On Tuesday night Caitlin and I went to see band of horses. We have been enjoying BOH albums since their debut and thought it time we saw them live...besides, we have a very heavy electronic line up coming up this week, so it's healthy to throw a little rock in there from time to time.
First, the bad. The Chicago riviera theater...I left very unimpressed with this location as a venue. It's too crowded, has too many pillars and areas blocked off so you can't move around. They told us the first band went on at 8, so when we walked in at 8:15 and Band of Horses was already 4 songs into their lineup...we were pissed. This place actually has ushers...really? Ushers? They wouldn't let us go anywhere but the back. So we didn't get our first glimpse of the band until the second half off the set.
But we finally worked our way into a location where we could see and proceeded to let all that crap go so we could have a good time. The pros? Band of Horses is awesome. They sounded wonderful, they played lots of songs from older albums, and they brought the love. There is something so American about this band...I always leave listening to their album with a sense that this country, it's people, it's land and history is something to be cherished. Basically the opposite feeling you get when you go on Facebook or watch any political commercials right now. It's not that they fill their songs with "America is awesome" lyrics...they just reference and tell stories of places and people.
Another fun night out. Next is Deadmau5 on Saturday night!!!!!!! Back to shakin' some booty.
2 comments:
I so wish I could be there with you guys shakin my boot tay this weekend!
i love this band. no one's gonna love you gets me every time.
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