The New York-based trio
Ui made their way to Boston tonight bringing their own brand of
jazz-influenced two-bass stab with noise bursts.The New York-based trio
Ui made their way to Boston tonight bringing their own brand of
jazz-influenced two-bass stab with noise bursts. While I do somewhat
like their recorded sound, it was never anything that grabbed me and
made me excited - until they worked with other people (the Uilab single
with Stereolab and other various remixes on the Unlike album).
Tonight's show left an impression on me of this band as a low-end
rhythm crew, quite the opposite of how I previously viewed them (as
educated, artsy noodle-mongers). Funkier than any of their records, I
was quite impressed with the set, which infrequently included tracks
from their last full-lengther, Lifelike. Moreso was the set like the
style of the last EP, The Iron Apple, yet it was fun and hardly
tedious. Perhaps I need to pull out those other records again. Opening
for Ui tonight was a local collective known as Lockgroove, a band whose
name I have seen before, but never heard. These guys basically let
everythig fly as they jammed through an almost entirely instrumental
set - two guitarists playing washing drones, a precision bassist, an
elemental keyboardist and a tight drummer. After the lost hope due to
the end of Cathode (see the letters below) I was excited to see a local
band taking that courageous step outside of generic local rock. So long
as they continue down the right path, they will be something to keep an
ear out for.