Gravity Go Green!

If I were to tweet about the Gravity Wave show last Thursday at the ebar it would go something like "Rubber boots and heavy beats; scratching and lyrics to make you scratch your head." Since I have the luxury of more than 140 characters I will treat you to a slight elaboration. This three-piece turned the volume up on their laptops and then holler-rapped overtop whilst scratching some vinyl in the background. Sampling from rather varied genres the beats they composed were out of the ordinary and sometimes too complex or odd to really find a rhythm to dance to. Lyrically they were much the same as the beats - sometimes silly, bordering on nonsensical. The DJ with the record player did have some classic bursts of phrases ie: when introduced as DJ Romantic Thief he boomed through the mic "I steal kisses!". More impressive than the frontman's garb (rubber boots, navy jacket and a shirt reading "Rad is for radical") was the extended whistling solo DJ Thief busted out that stretched well beyond any whistle solo I've ever seen (albeit they are limited). In the end Gravity Wave did manage to get a handful of people from "Guelphadelphia" (their term, not mine) on the dance floor (perhaps it was for the "Free Shit, Free Sh!T" which they kept hollering and tossing about).

Guelph buzz band, Green Go who's night it was (Borders CD release) took the stage shortly before midnight. Opening with Ghosts of the Future I was very impressed to hear them replicate the electronic-sounding song without the use of computers or samples. However it is a rare case that you want a band to sound exactly the same live as on record. So the very next song proved that this would not be the case, as they rocked out a completely revamped version of You Know You Want It, complete with interlude and ad-libs. Considering a portion of their buzz has been generated based on their remixing capabilities (of such acts as the D'urbs, Gentleman Reg) it was not surprising to hear this change-up. After this point the show seemed to take a bit of a nose-dive, which may be attributed to abandoning the second drum kit for a guitar, or could be due to my lack of familiarity with most of the tunes from the rest of the set. It wasn't bad by any means, but the synths/keys, bass, guitar could really have used the double drums for that extra oomph. In fact, nearing the end of the set someone jumped back on them for an instrumental that really got things going again, and remaining on percussion for the finale and they managed to close out strong.