Humanwine, The Cautions, Count Zero, Fluttr Effect

I had heard of Fluttr Effect from Silencio's Web site, so I figured they were worth seeing on June 25th with Matt. Not only were they worth seeing, but Humanwine was awesome and Count Zero didn't suck!

Photos

There were many people there with expensive digital SLRs, running around like chickens with their heads cut off, taking all sorts of photos from all angles. I can't find any of these online. Really, what's the point of taking photos of a band if you're not going to post them in an obvious place on the Web?

Humanwine

Live, they remind me of Tool; in studio, they remind me of Lacuna Coil. If you like either of those bands you should definitely not only see them live but also buy their album there.

The Cautions

I don't like Weezer and, thus, didn't like this band. Them playing a Devo riff or a Cars cover didn't make up for the fact that all the rest of their songs sounded like Weezer.

However, this was their CD release party. The vocalist, towards the end of the set, held up a copy of the CD. "The first person to the front gets this for free," he said. The whole front row just looked at each other (including Matt and myself). Ouch. In the future if you're throwing a CD release party, make sure to open for bands with a similar audience.

Count Zero

The bassist for this band turned out to be the bassist for the now-defunt Dr. Frog; this explains why so many people at the Dr. Frog show were also here tonight. They were a fun jam rock band who I totally recommend seeing open for a good band.

Fluttr Effect

The place was really starting to fill up, unusual for Upstairs, and it was now that I discovered why: Cos. He was in the front row (to my left), chatting with the band, which meant that he had advertised it on his music 'blog. That also explained all the people dressed as if they were taking a quick break from Manray.

The music was excellent: the cellist was fun and skilled, the guitar worked well with the cello, and the MIDI marimba was both visually neat and musically beautiful. The drums were boring and weak in places, and as pretty as the vocals were the vocalist herself had a grating, attention-loving personality that got to me.
The audience demanded an encore and, though they weren't prepared for one, they did a quick one anyway. That was nice.

Tags: livemusic, countzero, thecautions, humanwine, fluttreffect, upcoming:22239