Boys In Static, Les Georges Leningrad, Hawnay Troof, Stereo Total

Tonight Matt and I saw Boy In Static, Les Georges Leningrad, Hawnay Troof, and Stereo Total. The audience grew wilder as the night went on, for no apparent reason—they just wanted to make noise and dance around constantly. Thus, the audience made a good show into a great show.

Boy In Static

Imagine a whinier Smashing Pumpkins covering a Björk song, and you have Boy In Static. The guitarist/vocalist only used two chords in each song (not including power chords), and likewise the bass lines were very simplistic. Their neat bits were their finger drummer, who played a tiny drum machine very well with his fingers, and the guy in the back who kept turning knobs. I think the guy in the back was playing the soundboard.

Les Georges Leningrad

Wild, mysterious, and totally uncomprehendible. Avant garde punk played with masks over their faces and wigs. "This song is about loneliness. Aaahh! Ahahaaa! Yaaa! ..." Do see them.

Hawnay Troof

By this point I had bumped into Sid and he was talked about past times he saw Hawnay. "Expect crotch in your face and a very fun set", he under-exagerrated. This short man took the microphone, paced frantically across the stage, and yelled to us all how he loved us and life and that we need to yell and scream and stop caring so much about updated MySpace and The Facebook and LiveJournal; then he played some tracks off a CD on the stereo system while rapping over them in as loud, excited, and entertaining way possible. There is no controlling this man.

Stereo Total

Two French people playing German industrial rock on a drum or guitar and a keyboard or guitar. She played the straight-man to his wild antics, and sometimes forgot the words or just wasn't ready to continue playing. The audience was absolutely crazy by this point, knocking myself, Sid, and everyone else in the front row onto the stage, subwoofers, and middle of the dance floor, continuously. In addition, they invited Hawnay Troof on stage to sing about being hungry, and then invited a young female from the audience named Jenine (I think) on stage to sing with Françoise. A not-so-wild band with an absurdly wild audience made for the best time I've had in quite a while.

Summary

Do see and listen to the following musicians:

• Les Georges Leningrad
• Hawnay Troof
• Stereo Total

Tags: upcoming:14383, upcoming:19363, boyinstatic, lesgeorgesleningrad, hawnaytroof, stereototal.