OOIOO performed last night to a packed crowd at Chicago's Empty Bottle. I was barely hanging in there as I had only four and a half hours of sleep the night before. No smoking was allowed in the main room of the Bottle, a refreshing glimpse into the future of Chicago bars and venues. After much (bourbon related) delay, the girls took stage and, after some intial technical difficulties, performed a powerful set that did not lose momentum. OOIOO play prog rock in this very subtle, brilliant way. On one hand, their guitarists can barely play their instruments, but they have this sick rhythm section backing them up, and they use tons of stupid sounding effects on everything, and they make it work. A quick qualification: I don't mean they are bad at playing guitar, or don't have any good riffs, just that you can see them struggling to play their riffs, but they do it... barely, which is half the excitement. I left the venue in a beautiful, sleep deprived haze.
mp3s courtesy of the good folks at Thrill Jockey Records.
Part 1 of a Live Set @ the Bottle in 2004
Part 2
P.S. Left-field techno fans: Don't sleep on eYe's 12" remix of OOIOO, its a banger
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Oh I didn't record this, this is from 2004... I should have recorded it though. That reminds me, I should upload my shitty live Boris tape.
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