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Night at the Roxy

Friday Jan 13, 2006

Last night I found myself out with the DHS - Los Angeles Branch to see fellow '98 alumnus Pres Maxson and his three-piece piano rock band The BoDukes.

I showed up a little early and found that the crowd there was quite young, and not 21 young, but high school young. I wasn't left wondering why that was the case for long. A young and impressive act The Messies soon took the stage. Though their faces said these guys are seventeen, tops, their music and performance said, the guys are pro's!

Only four times in my life have I gone to a show and been so floored by an act I'd never heard before. First there was Jump, Little Children who opened for Ben Folds Five and with whom which I instantly fell in love with. Then there was Eoin Harrington who played the Red Devil Lounge before me and his performance absolutely shook me and unfortunately I was so wowed I kind of messed up my show.

The final time was before Guster in San Francisco a little band called Maroon 5 and impressed all of us thoroughly although we thought the lead singer sounded a bit too much like Justin Timberlake and thought a little too much of himself.

Well The Messies were equally impressive and I urge you to catch a show of theirs or think about picking up some of their music, although I bet seeing this band is a better experience than listening to the recordings.

On to The BoDukes. Pres and the crew really got this group together in the past few months. They had fun material last time I heard them but this time they were fresh out of the studio and had written new parts and frankly sounded awesome. Check out their work on their myspace site (linked above) and look forward to their new release this spring.

What can I say, I'm a sucker for tunage. Out to San Francisco, see you next week and GO BEARS.