Moon Duo live in concert.
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Moon Duo

58
critic concert reviews
rock

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

75
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Critic Consensus

Based on 58 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Moon Duo is rated as an enjoyable live performer, with some notable strengths. Moon Duo concert reviews describe live shows and performances as eccentric, abstract, psychedelic, dreamlike, stylish, evocative, and groovy.

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Latest Release

Live at Levitation (Live) (30 September 2022)

Artist Info

Genre
rock
Origin
San Francisco, United States (2009 - present)
Bio
Moon Duo was formed by Ripley Johnson of Wooden Shjips and Sanae Yamada in San Francisco, California, United States in 2009. Inspired initially by the legendary duo of John Coltrane and Rashied Ali, Moon Duo counts such variant groups as Silver Apples, Royal Trux, Moolah, Suicide, and Cluster as touchstones.
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Critic Concert Reviews

Spectrum Culture (USA)

October 30, 2022
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Moon Duo Live In Concert

Ambient Light (New Zealand)

April 1, 2020
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Psychedelic rockers Moon Duo touched down in Tāmaki Makaurau last night for their only New Zealand performance of The Lightship, a phenomenal immersion in both sight and sound.

The Music (Australia)

February 11, 2020
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As the light show gets more frenetic the screens turn into a flickering rainbow of abstract colour.

musicOMH (UK)

June 22, 2018
70
%
San Francisco’s Moon Duo are in town at the invitation of Robert Smith – and the mood has to be just right.

The Upcoming (UK)

June 21, 2018
40
%
It should have been ideal, the dreamlike soundscape providing an ambience befitting stylish surroundings, only it wasn’t.

The Skinny (UK)

February 9, 2018
80
%
Tonight's show from Moon Duo is a masterclass in how to sound pretty much perfect without being clinical, phoned in, or overly reliant on a laptop

Louder Sound

May 31, 2017
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In a setting, acoustic drums are always going to have the edge over mechanised gonzo beats and so, in the process, Moon Duo have become less of a Wooden Shjips side project and more a band that has overtaken it antecedents.

Past critic reviews published in

The Music (Australia), Chicago Concert Reviews (USA), Dallas Observer (USA), East of 8th (USA), Austin 360 (USA) and more

Image Credit

Steven Pisano [CC BY-2.0] via Wikimedia Commons