So Keane and I went to she Crystal Castles at Circa Friday night. Not my favourite group on this scene right now, they're best know, at least to me, for their wicked remix of 'Atlantis To Interzone'. But I mean, it's Klaxons, everyone remixes Klaxons, and it's always good, but their 'Crimewave' single is crazy catchy too.
Anyways, on to the show. I think this kind of music is always better live, it's so much fun to dance around and such. Plus, I love the fact that they bring in a drummer, it's way more real feeling. The singing was not amazing, but the singer was ridiculously high-energy. They didn't play too long, but I guess they don't have that much material. They aren't Justice or anything, it's not the kind of thing where I'd go thinking "hmm, I just feel like sitting and enjoying some music tonight", but I'd definitely see them again if I was in a high-energy fun mood.
That's the other thing, I've never been to Circa before, and I have to say, I have mixed feelings about it for a venue. Likesay, it seems like the kind of place you go if you have so much energy that you can't look at the same thing for more than 30 seconds at a time. But on the other hand, it definitely pumps you up for the show, and they actually play good music (even when the band's not on), like they actually put thought into it, not just top 40 whatever. At the same time, if I was paying to see someone who's music I really wanted to hear, I'd be pissed for several reasons: The dance floor's too small (for the number of people there), the people are annoying (grabbing at me, not paying attention to the music, pushing), the drinks are expensive!
Long and short: fun band, fun place, fun night, just not necessarily my thing. At least, not every night.
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