I went with James, Jason and Tim to NSSN at Oakland/Oracle Arena. The acoustics of the place was pretty bad. The ceiling is convex and has ridges, creating all sorts of funky echoing. As a result, Franz sounded off and Death Cab sounded just plain awful. By the end of Death Cab's set, Ben Gibbard just gave up trying to stay in tune. Bloc Party ( Read more... )

There was no mosh pit. Somehow this left me feeling sad and rather unsatisfied. On the other hand, I now have a fuchshia Muse t-shirt. Hehehe.

1. The Secret Machines
Gotta feel sorry for the sacrificial lambopening act, but they were so unremarkable that the emcee that introduced Death Cab for Cutie didn't even remember their name and just ( Read more... )