Outrider
Apr 28, 2005, 02:37 PM
Anybody been to any good concerts recently? Through an odd bunch of coincidences, I've just gone to the second of three concerts I plan on attending this week.
I saw the Shins on Monday night in Manhattan. I'm not really a huge Shins fan, but my girlfriend really wanted to see them, so I went with her. They were good, and they put on a good show. They looked a little exhausted though, and it probably had something to do with the fact that they were playing their third night in a row at that one venue.
The Shins opening act, though, was awesome. I dunno if anybody's heard of them, but the act was The Brunettes. They're this seven-piece band from New Zealand, and they're really good. Really cheery and happy and silly, but I really enjoyed it. We picked up both of their albums at the concert, and it's just good fun. I mean, dude, they had a kazoo or a slide whistle or something. It was sweet.
As for my second concert this week, Green Day came to my university last night.
Opening for Green Day was My Chemical Romance, and they were absolutely awful. They just sucked. That's all I'll say on that subject for right now.
Green Day, on the other hand, was really good. I was surprised, as I've never seen them before, but they were genuinely good entertainers. I guess that's what happens when you've been a band for over a decade. They played a fair amount off of American Idiot, but they also got in some old songs, so that was cool. I was really impressed with their concert, though. It wasn't that it was amazing, it's just I wasn't expecting such a fun show out of them. I mean, c'mon, they did a cover of "Shout", which takes things to a whole new level of awesomeness!
There's also a big festival on campus on Saturday, and Less Than Jake is going to be playing. Don't really know them too well, but I like what I've heard, and I've heard they're really good live. If I don't have too much to do this weekend, I'll probably stop by. And hey, it's free, so what have I got to lose?
(And on a slight tangent, I'm incredibly psyched about the Oasis concert I'm going to in June. I'm going to be in the pit, the place is going to be packed, and I'm going to be going crazy. It's Oasis. It's going to be awesome. And Jet is even opening for them! So, awesome.)
So yeah, anybody been to any good concerts recently?
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I saw the Shins on Monday night in Manhattan. I'm not really a huge Shins fan, but my girlfriend really wanted to see them, so I went with her. They were good, and they put on a good show. They looked a little exhausted though, and it probably had something to do with the fact that they were playing their third night in a row at that one venue.
The Shins opening act, though, was awesome. I dunno if anybody's heard of them, but the act was The Brunettes. They're this seven-piece band from New Zealand, and they're really good. Really cheery and happy and silly, but I really enjoyed it. We picked up both of their albums at the concert, and it's just good fun. I mean, dude, they had a kazoo or a slide whistle or something. It was sweet.
As for my second concert this week, Green Day came to my university last night.
Opening for Green Day was My Chemical Romance, and they were absolutely awful. They just sucked. That's all I'll say on that subject for right now.
Green Day, on the other hand, was really good. I was surprised, as I've never seen them before, but they were genuinely good entertainers. I guess that's what happens when you've been a band for over a decade. They played a fair amount off of American Idiot, but they also got in some old songs, so that was cool. I was really impressed with their concert, though. It wasn't that it was amazing, it's just I wasn't expecting such a fun show out of them. I mean, c'mon, they did a cover of "Shout", which takes things to a whole new level of awesomeness!
There's also a big festival on campus on Saturday, and Less Than Jake is going to be playing. Don't really know them too well, but I like what I've heard, and I've heard they're really good live. If I don't have too much to do this weekend, I'll probably stop by. And hey, it's free, so what have I got to lose?
(And on a slight tangent, I'm incredibly psyched about the Oasis concert I'm going to in June. I'm going to be in the pit, the place is going to be packed, and I'm going to be going crazy. It's Oasis. It's going to be awesome. And Jet is even opening for them! So, awesome.)
So yeah, anybody been to any good concerts recently?
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