YELLE.(L!V3) @Webster.Hall.(NYCity)

Yelle.2011
@Webster.Hall.(NYCity)
Thursday.December.8.2011

Housse.De.Racket sure caused a racket!!!  I was NOT gonna come to this concert until I read the opening band and they did NOT disappoint.  The first song they played was not so great, but after that, it was a great performance from them.  This is the first time for Housse.de.Racket  in the USA.  I have no idea if they are going to Los Angeles or San Fransisco.  If not, they are gonna miss out on a GREAT band. 
Once I walked inside Webster.Hall, they where playing The Rapture "How Deep is Your Love?".  After Housse.de.Racket performance, they are playing the whole "Fever To Tell" album from Yeah Yeah Yeahs.   They are keeping it real tonight or YELLE requested this?  It always made me wonder.  Take a second and notice the music change.  I have the feeling that the headliner picks the music (sometimes).  Right after "Maps", the  lights went out, but they did not go on until "Y Control".  They should of waited after "Modern Romance" (LOVE that song). 
YELLE came out with that dirty green looking shag again.  I noticed her symbol was not up.  She only did two costume changes and they where different outfits from last time.  No orange brite leopard outfit, just regular color with some gold.
Ahhhhh, they  played "le musique" (made my Top.50.Songs.of.2011).  The crowd was very well behave until.....  I don't know if they where a couple, but they just shoved some people to the side to get to the front.  People gave some dirty looks at them, but no one caused a scene.  It surprises me because this is the city that pushes and shoves you if you don't move.  So far, no one has started a fight.  If this happened in Los Angeles, you would be crucified.  Of course, they came towards  my side and a girl next to me noticed that they blocked my view.  They where tall by the way.  She leaned over and told me, "people are such a$$hole$ sometime's".  "True, but this what you get at a concert", I told her.  She was cool to noticed my tough time looking over them and they where D!CK$.  They spoke to each other non-stop and looked at there phone.  I never get that.  I NEVER pick up phone during a performer on stage.  ONLY, during intermission.  I'll text back, but I'll NEVER call.  That CRAZY!!!  Who wants to yell and compete with the music and crowd?  Why look at your phone during a show?  Lonely?  Have a short attention span?  A$$hole!!!  But...it's a concert.
Besides all that, Yelle kicked A$$ from the last time I saw her at the Music.Box (Los Angeles).  This time, I had batteries in my camera,  Yea!!!

\m/  \m/  \m/  \m/  \m/  -  FCVKn AWESUM!!!

Digitalism.(L!V3) @Webster.Hall.(NYCity)

Digitalism.2011

@Webster.Hall.(NYCity)

Friday.December.2.2011

This is FCKN Crazy!!!  Top 40 music while we wait for the main floor to open?!  It feels like I am at a gay club (nothing bad).  I find it a bit awkward for a place like this.   I guess it helps to balance the music here and get all types of people to come to "Girls and Boys".  
It's already 12am and the main floor is OPEN!!!  I see so many X's on kids  hands.   They can get someone like me and sneak a drink around a dark corner or go to the bathroom.  The more I look at the crowd, the younger they keep looking.  I have not spotted a single techno color outfit or any kind of glow stuff on these kids.  Its a relief not to see it.  it's VERY gray and black here. 

I walked around.  I started to get annoyed with that Techno Electro sound by Nadastrom.  I need vocals in my music.  Thanks GOD for that Top 40 room, now it makes since.  I went downstairs to see if  they opened the Studio (under the Webster Hall) and they did.  It was turned it into another Top 40 room.  Why!?!?  I thought they might get some local up coming live bands down here because thats what the Studio is known for.  Back upstairs I go to catch Data Romance.

Data Romance was the opening band and they sure cleared the main dance floor after Nadastrom.  At least they helped me get to the front.
It's almost 2am and Digitalism hit the stage and what a FCVKn AWESOME SHOW!!! They added another member (I think just for the tour) that played real drums.  I was disappointed when they did not play, "Fire in Cairo".  Why wasn't it on the playlist?  That single put them on the map.  After they played "Pogo", they  left the stage and they never returned.  Wow, no encore.  We waited just in case they came back out, but they never did.  I was happy that they played, "Circles" (made my Top 50 of 2011 list) and "2 Hearts".  Nice.      They also had some KICK A$$ visuals and lights.  It was very colorful and they got rid of there signature green.  It OLNY came out when they played, "Pogo".  

After the show, I went to see the shirts because Digitalism always have really cool T-shirts.  Sure enough,  they did and bought one.  I looked down on the table and they had FREE Digitalism matchbooks.  Score!

\m/  \m/  \m/  \m/  \m/ - FCVKn AWESUM!!!

the.DRUMs.(L!V3) @EchoPlex

The.Drums.2011

@EchoPlex.(Los Angeles, CA)

Monday.October.17.2011

This concert is gonna be a long niter.  The Drums are scheduled to go on at midnight.  FCVK.  Really, midnight?!  $H!T, another late night.  I did not come home from Detroit Bar until 1am because the 405 was shut down by the 605 fwy.  So we all had to get off and take the streets. 
The first band was...(no comment) and IO Echo was a BORE.  I saw them before and they where okay, but this time around, they rubbed me the wrong way.  It looks like they are trying to hard to be a über cool band. The lead singer kept pushing her guitarists around (Punk rock) and I was surprised they did fall or lose a note.  They might of choreographed this.

The crowd was getting a bit rowdy.  There was this guy with a couple of friends with him (of course he was...DRUNK), pushing his way up to the very front of the stage.  He was trying to push the girls that where on the rail.  They really stood there ground.  They pushed him away a couple times.  I was very surprise that his friends did not calm him down.  They just laughed as if it was cute.    
Once The.Drums hit the stage (they played The Smiths "How Soon Is Now?"), it got crazy.  It was a good crazy, but there's that guy again, trying to push these girls off the rail.  Where is security at this point to kick this guy out.  You gotta give it up to the ladies, they kept him away.  I felt bad for them .  Sure enough, a guy that was next to the girls, grabbed him by his coller and pushed him away.  It worked, but where was this guy in the beginning?  
The.Drums threw an AMAZING show once again.  I got my ticket at the last minute and thank God I did.  I LOVE the new album, "Portamento".  It got a mixed review on NME (of course), but they are comparing them to The Smiths lately.  Which I can see and hear on the way Jonathan Pierce (Lead Singer) writes his words to his songs.  Very Patrick.  The more I listen to this album and the lyrics, I hear it.  You need to get Potramento.  

When the show was over, there was a guy saying, "They did not play, Let's Go Surfing!".  I guess he didn't get the memo.  They are trying to stay away from that song, but that song put them on the map.  Rock on! 

\m/  \m/  \m/  \m/  -  AWESUM!