Music: Peter and the Wolf at Union Hall 11-19-08
Posted on | November 20, 2008 |
It was a cold night in Brooklyn, but warm thoughts in musical form dropped by Union Hall in the form of Peter and the Wolf.
The Antlers opened up and played some decent groove-rock-tastic tunes. From light to building to overdrive-monster noisefest. During a cigarette break, I met a gal whose friend vehemently objected to Red Hunter’s handmade paper CD envelopes. Art and originality conversation ensued. Verdict: Well, it’s not my problem.
Back to Red and the “full band”. They took the stage a little late, reducing the set to a mere 50 minutes :( Too bad Union Hall is so strict about set times. Red wanted to play some solo requests at the end, but that was nixed.
Back to the music. The set was heavy with new material from Mellow Owl, released only days ago. I was so excited I downloaded mine from Amazon, and wish I had waited to buy one of the hand-drawn CDs to compliment the other two in my collection. Such is life. Wonderful start was opening with “The Ballad of Red Hook” - one for the locals!!!
My favorite song was the closer, though “Safe Travels”. Ah, wonderful. Listen to an MP3 here. If you fall in love, go to WhiskeyAndApples.com to get your own hand-drawn CDs. Be patient… Sometimes it can take a bit for them to get in the mail.
Other highlights included the very first time an electronic beat was played by Red and the band for the first of two “dance parties”
And Red busted out the electronic hand piano for the second dance party (during which both he jumped out onto the floor with us and danced around)
I shot the hell out of the show - small set on Flickr here.
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