news is slowly trickling out of the wake of the ISIS and Jesu tour path.
the reports are coming in daily from NYC, Cambridge and Toronto. we should be hearing from Detroit, Chicago, and Minneapolis soon. i’ve compiled a handful of concert reviews about the ISIS/Jesu tour. in addition to each link, i have quoted a tiny snippet about each band from each review. this is my attempt to create a tour-at-a-glance view with heads’ own words, so you can get an idea of how the bands are sounding. definitely go read the reviews in their entireity. they all have detailed descriptions of each band from each show. all the links here are pretty good, the top 2 really stand out.
- great review by Chris Bilton
march 20 at the opera house toronto ontario
jesu : distorted shoegazer drones performed at a snail’s pace
isis : captivating set….intense physicality to the heady philosophies found within.
- probably the best review, or maybe just the most positive and well informed by Shehzaad Jiwani :
March 20, 2007 Opera House Toronto, ON
only one quote, for the show overall : the show was a phenomenal display of underground talent…
- great review by not paper’s adam
Zozobra : fast, rhythmic chug-rock and slow, melodic doom
Jesu : shoegaze-enriched art-metal
ISIS : gritty dirges, rousing choruses, soulful movements, and ambient noise
- decent review from ottawa by the Humpradio blogger
jesu : 45 minutes of powerful atmospheric metal
isis : Tool sounding prog metal
- another review, this one by Brad Filicky
torche : Stoner grove
isis : nonstop art metal assault
overall : uncompromising heavy music
- by the blogger, March to the Sea
jesu : wonderfully “sonic” show
isis : post metal slug fest
sounds like the critics agree on two things - the shows are LOUD! and resonate the thinking centers as much as the feeling centers. but mind what you’re feeling when you’re shoulder to shoulder in a thicket of black hooded ‘heads….
i’d be pretty satisfied if my music was described as Stoner grove. i mean really, how can you go wrong with that kind of street cred?
i can’t wait. i will be imbibing the layers of distortion from the swanky seating in san francisco’s Bimbo’s 365 Club. it’s like the old dinner clubs from 1930’s movies, you sit and enjoy the entertainment, perhaps make a round of the dancefloor if yer feeling, amped. i plan to immerse myself in the intensely ambient atmospheres, and gaze at stoner slugs with soulful movements in a rousing assault on doomed sonic snails, and maybe post metal underground to be captivated by gritty dirges as they distort themselves into uncompromising art. then again, i”ll probably drone on for 45 minutes nonstop after a heady chug fest-enriched display of powerful choruses. only time and the 2 drink minimum will tell. (and of course i will have a full report for you when i recover!)
here is the rest of the ISIS, Jesu, Zozobra tour :
4/1 The Big Easy Boise ID
4/2 The Big Easy Spokane WA
4/3 Neumo’s Crystal Ball Reading Room Seattle WA
4/4 Hawthorne Theatre Portland OR
4/5 DAY OFF
4/6 Bimbo’s 365 Club San Francisco CA
4/7 Downtown Brew San Luis Obispo CA
4/8 Henry Fonda Theatre Los Angeles CA
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