Autolux 1/17/09 - The Music Box @ The Fonda, Hollywood, CA.

Ah, Autolux. Admittedly, it took some time for me to "click" with this band. More than a couple of years, actually.

I first saw Autolux when they opened for Queens Of The Stone Age/Nine Inch Nails in October 2005. at the Hollywood Bowl. I didn't really give them much of a chance at the time, possibly to due to the heady distraction of QOTSA/NIN and seeing them from front row garden box seats (thanks to good luck on ticketbastard the night before) I ended up seeing them twice again before the year was up, this time opening for QOTSA at The Wiltern on their "infamous" back-to-back pre-Christmas headlining shows. Again, they didn't make much of an impression on me, but I did record them nevertheless (only one came out good)

Awhile later, I did eventually aquire their one and only full length release Future Perfect, and it remained in random rotation for some time before I started to give it more attention. I can't say for sure why and when their music started "clicking", but it was enough for me to specifically seek them out at the MakeMusic Festival in Pasadena last year. There, I finally started seeing how good this band really was (well, it helped that it was a free show, even though it ended up being hotter than hell out there. there is a nice recording of it floating around)

So, we come to this full-length, proper show of theirs at the Fonda recently. It was a good mixture of old and new songs, with a nice cover of The Velvet Underground's "After Hours" thrown in. (and yes, I'm one of those people wondering "where's the second album already?") I think it may even be good enough for a "best of the year" list - well, okay, it may be a little early for that. Wooden Shijps opened for them - not really my cup of tea, I was bored during their set, oh well.

1.) In The Way
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MP3: http://www.mediafire.com/?zndlywljdyn

2.) Audience No. 2
FLAC: http://www.mediafire.com/?zogmwezy2qf
MP3: http://www.mediafire.com/?xqizytkmomy

3.) Supertoys
FLAC: http://www.mediafire.com/?0knfo2gi2lm
MP3: http://www.mediafire.com/?dznmyy01ttr

4.) Capital Kind Of Strain
FLAC: http://www.mediafire.com/?mfelowtmz3d
MP3: http://www.mediafire.com/?0jmudzun1ya

5.) Here Comes Everybody
FLAC: http://www.mediafire.com/?dmdjd0jorzd
MP3: http://www.mediafire.com/?zwwxnjrym5m

6.) Headless
FLAC: http://www.mediafire.com/?2dmzmdmznti
MP3: http://www.mediafire.com/?nnmitrjzm53 (fixed, should be working now)

7.) Turnstile Blues
FLAC: http://www.mediafire.com/?tjmiyjgyyzx
MP3: http://www.mediafire.com/?yjffmjxxku1

8.) The Science Of Imaginary Solutions
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MP3: http://www.mediafire.com/?kmgmyjj0jun

9.) Blanket
FLAC: http://www.mediafire.com/?mnimzzgooyn
MP3: http://www.mediafire.com/?zt2uf2rzmnn

10.) Subzero Fun
FLAC: http://www.mediafire.com/?omqdjzwjctt
MP3: http://www.mediafire.com/?zlkmrfy3fy0

11.) Finder's Fee
FLAC: http://www.mediafire.com/?dywduyzhqjn
MP3: http://www.mediafire.com/?h0m1jyedn4q

12.) SYRH
FLAC: http://www.mediafire.com/?qy34d3zijyj
MP3: http://www.mediafire.com/?zyz2amrmzzz

13.) E: After Hours (The Velvet Underground)
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MP3: http://www.mediafire.com/?m2oojh5zmr2

14.) E: Plantlife
FLAC: http://www.mediafire.com/?lhz0yzdy2ko
MP3: http://www.mediafire.com/?yiyzqu0jyme

15.) E: Reappearing
FLAC: http://www.mediafire.com/?m3mfomjzenz
MP3: http://www.mediafire.com/?gwhyg20hwgd

Text: http://www.mediafire.com/?myrmm40yj2m
MD5: http://www.mediafire.com/?ndtmwync0mz
Fingerprints: http://www.mediafire.com/?dm3k51jionj