An Awesome Night

I love live music. I really love it. Really really really really ... well you get the picture. The only problem is most shows tend to be a bit out of the reach of a student's financial means, or at the least really stretch it, so I choose what I go to carefully and won't usually go to more than 1 or 2 a year. So it was no small matter me going to the Avalanche City show last Saturday night at the Studio on K' Road. It was pretty much perfect having a main act that I really love and supporting acts that I quite like as well as not being too expensive and not being too far away.
The first act, Alaska, are an indie-folk style band a bit like Mumford and Sons but more folky (if that's a word). I'm pretty sure I'd seen them at Parachute or somewhere before but if I had they have changed a LOT. (Btw check their stuff out at alaska.bandcamp.com). Luke Thompson, the official headliner, was quite different. He reminded me a bit of Ben Abraham but played much more acoustic stuff. Well to start with at least. Near then end he got Dave from Avalanche City and a couple of other musicians to come out and do a bit of a jam on his single Water and that was pretty awesome! (Here's a video. It's just a fanvid but the quality is reasonable)
Then it was the main event. I had no idea what to expect, to be honest, from a band that had been formed after the recording of the album to perform it (they kinda remind me of the Foo Fighters in that respect) but they definitely did not dissapoint. Dave Baxter (the lead singer, songwriter, and until a few months ago the whole band) lead the band really well and they were all very very tight even on the tricky xylaphone duet for Everybody Knows. I'm not quite sure what else to say - they were amazing! If you have only heard Love Love Love (that song on the TV2 ad) you are really missing out. As much as it is an awesome song the album has even better ones on it. Seriously, check it out! And they are even better live!

(Oh and big ups to my mate Luka for coming with me. Awesome night!)


On a side note there is now an AnalogueDigital tumblr where you can check out some interesting stuff that I have found on my periodical trawls around the intartubes (yeah and I'm studying CompSci as well :D ). Please follow me! 8-)