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El Ten Eleven
Also Playing: Little Brazil and B. Sous
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Tue Nov 3
9 pm,
El Ten Eleven, Little Brazil, and B. Sous at Hi-DiveSome instrumental bands can get so caught up in crafting smarty-pants soundscapes that they don’t notice they’re boring everyone to tears, but L.A. duo El Ten Eleven thankfully never lets its virtuosity get in the way of making engaging post-rock. The pop-band aspect of El Ten Eleven is likely inspired by Kristian Dunn and Tim Fogarty’s other gig as the rhythm section for Ron Fountenberry’s SoftLightes, and their live showmanship—captured and expanded upon on 2008’s These Promises Are Being Videotaped—is heightened by Dunn’s double-neck bass/guitar and the group’s insistence on eschewing sequencers and laptops.Hi-Dive 7 S Broadway, Denver/Boulder, CO
Some instrumental bands can get so caught up in crafting smarty-pants soundscapes that they don’t notice they’re boring everyone to tears, but L.A. duo El Ten Eleven thankfully never lets its virtuosity get in the way of making engaging post-rock. The pop-band aspect of El Ten Eleven is likely inspired by Kristian Dunn and Tim Fogarty’s other gig as the rhythm section for Ron Fountenberry’s SoftLightes, and their live showmanship—captured and expanded upon on 2008’s These Promises Are Being Videotaped—is heightened by Dunn’s double-neck bass/guitar and the group’s insistence on eschewing sequencers and laptops.
Updated 11/02/2009
