Venue: The Miler Light
Oasis (Summerfest grounds, Milwaukee, WI)
I have had multiple bad
experiences with this stage and sound balance.
It also has the unfortunately problem of having two large sponsored beer
pavilions right in the stage area. It makes for a drunk, obnoxious crowd. Add
that to a stage with distorted sound and more people than it should hold and
it’s a recipe for disaster. Not all the shows I’ve been here have been
horrible, but it is not my favorite stage.
The show:
Your Villain My Hero (2/6)
(partial review, only saw half the set) this was not my night for music. On the one hand, this band had a lot of
personality and energy. On the other, the cultural dissonance in some of the
covers they performed was borderline offensive.
(Hint to new bands: if you’re covering a band a) do not insert your name
into the song b) do not use their accent. Especially not if they are a different
race from you. It sounds racist) On the other hand they get points for style
and energy. Their sense of rhythm and
vocal tone were beyond bad. It felt like they were trying to hard to be sexy
and falling completely flat.
Miniature Tigers: (2/6 live, 4/6 on cd)
I had to check three times to make sure I’d found the right band because the
sound difference was so big between their stage show and their album. On stage they are reminiscent of a bad beach
boys cover band-- waver vocals with weak guitar work and minimal talent
overall. The instrumentation was simply
bad and the vocals too quiet for the mics to pick up. However, credit for
effort and for their senses of humor. They were continually trying to interact
with the audience and managed to get a lot of people actually moving and
enraged. NO small feet for an Indi. band. They were funny, happy, and fully
aware that they were not the show people came to see.
On cd, they are very
reminiscent of fun. Indi pop with a pretentious but still entertaining fare.
Posh.
(I saw part of fun. too
but I’m not reviewing them, as I saw only fragments. )
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