Viva.Brother.(L!V3) @the.Troubadour.(L.A.,CA)

Viva! Brother.2011

@the.Troubadour.(Los Angeles, CA)

Wednesday.September.7.2011

It's a DOZY (hot day today in Los Angeles) today, but the night was cooler.  I decided to see Brother U.K...I mean Viva Brother (thats a FCVKd UP name.  They should of stuck with U.K. Instead.  It sounds better) again because they threw a GREAT show last time (at Satellite) I saw them.  Plus, the album came out a couple of weeks ago.  Now I know more then just one song, "Darling Buds of May".
I like, "Famous First Words" (New album).  It's not, WOW!  It has a couple of good songs, but of course the album got slammed BIG TIME on  NME.  Oh well.  It did not stop me from buying the album.
You would think (once again), all the press they get, this place would be packed...Nope.  Once again, it's LITE!  Lot more people from last time.  Maybe...twenty or twenty five more.  It was a DEAD crowd, once again.  Even Leonard Newell (Lead Singer) was trying to pump us up and it was working, but just for a few minutes.  The girl in front of me made a cute Viva Brother sign (all by pencil) and Leonard saw it and gave her a smile.  At the end of the show, Leonard gave her a guitar pick.  That was really nice of him.  All that hard bullshit, he really has a soft spot.

It was a kick a$$ concert again.  No matter how small the crowd was, they K!LLED !T.  They sounded and played great.  The only thing that was to cool for school, no encore.  They just left the stage, waved goodbye and never came back.  We waited for a couple of seconds and the lights went on.  Even with all that spitting that Joshua Ward (Guitarist) was doing, they should just drop the Rock and put Punk on Grit. 

\m/  \m/  \m/  \m/  -  4W3SUM!

Glasvegas.(L!VE).@the.Troubadour (Los Angeles, CA)

Glasvegas.2011

@the.Troubadour (Los Angeles, CA)

Wednesday.June.8.2011

So XXXcited to see this band again and at a smaller venue. They where suppose to play Coachella last year, I think. I forgot, but they canceled that show because something happened to James Allen (Lead Singer). They rushed him to the emergency room before they where suppose to go on. The REAL story, he was on heavy duty drugs. James actually admitted that on a interview on NME. Let's see if they get asked back to play. I actually respect James for admitting that, but I was bummed when they canceled. I was up front, way up front and today, I am UP FRONT. Thanks to my new found friends that I met at Brother U.K. concert. I am never up close at the.Troubadour and I seem to like it very much. Thanks Francine and Dianna M.

When Glasvegas came out, the guy behind me said to his friend; "wow, the drummer lost weight". I took a double take, what the FCVK. I guess he did not know that Caroline McKay left the band, but let me tell you, the new drummer kicks A$$! Jonna Löfgren was hitting those kits as if she wanted to destroy them. I was glad to see that they added more pieces to the drums and you did not miss Caroline, well, just a bit.

James Allan came out wearing sunglasses and he did not take them off during the whole show. Could he been, let's say, "H!GH". I was impressed by James mic cord. I heard about it and here it is, all lite up in it's glory.

Glasvegas was AMAZ!NG. I love the fact that you can see and hear the emotion and energy that Jame's puts on each song. Only if he did not have the sunglasses on. The whole band had this great chemisty and the new stuff sounded, AMAZ!NG. Euphoric /// Heartbreak \\\ is a MUST get album. This is a PERFECT album from start to finish. Not so many bands can do that, today. It was produced by Flood and James Allan (an written by). The show was SOLD OUT and hopefully they comeback real soon. I well be there, again.

oh WOW! Paul Donoghue (Bass Guitar) is missing a tooth. Rock ON!

\m/ \m/ \m/ \m/ - AWESOME!

Brother U.K. (LiVE!)@Satellite (Los Angeles, CA)

Brother

@Satellite (Los Angeles, CA)

Tuesday.April.26.2011

Brother is getting a lot of press in NME and you would think, this night would be sold out, but it's not. Then I thought, maybe last minute and there would be a huge line, but no. I am surprised with the turn out. It's lite. So lite, that I can count all 50 people here at the NEW Satellite (the old Spaceland). Nothing was remodeled. The signature curtain is still up from Spaceland (shiny blue and gold or silver in the middle). You would think, new venue name, new everything, but no. Everything is still the same. Groovy, I think.

After watching two not so good bands, Brother delivered. I only have one song "Darling Buds of May" from them and from the songs I heard tonight, they sounded great. I was standing by the playlist and I really liked the last song they played, "Time Machine". Leonard Newell (Lead Singer) told us that we can download the album for free even though they signed to a major (Geffen) last year. How cool is that. You know what I am doing when I get home.

NME was right, Leonard was the guy to watch and boy does he have a mouth. I like. He noticed how lame the crowd was because he told us straight out. I was surprised that people did not booed him. Why should they anyway. It's true, L.A. concert goer's don't move (well some). After the last song, they just left the stage. No thank you or goodnight.

\m/ \m/ \m/ \m/ - Rock ON!!