Ghostland Observatory @ Warehouse Live

Nov 9, 2011 by Eggs

If there had to be one band that could have been with BOT from it’s very beginning, I wouldn’t have another one than the band we featured in our very first review. The band I’m speaking of is Austin’s Ghostland Observatory. We covered them before the days of photo passes and fancy cameras, when the idea of what BOT was to become was little more than a glint in our eyes. They always manage to entice the biggest dance parties at their live performances, and with the help of lazers, lights and sick dance moves from singer Aaron Behrens, they are also a complete visual stimulation just as they are auditory. The other night, before shipping off to New Orleans for Voodoo, we made our way to Warehouse Live for another showing from the funk/punk/crunk duo.

Read about the show, and check out a bunch more pictures after the jump

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The Tontons & Ancient Cat Society @ Warehouse Live

Aug 15, 2011 by Eggs

This past Thursday, Houston indie-pop quartet The Tontons kicked off their east coast and mid-west tour with a rousing show in the Studio of Warehouse Live. Playing a mix of songs that will be featured on the soon-to-be-released EP Golden, as well as a handful of their older cuts, The Tontons had no problem entertaining the nice sized crowd that made it out for the event which included friends and fans and the one-and-only Bun-B. The show was one of the better I’ve seen from the group, and assuredly put a little pep in the step of the youngsters before they hit the road for the next few weeks.

Also performing that night were openers Sun Hotel and Ancient Cat Society. I didn’t really catch much of Sun Hotel as I favored socializing with friends old and new, but the brief moments I did happen to see sounded pretty decent. I did, however, get a chance to see ACS. Made up of the singing half of local heroes Buxton, the trio expanded to a quartet with the help of Houston’s go-to auxiliary musician Geoffrey Muller who sat in on stand-up bass and helped to fill out ACS’s folky sound. While I’ll always be partial to Buxton because they rule, ACS is the perfect outlet for singers Sergio Trevino, Haley Barnes and Austin Sepulvado to perform their quieter, more melodic material that wouldn’t work as well in a full band format. Although it was shorter than recent shows of theirs I’ve been to, it was a nice little treat, and the perfect way to start a great night of music and camaraderie.

I took a bunch of pictures of the show, check them out after the jump.

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Scissor Sisters @ Warehouse Live

Apr 12, 2011 by Eggs

I had the opportunity to take in a Scissor Sisters performance last week, and I feel like a much more enriched person after. It was intense – in the best way possible. The Ballroom was pretty full at Warehouse Live when Scissor Sisters took the stage, and everyone was pretty amped after the unexpectedly delectable opening set of BATHS just moments earlier. With an unadulterated energy flowing throughout the room, the Scissor Sisters turned the exuberant mass into a sweaty mess by midnight. Making Monday at WHL seem like a Saturday at South Beach, the hits kept flowing, and songs like “Take Your Mama,” “Mary,” “I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’” and a peculiar take on Pink Floyd’s “Comfortably Numb” made people forget their inhibitions and go all out without the thought of hitting the job-front early in the morn. Confetti, thongs, Marc Brubaker look-a-likes making out with bears, Vin Diesel, leather, fishnets, chaps, booze: the greater things in life. What a show.

Check out my shots from the night after the jump.

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Todd Snider @ Warehouse Live (Studio)

Mar 30, 2011 by Bacon

 

Todd Snider is one of those guys whose lucky break always seems to be right around the corner – his undeniable talent and engrossing personality leave the universe no other option but to catapult him towards all his wildest dreams, right?  Well, brothers and sisters, I think they have.  It’s rare to see a performer as happy onstage as Mr. Snider was last Thursday – breaking into a grin every time a bandmate nailed a solo or the crowd nailed a singalong.  Who needs success on Nashville’s terms?  As he says in “Just Like Old Times” – “We’re living out a different kind of American dream.”  Most of us packed into the Warehouse Live Studio last Thursday feel the same way.  Some of us were already converts, and those that weren’t assuredly left as washed-in-the-blood Snider evangelists.  I arrived towards the end of Great American Taxi’s set, which closed with Robert Earl Keen’s “I’m Coming Home” and their own “Good Night to Boogie.”  Read on for my take on Todd and the Taxi’s performance, the setlist, and Eggs’ photos.

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