Well, It has been some time since I last wrote in here and this entry might be a little dated now (as are the next couple as I am playing catch up) but I will do my best to get up to date and get back to some regularity.
So, a few months back (I think it was August) Sarah and I caught New York based Post Punk/New Wave/Indie trio the Yeah Yeah Yeahs at the Kool Haus. For starters, the Kool Haus is definitely not the best venue in the world (its actually somewhere between nightclub and warehouse) and not the best crowd (All ages, MuchMusic/MTV buzz band fans) Although it was an entertaining show, there were moments throughout the night that made me feel like I was attending some rich familys super sweet 16 birthday party where someone spiked the punch and the father of the Birthday girl hired the Yeah Yeah Yeahs to be the evenings special guests.
The performance itself was fairly good and A-typical of what you would expect from a YYY's show. High energy, Dynamic front woman Karen O was on her game delivering a picture perfect version of her soft to screetching vocal style while donning her trademark Punk-Haute Couture fashion sense.
The set list consisted of a equal mixture of mainstream hits and b-side tracks that they blistered through in top form. Popular new(er) songs Zero, Of with your head, and old(er) songs Gold Lion, Y Control, and Black Tongue had the crowd in a frenzy, while staple track "Maps" was stripped down to a softer, slower accoustic version that had everyone in a synched group cumbayaesque sing-a-long.
All and all a good live show in a bad venue. However, with that being said, I guess now is about a good a time as any to catch them as the success of their last album could quite have them playing the Air Canada Centre next time around.
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