Gifts from Enola is the kind of band you go see and then whisper to you friend next to you, “Whoa, these guys really put on a great performance.” The post-rock band from Virginia came to Portland and really showed the audience a true post-rock show. Three guitarists played in an animated and chaotic harmony. The sounds they produce are like stories and roller coaster rides, filled with the creeping quiet interrupted by the inevitable explosive arrangement of noise.
This gets said plenty, but one thing that really gets me when I watch bands is their lighting. Some bands have a unique light show to accompany their music, which makes the performance so much more entertaining. Bands like Autolux, Yeasayer, and Gifts from Enola are perfect examples of how bands can capture an additional one of your senses as you admire their sounds.
Their latest full length From Fathoms sounds great on record—however, hearing them live blew me away. For playing as loud as any great post-rock artist, they have a very clean live sound and an amazing stage presence.
Look out for these guys whenever they come to your neck of the woods. They are genuinely beautiful people with a great chemistry for making music.
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Columbus Short Would be an excellent match for Sam Cooke (especially if this movie was to include Sam’s Soul Stirrer years). Just as long as in the movie Sam does the singing of course lol. But as far as physical resemblance my boy Columbus Short all the way. View this clip of Cadillac Records were he played lil walter… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmxTbcnW6bY
by Akin Z on Wed Feb 1, 2012 at 12.37 am from the entry: Sam Cooke to get a movie
Oops meant Aloe Blacc not Black. Sorry about the typo. If you doubt that he should play Sam check him out here on you tube singing Loving you is Killing me. The likeness is uncanny - but the voice is quite different.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yJuyaVcL2I&feature=artist
by Tamara L on Tue Jan 31, 2012 at 08.30 am from the entry: Sam Cooke to get a movie
I have read the Peter Guralnick book and it is thoroughly researched down to the minutest detail. Amazing.
I would go for Aloe Black because he looks so much like Sam, but for heaven’s sake why are we talking about the quality of the actor’s singing? Sam’s singing has got to be dubbed in. We want the real thing not an impersonator. There is only one Sam Cooke. The actor can act, let Sam do the songs.
by Tamara L on Tue Jan 31, 2012 at 08.24 am from the entry: Sam Cooke to get a movie
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by Dirty Ice on Tue Jan 24, 2012 at 11.04 pm from the entry: Yasiin Bey - Fete (Providence, RI; Dec.10, 2011)
John Boutte should play Sam Cooke. Except the point someone made about him dying young, this is true. Boutte may be a bit too old.
by Brendan on Tue Jan 17, 2012 at 06.17 pm from the entry: Sam Cooke to get a movie
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Blacks say the word 50+ times a day. Fuck the double standard, stop trying to create controversy.
by Steve C on Fri Jan 13, 2012 at 02.00 pm from the entry: John Mayer is about to get swallowed up in public outrage
This band is great. I’m really becoming a fan! They have awesome lyrics and sound like no other.