And now that I’ve gotten enough of the Dresden Dolls website for a few day, I’m going to tell you about the Say Hi concert I went to on Tuesday. Ned is a big fan of Say Hi, from back when they were Say Hi To Your Mom (that means he’s better than you). I’d never hear them before and expected another quirky pop band worshiping at the altar of Weezer. That isn’t necessarily a bad thing at all, but there are a lot of bands like that, and I already like a few of them, I just can’t sit down and decide Okay, Ultimate Fakebook is catchier than Motion City Soundtrack, but MCS has better lyrics, I’ll keep them. Ozma’s early stuff is excellent, but I can’t get into their new stuff, I’ll trade ‘em for Hot Hot Heat . But it’s a show at Kilby, and I’m not one to say no to that. I did have a good time, but I couldn’t really hear the vocals for Say Hi, and a lot of their charm relies on the lyrics and I missed out on that. They did a number of cool things, though, including Eric playing “Yeah, I’m in Love with an Android” by himself, about third song in because somebody wanted to hear it and had to leave. The also did away with the silly rock tradition of leaving the stage before coming back to play two more songs. As a reward for their honesty, we gave ‘em a “One more song!” chant anyway, while there were standing right there. And if you were curious, we asked Eric before the show why he changed it from Say Hi to Your Mom to simply Say Hi. “Because I got lazy.”
I do recommend giving Say Hi a listen. They have a good number of songs about vampires.

A quick mention of the opening acts:
The A-Sides, from Philadelphia, play pretty good shoegaze. The real benefit of seeing these guys is their drummer. He plays with a very personal style and a very fervent passion.

What really stood out about The Velvet Teen, from Santa Rosa, Cali, was the basswork. Being a three piece, the guitar is mostly atmospheric, though louder than one would associate with that word. The bass plays most of the least and has a sound similar to Muse (fuzzy and dominant). Their drummer throws down mad thunder, too, but differently from the A-Sides.

Say Hi // MySpace // Buy CD

 Say Hi (To Your Mom) - These Fangs: Play in Popup | Download (704)