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Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Tonight Tonight in Music: Gladiators Eat Fire, stellastarr*

Posted by Chris Govella on Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 9:00 AM

Gladiators Eat Fire, Doomfock, Red Obelisk, Into the Storm

(Funhouse) Gladiators Eat Fire cite Muse, the Plot to Blow Up the Eiffel Tower, and Deftones as influences, and after listening to their album, Keep the Beat Alive, I move to add Refused and Idiot Pilot to that list (I can do that, right? As an official "music critic" or whatever?). It's a clusterfuck, really. Gladiators Eat Fire have that whole "loud as hell" thing for which Muse are known, and they're just as frenzied as anything Plot have ever done, with intense guitar breakdowns building back up to explosive climaxes (e.g., "Felix the Boy Who Cried Fenix"). Live, it'll be either an ear-blistering hot mess or a fantastically successful sum of all its parts. There will be no middle ground. MEGAN SELING

Stellastarr*, Wild Light, Mason Proper

(Chop Suey) The '80s revival that has been promised since 1991 has come in dribs and drabs ever since; bands that take it too literally, with the skinny ties and synthesizers, still look like morons. And stellastarr* have managed to—I can't believe I'm writing this—find what was right about the '80s and transform it into something worthwhile. They pepper their songs with enough "Oh! Oh! Oh!" choruses to bring the Cars to mind, but there's also a wonky, Pixies-style tunefulness, and enough ragged edge on the smooth pop stylings, to make them sound new at the same time. PAUL CONSTANT

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so this has been criminally under-advertised, but there's a free block party on cap hill (Olive and Bellevue) tonight featuring music from Eagle Seagull, Mighty Tiger, the Autumn Electric, and a few others. Music kicks off at 6:30 and will be done by 10, so there's still plenty of time to go check out one of the Stranger recommends shows afterward. Free food, cheap booze, and free music.

Posted by vaughandy on August 4, 2009 at 9:48 AM