Ambulance Ltd
Went with PL to see Ambulance Ltd at Great American Music Hall on Thursday night.
We were supposed to have a softball game that night. It got cancelled. was at dinner with PL on Wednesday (Kabuto) and he suggested going to see this band.
It was cool because I had just bought their CD at Virgin the week before.
Great show. 4 beers, fries. tons of cute kids, but they were all 12 years old. Or looked like it. And lots of girls with long noses, for some reason.
Ambulance was on first. Great set--but straight from the album--which I didn't know so well yet, so that was okay. I got the sense that they were really modest, and into the music. I liked that. The lead singer was cool. They all definitely had indie rock hair, though. The last song of the set is the first one of their album--"Yoga Means Union"--all instrumental. And it kicked ass.
Elefant was the other headliner. Great band--lots of sound, and only 2 guitars and drums. The sound is Brit-pop, and the lyrics--unexpectedly romantic. The vocalist is sincere and his Argentinian roots show through--unfortunately, they came of as slightly histrionic. Or maybe they'd just be romantic and gushing if I weren't so ironic and angsty.