one hundred and seventeen

Sunday, February 15th at Chain.

Lucky for me, I arrived just after Eudora's set was done so I didn't have to suffer through that. :) Not a big fan of them, I'm (not so) sorry to say. The Break Up played shortly after I walked in and they weren't horrible or anything, but not really good either. They had a chick drummer and singer, so right on to that, but everything from their lyrics to whatever the singer said between songs was mega cliche. One of their songs literally went, "Dance dance dance on a Saturday night." Awesome. They were alright though, just nothing special.

Artist vs Poet played third and I really really liked them. Honestly, I probably would've compared the singer, Tarcy, to the Jonas Brothers if you gave them a few more years to really get control of their vocal styles or whatever. He sounded like he could've been the older older brother, and I totally don't mean that as an insult. I nabbed their EP after the show and have been playing it non-stop lately. It's just good, fun pop rock. My favorite. :)

Houston Calls was up next and I only really had heard two of their songs before seeing them so I didn't have any crazy expectations. I noticed that the singer's voice sounds a little different live than recorded to me, but they put on a pretty good set and were all very entertaining, especially him and Okie, the key boardist. He actually dislodged his keyboar from its stand during their last song and almost dropped it on the floor. That was amusing, but all throughout the set they were calling people out for not being into it and just having a good time. I liked them a lot.

Valencia headlined (first headlining tour for them on BOTH coasts, very exciting) and it just reminded me why they are one of my absolute favorite bands. They put on such a great live show it's ridiculous. I got really excited during the soundcheck because Hodge pulled out an acoustic and I thought maybe I'd get to hear "From the Second I Wake Up," but no go. I did finally get to hear my new favorite, "Listen Up," which was wonderful. They played "Holiday," "Safe to Say," "3000 Miles," "Better Be Prepared," "Where Did You Go," "The Good Life," "Away We Go," "All At Once," "Listen Up," and "The Space Between." I was very pleased overall. :D