Memory Tapes - 2/20/2010

So this past Saturday I got up with some friends and we made the trek into Manhattan to catch the free Memory Tapes show at Tribeca Grand. It was all of our first times catching a show there so we weren't really sure of what to expect but the place was way swanky, I felt a bit under dressed at first haha. The night gets a bit hazy from this moment because we got there early due to the enticing idea of the open vodka bar so the first hour was spent double fisting vodka cranberries while Minimal Wave was spinning some really great records, non of which I knew but were awesome none the less. So after about two hours or so Memory Tapes finally came on, their set up which I had been really curious to see was drums and guitar and then the rest of the sounds were pre recorded. One thing that was a bit disappointing was they only played for about 30 min and there was no encore. I know they just played the night before, it was free and they don't have much material to work with so they may have just not wanted to do any repeats but I can't say I wasn't a bit let down. The 30 min that they did play though were very enjoyable, they nailed all the songs and having crisp guitar and drums blasting in the small room really got into the crowds bones and despite being a predominantly hipster crowd everyone was dancing and going nuts, all on the same page. Also and I could be wrong here do to an overactive consumption of vodka but it seemed as if some of the songs were missing parts or just reworked not to say any of the songs sounded bad just different at times if only for a moment. Sorry if that review is a bit lacking, after memory tapes left the stage we wandered over to a random costume party in a near by Jewish Center. They had cheap beers and welcomed us with open arms or tentacles into their psychedelic freak fest that unfortunately ended soon after we arrived, so we feasted on the cheap beers while we still good. Then we head over to some place on Orchard St. where we had some acquaintances spinning electro/house/disco into the wee hours of the morn with a fairly open dance floor for us to take over. All in all a good night even if I did spend all of Sunday vomiting, surprisingly though not due to drinking so much the prior night, I was legitimately sick as it only it hit me later in the day.