This past Monday I hiked myself over to the wexner center to see a band I found out about almost a year ago today. tUnE-yArDs is in a nutshell a band like no other around today. The band has only two official members but in this tour they brought along a sax section.
tUnE-yArDs is less of a band and more of a "music project" of singer/songwriter Merrill Garbus. She produces an aura of sounds by looping multiple vocal and drum tracks. She then sings over these loops with her ingenious use of guitar pedals to make all sorts of sounds for her voice. With the help of Nate Brenner (Who plays Bass Guitar and Keyboards) they build a wide range of some what controversial sounds. The group is a bit odd and lots of people bang on them for having no musical talent. This view is growing now that the group is becoming more known for their song "Bizness". I would agree to some extent that this group is to experimental for my taste at times but over all I really really like them.
One big thing that should be known is that this group live is a whole different animal then the groups recordings. I went in some what skeptical but for only twenty dollars and the fact that I also liked the opening band "Delicate Steve" I went. And boy was I glad! This was by far the best concert I have been to yet this year. tUnE-yArDs was an experience live. Something so beyond what their records capture. The mix between beautiful vocal harmonies and dance beat drum tracks made the place more like a dace party than a rock show and in between the large glow stick wars made this concert not only enjoyable but memorable.
