Perpetual Motion

This last week I have been trying to live the rock n roll lifestyle, while working, training, and hopefully sleeping. Thursday night I went to see the Junior Boys at the Empty Bottle. Kelly was out of town at a wedding and was super disappointed that she couldn’t make the show, so I went with Joe, who is the boyfriend of one of Kelly’s coworkers. He is a super nice guy, with similar musical taste, so it worked out, we dranks asome beers and had a good time. Junior Boys put on a good show, but I do wish their music was a little bit more up tempo. They do a couple of songs that are more dance oriented and it seemed to get the crowd going and got the biggest response.

Sunday night we went to see LCD Soundsystem at the Metro. Kelly and I have been trying to see this band for a couple of year, but have either been out of town or missed buying tickets. Needless to say we were pretty excited. LCD Soundsystem’s music is normally stripped down punk-dance rock, but for touring James Murphy and the crew come with a full band, including a couple of drummers. The sound was huge and made for a great show. The last song of the main set went on for about 15 minutes, with a serious jam of three drummers all going full bore at the same time.

The final show was last night at the Empty Bottle. Opening was Fujiya Miyagi followed by Peter, Bjorn, and John. Kelly and I couldn’t decide who we were more excited to see, and both bands didn’t disappoint. Fujiya Miyagi is an english trio that does down tempo electronic rock. They have a really unique sound and by the end of the set had the audience really jamming. About a half hour later Peter, Bjorn, and John took the stage. You may know these guys now that their song “Young Folks” can be heard in an AT&T commercial, and at least hundred times a day on WXRT. Unfortunately due to the continuous airplay the song has gotten a little old, but the rest of their song catalogue is just as good so it worked out. I was really impressed with both bands, and look forward to seeing Peter, Bjorn and John again at Lollapalooza in August.

So now it is back to the real world, and time to put my rock shoes in the closet for awhile.