The opening acts, "Beep Beep" and "TV on the Radio" were also good.
The Faint
Saw The Faint yesterday at Bimbo's, and they put on a great, energetic show. They sounded a lot like their recorded material, yet were much more of a live band than I expected; the electronics were still there, but they felt more "rock". They also had really great visuals: they played videos on two screens behind the band that were synched with the music, and it integrated really well. It felt more like a "stage backdrop" than like "there's a band, and also a movie."
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Current Music: The Faint -- Let The Poison Spill From Your Throat ♬
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Holy crap, jwz is listening to music I've heard of.
I done seen that show when it came around Portland. I came for TV on the Radio.
Woo hoo! I went to high school with Tunde.
sad no make it
:<
*sigh*
Another surprisingly good live act is Mouse on Mars. You'd never think it, given how intricately composed their stuff sounds on CD. They too give their songs a lot more punch. It really brings out the hidden genre of each track. It's very weird to hear them turn stuff on Niun Niggung into full on Funk.
It's even weirder when they do it to tracks off of Iaora Tahiti. They did a medley of a bunch of older (pre-Idiology) tracks, bought up to date with their new (post-Idiology) style. And it sounded really good!
I first saw them live like 8 years ago when they were just beeping around and playing with a theramin, but slowly but surely, they've turned into full-on rockstars in their live show. Fun.
I caught the Fain twice so far this tour, once in Omaha & in Lawrence, KS. I enjoyed the shows that much that I am thinking of seeing their show here in Vegas next week.
Thanks for pointing out who the opening bands were, because I thought they were good too, except I was too lazy to go find out their names, which somehow I missed.
It was indeed an excellent show -- I saw them at The Grand on Tuesday and I was really impressed. I bet the sound was better at Bimbo's, though.