Tonight @ Doug Fir!
Posted on | December 15, 2009 | No Comments
Well, Reptet’s reputation seems to be preceding them these days. We’ll be opening for them tonight over at Portland’s hipster central, the Doug Fir Lounge. It’ll be great to bring some of what Tom D’Antoni calls “indie jazz” into the room and I’m always happy to hear a set of crazy music from Reptet while enjoying their newest animal costumes!
Speaking of hipster central, Portland’s Willamette Week weighed in on tonight’s proceedings:
[JAZZ SCHMAZZ] If there were ever a genre that needed a little bit of goofiness introduced into the mix (you know, just to keep it honest), it would be jazz. This self-serious style of music is taken down a few pegs by the Seattle group known as Reptet, with its penchant for wacky costumes and goofball tunes like “Chicken or Beef?” The band is capable of reining in the piss-taking, though, as proven by its latest 7-inch, Agendacide, which features two sharp tracks of cool Sun Ra-style post-bop.
Rather than commenting haphazardly on this idea, I will save it for a soon-to-come post…
Meanwhile, you can check out a note written by Matt Groenig to Reptet as well as hear “Chicken or Beef” over at Oregon Music News’ preview of the show. I’m definitely looking forward to this one!
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