POSTED: Thursday, April 3, 2008, 6:51 PM
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I know that you want the candy.
A couple of chairs were the only difference between night and day. Put Sharin Foo and Sune Rose Wagner onstage with their web of effects pedals, stenciled amplifiers, and the awesome primal drumming energy of Leah Shapiro, and whatever the hour, faces are pretty much gonna melt.
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Nighttime is more the natural element of their reverb-kissed harmony-pop, so The Raveonettes' appearance at Johnny Brenda's last week felt a bit more right. The duo, on their feet, rocket back and forth, blasted through the new Lust Lust Lust ("Dead Sound" and "Hallucinations" sounded especially great) then broght out the back-catalogue goodies like "Love In A Trashcan" and "The Great Love Sound." Some of us realized we should really tally up how often Foo and Wagner use either the words "Love" or "Sound" in song titles. Meanwhile, heads bobbed. Drunk people shrieked. Sober people professed their undying love for the onstage Dane of their liking. Raveonettes fans are freaking insane.
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After such a boisterous night, one would think that the band's lunchtime appearance at World Caf' Live the next day would be drained and listless. And yeah, Sune Rose and Sharin performed seated, in folding chairs, diminishing most of their visual appeal. But the music - focusing this time entirely on Lust3 - sounded every bit as loud and brash, confrontationally cutesy. Or cutely confrontational. Whichever it was, lights were kept appropriately low, reflecting the previous show's environs, and the liquid lunch partaking crowd was lured in. Gradually they rose from their cafeteria-esque seating and moved to the front of the stage. By the time "Aly Walk With Me" closed the daytime show as it had the night, hips were shaking to the sexy groove. I think I actually heard somebody scream.
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