don't cry out

I just ordered my tickets for the Cobra Starship show on the 28th, so I thought I'd post the lowdown on my most recent concert adventure. I went with two sophomores by the names of Ellie and Michelle, the later of which I'd met for the first time when we left, and my friend Jeff. It was a pretty cool group.

This was a couple of weeks ago, mind, so details might be fuzzy. Anyway, the headlining band was Shiny Toy Guns (I'm sure you've heard their song "Le Disko", whether you realize it or not), and I was a bit skeptical of how they'd be live, chiefly because they just got a new female vocalist. Their original one, Carrah (who is spectacular), was either kicked out of the band or ran away to Europe to be with her lover. It depends on who you ask. Regardless, the new singer wasn't as good, of course. She's the asian chick that was on that competition for being the next pussycat doll, and now that she's in Shiny she basically serves as a skanky dancer that occasionally sings. She pulled off Le Disko and Ricochet, though, and that's all that really matters. All in all, they were definitely good. Overzealous fog machines and ridiculous lighting effects combined with their extremely talented lead singer (No, not the skank. A dude whose name escapes me at the moment) to make their whole set surreal. It was actually kind of disorienting at times, especially since we were ridiculously close to the stage.

As for opening bands, the show started out with the electronica duo White Apple Tree. I'd head some of their recordings, but I wasn't too familiar with their stuff. They impressed me all the same (I even got one of their shirts!). Not the best live act, but they were great for only having two people, and their songs are solid. Look em' up.

The next band was The Delta Fiasco, another electronica-type band, but this time from England. Their live show was really.....intense. I checked them out on Myspace the next day and was dissapionted--they're way better in person than in recording. Just because of that, I don't knwo if they warrent looking in-to, I'll leave that up to you.

The last of the openers was a rock band called Jonezetta. Probably my least favorite of them all, though they were pretty decent. It definately helped that they have a tambourinist who looks EXACTLY like Dominic Monoghan.


On the whole, it was a good show. Not the best I've been to, but certainly not the worst. If you haven't heard Shiny Toy Guns before, look them up now, and then follow that with a check of White Apple Tree.

Peace out.


PS: I might put up pictures from it sometime. It's really late though. And I'm lazy. And I'm pretty sure noone actually reads this.