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Kasabian hurts my ears

So Mew was the reason I went to the show, but I thought I would check out some of Kasabian.  They weren’t that bad.  They were your typical rock band.  The lead singer had this Mick Jagger meets Liam Gallagher thing going.  Perhaps it was the whole British thing.  But the band was loud, people were into it, but people slowly started to leave.  Their songs started to sound all the same after a while, at least to me.  I had to go outside and take a break after 40 minutes or so.  But while I was in there, I took a lot of pictures.  Especially after people started to leave I could get really close to the stage.  So check out the photos.  Enjoy.

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Mew at Neumo’s

I was really excited to see Mew tonight at Neumo’s, and they really didn’t disappoint other then not playing long enough. They had a great stage show with a white tarp behind them for a huge projector which was synced to the music in various spots, like during the chorus of various songs. I wasn’t sure that Mew sound would translate well live, but they really did make it work. The lead singer really can control his voice, which was cool to see live. One sad thing was majority of my photos turned out pretty blurry, which really sucks. I more full stage shots then I normally do, because the light from the projector was messing with my camera. My friend Niles cousin Adam came along and wanted a picture with the lead singer, so that is the last shot.

I am really excited because Mew said they would be back in February probably doing a headline tour. I’d say 20% of the people who went to the show went to see Mew and couldn’t careless about Kasabian.

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Photos from Ben Kweller at Western

So I was a little slow on these photos, but here are some photos of Ben Kweller when he came to Western Washington University. It was a great show and great seeing the band again. So here are the photos.

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CSS rocks The Showbox in Seattle

So CSS opened for Ladytron tonight at the Showbox in Seattle. The only reason I went to the show was to see CSS. I have really enjoyed their album, and I expected a good show, since they are signed to Subpop, so it would be a pseudo homecoming. Well they really delivered putting on a high energy and sexual charged show. Lots of dancing and going into the crowd to have fans sing along. Very entertaining. The band has 5 girls and 1 guy. The lead singer, Lovefoxx as she is known, was just a tiny little women full of energy. CSS has some very suggestive and sexual charged songs, and that just got the crowd even more into it. During Art Bitch Ladyfoxx would be acting out the second chorus, and if you know the song it is somewhat graphics. They really rocked out to Alala, which was their new single. The song is so catchy, with a dark side to it. In a strange twist they did Alcohol, even though it was an all ages show asking the crowd to lift their drinks, but it was cool. They had Ben Gibbard of Deathcab for Cutie come on stage to sing on part of the song, mostly just the ‘whooo whooo’ part. They closed with probably their best known song, Lets Make Love & Listen Death From Above, which really got the crowd going. They took a good long time on this one, as they didn’t have an encore. Overall it was a really cool show. I am really glad that I went out to check them out. Pretty good for forgetting about the show until this afternoon. And now the photos. Majority of them turned out really blurry sadly, mostly because Lovefoxx kept moving around like a grasshopper, and people kept bumping into me. But there are 3 or 4 good ones. I’ll let you guys find them and tell me what you think.  Click on the story link to see the photos…
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Ladytron at The Showbox

So I went and saw Ladytron and CSS tonight.  I only stuck around for a couple songs of Ladytron.  Here are the two photos I took.  Sorry I didn’t get more.

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