Oh, You Kids And Your Angst
As I get older, I find myself more and more attracted to music other than the angst-ridden shantys of my youth, and the shows we've been to lately do nothing but encourage this trend. Last night was Gogol Bordello, at the Creepy Crawl over in STL proper.
The Almighty D found out about this show basically last minute and convinced me to go, even though I wasn't really feeling it. Good that she did, 'cause Ukrainian gypsy punk rocks like warm socks. We've been into Gogol Bordello for a couple of years, I guess, but much like Jason Webley, the Phenomenauts, and the Aquabats(!), this was our first chance at seeing them live. Honestly, with music like this available, I don't understand why people are into crap like Green Day, et al. They put on a thoroughly entertaining performance...you can tell they're in it for the live shows. After these guys and the Aquabats, I don't know if I'll never be able to take another band seriously if they just stand there and play. The opening band wasn't at all bad, either...I think it may have been Throw Rag. Kinda straight up punk, but well done indeed.
I took like eighteen phonecam shots, but none of them came out well, as I was pretty lazy about the position and lighting.
Lest you think I'm growing totally soft, though, we're going see Against Me! next month, which is pretty much all angst...just slightly more sincere angst than that emo crap you listen to.
The Almighty D found out about this show basically last minute and convinced me to go, even though I wasn't really feeling it. Good that she did, 'cause Ukrainian gypsy punk rocks like warm socks. We've been into Gogol Bordello for a couple of years, I guess, but much like Jason Webley, the Phenomenauts, and the Aquabats(!), this was our first chance at seeing them live. Honestly, with music like this available, I don't understand why people are into crap like Green Day, et al. They put on a thoroughly entertaining performance...you can tell they're in it for the live shows. After these guys and the Aquabats, I don't know if I'll never be able to take another band seriously if they just stand there and play. The opening band wasn't at all bad, either...I think it may have been Throw Rag. Kinda straight up punk, but well done indeed.
I took like eighteen phonecam shots, but none of them came out well, as I was pretty lazy about the position and lighting.
Lest you think I'm growing totally soft, though, we're going see Against Me! next month, which is pretty much all angst...just slightly more sincere angst than that emo crap you listen to.
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