I can still feel the rush of energy, and the sound of bass pumping even now. Silversun Pickups sold out Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel theater. It was so packed people were filing in to the top row of the high-rise balcony. Bodies surrounding the venue seemed much like bundled up wires, fusing their prospects together with beer, and musical anticipation.
As a follow-up 40th Birthday Bash event for local alternative radio station WBRU in Providence RI. It has now been proven that they know how to throw a pretty damn good party! The line-up starting with An Horse, followed by southern-grunge rock group
Cage The Elephant, headlined by the most anticipated Silversun Pickups.
The venue was not much to talk about — I am sure it was a gem back in its day.
However, for now it's a run down rock venue, which turns into a hip hop club after hours.
So if you can picture the kind of place I am talking about, you'll understand that the scene set practically perfect for this kind of show.
Lupo's was packed, a turn out I had heard some say was the best they'd seen in this place all year. The two opening acts served as a great appetizer for the audience. Getting everyone riled up, but just awful enough to keep them contained for the headliner. (Sorry, but Cage The Elephant was nothing to rant about.)
Hell I went out and bought Carnavas when "Lazy Eye" exploded onto the radio. I am not a super-fan, but I can dig what they offer. The most amazing part about all of this is that I had half expected this show to be a pretty average rated performance.
So maybe my attitude in the beginning set me up to be either totally right or completely blown away. The latter of which I find does not happen on very many occasions with today's music indulgences. So what was to follow was as alarming to me, as it was for much of the audience I am sure.
Silversun Pickups put on a show so consuming, so phenomenal — I was, and still am completely blown away. This was the classic alternative rock show I thought had been buried for many, many years. Prior to this evening - of which nothing short of pure vitality was proven, the great genre that had been lost in between lines of grunge, 90’s alt-rock, and indie became stitched together in the most magnificent of ways. (Think of Smashing Pumpkins) Brian Aubert (lead vocals, guitar) performed volumes, stopping in between songs not to take a breath, but to repeatedly thank the fans. For which, they felt indebted to scream back gratitude's of their own.
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