Review

Typhoon, a 13 person band hailing from Portland, Oregon, stopped by Armadillo Records this weekend to play an acoustic set before their headlining show at The G Street Wunderbar later that evening.  Although their set was acousitc, they still brought out their full band, cramming over 11 musicians into Armadillo. Complete with trumpets, drums, acoustic guitars, and violins, Typhoon truly filled up the store with their sounds.  They were touring to promote their new 7inch "Common Sentiments" that came out on the label Tender Loving Empire in late October.

Davis was their last stop in California before heading back up to Oregon, but make sure to check them out next time they come on through.  They put on a fantastic live show, and it's always amusing to see how they fit all their members in the venue.

You can check out their sweet tunes at http://www.wearetyphoon.com

   When I'm asked to emergency sub I like to play long songs cause I don't have much time to prep. Not that I don't play long songs on Middle School Friends, but artists like Beru make me not feel at all guilty for throwing their music on for 15 or so minutes. This tape, according to its track listing, has only two songs, one per side, but that is decptive. The A-side, "What would I do without you" is actually and exploration of tons of instrumentations, structured and unstructured songs, hooks and pure noise, some intentional others seem to be improvised.