{"id":4420,"date":"2019-04-21T10:19:31","date_gmt":"2019-04-21T15:19:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/?p=4420"},"modified":"2019-12-17T20:12:47","modified_gmt":"2019-12-18T01:12:47","slug":"review-kolars-calliope-musicals-the-middle-east-04-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/2019\/04\/21\/review-kolars-calliope-musicals-the-middle-east-04-17\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Kolars, Calliope Musicals @ The Middle East 04\/17"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Isabela Rocha <\/em><\/p>\n

On April 17th, the Los Angeles band Kolars played Upstairs at the Middle East Club. Their show was opened by the charismatic Calliope Musicals. <\/span><\/p>\n

In a trippy, shinny stage, the Calliope Musicals opened the Wednesday night with a lot of energy and joy. Their creative music, combines a very upbeat kind of rock with special sounds \u2013 such as xylophone notes, sweet keyboard sounds, and outer space sound effects \u2014 creating a very fun and playful vibe. <\/span><\/p>\n

Faces, poses, and the colorful background decor, with LED lights, projections of lollipops, aliens, and polar bear backup dancers, really added to the performance, providing the audience with a really good time. Though for a modest crowd, the Calliope Musicals opened the night gratefully, creating a really fun and happy atmosphere. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cKolars are coming up next, so get excited,\u201d said <\/span>\u200b<\/span>Carrie Fussell, the band\u2019s singer, as they left the stage. <\/span><\/p>\n

Though not bringing anything new in terms of music style, the Kolars are a very energetic and interactive band. <\/span><\/p>\n

Their sound, a mix of a generic drums and guitar, is very common to the ears, as if it had been heard before. However, the band is great in terms of performance. Their daunting clothing style \u2014 which uses a lot of glitter \u2014 combined with a considerable engagement with the audience built a rather entertaining presentation. <\/span><\/p>\n

What is great to watch is the way by which the band\u2019s drummer, <\/span>\u200b<\/span>Lauren Brown, builds up the beat. A \u201ctap dancing drummer,\u201d Brown plays the drums while tap-dancing on a round wooden step, the sound of her shoes being part of the music. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Kolars\u2019 sound might not be the most innovative one, but the way the artists move on stage shows their passion for their work. With faces and poses, Lauren Brown and Rob Kolar play with great energy from the first to the last song; just by watching you can tell they are having fun and enjoying their time on stage, and that is beautiful. <\/span><\/p>\n

The Kolars will be on the road for a while, playing with other great openers such as Calliope Musicals, who also have a tour of their own. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Isabela Rocha On April 17th, the Los Angeles band Kolars played Upstairs at the Middle East Club. Their show was opened by the charismatic Calliope Musicals. In a trippy, shinny stage, the Calliope Musicals opened the Wednesday night with a lot of energy and joy. Their creative music, combines a very upbeat kind of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15726,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1525],"tags":[748,747,115,186,670],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4420"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15726"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4420"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4423,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4420\/revisions\/4423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}