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Mood Area 52 and Geo 4
Some drawings I made of the always wonderful Mood Are 52… and the band they opened for “GEO 4” a new jazz group that leans towards tango, funk, gypsy and (in my opinion) loungy surf rock like “the Aquavelvets.”
MOOD AREA 52, ELEVEN EYES
Mood Area 52, delightfully quirky, tango, jazz, country and experimental, real kitchen sink music.
This fun band reminded me of Paper Scissors… their keyboard player played funky clavs, wurlitzer and B3 sounds… They played “National Anthem” from Radiohead. A very impressive cover of “Sail” by Awolnation. I think that is an excellent song that is not excellent when performed by the original artist. They also played some original funky reggae. Their singer was so beautiful. A joy to listen to and a delight to draw. Great band. Eleven Eyes. Their website is not up to date. there are photos of people not in the band, no photos of Emily, and it says there is a turntable player (there wasn’t tonight) but oh well, websites can be hard to keep up to date. Their music is fast, funky, horny and fun. Reminds me of Ulu and Brazilian Girls. They had a guest “Uncle Nancy.” Who I saw years ago play with his band “The Family Jewels” in Oakland.
Here is a video!
I didn’t take it, but it shows a smidgeon of how awesome they are!
Mood Area 52
Mood Area 52 is a Eugene based band that experiment with many different genres. They play indie pop sure, but they also play some Tom Waits like dirges, Tangos, traditional Russian Music and just for good measure a spot on Country song or two. I thought they were wonderful.
They are playing many shows in October including Halloween and All Hallows Eve eve (oct 30, 31) at Portland’s Mission Theater with their live soundtracks to F.W. Murnau’s Nosferatu and Buster Keaton’s The Boat. I can hardly wait!
check out their full schedule here
http://www.rocketboyarts.com/shows/
I apologize to Amy for not getting her face right, but wow, i sure did a great job on that hand (Billy’s, directly above).
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