Centrevol and Lady Danville
Neato Burrito / The Baby Bar – 5.21.2009 – Spokane, WA
Matt’s super cool younger sister Amy gave him a call yesterday telling him about this band named Centrevol that played at S.C.C. for the students. Amy loved it and found out that they would be playing at Neato Burrito later that night. So of course Matty and I met her and her boyfriend James down at Neato Burrito to enjoy some live music. The first band to play was from L.A. and they were called Lady Danville.
We arrived at Neato Burrito around 9:30pm and the second I heard sound check I knew that they were going to be a cool band to see! Love them! Lady Danville consists of three boys, one on keys, one on guitar, and one on percussion. On top of all the instruments the three of them sing together and have pop vocal harmonies that are sweeter then sunshine and lollipops. There weren’t a lot of people at Neato Burrito but what was cool about that was that the band was still having fun giggling and smiling. They were a perfect band for a summer night.
The kid on percussion stuck out to me the most because not only did he keep a beat going in every song but he also managed to play a little xylophone or shake a maraca at the same time. He rocked it. My other p.f. (personal favorite) thing about the band was that they killed an acoustic style cover of MGMT’s “Kids.” It was different enough for it to take me awhile to realize what song it was, but it sounded awesome. Almost like it better then the original. They also managed to cover a little Lilly Allen and play plenty of originals! At the end of their set they even handed out free L.P.’s – very nifty! They had a lot of charm and I would love to see them again, so since you love Spokane so much Lady Danville, you better be back!
Since Neato Burrito isn’t technically a “music venue” I was super surprised when Centrevol hoped in there and sounded great with a full band. Centrevol was cool to see live, they were pretty polished. It was kind of funny, earlier both Centrevol and Lady Danville were playing to the cops on bikes while they were getting set up. As Matty said “they are the best street performers in Spokane .” I liked the snazzy vests that Centrevol had on, they were looking good! It was cool to see a younger band rock Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Going On.” I am a little embarrassed to admit, I knew the song but had no idea it was a Marvin Gaye song. Learn something new everyday!
More people started to show up and by the end of the night it ended up being this really cool show featuring touring bands not from Spokane ! Plus it was free!
Thanks to S.C.C. for getting both bands to come play at the college which then resulted in the fun little show at NeatoBurrito and thanks to Amy for getting us to come down to the show! Keep a look out for both Centrevol and Lady Danville, I think Spokane will start to hear a little bit more from them!
Andrea@checkitoutmusic.com
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