a musical revelation weekend

well this was quite the weekend for petrov. thursday was obviously the mountain goats and saturday night was Ra Ra Rasputin at the Velvet Lounge. Further, petrov used the great weather on sunday to journey out in his car where he proceeded to get fully acquainted with The White Stripes' "Icky Thump" album.

This was petrov's second Ra Ra Rasputin show (and he believed Ra Ra's third, maybe fourth, show total). Petrov was much impressed with the latest show. Ra Ra Rasputin is sort of a cross between The Rapture/Q and Not U/Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. The music has a funky jam nature to it, while the vocals at times have a very Rapture-esque nature to them. Overall the band has clearly been doing their homework as the sound is more congruent and much easier to bounce a little bit too. (The later was not a problem for many of the kids in the crowd.) For more on the band visit their myspace (here) where the videos don't do justice. See The Rapture video below for some related musical goodness.

Petrov had to take the small asian to BWI sunday afternoon. so petrov enjoyed the ride home listening to The White Stripes' new cd, which petrov has listened to on several occasions, but never had the chance to really really listen to (always just in the background at work on wretched little monitor speakers). but as u know, a bose soundsystem, 60mph, and a beautiful sunday afternoon gave petrov a chance to get down and dirty with the album. its the shite, if petrov does say so. its some good old rock music and petrov highly recommends getting the album if you haven't already. the only problem petrov has is that he didn't pick up on this cd back when he first heard it, but alas this is the way petrov's musical listening habits have developed. See below for The White Stripes - Prickly Thorn, but Sweetly Worn. (the irish touch to this song is spectacular with a good bass system going)

The Rapture - Whoo Alright Yeah!


The White Stripes - Prickly Thorn, But Sweetly Worn