The Current Music Blog: January 3, 2007 Archive

The Buffering Stream goes to school, 1/3

Posted at 8:03 AM on January 3, 2007 by Hans Eisenbeis

Rewinding with Tapes 'N' Tapes

Posted at 12:11 PM on January 3, 2007 by Hans Eisenbeis (2 Comments)

While you were stocking up the liquor cabinet and the cooler for that New Year's Eve gig, Kyle over at More Cowbell squeezed into the Tapes 'N' Tapes concert at First Avenue, their triumphant return home after a globe-trotting tour to AUstralia, Japan, and parts beyond.

And who better to give some perspective on the incredible year TNT had? Kyle confesses to having seen the group ten times in the last two years, and while that might seem a little insane and maybe disqualifies him from, y' know, an impartial critical take--do you ask a kid who's seen "Return of the Jedi" twenty times if he thinks Star Wars is any good?--we do think that makes him one of the nation's great authorities on the band of the moment.

It also qualifies Kyle to spin a good metaphor:

You could compare this show to a great high school friend of yours coming back from his or her first semester at college. They’ve come back sporting a new haircut, maybe a new wardrobe, and while they are still the same friend you always knew, there’s just something a bit different and at times much cooler about them. The time apart has only made you appreciate them and your friendship even more.