So last night I went to the Girls concert at the Troubadour...amazing. The Tamaryns and the Morning Benders opened. The Tamaryns sounded pretty good but they had no energy and once you heard a couple of songs you kind of felt like you had heard 'em all already, but I still liked them. The Morning Benders on the other hand were awesome. They are a couple of guys from Berkeley who have sort of flown under the radar, but still toured/played with awesome bands like Grizzly Bear, Yeasayer and Yo La Tengo. I really love their sort of simple poppy sound. They remind me a lot of the Unicorns... After the show I talked to them and they seemed like pretty cool guys.
Now, Girls... The moment they came on it seemed like it got way more crowded. Everybody seemed like they were so excited to be there and see Girls... it was a pretty perfect environment. During pretty much every song they got everybody singing, and Christopher Owens really had great stage presence/banter. For me the standouts had to be Laura and Lust for Life (which if you haven't checked out the restricted video of... you should). It has got to have been one of my favorite concerts of the year.-- A Teenage Elephant
mp3: Girls :: Lust for Life
mp3: The Morning Benders :: Waiting For a War
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