9.16.09 | The Knitting Factory
Fitz & the Tantrums were a great way to get the sold out crowd moving and excited to be there for the show. Complete with vintage outfits and their retro pop sound it was a perfect little package.
They had high energy great dance moves and were excited as ever to be playing to such a large crowd early in the night. The female singer said that as an audience we are murdering it. Not killing it murdering it. I may have to start using that.
The positive fun factor to Fitz & the Tantrums works for all ages and is great music for dancing. And as Fitz said a rich girl will break your heart but a poor girl will take it; that was a little side note for your journal.
Hepcat is a reggae ska band with eight members who knew how to dance. The guys put on a great set and they took it up a notch getting the crowd involved. You could see the bands friendship on stage together and that they were having a good time; which feeds off into the crowd.
I noticed they have played on Warped Tour and are re-releasing an album on Epitaph so these kids have a little punk in their genes. I bet they have torn apart a crowd a time or two, they did a great job tonight.
It was fucking amazing to sing the lyrics to Flogging Molly's songs live. To be able to just yell at the top of your lungs with the other 1,500 people connects you to the music in a different way verses listening to the record at home. Flogging Molly tore the house up.
They covered multiple albums including tracks of their latest Float. You heard "If I Ever Leave this World Alive" to "Rebels of the Sacred Heart" to "The Worst Day Since Yesterday" and a lot in between. I heard all the songs I wanted to even the hits. People were drinking their beers, doing a little jig, dancing, and raising their beers to cheer the band. Heck I even danced with a stranger, Trucker Dave and Big Ed.
It was a great night and we are lucky as ever to get to see this band in a smaller venue. I will say that I enjoyed them better at the Knitting Factory then when I saw them on Warped only because the show felt more intimate. They thanked us for coming out on a Wednesday night, to be honest I would come out any night to see Flogging Molly.
We left the Knitting Factory singing our own Drunken Lullabies and we can't wait to see them again.
Andrea@checkitoutmusic.com
checkitoutmusic.com 2007-2009
