goetta

this is a weekend of music. its been a while for me and i am glad to have some shows on the old calendar.. tonight was at southgate house. when we got there i got a little waffle-y: $13 for a band i had just recently caught (and liked) on kexp.org as the song of the day? we splurged.

from the balcony of the ballroom we caught the opening band, the antlers. this was my kind of band to see live. the singer has got a great voice, there is a guy playing keys and making noise. and real loud drums. the noise that these guys were making made the place feel like a cathedral, tall and full of echoes and sounds going up. i don't think i am the only lady in on this, but i discovered years ago, when seeing cincinnati band chalk (LOUD), that there is a really fantastic vibratory thing that can happen when you are sitting up there, in those busted chairs, and things get loud enough. this band could do it, so ten points for them.

between sets, they played starfucker and i danced. and then they played smog, and it actually made me feel happy. need to check that new album.

au revoir simone was the goal. these ladies had some very adorable girl setting things up for them, so that when they came out on stage, it was really just stunning. its like three models with the same haircut got laid off and remembered that they could also all sing like angels and play keyboards, so they started a band. first impression. second impression is that they were so damn likeable! with cute little quips in between songs, a story about an ice cream truck, lots of giggling. totally girls. i wanted to hate them a little bit. but i enjoyed their entire set very much. i didn't actually bust into dance ever, but it moved me a bit for sure. they were loud, a lot of the songs rocked, their voices are lovely. and their songs are all different enough to be engaging all the way through, in a very hypnotizing way.

after the show, goetta and eggs over easy from the anchor grill.