Puerto Muerto & Desc - aberdeen-music

Alan Cynic · 18-05-2004, 17:30

You should all have gone! It was another wild evening, with Puerto Muerto particularly entrancing. They transformed Drakes into a mixture of CBGBs (c76) and a German beercellar (c1920s).

Thank you, Chilli & Graeme for getting them back.

The Ghost Of Fudge · 18-05-2004, 22:18

PM reminded me of cat power, low and the czars. from my limited experience of this type of music. they were great. hurrah!

nullmouse · 18-05-2004, 22:25

Desc sounded like The Dirty Three rubbed together with the Violent Femmes until PJ Harvey turned up to see what the noise was. I was dissappointed to find they only had a four track EP available because I thought they were excellent.

But Peurto Meurto... By god, absolutely entrancing - Such a pair of lungs for such a slip of a woman! Twisted shanties and alt.country tales of the end of the world. It's what monday nights are all about.

chilli · 19-05-2004, 06:32

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Originally posted by nullmouse:
Desc sounded like The Dirty Three rubbed together with the Violent Femmes until PJ Harvey turned up to see what the noise was. I was dissappointed to find they only had a four track EP available because I thought they were excellent.

But Peurto Meurto... By god, absolutely entrancing - Such a pair of lungs for such a slip of a woman! Twisted shanties and alt.country tales of the end of the world. It's what monday nights are all about.

A very accurate & perceptive account, thanks & thanks to all who turned out on a Monday night.

Both bands were delighted by the warmth & enthusiasm of the response.

Desc are off to America for three weeks of gigs & recording their new LP
with Steve Albini. Another scottish boost & momentum they need.........

Puerto Muerto will be back to one of their favourite cities 05.

Brian good to see you digging PM, spread the word

french_disko · 19-05-2004, 07:07

It was indeed a great night. Puerto Muerto were excellent & I've been hunting down their CDs on-line. Desc were great as well - better than I remember them from the last time in Drummonds. Didn't buy the CD but I'm regretting that now.

ragudave · 19-05-2004, 07:41

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Originally posted by Alan Cynic:
You should all have gone! It was another wild evening, with Puerto Muerto particularly entrancing. They transformed Drakes into a mixture of CBGBs (c76) and a German beercellar (c1920s).

Thank you, Chilli & Graeme for getting them back.

Puerto Muerto = Low with a little Cat Power, White Stripes and Handsome Family. Not be missed live...

Yep I thoroughly agree and they seemed very happy in Drakes as well. I was just a little blown away. Not folk music, not exactly PJ Harvey or even alt country. But just a damn fine live band. A duo with lots of power, great tunes, a sense of humour and an amazing ability to play their drum rather loudly.

Dave

Frosty Jack · 19-05-2004, 11:22

One of the best gigs I've been to. Ever.
Desc were great, and had such a cool drummer.
Puerto Muerto. Oh My word....
I was rooted to the spot for the whole set, transfixed. Her voice was turning my spine to ice, while she battered seven shades out of the floor tom. Then I was reduced to a wittering schoolboy as I asked for their autographs afterwards. What a lady...

ragudave · 19-05-2004, 12:22

Out of interest are PM as good on Cd as live ?

nullmouse · 19-05-2004, 13:02

I got a couple of their albums on the night, and they sound just as sweet to me - Maybe not quite as powerful as they got on stage but beautiful none the less - The newest album (See You In Hell) has a lot more layers of sound to it than the sparse live act, but it works very well. The other I bought (Your Bloated Corpse Has Washed Ashore) has a lot of the songs they played in Drakes and are very similar to the live renditions.

french_disko · 19-05-2004, 14:36

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Originally posted by nullmouse:
I got a couple of their albums on the night, and they sound just as sweet to me

Damn. I didn't seem them selling CDs - would have got a couple if I knew they were on sale.