Attenzione! Attenzione! Belle & Sebastian are the tawk of New Yawk this week!!! This precious collective kicked the ass of everyone who got to see them at the PBS Tapings on West 54th Street and the Angel Orensanz Center. Understandably, they were visibly nervous at their first live performance in the States. The audience was seated around the band that consisted of 8 people, the 8th member being Mick the horn player (who looked like he was about 10 years old). Stuart Murdoch leader and lead vocalist is the oldest at 24 years old. He looks like an androgynous, younger Richard Butler. There are 2 girls in the group the violinist and Isobel the cellist (rumored to be Murdoch's girlfriend). The set was very special and intimate. They performed mostly new material and tracks off their import singles. During "Like Dylan In The Movies" Stuart nervously forgot the words and visibly upset shouted "Does anyone have our CD handy?" So who saves the day with the liner notes from the album? Chris the owner of Secret Sounds record shop: (htt;://www.secretsounds.com)! Belle & Sebastian was the talk of CMJ all week. Their CMJ performance took place on the Lower East Side at an old synagogue with cathedral architecture. It's the sculpture's Angel Orensanz' studio and performance space. It was very cool. The lights reflected off the disco mirror ball hung where the tabernacle should have been illuminating the high cathedral ceiling. For two nights they performed to a sold out room packed with fans. It was gospel. Belle & Sebastian is what it's all about. Amen. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net -----------------------------------------------------------------------