiger. While the different solo projects and collaborations vary thematically, they all share the Midwestern trait of championing underdogs, outsiders, and vagabonds on the fringes of their brave new world. RYAN FEIGH


DOUBLEPLUSGOOD, YOUTH
(Bunk Bar, 1028 SE Water) With plenty of fine dance tracks and remixes scattered throughout a bevy of EPs over the past couple years, I shouldn't have been surprised that DoublePlusGood's second full-length, Here They Come, the Birds of My Youth, is a good as it is. But upon its August release it hit me as a welcome surprise: Chirpy, buzzing synths provide the backdrop for a string of succulent pop melodies that provide the effect of a candy binge without the sugar crash. The duo of Erik Carlson and Andrew Nelson recorded Here They Come, the Birds of My Youth at a former Ford Model-T factory and made full use of the acoustic space, resulting in a record that contains the intimacy of a bedroom jam, the energy of a club banger, and the indefinable mystery of a beguiling Wall of Sound production. NL

 

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