With all eyes of the darker side of the MN music scene turned to the Nick Cave one man show at the Pantages – check out our review HERE, but there were other dark and gloomy things going on around the cities last night. And no I’m not talking about the wet, cold weather. The Icehouse played host to an event as brooding and dark as it gets in Minnesota.
Dark Energy (Dance parties for sad people) teamed up with local artists to host The Boatman’s (Last) Call: A Conversation Afterparty. Nick Cave was invited by DJ Mercury and said to look for a tall skinny guy wearing a suit standing in the back, alas………………
For me the transition from seeing Toto at the State Theatre and a 10 minute sing-along of ‘Africa” was a bit jarring but welcome. After all dark and moody people are my tribe and I’ve had my share of happy songs for the evening. DJ Mercury set the mood before and during sets and some of the songs I heard made their way onto my play list.
Around 10 the first band took the stage – shadingthesun . This band recently grew to a 3 piece and is quite new with their first album very much a work in progress. My first impression? Shadingthesun condenses everything that I love about the darker side of British New Wave and puts a more modern spin on it. Their stage presence was good, more active than usual for bands of that genre and I am looking very much forward to seeing how they will turn out.
