Was talking to a fellow blogger after seeing The Muslims at the Fader Fort and asked him what he thought. "Unoriginal," he replied. That's kind of beside the point, I think. Originality can only get you so far, and it's OK if you're playing garage rock if you've got songs as good as The Muslims'. Plus, they've got the one thing you absolutely cannot fake -- attitude. They've got bucketfuls of it.
The Muslims played an astounding 10 shows during CMJ and I ended up catching three of them, the best being the technically post-CMJ show at Union Pool on Sunday where the relaxed crowd (which seemed to include every band that hadn't gone home already) had nowhere else to go and were there just to rock out. It was also a longer show and we got a couple more than the six song set they'd honed for CMJ, including both sides of their new single -- "Parsites" and the blazing cover of Spacemen 3's "Walking With Jesus." Despite being obviously tired and guitarist Matty McLoughlin having his fingers wrapped in black electrical tape because he'd busted them open repeatedly over the week, with blood spattered all over his guitar, they played like it was their first show of the week.
MP3: Muslims - Parasites
And here's video I shot of them performing "Beside Myself" at the Brooklyn Vegan day party at Knitting Factory:
Thanks for blogging about these guys and introducing me to them a few months back. I really like what I hear on their MySpace page and the cover of "Walking with Jesus" that you posted. I really need to see them live, though.
Posted by: Matt Berlyant | Wednesday, October 29, 2008 at 10:23 AM
Those guys are really amazing!!! The Muslims are nice, i like it a lot.
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