MuteMath drummer Darren King, photo: DVD
Rocking show last week, as usual. Setlist:The Nerve
Backfire
Chaos
Clipping
Electrify
Stare at the Sun/Obsolete
Plan B
Noticed
Armistice
Burden
Typical
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Pins and Needles
Spotlight
Reset
Break the Same
Mutemath's getting a little hate from The Stranger, Seattle's indie arts newspaper:
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(Showbox at the Market) Mutemath are a New Orleans synth-rock quartet with roots in the Christian-music world. They won a Dove Award (the Christian version of the Grammy) for Best Modern Rock Song in 2005 for "Control." In 2008, they won a Grammy (the regular version of the Grammy) for Best Video for the clip "Typical," a backward-running bit that owes everything to Spike Jonze and the Pharcyde's superior-in-every-way 1996 video "Drop." But I guess honoring weak rehashes 12 years too late is what the Grammys does best. Dubious awards and religious affiliations aside, though, how is Mutemath's music? God fucking awful—schmaltzy, whining, overglossed pop rock not nearly saved by its slight traces of rhythmic tension or its lead singer's keytar. The more Mute the better. ERIC GRANDY"
He probably has a Ramones T-shirt that he thinks isn't ironic. I likes me some MuteMath, maybe the live show will reorient this Seattle-indie-rock-writer's perspective.
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