I just returned from my third concert. This time I went to see the Arcade Fire, with the National as the opening band. Terrific concert! This was the largest one I've been to so far, so it was definitely different and amazing. For those who may be unfamiliar with their music, I've posted a few tracks below. Arcade Fire's just won the Grammy for Album of the Year for "The Suburbs." They also did the Wilderness Downtown project that worked with Google Chrome and Google Earth. Check both bands out, I'm sure you'll love them!
Thursday I got to see Matt & Kim in concert and I had a blast! It was so energetic. They managed to segue from their hi-energy indie rock straight into Biz Markie's "You got what I need" and Alice Deejay's trance classic "Better off Alone." This was a great second concert to go to. For those who aren't familiar with the Brooklyn duo, I've taken the liberty of enlightening you below. It is physically impossible to be anything but happy when listening to these two. (and yes they consist of primarily just a drumset and a keyboard).
You may have heard "Daylight" from last year's Bacardi spot:
The actual video for "Daylight":
The first song I ever heard by them (and what they opened with) "Yea Yeah":
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!
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