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Saw the faint last night at the vic. Love the vic, but not as much as I love the metro!
I can attest that they are fantastic live for sure. Great light show as everyone says, well the reviewers say, but even better stage presence. Their new cd fasciinatiion is actually pretty good considering I'm always skeptical when bands bust out new cds after their old ones were so good.
Genghis tron-pretty good, lights were trippy to say the least. Some of their vocals were a little much but the synth + hardcore screaming was an interesting mix. All I can say is where was that double bass?! haha
My favorite part was when they'd cut all their screams and battle it out with the synth and keyboard, and then they'd try to headbang in slowmotion in-sync.
Jaguar Love- ok what the deuce. No one who I was with knew who the blood brothers were but all throughout their set I couldn't help thinking that their lead singer sounded EXACTLY like them. Turns out their lead singer is the johnny whitney of the blood brothers! He broke up the blood brothers to start this piece of crap. All I can say is what the hell was he thinking???
His ear piercing voice worked for his former band, but not this one. I had visions of mick jagger in a different body mixed with a little prince. And even that is insulting to both.
A name like Jaguar Love has got to get the scenesters creaming their pants. C'mon one of their songs is called "Jaguar Pirate" enough said.
The Faint- I was busy getting a little bière (I have to say it like that because I'm going through Paris withdrawal right now) right as they started playing but I instantly ran back so I wouldn't miss a minute. They blew my mind for sure. I didn't know what to really expect from them but if I had any expectations they would have been shattered.
They played a mix of old and new which was good. I got so excited when they played Posed to Death that I ditched the people I was with and ran to the front (yeah you would expect that from me-crazy girl at concerts).
And when they played Paranoiattack you know I was dancing my ass off.
I've seen a lot of fantastic light shows this summer but the Faint totally held their own with theirs last night.
At one point the silhouette of Todd's (who was dressed in this ridiculous mad scientist get-up) face singing was projected on the screen which was a cool effect.
All in all, from a scale of 1-awesome, the show was awesome.
I can attest that they are fantastic live for sure. Great light show as everyone says, well the reviewers say, but even better stage presence. Their new cd fasciinatiion is actually pretty good considering I'm always skeptical when bands bust out new cds after their old ones were so good.
Genghis tron-pretty good, lights were trippy to say the least. Some of their vocals were a little much but the synth + hardcore screaming was an interesting mix. All I can say is where was that double bass?! haha
My favorite part was when they'd cut all their screams and battle it out with the synth and keyboard, and then they'd try to headbang in slowmotion in-sync.
Jaguar Love- ok what the deuce. No one who I was with knew who the blood brothers were but all throughout their set I couldn't help thinking that their lead singer sounded EXACTLY like them. Turns out their lead singer is the johnny whitney of the blood brothers! He broke up the blood brothers to start this piece of crap. All I can say is what the hell was he thinking???
His ear piercing voice worked for his former band, but not this one. I had visions of mick jagger in a different body mixed with a little prince. And even that is insulting to both.
A name like Jaguar Love has got to get the scenesters creaming their pants. C'mon one of their songs is called "Jaguar Pirate" enough said.
The Faint- I was busy getting a little bière (I have to say it like that because I'm going through Paris withdrawal right now) right as they started playing but I instantly ran back so I wouldn't miss a minute. They blew my mind for sure. I didn't know what to really expect from them but if I had any expectations they would have been shattered.
They played a mix of old and new which was good. I got so excited when they played Posed to Death that I ditched the people I was with and ran to the front (yeah you would expect that from me-crazy girl at concerts).
And when they played Paranoiattack you know I was dancing my ass off.
I've seen a lot of fantastic light shows this summer but the Faint totally held their own with theirs last night.
At one point the silhouette of Todd's (who was dressed in this ridiculous mad scientist get-up) face singing was projected on the screen which was a cool effect.
All in all, from a scale of 1-awesome, the show was awesome.