a saw a concert

on tuesday i had the pleasure of hitting up the venue equivalent of stalingrad (thanks jeff) for a little concert!

actually it was a gigantic concert of awesomeness and no so much awesomeness...i'll chat about now!

...and you'll know us by the trail of dead with guests the (international) noise conspiracy and we were wolves
red's. may 17th, 2005

we were wolves are this cool arty band from montreal with a limited knowledge of english but a vast knowledge of rock! (ha ha...how lame am i?) anyhow, i'd heard a couple of songs on the radio here and there and didn't really have a feeling about them either way. first impression: rad! two seconds later i was sure i was going to get bored of the cliched 'art-rock' thing they had going on but...three seconds later until the end of their short but sweet set i was sure they were rad! i am still sure they are pretty rad! verdict: rad!

(side note: i tried to find a website for y'all to check out but i couldn't. if anyone comes across one please let me know)

the (international) noise conspiracy are one of my FAVOURITE bands! they killed! KILLED! so much energy and joy to their show. they are a band who, without a doubt, LOVE what they are doing and have fun with it. it's so nice to see a band with something intellegent to say be totally rad without all the artifice of post-modern ironic hipster bullshit. you aren't that cool, denis lyxzen knows you aren't that cool so just fucking dance and stop trying to be cool!! they KILLED! i love this band!

and finally...

...and you will know us by the trail of dead were not my favourite. to be honest i found them a bit boring. while their two amazing drummers made me a little bowl of panty soup i just couldn't get past the uber-masculine-prog-taking-ourselves-WAY-too-seriously-bombast! they are good musicians but remember boys, rockin' out can be fun too...
i just can't understand how you can take yourself seriously when you're play the tambourine...c'mon you emo-tastic idiots...HAVE FUN!! your black hearts and cheesy as shit lyrics will probably forgive you!

c'est tout!

michelle.