Hangin' Out In 100b

This was a darn fine concert week for 100b. All the bands we saw this past week were amazing in their own way. We went to the Two Gallants show in the Paradiso’s Small Hall last weekend who were supported by the Cold War Kids – it’s very rare that we get so excited about a support band. And with good reason, because they knocked our socks off! “Saint John” was the highlight for me because I was wondering how they were going to perform the organized chaos that comes together so beautifully into the most funky soul song ever. Even though I saw it, I still wonder how they came up with it in the first place. They’re coming back in February with Elvis Perkins and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah and you knows we do not want to miss that partay, baby.

Two Gallants were very serious about their craft and made me hope I’ll find something that I’m as passionate about as they are about making music. They obviously love to perform and get the crowd itching for the next song like they’ve been living in a musical desert. They managed to give the audience a glimpse of an America at a time when the West was wild and the outlaws were heroes. Billy the Kid woulda been proud. Together the two bands gave us the perfect concert experience and we were surprised to see Alec CYHSY Ounsworth in the crowd. For just a split second I actually thought, but we’re in Amsterdam, aren’t we? Afterwards we found that it’s impossible to compare the two bands. They’re both so different but equally, stupendously good.

   Cold War Kids – Saint John

Two days ago we also went to see Tapes n Tapes. They seem like four regular guys who just happened to have figured out the formula to amazingly beautiful songs. And thank Moses they did. It was their bass player’s birthday and the last gig of their European tour so it turned into a fun celebration. They seemed genuinely happy and surprised that the Small Hall was packed with some almost scary, intense fans. They didn’t have a support band and they came on really fast, so everything went by in a flash, which is not a comment on their skills. On the contrary, afterwards we were left wanting much, much more. They have only had one album out, so I was just being a greedy little fangirl. Oh yeah, it was a goooood week for 100b.

My favorite song was also my highlight of the night:

Tapes n Tapes – Insistor

I want to add a little shoutout to aDawgg for his first excellent post. Bow-wow, aDawgg, bow-wow.