At age 23, I've finally made it to my first concert. That's right, it took me 23 years, and what? But, it's safe to say I finally understand the hype in going to them. I recently attended a concert at the Vogue headlining Tokyo Police Club, with opening bands Arkells and the Freelance Whales. The openers were surprisingly good! So I'm going to share with you the bands I saw last nite.
Arkells is a rock band from Canada. They were pretty rockin', too bad there was only one guy dancing to them. Anyways, I hadn't heard of them until this point, but I'm definitely glad I have now.
"The Boss is Coming":
"Pulling Punches"
Next up were the Freelance Whales. This group was interesting. I mean, they had a girl, what!? Not only this, but they did have a xylophone, a banjo, a harmonica, a synthesizer, and some dude playing his guitar with a violin string. They followed the high energy Arkells which I figured would be an odd transition, but they managed to rock out on the xylophone pretty hard (think a drum solo, but on one of these!).
"Generator 2nd Floor"
"Hannah"
After these two great openers finally came the Tokyo Police Club. I didn't like live music in concert would be this amazingly different, but damn was it awesome! Bright lights, loud drums, rockin guitars. Who knew they had it in em? I actually first learned about them on a Nike shoes website that one of my professors pulled up in class! Glad this man loved his Nike's. Well, the Tokyo Police Club just came out with a new album called "Champ" and I suggest everyone go out and grab a copy!
"Your English is Good"
From Champ, "Breakneck Speed"
"In a Cave"
All said and done, my first concert was a great success and I will definitely being going to more now in the future!
