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It's always nice to discover a new band by serendipity. Tony Sacco's band Library Science had a gig tonight at Chop Suey*, a club just a couple blocks down the street from my apartment. Now, the aikido training I'm doing with John is on Monday and Wednesday nights, so I wouldn't have been able to make it to the show, but John had to work late because of deadlines and canceled the class. I actually ended up working late too but still got home with enough time to make and eat dinner and get to Chop Suey before Library Science went on.
Library Science did a good set, then I helped Tony stow his gear in the car (I'm practically his unofficial roadie now), and then we went back in for the next band. I was glad Tony said he wanted to hear them, because I always like to hear new bands but I didn't much feel like staying by myself if he were leaving right away. The band's name, Saba, didn't mean anything to me or Tony, we didn't know anything about them - well, Tony might've known something about them from setting up earlier. Anyhow, Saba had a female singer with some kind of sequencer/mixer/electronic box, a female backup singer, a guy on keyboards, some guitar, and some vocals (more rapping than singing), a guy on bass, and a guy on laptop. The sound was very funky and dancy, it was really enjoyable.
They played a bunch of songs, and then much to my amazement, I recognized the beginning of one. Now that I've bought the CD, I can tell you it's called "Motel 6", and it's received a fair amount of airplay on KEXP, which is how I knew it. I liked that song but had never actually written down the band name, so it was quite a pleasant surprise. I had already been thinking about buying the CD but that sealed it for me. So I'm quite glad I went to the show and had the chance to discover a cool new band.
Saba don't seem to have their own Website yet, but you can find a tiny bit of information and a link to buy the CD on the site of their label, Blatant Records.
(*Aside: I believe Chop Suey only opened up a few years ago, shortly before I moved here, so I'm surprised they managed to get "www.chopsuey.com" as their URL, you'd think someone would've already grabbed that.)
Library Science did a good set, then I helped Tony stow his gear in the car (I'm practically his unofficial roadie now), and then we went back in for the next band. I was glad Tony said he wanted to hear them, because I always like to hear new bands but I didn't much feel like staying by myself if he were leaving right away. The band's name, Saba, didn't mean anything to me or Tony, we didn't know anything about them - well, Tony might've known something about them from setting up earlier. Anyhow, Saba had a female singer with some kind of sequencer/mixer/electronic box, a female backup singer, a guy on keyboards, some guitar, and some vocals (more rapping than singing), a guy on bass, and a guy on laptop. The sound was very funky and dancy, it was really enjoyable.
They played a bunch of songs, and then much to my amazement, I recognized the beginning of one. Now that I've bought the CD, I can tell you it's called "Motel 6", and it's received a fair amount of airplay on KEXP, which is how I knew it. I liked that song but had never actually written down the band name, so it was quite a pleasant surprise. I had already been thinking about buying the CD but that sealed it for me. So I'm quite glad I went to the show and had the chance to discover a cool new band.
Saba don't seem to have their own Website yet, but you can find a tiny bit of information and a link to buy the CD on the site of their label, Blatant Records.
(*Aside: I believe Chop Suey only opened up a few years ago, shortly before I moved here, so I'm surprised they managed to get "www.chopsuey.com" as their URL, you'd think someone would've already grabbed that.)
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