Mae

Last night, me and Kris went to see Elliott at the Church (technically, the First Unitarian Church) in Philadelphia.  It was an r5 show.

Elliott was good.  I like them.  A lot.  But I am really excited about the other band they’re touring with, called Mae.  (You can listen to a few of their songs on their mp3.com page.  And you should.)  I can’t really think of any band that they sound like.  They have some of the softness and prettiness of Plankeye, but they don’t sound anything like them.  They have some of the fuzzy guitars and moog sounds of The Rentals, but they really don’t sound much like them, either.  Their sound is mostly-upbeat rock music, very catchy, and fun.

One of the other opening acts, which I think is a much smaller, local band, was called Riding Bikes.  The name leaves something to be desired, in my opinion, but I really liked their music.  Very Saves the Day -ish, and I love Saves the Day, so there you go.  These guys didn’t have any merch at the show, so that’s why I figure they must be smaller/newer or just local or something.

You know what’s cool about wearing a white T-shirt to an indie show?  You’re guaranteed to be the only one there wearing one.  Everyone wears black or dark or yellow or something.  Actually, this was a pretty diverse all-ages crowd, and I saw probably 5 other people in white.  But that’s still incredibly few in a crowd of 3 or 4 hundred, and it’s always that way.

In closing, I’d like to say that this weather is so depressing.  I heard on the news last night that since May first, there have been 24 days of rain and 2 days of sun.  And also, despite the really bad drought we had last summer/fall, most counties in my area are 7 or 8 inches ABOVE normal rainfall level for the past 12 months, INCLUDING that drought period in the stats.  Which means that in the past 2 months there has been about 7 or 8 inches of rainfall.  Which is crazy.