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shows i've seen
- The Pernice Brothers, The Long Winters, Black Cat, April 15,
2004
- The Pernice Brothers awed both me and D. The melodies! The energy! The
fullness of their sounds! And was that one of their sons on the keyboard?
He looked so young. In contrast, the Long Winters, which--though we have
lots of friends who love them---were just okay. Plus they played my
favorite songs ("Stupid" and "Shapes") right away so I started losing
interest as they got further into their set.
- Of Montreal, Common Grounds, April 14, 2004
- The show was loopy and silly and fabulous, especially the guy in the
striped shirt, who was really rawkin out, despite the tweeness of the
band, oh yeah and especially the singer dude who wore a bodysuit. And
the masks were fun as well. Funny fun! And they mostly played songs from
their first album. Also it was nice to see them, because just listening
to their albums I wasn't sure if they were just trying to be pretentious
with all those styles or not, and from watching them live it seems like
they were just having fun. And I like fun.
- Ben Connolly, Velvet Lounge, April 2, 2004
- Ben Connolly is an amazing guitar player, all fast and dextrous. That
said, he's also a bit of a dorky stage presence. Oh well.
- Fountains of Wayne, Leona Naess, 9:30 Club, February 22, 2004
- Fountains of Wayne! Fun power pop! They played all the songs I
liked, happily skipping over much of Utopia Parkway, which was my least
favorite album of theirs. And Chris Collingwood, the lead singer, looked
cute if only because he vaguely resembled a blonde D (but skinnier! adds
D). And "Sink to the Bottom" is still a great love song. And
yay.
Leona Naess was not my thing, though. I mean, she did have a great voice,
and D really liked the way she danced, and my brother would've thought she
was hot hot hot, but eh, I'm just not into her singer-songwriter-gal type
of music.
- Wheat, Black Cat, February 19, 2004
- Not particularly amazing, but I thought it was nice, simple fun, in
the vein of nice, simple fun that I like. I liked the older, slower
songs. The newer glossier ones were just so-so. And the singer and the
drummer seemed kind of stoned.
- The Shins, Cass McCombs, Black Cat, February 10, 2004
- This was only okay, maybe because I expected more. The crowd seemed
excited, though, and the drummer for The Shins was great. I dunno---maybe
it was my stomachache, maybe it was me being tired, but I just didn't get
into the show. Also, the lead singer for Cass McCombs was kind of
off-key, but other than that, I like the band.
- Girl at the Bus Stop, Black Cat, February 10, 2004
- They need to play more than once a year! Seriously! Because Les
rocks! Or, to be more accurate, they pop! It's hard to find any sweet
poppy goodness that's better than them. Like Pipas and my favorite Jpop
(Advantage Lucy) all mixed in.
- The Unicorns, The Occasion, Black Cat, February 1, 2004
- Oh did it rock. But they are a new band, so they used up all their
big songs before they could do an encore. So they did no encore. But
yay! It was sold out and their CDs were sold out and I was so happy for
them. They do cutesy and morbid and retro-indiepop all at once, and I
really enjoyed them. Thanks to Dave for buying me their CD for the
holidays, even if he missed the concert because of the Superbowl and
soccer afterwards. Also, The Occasion (who opened) was fine too, though a
little too space rock at times.
- My Morning Jacket, 9:30 Club, January 31, 2004
- The concert was nice, the band was good (though really not my
thing---a little to hippie/jammy), but I was sleepy and almost falling
asleep. Plus the crowd sucked; I hadn't seen so many rude fratboys in
awhile. They kept barreling into us.
But gosh, the band members
had a lot of hair, I'll tell you that.