Dana and I went to Yeasayer at the 9:30 club last night. We were both
rather tired, but it was still a really fun show.
Hush Hush was the
first opener and a fantastic surprise. If you listen to him (solo act)
online, you'll probably hate the music, but live, he had so much personality
and such a wacky, fun, charmingly (sex-crazed) stage show, we couldn't help
but love him. It's a German guy with absolutely no shame - a born performer.
He sang and danced to music that he played from his Ipod. There were lots of
costume changes on stage, too. The lyrics were graphic and about sex. For a
while he had the audience chanting "drinkin' from my pussy cup". And yet he
was charming. VERY memorable. See him live if you get the chance.
Smith
Westerns bored me. I spent their set daydreaming. Dana said she liked them,
though. That's another band about which I just don't understand the
hype.
Yeasayer was wonderful. I saw them at Free Fest in September and
wanted to come back because I couldn't help but dance to them. Still
dancable, but we were on the balcony this time, which gave us a really good
view of what the lead singer was doing in his little "DJ booth." Nothing that
exciting (pushed buttons), but I have a hard time imagining how someone comes
up with all those layered sounds to make such complicated and catchy music.
It's kind of brilliant when you think about all the elements in each of the
songs. This isn't just a guitar, drums and bass - the electronics, multi-part
vocals, and effects make it something extra special. I think there were 5
guys on stage. The band talked a whole lot about how excited they were to
play 9:30 club because some of them grew up in
Baltimore and used to come to
that club to see bands.
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