Shazaming the Shows // OrangePeelMystic / Dyr Faser / I Want a Cat at O’Briens / June 23,2024

Ah, the technology! These days yours truly is rarely inspired by it – the chief problem being lack of human element. But what if…

What if there’s an app that adds an extra sauce to a much beloved ritual of going to shows and seeing live music? Shazam proved to be the answer and took guesswork out of the process of identifying the songs heard between the sets. So without further ado…here’s what was heard at O’Briens in Boston on June 23rd.

On the Bill

I Want a Cat – feline no wave fiddle core

Dyr Faser – Eric Boomhower and Amelia May are pulling and arranging inspirations from the likes of Hüsker Dü, Jefferson Airplane, The 13th Floor Elevators, Pixies, The Doors, and many more to create their burgeoning nonconformist yet palpable rocknroll –  Global Texan Chronicles

OrangePeelMystic – An avant-garde psych-pop artist creates driving electronic planet Earth anthems. Their unique sound combines experimental noise, electronic psychedelia, and synth-pop

Shazaming

Bombino – Tuareg singer-songwriter and guitarist from Niger. His music is sung in Tamasheq and often addresses Tuareg geopolitical concerns. Bombino is the subject of the documentary film Agadez, the Music and the Rebellion

Shazamed – Azamane Tiliade + Her Tenere

Label(s) – Partisan Records / Nonesuch

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Pure X – Pure X has always been out of time, eternal—their airy, cavernous sound like sunlight through the waves. Formed in 2009 as a three-piece of Nate Grace, Jesse Jenkins V, and Austin Youngblood called Pure Ecstasy, their early singles, which hit the mainline of shoegaze, soul, doo-wop, and loner Americana, garnered immediate acclaim. Legal issues forced a name change to Pure X, whose bluntness and economy was perhaps more reflective of the band’s ability to cast a spell in under 3 minutes.

Shazamed – Surface + Voices

Label(s) – Fire Talk / Fat Possum

Over to You

Have you shazamed anything lately? If so, sound off in comments…