"How good are they LIVE?" in the last 12 months on 100 (as of 3/11/24)
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Real Live Certified
Artists are Real Live Certified if their live shows have broad critical acclaim
Critic Consensus
The Necks is 'Real Live Certified' and is in the top 5% of all live performers. Based on 30 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that The Necks is rated as a superb live performer, with impressive shows overall. The Necks concert reviews describe live shows and performances as minimalist, layered, avant-garde, ambient, improvised, magical, and rhythmic.
ON TOUR
Cafe OTO, London, United Kingdom (April 2); multiple venues, The Hague, Netherlands (April 4); Ancienne Belgique, Brussels, Belgium (April 5); Locomotiv Club, Bologna, Italy (April 15); Magyar Zene Háza, Budapest, Hungary (April 17); Studio Koncertowe Polskiego Radia im. Witolda Lutosławskiego, Warszawa, Poland (April 19); Heimathafen, Berlin, Germany (April 23); Inkonst, Malmö, Sweden (April 25)
The Necks are an experimental jazz trio from Sydney, Australia, comprising Chris Abrahams on piano and Hammond organ, Tony Buck on drums and Lloyd Swanton on bass guitar and double bass. The band plays improvisational pieces of up to an hour in length that explore repeating musical figures.
It was difficult to gauge what was to come of my first Necks' experience as the trio entered from the wings of the stage, notably nonchalant in their practical pants.