Cymbals Eat Guitars - Wind Phoenix (Live on KEXP)

[adamdontdocoke]

They're playing for free in Brooklyn tonight!

[amazingrace666]

nice bass line :)!!!

[davegto67]

Are they all playing the same song at the same time?

[NCMichaelM]

oh yeah, club 506, chapel hill tomorrow night

love how chapel and hill don't get spell checked with little red squiggly line

refuse the tyranny of a computer teacher's red squiggly pen

typoss ruule

[LoveIsLogical]

This is such a perfect version of this song.

[smp156]

i guess its a good thing that i'm missing them at music hall of williamsburg this evening.

[edouardkurtis]

fans of this should listen to green plastic whistle on soundcloud. revitalize the 90's!

[coorevits2]

is it just me or are that lead singer's vocal expressions extremely fascinating?

[jAneFo0Tpu5sy]

ive watched this at least 10 times in the past 3 days . so awesome . , and i knew they were from staten island from the first time ,just because of the way the singer says "Amarican" in the first verse

[SilentEcho33]

@jAneFo0Tpu5sy haha guessing you're from S.I. as well?

[ThatGadgetMatt]

I go to southern! The same high school that the drummer and the guitarist/vocalist graduated from! I play the drums and write music and these guys are inspirations to me.

[ThatGadgetMatt]

I go to southern! The same high school that the Drummer and vocalist go to! And I play the drums and have aspirations to do pretty much what these guys do.

[wowhelloashleigh]

The vocalist is REAAALLY  good looking

[jerrytheman1987]

not too bad.

[nicbongo]

jesus, they sound so toit! love this band!

[Guitarguy3151]

i was really digging this until the vocalist started singing

[ryanbrownrigg888]

not to be douchey or anything...but please listen to my videos if you can! low, I know... but please do!

[falcoperegrinus82]

Man, this KEXP shit is all right!

[LoveFromBelow1993]

Has anyone got any tabs for the intro solo to this?

[bioken007]

I hate to admit this but damn, pitchfork got it right this time.

[TheAerials]

I think he's a sonic youth fan

[TheInvisibleCollege]

These guys are possibly the most powerful live band I've seen. I saw them the night before last, and only now have my ears stopped ringing.

[nzwwefan]

I used to dislike his singing. But now I love it!!!

Great band, great song, great performance.

[hamsterhump]

I love this album, cheers from sweden guys!

[judenjordy]

great

[corizojoe]

hey i like these guys

[rebelpuppets]

mind massacre.........beautiful

[cmatthews926]

catharsis 3:43

[darkshines0]

Great emotion from the guitar/vox, wish the rest of the band didn't appear to be in slow-motion. Especially the drummer, man. Get into it.

[16metres]

Amzing looking Jaguar, it looks brand new

[cal839]

@16metres Its a jazzmaster

[16metres]

@cal839 sorry, the bass is the jaguar than, mistake

[NeatStar]

The Bass is a Precision Bass.

[16metres]

@NeatStar i'm seeing ghost, woops

amazing band, still

[16metres]

@NeatStar i'm seeing ghosts, whoops

[liptakinator]

i think he has the perfect guitar sound

[schmidty8890]

@liptakinator Really? I liked the song and the playing, but I found it very difficult to hear the guitar at times. It was getting muddy and indistinct in a couple parts. The cleans were good, but the distortion had a washed out sound. Just my opinion.

[eliasizm3]

@schmidty8890 I think that the muddy guitar sounds are just a result of it being on youtube.

[GuitarJax]

Instantly after hearing this I thought it was awesome. Good job on finding this band Kexp!

[royconway]

these guys are awful live. awful. The bassist is sick though

[SWAC424]

@royconway

[LilytheFrilly]

@royconway : that sucks to know. I was deciding on whether to give them a chance to put them in my lollapalooza line up :/

[backman412]

the music, especially the bass, is amazing. it's the vocals that are a little on the boring side.

[crazylocosound]

this song blows towards the end.... blows...

[glennlindberg]

2:54 "oh shit they're filming me? better not laugh!"

[DraggDaddy]

I'm on a roll dunt foud two cool bands floatin around this site.

[tommyjosh94]

Does that mean that drums > guitar? :P

[auwekama]

haha no its from a quote by some famous musician (cant remember who) who said that the sound of cymbals overpowers the sound of guitars.

[tommyjosh94]

@auwekama Yeah haha. My friend complains about that all the time ;)

[MrEpiclylaterd]

In my opinion, Lumping musicians into genres & categories is not an effective/respectful way of describing an artists sound. The only way you could generalize an artist would be if they played strictly one style of music (BB KING=RHYTHM &BLUES). Once the influences start piling up (Vampire Weekend) its best to say "they sound like..."

Cymbals Eat Guitars was one of my favorite acts @ Pitchfork 2009 & "Why There Are Mountains" was one of the best albums of 2009; Check out SUN 0))) for the best.

[g1dieter]

@MrEpiclylaterd

So damn true.

[raidas77]

Kinda sounds like Cedric Bixler from ATDI/Mars Volta.

[chunk123123]

@raidas77 i immediately thought of sparta lol

[cliffy031]

pretty amazing performance. these guys rock.

[21Kyzix12]

pretty sweet and i love their band name

[outcircuit]

Modern day cap'n jazz?

[mattsgotslacks]

@outcircuit i was going to say that but you beat me to the punch. pretty much identical voices.

[ToobeYoo]

sounds like james mercer to me of the shins

[luckyhorse64]

@ToobeYoo how??? at all?? he sounds nothing like him

[brokendials]

sounds like isaac brock's vocals and stephen malkmus' guitar playing.

[fluffthebunny]

That's been made preeeeetty obvious by now if you've read reviews of their album, which I'm sure you have.

[brokendials]

i haven't actually. my friend told me i'd like them so i looked them up and saw this video. no need to draw such bold conclusions. plus, i thought what i said was a compliment.

[brianfroud]

Yup. I could watch this a thousand times.

[brianfroud]

Favourite song, album and band of the year.

[sadr]

might be my favorite song of this year

[Krees86]

They remind me of a little band from the San Joaquin Valley called Pavement.

[firetruckgreen]

Dudes voice reminds me so much of Stephen Malkmus.

[leo32d]

Baita som fodido!

Great fucking sound!

[19Darshan63]

great...

[NICDFL]

such beautiful noise

[MetalLink1979]

They sound great live and I'm sure the room is conducive to that. Awesome performance!

[justsomepeople]

orange amps are absolutely phenominal.

[VivaLaUndead]

They remind me of The Dismemberment Plan

[bouchemike4]

these guys and Tin Tin Can are the only 2 bands i've been listening to lately

[sickcellmate]

Thanks, just listened to Tin Tin Can and they are awesome. Never thought, I would get music tips over myspace.

[TheyWereCones]

youtube

[sickcellmate]

Oops, mixed them up again.

[ponzanator91]

damn thats good. the screaming part is awesome

[sandsx1]

great guitar

[jaybuntingmusic]

That was fucking awesome.

[SansWetware]

This is really perfect. Having owned the album for a while this is a GREAT live performance of the song. Wow do they ever sound good in that studio.

[viraltastic]

Where's Danny Boy? :-/

[canadianalog]

amazing, can't wait to see them in Toronto!

[mikaelalv]

what a beautiful guitar

[BethPessoa]

jazzmaster :)