Calls Will Roll

[HoyaSaxa03]

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
  Star Sign
 

my only regret of the show is that they didn't play the normal killer riff on this song (my favorite by them), i kept waiting for it the whole song ...

[BookerT]

can we all agree that the drummer for the rosebuds makes the most hilarious faces when he plays? i seriously had to keep myself from looking at him for much of their set because i would just lost it laughing. oh man i wish i took pictures.

[Bombay Chutney]

Yeah - He was lots of fun to watch.

[ggw]

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
 
 D. Kaiser Chiefs & The Cribs
 

Anyone know anything about the Cribs?

[HoyaSaxa03]

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
   

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
 
 D. Kaiser Chiefs & The Cribs
 

Anyone know anything about the Cribs? [/b]

i just got this:
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 and i'm getting into it ... kind of the same post-punk revival sound going around right now, but not as dancy ... definitely worth getting there early for

[eltee]

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
  Teenage Fanclub are exhibit A to prove that major labels once signed bands based on talent and not the ability to put on eyeliner... Much like The Soft Boys, Gang of Four, Pixies, etc, four ordinary joes walk on stage with a couple amps and guitars and just played great songs.  A tad lowkey at times but  they ripped it when needed.  
 
 Oh and to all those people who complain DC audiences are lame should have been at this one. From my vantage point most of the floor was either swaying or bopping along to the music, through the show..

You pretty much summed it up, kosmo. Friendly crowd too. Finally, a summer show to kick back and enjoy.
 Hoya - I didn't think they were too awkward when speaking...seemed to be very down-to-earth and  ready to play.
 From a far, and with my terrible vision, I thought the keyboardist looked like Vince Vaughn.

[eltee]

Originally posted by Bombay Chutney:
  Yeah - He was lots of fun to watch.

One time he looked at though he was about to burst into laughter.
 What about the Rosebuds though? At least the keyboardist/vocalist -- very reactionary while playing. She kept looking at the lead singer before each note.

[HoyaSaxa03]

Originally posted by Sugartastic:
 Hoya - I didn't think they were too awkward when speaking...seemed to be very down-to-earth and  ready to play.

well, you and i have a different understanding of awkwardness then ... he said all these half-sentences and kind of trailed off all the time, but it was more a "winningly earnest" kind of awkward rather than "disturbingly morose" ... i heard people around me say he was probably voted "worst public speaker" in high school

[eltee]

You guys are silly. Beef up on your Scottish accent.

[Bags]

Originally posted by BookerT:
  can we all agree that the drummer for the rosebuds makes the most hilarious faces when he plays? i seriously had to keep myself from looking at him for much of their set because i would just lost it laughing. oh man i wish i took pictures.

Oh my god, we were COMPLETELY cracking up!  And even during slow songs where he's really just keeping a simple beat going, he's got virtual sex faces going on!!!

[Bags]

Originally posted by Sugartastic:
  From a far, and with my terrible vision, I thought the keyboardist looked like Vince Vaughn.

You must have been very far away....  
 
 It was GREAT for a summer show to be not sold out.  I'm getting pretty weary of every single 9:30 being sold out or really close these days.  Although I think Teenage Fanclub deserve a sellout far more than most (their album output is great, though I was less than dazzled by the show).

[kosmo vinyl]

The Greenbelt Judge gives the Kaiser Chiefs a big OK.  Not a very compelling performance in comparasion to Franz Ferdinand, Bloc Party or Nic Armstrong.  Clearily a product of much studio time, the limited vocabularies of both the singer and guitar player were obvious in a live seeting.  In fact my intial reaction was to how thin the group sounded and wondered if a second guitar was called for.  As is the case these days, it's a great drummer which takes bands to the next level for me.  The Chiefs drummer was  good a keeping time but wasn't really propelling them along, if anything he was dragging them down a bit.
 
 Their set really hit a peak midway with "I Predict A Riot" and went rapidily down hill after that.  The slow stuff with offkey singing was just cringe worthy.  Lots of duff notes in general as the show went on. Maybe the singer's voice is shot from to much touring, but his range tonight was pretty limited.
 
 The band gets style points for energerizing the audience, but the technical skills need some work  They'll to get some more material and chops in order to keep my interest past the first album.  Wont go out of my way to see them any time soon...

[ggw]

Good show on Friday.
 
 The Cribs were entertaining if not musically compelling.  It kind of reminds me of ~1998 when there seemed to be dozens of "punk" bands popping up everywhere.  Only now there are noisy English garage rock acts.  Not that that's a bad thing...I'm just saying.
 
 The Kaiser Chiefs were great.  They don't have a lot of material, but I thought they handled what they do have swimmingly.  High energy show and that impromptu little prom dance serenade was just precious, wasn't it?
 
 Hats off to the DJ also.  That set between Cribs and Kaiser Chiefs was great fun -- Heat Wave, Beat It, I'm A Man, Jive Talking, Won't Get Fooled Again, Superstition (the last one holds a coveted spot on the GGW 100 Greatest Songs Ever Recorded list).

[ggw]

Apparently "compelling" is the word of the day.
 
 Use it liberally.

[kosmo vinyl]

well i'm compelled by law to state "i'm old and grumpy" which may have dimmed my view of the Kaiser Chiefs...