I saw an interesting show last night at Café du Nord: Crime, Rock & Roll Adventure Kids and Top Ten. It was a night of surprises, I’ll say that much.
Top Ten came on first and they were good, but not what I expected. The band was interesting to watch, but the lead vocals were too loud. My guess is that when they did the sound check the singer spoke into the microphone, but when they started performing she raised her voice to a significantly higher level.
The Rock & Roll Adventure Kids were a duo (which is not always the case, I have been told) consisting of two brothers, one on drums and the other on guitar. They started sloppy and progressively got better and better. I started out not really liking them and ended up digging them in the end.
Crime came on last and they were cool. They were all wearing black shirts with white suspenders and the lead guitarist had a vampire cape on. They rocked from beginning to end and I was impressed because my expectations were low. They played some covers (I can’t recall what right now) and also some of their great songs such as Hot Wire My Heart and San Francisco’s Doomed. They played a short set (less than an hour), but it was really good. They only did one song for an encore, which pissed off the audience. I wasn’t planning on staying for the whole set because I was tired, but I ended up staying because their energy was infectious and crowd was going wild.
Right on.
October 27th, 2008 at 5:34 am
Keep up the good work.