Humanoid and Kalte Sterne at Fuel

Humanoid and Kalte Sterne at Fuel - 9/7/06

It was billed as a "Private Party," but there were more people there than I've seen at a lot of public performances. Whenever I've been out by Fuel before, it's been closed so I'd never been inside. Nice, artsy, little coffeeshop.
I thoroughly enjoyed seeing Humanoid play acoustically. Warren played upright bass and Miller played pots and pans. It had a very european feel. They need a fiddle and a gypsy belly-dancer next time. Hearing them this way revealed the true musicality of the songs that's usually obfuscated by the tremendous volume and distortion.

It was Kalte Sterne's second show. They wear matching fox masks, ears and tails and dress in black. The music occurred to me as what garage music would sound like if the Germans had won the war. I don't know what that means, exactly, but it sounds good, anyway. There's a certain dourness to the music that isn't completely eliminated by the silliness of the presentation. It's good, I think, but not really exciting.


Other pictures:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/oldangelmidnight/sets/72157594275205624/

etc.
http://www.myspace.com/humanoidsapiens
http://www.myspace.com/kaltesterne