Friday, July 22, 2005

Birdmonster = so good!

Yet another long overdue update.. A week ago Thursday (7/14), Hez, Misty, Ted, Jem & I all hit the Birdmonster/Willowz/Swayback show at 12 Galaxies.

Big Bad Crush!

Misty & Ted had seen Birdmonster twice already & raved about them, so I was looking forward to it! I had initially put this show on my calendar to see the Willowz... but they were the least favorite band of the night for me!

Birdmonster *is* fantastic, and apparently it wasn't even one of their better nights (even though I still thought it was great!) - so I can't wait to see them again! Every member is so fun to watch, the drummer (Zach, who I'd met at Cafe Du Nord the prior Sunday) is excellent, and it's so funny to watch him & the bass player connect while they rock out. The bass player and the lead singer (all of them really!) have SUCH great energy, that it's infectious. Their songs are great, and even more amazing live. I love them!

I have had The Willowz CD, and liked it - but live I am amazed I even made it through their set. All of them were just too long hair eww for me... and I didn't think their songs sounded anything like what I'd heard on their CD... so I wasn't into em at all! Plus, they have some big thing w/ Minnie & Mickey mouse that just wasn't doin it for me at all. Who wants to think about Disney while you're at a rock show? Not me! (sidenote: Jem liked em! Read her review of the show!)

Luckily I stuck it out though, because the reward was watching the closing band, Swayback. Apparently Swayback are from Colorado (my home state!) and have been nominated a couple years in the row for being one of the best bands there. No suprise, because they were really good!

I was thinking I should have been more prepared with some Bagel Radio Street Team gear, and maybe I could have scored us a free CD! :)

Misty & Ted had taken off earlier, and Hez didn't last long into Swayback, but Jem & I stuck it out to the end. Aww yaaa, unemployed friends! It's good to have peeps who can also sleep in till 10 if they want. :)

View all the photos from this night.