Jónsi
Last night I went to the sold-out Jónsi (from sigur rós) in Lawrence. The ambient sound was incredible. All 4 musicians shuffled instruments throughout the set, although the drummer was mostly consistent - this man knew how to beat a drum.
Review from Back to Rockville blog:
The performance culminated with “Grow Till Tall” and the most powerful emotional moment I’ve experienced at a concert.
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Like a roller coaster car inching its way to the top of a hill, the music kept ratcheting in intensity, building past any release point until it became a dense sheet of white noise, and even then it continued to swell. It seemed the only thing that kept the audience from being engulfed by the sound and the building from being torn apart was the fragile magnificence of Jonsi’s voice that penetrated the noise.
I present to you…Grow Till Tall (best heard at 150 decibels, possibly curled up like an infant on the floor — as Tommy Lee likes it):
