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by Terrorhawks on 8/2/16Brighton Music Hall - BostonExcellent venue at Brighton Music Hall, and the bands had a lot of energy. Great time overall, especially for the price.
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WHITE LUNG IN CONCERT:
Dark rockers White Lung turn the fast and loud elements of punk into angst-riddled dirges, striking the perfect balance between raw energy and cerebral poise in their live performances. Kenneth William’s guitar parts clang like those of Joy Division, while the speed and precision of his power chords reminds fans of hardcore legends Black Flag. Lead singer Mish Way growls her obscure vocals while calling for the audience to join in the headbanging insanity. Anne-Marie Vassiliou pounds the drums while Hether Fortune pumps out primitive, driving basslines. White Lung is bringing their interpretation of punk rock to ticket buyers across the world in support of their third album Deep Fantasy.
BACKGROUND SNAPSHOT:
Vancouver-based punks Mish Way and Anne-Marie Vassiliou founded White Lung in 2006 with guitarist Natasha Reich and bassist Grady Mackintosh. Kenneth William replaced Natasha Reich in 2008, bringing a darker component to the band’s sound with his reverb drenched leads. His addition played a major role in the band’s local emergence, and their debut album It’s the Evil received critical praise upon its 2010 release. The LP was eventually named punk album of the year by Exclaim! and earned the group a nomination for Punk/Hardcore Artist of the Year at the 2011 Canadian Music Week Indie Awards. Their 2012 sophomore album Sorry was also a critical success, receiving glowing reviews from Spin, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone and other influential outlets. Leading up to 2014's critically-adored Deep Fantasy, Hether Fortune replaced Grady Mackintosh on bass and added an even harder edge to their sound with her furious basslines. In addition to their stellar recorded material, the band continues to win over fans with their captivating live performances, which showcase their energetic and enigmatic brand of punk.
Rating: 4 out of 5 Rating: 5 out of 5 White Lung shredded the Teragram
by Atubs on 7/11/16Teragram Ballroom - Los AngelesI missed White Lung on the Deep Fantasy tour, but caught them for Paradise. I love them most when they are blistering fast (Take the Mirror!) but Mish is amazing and can rock a ballad or two on Paradise. I would have loved one or two more "Sorry" tracks, but there's only so much time in a set. They stay on my must see list.
Rating: 1 out of 5 What happened to the sound?
by docrevolt on 6/6/15Knitting Factory - New York CityI'm a massive fan of White Lung's music on record, particularly their album Deep Fantasy, but honestly the sound was just awful. I don't know if they were just having an off night, but it was so intensely muddled that I barely felt like I could make out anything. The guitar sounded the worst, and that kind of drowned out the vocals, leaving the bass and drums to pick up the slack. This was especially frustrating since the guitar is pretty much the key part of the band's music on record, but here it was actually working against the band, not for it. I could barely make out the key riffs that sound so awesome on record, and with the wall of sound present there, it was genuinely hard to tell some of the songs apart. Again, this might have just been something that was up that particular night, but it really didn't sound good at all. Oh well, maybe next time.
Rating: 1 out of 5by ClaireDeLune on 9/5/14Great Scott - Allston Terrible sound man. Everything was loud but impossible to make out. This made White Lung's whole set sound like the same muddy song, where the only perceivable change was in the rhythm of the bass line.