The Shins @ The Commodore Ballroom

Went and saw the Shins on Monday at the Commodore. Viva Voce a husband/wife duo opened the show. They had a very classic rock feel. The husband on drums loved to do these little “hey!”’s throughout their songs. They had some pretty solid jam session in their songs, where the wife would wail on her guitar pretty good. I actually quite enjoyed their set. It was fun, and they were entertaining.

The Shins were up next. They started off by playing a bunch of songs from their new album, before kicking back into a few songs from their other albums. Before the show Lester said to me that the only complaint out of Seattle from the previous nights show was that the Shins were kind of … boring. I can kind of see it seeing that the Shins don’t do a whole lot on the stage, however I think the whole fact you are there is to hear their music live. So in my opinion they are very enjoyable. Their songs sound excellent live, and when they play some of their older ones, you get more than half the crowd singing along.

Anyway I had fun, another good show in the books. Not sure what is up next, March looks pretty dry. Maybe will checkout Do Make Say Think, and/or Red Sparrowes.