Local H

Another great show from Local H last night (some samples will play if you visit their site). This time at the High Noon Saloon. and how can you go wrong with a $10 ticket.

Local H is a two man operation that produces an incredible amount of sound. There's no way that you would guess that it's two guys listening to one of their CDs.

The drummer (Brian St.Clair) is really fun to watch. When he's not playing he seems to not even be paying attention. He'll turn around and get a drink of water and just generally seem oblivious to what's going on. Then, suddenly, he'll spin around and play the drums absolutely ferociously - incredibly animated and committed.

The rest of the sound comes from Scott Lucas. Scott simultaneously plays lead, bass, and vocals - incredible that he can balance all that out and still move around the stage (when he's not jumping off into the crowd).

Another Good Show

As I had mentioned previously; Brandon, Dan, and I went to check out the Detroit Cobras show on Wednesday night at the High Noon Saloon.

The Cobras were great. They sounded quite a bit like their CD which, as Dan pointed out, was really impressive since they have a fairly "produced" sound to them. It was good to see that they're actually able to pull that off without a lot of rework in the studio.

The opening band was Reigning Sound. They were quite good as well. It's always such a big boost for a show when the opening band that you've never heard of turns out to actually be good!

The venue (High Noon Saloon) impressed again too. It's one of the newer places to check out a good show in town and they've done a very good job with the acoustics. and this was the first time I've been there that the parking lot was actually paved instead of covered with construction fence!