What is it with opening bands lately

Please don't get me wrong. I love cut copy. They were great last night but Matt & Kim killed it. Utterly killed it.

Maybe I am just punk drunk off these two but I have never seen a band that enjoys what they do - more then they do. From the minute they stepped on stage, they were so engaging and humble.

When you watch these two together you feel like you just got invited to see them play live in thier basement. They play together like no one is watching and it just the two of them having fun and goofing off. I can't count how many times they tried to include the crowd or said how happy they were just to be here. There was not an ounce of entitlement with them.

A great example is between one of the songs, they were talking about the drunkness from the night before at MJQ. They went into a story about afterwards ending up at the Marietta Dinner at 2am on a Wednesday. They walked into a Furry meeting. They then went on to say this craziness is why they love Atlanta and they were happy to be here.

I hope their experience here will make them come back. I am really not one to loiter around after a show to try and meet the band but I wanted to thank them for a great night. Back by the bar Kim was eating fries and hanging out with two of her local friends who came to the show. I said a quick, "you guys killed it tonight and I had been really looking forward to the show." She was the one who was thanking me for coming out to see them. Down to earth, humble and gifted is Matt & Kim. I hope they never change.


Enjoy the Playlist - 9 song set (missed one while taking pictures...)

DIPLO ENTIRE SET

For those who couldn't make it, I hope you can enjoy this playlist. I tried to record the entire set from start to finish. Recorded live on November 11, 2008 in Hell@Masquerade.

Video's Galore

Last weekend was filled with a ton of great music. Saturday night we were lucky enough to see Franki Chan and Toxic Avenger at MJQ. Monday night we saw Diplo put on an epic performance. Even on his Birthday he spun hit after hit for over 2 hours. I was able to capture most of it and you can see all of it on my youtube site. Once I get my playlist together I will post them over here for easy viewing.

Here is quick preview, head on over if you would like to view the rest:





Just a side note, MTV is now advertising Chromeo, breakout 2008? I doubt that Chromeo would ever be considered mainstream but kudos to the folks at MTV. It is good that Chromeo's music is spreading because they have a sound that needs to be heard.