Jul 192009
Brian, the main man for Japandroids, had a fan blowing his asymmetric, curly locks around for a very Coverdale-esque effect. But maybe he was just hot. They burned through most of their Post Nothing album, and in general, took themselves a lot more seriously than I expected. They really do just wanna have fun and sing about sunshine girls. They were on fire, and really very for real.
Vivian Girls are significantly more lively in person than on record. It helps that they have pretty smiles and are much less standofish than many of their fans. These ladies just seem happy to be here. Don’t let their glistening whites fool you, though, they’re playing some banging rock tunes in Chicago as we speak.