Show Review: Snowden w. Bad Veins - 9/20/06
My first post about a local band! How exciting!! Bad Veins (which I just recently realized is rather close to Bad Brains...) were the openers. Not only are they the best NEW band in Cincinnati, they very well might also simply be the best. With only two members, they fill out their sound with a delightfully quirky reel-to-reel tape player.
The reel-to-reel is very much their third member. If it hasn't already been done, someone needs to give it a name and make some fan club t-shirts. This was only their third show and they've already left some good impressions. Snowden's lead singer called them the best band he's seen in 25 nights of playing shows. No word on who those other bands are.
So, as with Band of Horses two weeks ago, I was really only there to hear one song from the headliner. They played it second and even announced it, so I think they're aware of the fact that this is the song people want to hear. The crowd quickly thanked them.
It's that ridiculous intro that really gets me and it doesn't even show up again for the rest of the song! "Anti-Anti" is a catchy little tune, but I'm not sure if it's hit-single worthy. It reminds of The Cloud Room's "Hey Now Now." I enjoy it but I don't think it's going to "break" them.
After the intro was finished, I moved up to the front to get a closer look. I'm not sure if the stagelight was too bright, but the frontman seemed to be squinting a lot. This might just be his "thing" though.
I feel like this is what Deryck Whimby's older brother would look like...
Overall, Snowden was pretty solid but not very memorable. Even their "hit song" didn't get much response from the audience.
Actually, I think the audience cheered more at the beginning of the song than at the end. Basically, Snowden are another Stellastarr*/Editors/Cloud Room band that will find a spot on a couple mix CDs or iTunes playlists but will never be more than an mp3 to me.My first post about a local band! How exciting!! Bad Veins (which I just recently realized is rather close to Bad Brains...) were the openers. Not only are they the best NEW band in Cincinnati, they very well might also simply be the best. With only two members, they fill out their sound with a delightfully quirky reel-to-reel tape player.
The reel-to-reel is very much their third member. If it hasn't already been done, someone needs to give it a name and make some fan club t-shirts. This was only their third show and they've already left some good impressions. Snowden's lead singer called them the best band he's seen in 25 nights of playing shows. No word on who those other bands are.
So, as with Band of Horses two weeks ago, I was really only there to hear one song from the headliner. They played it second and even announced it, so I think they're aware of the fact that this is the song people want to hear. The crowd quickly thanked them.
It's that ridiculous intro that really gets me and it doesn't even show up again for the rest of the song! "Anti-Anti" is a catchy little tune, but I'm not sure if it's hit-single worthy. It reminds of The Cloud Room's "Hey Now Now." I enjoy it but I don't think it's going to "break" them.
After the intro was finished, I moved up to the front to get a closer look. I'm not sure if the stagelight was too bright, but the frontman seemed to be squinting a lot. This might just be his "thing" though.
I feel like this is what Deryck Whimby's older brother would look like...
Overall, Snowden was pretty solid but not very memorable. Even their "hit song" didn't get much response from the audience.
Actually, I think the audience cheered more at the beginning of the song than at the end. Basically, Snowden are another Stellastarr*/Editors/Cloud Room band that will find a spot on a couple mix CDs or iTunes playlists but will never be more than an mp3 to me.
The reel-to-reel is very much their third member. If it hasn't already been done, someone needs to give it a name and make some fan club t-shirts. This was only their third show and they've already left some good impressions. Snowden's lead singer called them the best band he's seen in 25 nights of playing shows. No word on who those other bands are.
So, as with Band of Horses two weeks ago, I was really only there to hear one song from the headliner. They played it second and even announced it, so I think they're aware of the fact that this is the song people want to hear. The crowd quickly thanked them.
It's that ridiculous intro that really gets me and it doesn't even show up again for the rest of the song! "Anti-Anti" is a catchy little tune, but I'm not sure if it's hit-single worthy. It reminds of The Cloud Room's "Hey Now Now." I enjoy it but I don't think it's going to "break" them.
After the intro was finished, I moved up to the front to get a closer look. I'm not sure if the stagelight was too bright, but the frontman seemed to be squinting a lot. This might just be his "thing" though.
I feel like this is what Deryck Whimby's older brother would look like...
Overall, Snowden was pretty solid but not very memorable. Even their "hit song" didn't get much response from the audience.
Actually, I think the audience cheered more at the beginning of the song than at the end. Basically, Snowden are another Stellastarr*/Editors/Cloud Room band that will find a spot on a couple mix CDs or iTunes playlists but will never be more than an mp3 to me.My first post about a local band! How exciting!! Bad Veins (which I just recently realized is rather close to Bad Brains...) were the openers. Not only are they the best NEW band in Cincinnati, they very well might also simply be the best. With only two members, they fill out their sound with a delightfully quirky reel-to-reel tape player.
The reel-to-reel is very much their third member. If it hasn't already been done, someone needs to give it a name and make some fan club t-shirts. This was only their third show and they've already left some good impressions. Snowden's lead singer called them the best band he's seen in 25 nights of playing shows. No word on who those other bands are.
So, as with Band of Horses two weeks ago, I was really only there to hear one song from the headliner. They played it second and even announced it, so I think they're aware of the fact that this is the song people want to hear. The crowd quickly thanked them.
It's that ridiculous intro that really gets me and it doesn't even show up again for the rest of the song! "Anti-Anti" is a catchy little tune, but I'm not sure if it's hit-single worthy. It reminds of The Cloud Room's "Hey Now Now." I enjoy it but I don't think it's going to "break" them.
After the intro was finished, I moved up to the front to get a closer look. I'm not sure if the stagelight was too bright, but the frontman seemed to be squinting a lot. This might just be his "thing" though.
I feel like this is what Deryck Whimby's older brother would look like...
Overall, Snowden was pretty solid but not very memorable. Even their "hit song" didn't get much response from the audience.
Actually, I think the audience cheered more at the beginning of the song than at the end. Basically, Snowden are another Stellastarr*/Editors/Cloud Room band that will find a spot on a couple mix CDs or iTunes playlists but will never be more than an mp3 to me.
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