obligatory concert post
I've been meaning to post this over the past few days, but.. eh.
Concert was amazing. Actually, the word "amazing" doesn't do it justice at all, but I'm not going to bother with synonyms for now. 5 days later, I'm still on a ridiculous concert high. Anyway,
The Bird and the Bee opened the set. They're an electronica duo, sort of like Imogen Heap meats Portishead. At the time, I'd only previously heard one of their songs, "Again and Again," and the rest of the audience seemed to be in the same position as me, as it was the only song that got any "woo"-ing. I did feel a little bad for them, as the sound system sucked, and hardly anyone seemed interested in their. The singer, (Idira, is it?), tried to liven everyone up by arguing with the keyboardist, talking about shitting in a bag and selling it, and proposing marriage to the audience, but the crowd still droned like the history class in Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Yet still, they weren't a bad act (Far from it, actually), despite the awful sound system. I would have even bought their album if I hadn't been completely broke by the end of the night, heh. The next day, I downloaded their new EP, which I feel sort of bad for doing, because seeing a band live builds up sympathy for them.
Grand Ole Party was the 2nd act. Their lively and more rock-ish music was quite in contrast to The Bird and the Bee's mellower and almost ethereal atmosphere; a change that the audience seemed relieved to accept. Immediately, they reminded me of The Yeah Yeah Yeahs for their upbeat choruses and distorted sound. (No really, their singer looks and sounds so much like Karen O that it's almost scary.) Unfortunately, I was basically over them by the 4th song, as they had no variety to their music whatsoever, which is most unfortunate, because otherwise, they would be damn near perfect. Regardless, I bought their album (which I guess hasn't even been officially released yet!), and exchanged a few sentences with the singer, who is a total sweetheart. <3
Rilo Kiley: Good god, where do I begin? There was about a 45 minute gap in between Grand Ole Party and the main act, which meant 45 minutes of standing in one place, with about 4 inches to move on each side. After the wait, I had pretty much lost all enthusiasm, but immediately gained it back (and some more) when they went on stage. Their set list was something like as follows:
1. It's a Hit
2. Close Call
3. Portions for Foxes
4. Paint's Peeling
5. Breakin' Up
6. Dreamworld
7. The Moneymaker
8. Wires and Waves
9. Ripchord
10. With Arms Outstretched
11. Blacklight intro synth (I was dissappointed that they didn't play the rest of the song :[ )
12. Silver Lining
13. I Never
14. Give A Little Love
15. 15
16. Some cover song that I didn't immediately recognize. XD It was later confirmed that it was "Rise Up With Fists," from Jenny Lewis's solo album.
17. Spectacular Views
encore-
Does He Love You?
Bar about 2, those are all of my favourite songs of theirs. ♥ And of course, Jenny Lewis was adorable as well. I love her speaking voice; she sounds a bit like my history teacher except.. non-asshole-ish. She was also totally doing the whole Tori Amos headbang-on-the-keyboard-while-trying-to-convey-thoughts-of-humping-it thing. Her outfit was cute too; it looked like what Floor Jansen and Cher would make if they formed a sewing club, yet she still managed to pull it off. I have a few pictures, that came out positively shitty between my shitty camera and shitty photography skills, but I'll post anyway when I'm become non-lazy, which probably isn't any time soon.
IN CONCLUSION: The Plain White T's suck. And if you ever get a chance to see Rilo Kiley live, go for it. I can promise that you won't be dissappointed.
PS: Ha, I guess that for the earlier shows, they had some bloke same Jonathin Rice instead of The Bird and the Bee. Judging by the following review, I'm so fucking glad that I live in southern california for once:
"Johnathan Rice is one of the suckiest sucks that ever sucked. Kind of like Hootie & the Blowfish raping a not-high Tom Petty and crapptastic Neil Young in a shit sandwich blender."
I LOL'd.
Concert was amazing. Actually, the word "amazing" doesn't do it justice at all, but I'm not going to bother with synonyms for now. 5 days later, I'm still on a ridiculous concert high. Anyway,
The Bird and the Bee opened the set. They're an electronica duo, sort of like Imogen Heap meats Portishead. At the time, I'd only previously heard one of their songs, "Again and Again," and the rest of the audience seemed to be in the same position as me, as it was the only song that got any "woo"-ing. I did feel a little bad for them, as the sound system sucked, and hardly anyone seemed interested in their. The singer, (Idira, is it?), tried to liven everyone up by arguing with the keyboardist, talking about shitting in a bag and selling it, and proposing marriage to the audience, but the crowd still droned like the history class in Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Yet still, they weren't a bad act (Far from it, actually), despite the awful sound system. I would have even bought their album if I hadn't been completely broke by the end of the night, heh. The next day, I downloaded their new EP, which I feel sort of bad for doing, because seeing a band live builds up sympathy for them.
Grand Ole Party was the 2nd act. Their lively and more rock-ish music was quite in contrast to The Bird and the Bee's mellower and almost ethereal atmosphere; a change that the audience seemed relieved to accept. Immediately, they reminded me of The Yeah Yeah Yeahs for their upbeat choruses and distorted sound. (No really, their singer looks and sounds so much like Karen O that it's almost scary.) Unfortunately, I was basically over them by the 4th song, as they had no variety to their music whatsoever, which is most unfortunate, because otherwise, they would be damn near perfect. Regardless, I bought their album (which I guess hasn't even been officially released yet!), and exchanged a few sentences with the singer, who is a total sweetheart. <3
Rilo Kiley: Good god, where do I begin? There was about a 45 minute gap in between Grand Ole Party and the main act, which meant 45 minutes of standing in one place, with about 4 inches to move on each side. After the wait, I had pretty much lost all enthusiasm, but immediately gained it back (and some more) when they went on stage. Their set list was something like as follows:
1. It's a Hit
2. Close Call
3. Portions for Foxes
4. Paint's Peeling
5. Breakin' Up
6. Dreamworld
7. The Moneymaker
8. Wires and Waves
9. Ripchord
10. With Arms Outstretched
11. Blacklight intro synth (I was dissappointed that they didn't play the rest of the song :[ )
12. Silver Lining
13. I Never
14. Give A Little Love
15. 15
16. Some cover song that I didn't immediately recognize. XD It was later confirmed that it was "Rise Up With Fists," from Jenny Lewis's solo album.
17. Spectacular Views
encore-
Does He Love You?
Bar about 2, those are all of my favourite songs of theirs. ♥ And of course, Jenny Lewis was adorable as well. I love her speaking voice; she sounds a bit like my history teacher except.. non-asshole-ish. She was also totally doing the whole Tori Amos headbang-on-the-keyboard-while-trying-to-convey-thoughts-of-humping-it thing. Her outfit was cute too; it looked like what Floor Jansen and Cher would make if they formed a sewing club, yet she still managed to pull it off. I have a few pictures, that came out positively shitty between my shitty camera and shitty photography skills, but I'll post anyway when I'm become non-lazy, which probably isn't any time soon.
IN CONCLUSION: The Plain White T's suck. And if you ever get a chance to see Rilo Kiley live, go for it. I can promise that you won't be dissappointed.
PS: Ha, I guess that for the earlier shows, they had some bloke same Jonathin Rice instead of The Bird and the Bee. Judging by the following review, I'm so fucking glad that I live in southern california for once:
"Johnathan Rice is one of the suckiest sucks that ever sucked. Kind of like Hootie & the Blowfish raping a not-high Tom Petty and crapptastic Neil Young in a shit sandwich blender."
I LOL'd.