Hey guys I would say "I'M BACK AND I'M GOING TO START POSTING OFTEN AGAIN!" but I have already made that promise three times so far and broken it. I think I have commitment issues. This time I'm promising nothing. So there.
So yeah, the HEALTH concert was this past weekend and it was awesome! The opening band was a trio called Tape Deck Mountain, whose lead singer was actually a recent UCSD graduate. He asked us "how many of you guys go to this school?!" Only I, my friend Vincent who came with me, and about 5 other people responded. UCSD does not take full advantage of the awesome free concerts we get on campus. Well they're not really free...I mean they're free after a billion dollars of tuition.
Tape Deck Mountain was a real pleasant surprise. The lead singer/guitarist had a voice very similar that of Ben Gibbard, just a bit more melancholy. I would call them Death Cab for Ugly. The singer used a series of foot-operated loop makers throughout the show which kept things interesting...especially in the first song where homeboy accidentally pressed a few too many buttons and tried to play it off as some kind of fancy interpretive breakdown. But I saw the sweat on his brow and the confusion in the eyes of the other members. Which reminds me, the drummer had a mustache. I think mustaches are the new hipster trend. Which further reminds me, everyone at the show seemed to be hipsters. One dude looked like Super Mario with his thick hipster stache, messenger boy hat, and red American Apparel hoodie. He was also 5 feet tall. I wish I had photographed him.
But now onto the main event! HEALTH. HEALTH is by far my favorite experimental electronic noise rock band. The show was pretty intense with all the fans stomping around, moshing, and pumping their fists to the beat of the drums. Vincent and I started out standing together but in the end we found eachother in opposite corners of the Loft covered in sweat. If you have not heard of HEALTH you should check them out. You may have actually heard them before (most likely in Crystal Castle's remix of their song Crimewave.)
So yeah, the HEALTH concert was this past weekend and it was awesome! The opening band was a trio called Tape Deck Mountain, whose lead singer was actually a recent UCSD graduate. He asked us "how many of you guys go to this school?!" Only I, my friend Vincent who came with me, and about 5 other people responded. UCSD does not take full advantage of the awesome free concerts we get on campus. Well they're not really free...I mean they're free after a billion dollars of tuition.
Tape Deck Mountain was a real pleasant surprise. The lead singer/guitarist had a voice very similar that of Ben Gibbard, just a bit more melancholy. I would call them Death Cab for Ugly. The singer used a series of foot-operated loop makers throughout the show which kept things interesting...especially in the first song where homeboy accidentally pressed a few too many buttons and tried to play it off as some kind of fancy interpretive breakdown. But I saw the sweat on his brow and the confusion in the eyes of the other members. Which reminds me, the drummer had a mustache. I think mustaches are the new hipster trend. Which further reminds me, everyone at the show seemed to be hipsters. One dude looked like Super Mario with his thick hipster stache, messenger boy hat, and red American Apparel hoodie. He was also 5 feet tall. I wish I had photographed him.
But now onto the main event! HEALTH. HEALTH is by far my favorite experimental electronic noise rock band. The show was pretty intense with all the fans stomping around, moshing, and pumping their fists to the beat of the drums. Vincent and I started out standing together but in the end we found eachother in opposite corners of the Loft covered in sweat. If you have not heard of HEALTH you should check them out. You may have actually heard them before (most likely in Crystal Castle's remix of their song Crimewave.)
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aww I wanted to see the Mario hipster *sad face*
:P
~Brian
bloody hell!