harvey danger concert
Harvey Danger with opening acts by Jetlag Palm, Tennis Pro, and Smoosh @ Western Washington University.
Here’s the rundown:
Jetlag Palm - I wasn’t too interested in what they brought to the table. I felt that they were making noises with their guitars just for the sake of making noise. Also, one of the guys was looking down at his guitar the whole time, like he wasn’t sure how to play it. Maybe a closer listen would change my opinion, but as a first taste, it was sour.
Tennis Pro - These guys are darn good and put up a great set. Concerts are definetly not the place to pick up on the finer lyrical qualities of a song. But thankfully their tunes were acoustically interesting, and quite catchy. I am definetly going to look into them a bit further.
Smoosh - For a duo of such a young age, these girls are fantastic. I was quite impressed at the quality and diversity of the songs they performed, but their show as a whole package could use some work. The lead singer’s routine was almost mechanical. Name the song, play the song, say thanks, repeat. The whole performance felt rushed and I really didn’t get into it. Who knows what we’ll be hearing from them in 5-7 years…
Harvey Danger - They opened up with “flagpole sitta”, and had the crowd instantly rocking out. The energy was awesome. They had a good mix of old and new material, and finished up their ‘official’ set list with my personal favorite, “Sad sweetheart of the rodeo”. Then they did a couple chill out songs with a chello accompanist, and called it a night.
Fantastic show. Great night.
December 2nd, 2005 at 8:59 am
It is obvious that you are not a musician. At least most of bands didn’t have to stop to turn on their f*@king instruments. It also apears obvious that you were only there to see Harvey Danger as that is the only good review you gave. Thanks for a great review.
December 2nd, 2005 at 5:17 pm
You would be quite correct, I am by no means a musician. And I did go specifically to see Harvey Danger, as I had never heard of any of the other bands before. Anywho, I just got my copy of Tennis Pro’s new album, and it is fantastic.