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Post by Ampage on Sept 15, 2004 7:11:08 GMT -5
Yea, I think they were on The Edge or something. Everything I have read from their few live performances (miscellaneous clubs, the WARPED tour) have said that you can’t take your eyes or ears off of her. She is suppose to be a total ball of energy on stage, which is easy to believe. I think they are heavy in a more punk way, than a metal way. I know she also just did some work for Prodigys new cd. I just wish I had audio damnit!
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Post by JesusLooksLikeMe on Sept 15, 2004 7:58:50 GMT -5
As if I'd joke about something like this!  |
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Post by JesusLooksLikeMe on Sept 15, 2004 8:04:51 GMT -5
And since you asked, Amp, here's the BBC review of her live gig:-
Actress Minnie Driver launched her debut album, Everything I've Got In My Pocket, at a show at London's Borderline on Thursday.
"You're all very quiet," says a visibly nervous Minnie Driver as she peers out at an audience of journalists, pundits and critics. "Quietly judging me."
She could hardly have expected anything else. After all, it is not every day that a successful actress turns her back on movies to relaunch herself as a singer-songwriter.
Until now, the only obvious indication that Driver had musical ambitions came from her brief appearance in the 1995 James Bond film GoldenEye.
Her role in the movie was a Russian cabaret singer squealing a tone-deaf rendition of Tammy Wynette's Stand By Your Man.
But appearances can be deceptive. Driver actually started out in music, singing in London's jazz clubs as a teenager before joining a band.
She revealed herself to be the owner of a husky, folky voice with a transatlantic twang
Indeed, she was in the process of negotiating a solo deal with EMI when her acting career took off. The same label is now bankrolling her current project.
After her surprise appearance at the South by Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas, in March, the music giant reportedly signed her up for $1.8m (£1m).
The fruits of that investment were unveiled at the UK launch of her debut album, Everything I've Got In My Pocket.
Backed by a five-man band that included members of US group The Wallflowers, Driver - dressed down in white blouse and jeans - performed six tracks from the record.
In the process, she revealed herself to be the owner of a husky, folky voice with a transatlantic twang not a million miles from that of fellow singer-songwriters Liz Phair and Natalie Merchant.
Driver was nominated for an Oscar for Good Will Hunting
The songs ranged from the melancholy So Well and the up-tempo Invisible Girl to the languid title track and a downbeat, "stripped-down" version of Bruce Springsteen's Hungry Heart.
Each number clearly had a personal resonance for Driver. One song, Home, was inspired by friends who recently had a baby, while the lyrics of So Well appeared to refer to a former partner.
The 30-minute set ended with Ruby Adeline, an acoustic ballad dedicated to her sister Kate.
The general response was good, though Driver made light of the crowd's reaction. "That's my friends clapping," she joked after her Springsteen cover.
She also apologised for slightly erratic strumming. "I don't play so good," she admitted.
The guitar may not be her strong point, but on this evidence, Everything I've Got In My Pocket - released in October - is hardly the debacle some critics have predicted.
And though her vocals were occasionally drowned out by her band, her melodic alt-country makes her a lot more credible than other Hollywood stars who have strayed into this arena.
Time will tell if Driver's musical ambitions will be realised. In the mean time, she still has her day job.
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Post by maarts on Sept 15, 2004 8:17:31 GMT -5
I watched the episode of AbFab with Minnie Driver in it just about an hour ago....
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Post by riley on Sept 15, 2004 8:19:53 GMT -5
 3rd: Sister Lovers - Big Star Always liked this disc, but all of a sudden it hit me like a tonne of bricks today what an absolutely wicked album this is. |
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Post by Thorngrub on Sept 15, 2004 16:38:12 GMT -5
 This is a wicked album I just got, a MayheM Tribute album. It rocks. |
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Post by Ryosuke on Sept 15, 2004 20:37:28 GMT -5
Yesterday I listend to:
Amorino - Isobel Campbell
The fact that I can't find a single positive review of it online only serves to enhance my appreciation of this lovely French pop/bossanova/jazz influenced album by the former Belle And Sebastian member.
Pablo No Koibito - Mayumi Kojima
Yeah, I just bought this the other day.
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Post by Rit on Sept 16, 2004 4:23:08 GMT -5
who's heard the new Nick Cave, and what do you think about it?
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Post by Mary on Sept 16, 2004 7:10:12 GMT -5
maarts has heard the new nick cave and his verdict, painfully enough, was that it was crap.
as for me, i haven't posted on this board in ages so here are a million albums which have popped up in my cd changer recently:
black heart procession- 2
black heart procession - amore del tropico
godspeed you black emperor - lift yr skinny fists....
dead can dance - dead can dance
leadbelly- goodnight irene
billie holiday - ken burn jazz compilation
nina simone - classic masters
diamanda galas - the singer
joy division - heart and soul disc 2
the birthday party - mutiny/the bad seed
steve earle - the revolution starts now
neko case - blacklisted
neurosis and jarboe - neurosis and jarboe
the misfits - the misfits
good stuff all, o' course.
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Post by JesusLooksLikeMe on Sept 16, 2004 7:16:25 GMT -5
 Good solid album this one. Lets hear it for Canada! |
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Post by riley on Sept 16, 2004 7:20:06 GMT -5
Yeah, except they fucked of to NY to hang out with Interpol and co.
Okay. I probably would have done that as well, if I was in The Stills, even if I came from a cool city like Montreal. Nevermind.
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Post by JesusLooksLikeMe on Sept 16, 2004 7:33:23 GMT -5
The only reason I wouldn't give this album a really high score is the vocals. The singer isn't a patch on people like Paul Banks or that chap from The Walkmen.
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Post by riley on Sept 16, 2004 7:38:18 GMT -5
Yeah fair game. That's the one thing with all these great revivalist type bands right now, is a number of the vocalists are a bit samey, with good voices, but nothing that makes them especially distinguishable.
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Post by JesusLooksLikeMe on Sept 16, 2004 7:45:39 GMT -5
 Talking of revivalist bands... this album is perfection. "Smile Like You Mean It" and "All These Things That I've Done" will be featuring in my top ten songs of the year list come December. |
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Post by riley on Sept 16, 2004 7:57:04 GMT -5
"Smile Like You Mean It" is my fave.
Why can't all radio/video network friendly music sound like The Killers?
If you want to be in a band that makes quality music a reasonably large non-experimental audience can stomach while still appealing to the attentive/critical music nerd demographic, you should be The Killers.
I would listen to the radio if I thought I would hear more Killers and Stills and less Matchbox 20 and Wallflowers.
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