Tuesday, July 26, 2005

Kaiser Chiefs w/ Brendan Benson & The Cribs @ The Fillmore

The Cribs opened up & they were pretty good, but I sort of tired of their set near the end in my anticipation for Brendan Benson's set. They reminded me a lot of the Libertines though, and overall I like their sound. I'd be into getting their CD.

Brendan Benson was way more mellow than I would have liked... and he didn't do much to connect w/ the audience, which was kind of a bummer... but you can tell they're all very solid musicians - and I like his voice & his lyrics, so overall it was cool to see him play.

I think I would have enjoyed him more in a smaller venue. I have been loving his CD, and in comparison it's great (due to the powers of studio production) because you can really hear how beautiful his voice is. Lastnight the bass was drowning it out a little too much for me... but it was still pretty good. Highlight: the drummer was totally entertaining to watch! Gotta love drummers & their funny faces, eh? :)

Kaiser Chiefs (I probably have & will continue to spell that Cheifs, so tell me if you catch it wrong somewhere :) were AWESOME!!! As you may recall, I had seen them play at BFD and was blown away at how fun they were live. Same deal lastnight.

Ricky (lead singer extraordinaire) is SO fun to watch, he gets the crowd absolutely wrapped around his finger! As far as I'm concerned every single song of theirs is an absolute hit & I have SO much fun dancing and watching them perform. Ali & I both found ourselves dazing out to his dreaminess. ha!

I got some GREAT shots lastnight, but sadly the worst of em are the Kaiser Chiefs - mostly because the Fillmore floor was doing that thing where you're sure it's going to fall out from under you it's moving so much - so it was pretty hard to keep the camera still. That & Ricky is quite the moving target, because he doesn't stop once the entire time! I should have taken a video to get one of his cute "jumps a la butt crack". ha!

If you have a chance to go see them, you absolutely must. They're so fun!

Here's all my photos from the night. (Complete w/ a photo of Misty & Ted and Ali & I, too! I'm trying to get better at at least snapping one shot of US at the shows!) Read Misty's review (and rant about leprechaun hats) of the show, here.