Thursday NXNE Part 2
The Rural Alberta Advantage @ The Boat
Well, I’ve seen a handful of times prior to this, so I sort of know what to expect. What I expected is what I got: tight set, lots of energy from all members, nice relatively concise pop songs with lots of percussive force. The only thing that might cause them a problem is being too consistently good in a live setting. Never bad, never completely mind-shattering, always impressive.
Man, am I ever a dick sometimes. This is still one of the better bands in town. Better than your band, anyway.
Modernboys Moderngirls @ The Boat
Either your sound guy screwed up your mix, or your songwriting and harmonic choices make your live performance sound like you’re playing inside a giant garbage can. I’m thinking a little of column A and a little from column B. No lyrics could be made out because of said shitty mix combined with all the vocalists penchant for shouting instead of singing (hitting notes is over-rated in Kensington I guess).
Anyways, I wasn’t impressed. More semi-dirty semi-dance rock crap from young people who look like walking American Apparrel ads. Except for their keyboardist, who looks like Dustin Diamond’s little brother.
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Angel Pier @ Supermarket
I saw half the set. It was mostly remarkable only for it’s unremarkableness. Yeah that’s right, they came from Ireland just to be panned by random bloggers. (Side note: does distance from band’s home town increase indie-cool factor via heightened “obscurity”? Time to essay) I don’t know - what I heard was pretty ok to decent indie rocking. I heard the sound was crap all night, and maybe that was a factor in the performance. Still, Angel Pier - not vital.