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July 27, 2006
MS Pick - Colourmusic | Tonight in Denver
Awash in color
Colourmusic is a band figuratively mixing colors of the sonic palette. They also get literal with the whole color analogy. Front of stage concertgoers, bring your Gallagher tarp.
"The quintet started its set in all-white outfits, from a painter's suit to white slacks and a white turtleneck. And as the set progressed, friends boarded the stage and painted their suits - and their set, which was crafted blank canvas. By set's end, the stage was awash in color." (Denver Post)
Colourmusic is playing the Hi-Dive in Denver tonight and will stick around for a Friday night show at Larimer Lounge. Due to recently getting the nod from the Flaming Lips for an opening slot at their (mutual home city) Oklahoma City gig, I would have predicted them showing up alongside the Wayne Coyne circus this Saturday night at Red Rocks, but the good people of Albuquerque will host them instead. For the benefit of the bicoastal elite snoberati, Albuquerque is in New Mexico, which is an entirely different state than Colorado. MS.com - music musings, live reviews, and now - geography lessons.
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[MP3] Colourmusic - Circles
Can Brian Wilson harmonies share space with familiar bombastic crispness of the Flaming Lips, stay on pace with twee pop acoustic guitars, and elevate into high-register vocals? Sure they can. Would it be unoriginal to describe the structure of "Circles" as the looping of musical colors molded into a layered arrangement that ends with a systematic clearing of the canvas, concluding only when the song is entirely deconstructed? One that put on repeat sounds like the ending can be the beginning and the beginning really an end, or vice versa? Kinda like walking in one of those round geometric shapes, I believe they're called circles.
For more check out Colourmusic's site which has a good deal of songs streaming, as does their MySpace page.
Catch them if you can, painting these towns red:
06.27.06 - Hi-Dive - Denver, CO
06.28.06 - Larimer Lounge - Denver, CO
06.29.06 - Atomic Cantina - Albuquerque, NM
9.29.06 - The Cowboy Monkey - Champaign, IL
//Colourmusic - site
//Colourmusic - MySpace
Tags: Colourmusic, Flaming Lips, Denver, Hi-Dive, Larimer Lounge
Posted by Merry Swankster at July 27, 2006 09:37 AM
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