Ventured out it near-torrential downpours last night to people watch at the always-colorful Subterranean in Bucktown last night. Not my favorite venue ever but it did the job (mainly I was distracted by the odd crowd of typical hipster, gangster Hispanics, mother/daughter duos clamoring for autographs and some 20-something dude who tried telling us he was the chancellor of the Univeristy of Chicago?!)
That said, Electric Shoes from the south side of the city opened. Decent. Great Northern followed and though they weren't technically the headliner it was clear the crowd was there to see them. The album is great (and now posted, check it out!) but they sound way better live. They really fill up a room and afterwards the band stuck around and hung out in back talking to the line of people that had gathered.
As for the headliner, The Comas (their album, Spells, had been previously posted)...well, they weren't bad but they didn't really impress me, either. In comparison, the stage presence faltered, the set seemed a bit 'noisy' and I hate to say it but their best song was their "encore" which wasn't even theirs. It was some Ween song!
NY'ers, the tour is coming to your Mercury Lounge the 24h. If you check it out, I'd like to hear your thoughts!
1 comment:
Your review is sloppily written and factually incorrect. thank god their's no quality control for blogs or you would be out of a, ahh, hobby. Or whatever it is.
The Comas killed in Chicago despite this strangely delusional review.
-K
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