I went to Airborne Toxic Event's concert at the 9:30 Club Tuesday, Nov 22 -
my third time at one of their shows in just 15 months. It was very good,
again. The lead singer climbed across the balcony railing to the bar and
sung from there part of the time, which was really entertaining. I have to
say, though, the band looked exhausted. They've been touring non-stop for
about a year, and I think it shows in their energy levels. They are still
good, but I think most of the energy on stage came from the frantic lights
show, not the performers. The lights pissed me off. My eyelid was twitching
from the heavy use of strobe lights. I spent too much of the show looking at
the floor to avoid them.
Mona was really good, too. I could see them
gaining steadily in popularity and become as mainstream as Spoon. They had a
ton of energy on stage. They engaged the audience, and I liked all of their
songs - even the one's I'd never heard before. They were cute, too, which
never hurts. I recommend them.
Drowning Men were bad. They tried really
hard to be cool, but they just don't have talent. They dressed the part and
used lots of unusual instruments, but couldn't pull it off.
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