Okay, well maybe not quite that good, but pretty darn awesome.
So, I saw The Honda Civic Tour last night. It was amazing. Panic at the Disco has a really good live act, and Phantom Planet was really good, Motion City Soundtrack was pretty good, and I didn't really hear much of The Hush Sound because I was busy being manhandled by the crowd. All in all, really, really, good. And now I have an awesome new hoodie.
Anyway, that concert totally made my top 5 ever. Yes, I keep a list of the best concerts I've ever been to. Of course, it takes into account the entire concert, not just the live band. It would look a lot different if we were just looking at individual bands. Okay, so here's the list right now:
1. Bowling for Soup (Summer 2004)
2. Tally Hall (Fall 2005)
3. Sleeping with Giants Tour featuring Cobra Starship, The Academy Is..., Armour for Sleep, Sherwood, and The Rocket Summer (Fall 2007)
4. Honda Civic Tour featuring Panic at the Disco, The Hush Sound, Phantom Planet, Motion City Soundtrack, and The Hush Sound (Spring/Summer 2008 (now, that is))
5. Van's Warped Tour (Summer 2003)
Now, if I were just talking about individual bands, it would be a bit harder. The Format would be on the list. They were amazing (AMAZING, seriously), one of the best bands I've ever seen live. Perhaps THE best, but they had 4 self-indulgent, mediocre bands playing before them, and the crowd was full of a lot of underage girls, and a few older guys buying them drinks. If the people suck, it tends to make the concert suck.
The point, if there was one, was that the concert was really good, the bands were really good, and you should probably pick up Phantom Planet's new album, if you haven't already. Okay, well I just added that new part, but its still true.
Anyway, now,
The doves have died
The lovers have lied
See you around.
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Friday, May 9, 2008
It could be dangerous...
Okay, so at this point I should just be calling this blog "Adventures in CD buying (and occasionally watching Survivor)" but, despite this apparent flaw in the entire blog concept, I fully intend to tell you about my recent exploits at my local music emporium.
So, needless to say that "Whisper War" by The Cab was a bit of a flop. I mean, it wasn't a bad album by any means, it was just a little more Maroon 5 and a little less Fall Out Boy than I'd been expecting. But its still better than some other recent Decaydance bands (Are you listening Tyga? No? You're relaxing in your bathtub full of money? Damn.) Back to the point, since that wasn't all that good, and there wasn't anything else coming out this week, I decided to spend a little money on a couple of more unknown (if only slightly in the case of The Cab) artists. Luckily MTVU was there to fill the void in my life. For some convoluted reason, it was more economical for me to get more channels of cable tv, then to go on getting just the ones I had before. So, now we have MTV Jams, MTV Hits, MTV 3, VH1 Classic, VH1 Soul, CMT 2, BET, Fuse, and, the aforementioned, MTVU (The U stands for University, by the way). Anyway, after a few hours of watching MTVU, two videos stuck out for me: Love Me Dead by Ludo, and The Kelley Affair by Be Your Own Pet.
Okay, so I guess its 'review time' now:
You're Awful, I Love You by Ludo
Let me start this by saying that I fully intended, in fact, even tried to hate Ludo. I first heard of them when I was handed a Ludo sticker outside of a The Academy Is... concert. I make it a point to hate any band who feels obliged to hand out stickers at other bands' concerts, I'm not really sure why, I guess its just a thing I do, that's not the point. I saw the video, I was charmed by it, and it expresses a certain genre of unrequited love that I happen to be a very big fan of (for further examples, see Self-Esteem by the Offspring, or anything by Taking Back Sunday). Basically, it was good, the cd seems pretty good (I haven't listened to it much yet) and it was cheap. I guess that's three for three on Ludo.
Get Awkward by Be Your Own Pet
So, the first thing to notice about Be Your Own Pet, is that they're asking for a Paramore reference to be made. You just can't have a band of guys with a diminutive female lead singer with badly dyed hair without making a Paramore reference. Its a sad thing, but I'm afraid they'd take my blog away if I didn't properly compare them. Basically, BYOP is like Paramore, if Paramore were cool. I mean, really cool, punk rock, I've-tried-all-my-life-to-be-like-that sort of cool. If my secret ambitions of being genuinely punk were ever realized, I would like to be just like that band. The point: They're really cool, and I like them a lot. That is all.
You've got the mark of the beast, you're born of a jackal, you're beautiful!
Now go away.
So, needless to say that "Whisper War" by The Cab was a bit of a flop. I mean, it wasn't a bad album by any means, it was just a little more Maroon 5 and a little less Fall Out Boy than I'd been expecting. But its still better than some other recent Decaydance bands (Are you listening Tyga? No? You're relaxing in your bathtub full of money? Damn.) Back to the point, since that wasn't all that good, and there wasn't anything else coming out this week, I decided to spend a little money on a couple of more unknown (if only slightly in the case of The Cab) artists. Luckily MTVU was there to fill the void in my life. For some convoluted reason, it was more economical for me to get more channels of cable tv, then to go on getting just the ones I had before. So, now we have MTV Jams, MTV Hits, MTV 3, VH1 Classic, VH1 Soul, CMT 2, BET, Fuse, and, the aforementioned, MTVU (The U stands for University, by the way). Anyway, after a few hours of watching MTVU, two videos stuck out for me: Love Me Dead by Ludo, and The Kelley Affair by Be Your Own Pet.
Okay, so I guess its 'review time' now:
You're Awful, I Love You by Ludo
Let me start this by saying that I fully intended, in fact, even tried to hate Ludo. I first heard of them when I was handed a Ludo sticker outside of a The Academy Is... concert. I make it a point to hate any band who feels obliged to hand out stickers at other bands' concerts, I'm not really sure why, I guess its just a thing I do, that's not the point. I saw the video, I was charmed by it, and it expresses a certain genre of unrequited love that I happen to be a very big fan of (for further examples, see Self-Esteem by the Offspring, or anything by Taking Back Sunday). Basically, it was good, the cd seems pretty good (I haven't listened to it much yet) and it was cheap. I guess that's three for three on Ludo.
Get Awkward by Be Your Own Pet
So, the first thing to notice about Be Your Own Pet, is that they're asking for a Paramore reference to be made. You just can't have a band of guys with a diminutive female lead singer with badly dyed hair without making a Paramore reference. Its a sad thing, but I'm afraid they'd take my blog away if I didn't properly compare them. Basically, BYOP is like Paramore, if Paramore were cool. I mean, really cool, punk rock, I've-tried-all-my-life-to-be-like-that sort of cool. If my secret ambitions of being genuinely punk were ever realized, I would like to be just like that band. The point: They're really cool, and I like them a lot. That is all.
You've got the mark of the beast, you're born of a jackal, you're beautiful!
Now go away.
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