BRAIDS at Lo Pub, Winnipeg, June 3 2010. Cheyenne Rae photo
Review and photos – Braids at Lo Pub, Winnipeg, June 3 2010
– text by eugene osudar/photos by Cheyenne Rae
i’m in love
with Braids
from Montreal,
and i chose to
experience
their set
over
a very hot ticket
Caribou
at The Pyramid
sold out show 400
people.
Braids played before
a scant 40 at The Lo Pub
on Thursday night
Goodform dance night
DJs
so really, maybe 20
came to see Braids
again.
their previous
visit
last summer
was mesmerizing
enchanting thrilling
chilling spine tingling
soul searing
soul lifting
80 or so people
i’d have to look/see
at my guttersnipe
posting to know
for sure
what i recall
is we were quiet when
the music was
quiet
hushed
and we lifted
we
moved when the music
lifted
soared
took flight
took
us to flight
to wings
Braids
are symphonic
and they take
you
to wings
www.myspace.com/braidsmusic
6 songs
in 40 minutes
6-7 minute songs
sound,scapes
to see and to leap
to fly and to soar
is to be
in the midst of
a Braids set
to pray
meditate over voices
and instruments
sometimes,
like
whale songs
sometimes,
like
perfect dreams
sometimes,
like
perfect kisses
caresses
to your most erogenous
zones,
your most torrid
places.
sex.
love.
symphonic
harmonic
exultant
luxurious
exquisite
Braids music.
is. all this
and more,
reverent
we loved Braids
this time
the 20 young dancers
began in dance
with dance
lemonade
peach wedding
candy spills
native speaker
Plath heart
glass deers
the songs, the set.
and in dance
i celebrated the youngsters
but somewhere
in the quiet
the hushed
build ups
the youngsters
lost their groove
way
and with loud
voices
constant chatter
with nothing
much to say
except
to interrupt and frustrate
Braids and their audience
the show was marred
by yet another rude
portion of the audience.
i’m writing this
more and more
(often)
these same things
words,
rude people
dick,heads
brawlers
maulers
ill-mannered
idiots
ignorant
people.
what’s happened?
i don’t know.
respect for people
and artists,
courtesy
lost…
the cell,phone age?
computer games?
people can’t concentrate.
be courteous.
be in the moment.
be here and now.
be poetic.
and beautiful.
this beautiful now.
Braids!
raph and katie lee
laid into the youngsters
who still couldn’t grasp
their rude chatter.
the youngsters tried to dance
as an apology.
quiet
would have been better.
my spine tingled
during every song
and staff
at The Lo
stopped their work
and watched.
with reverence.
Raphaelle
battled a cold and sang
beautifully
even as she sniffled
through most songs
the real battle
was waged with the
youngsters,
sadly.
i love Braids
from Montreal.
Yes!
I Love Braids.
in the now.
the perfect now.
of their music.
their sound dreams.
their wow.
and if you Love
your music
with tectonic soul plate
shifts
let their melodies
and voices
their pop muse
symphonies
shift
you into your
most
beautiful
places.
in flight.
Braids,
Lo Pub.
June 3rd.
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