So. Last night, I went out with Todd. It was his birthday. We went to ladytron :) We saw them the last time they came through for the witching hour cd. This time, they played a lot of the new LP. Which I must say, I find kind of repetitive and simple. Not that I don’t like the new stuff, but it seemed a little bit more low key or something. I have yet to buy the new LP, but when I do, I will review it first thing. Probably sometime this week. Anyway, The live show was good, but not quite as good as the last time I saw them. They had some cool lights, and it sounded great. Helen(the main vocalist) was really strong and sang very well and in key. Mira(the 2nd vocalist) was not as great, out of key, and needed more compression on her vocals. Mira’s performance wasn’t horrid, it just wasn’t up to what Helen laid out the whole night(Helen was spot on and perfect the whole night). I loved when they played softpower, for me, it was the best song of the night. Playgirl was great, as was international dateline. 17 was cool and the crowd went crazy. I was a tad sad that they did not play beauty, evil, or sugar. :( Oh well. I still really enjoyed the show. The new lp is ok from what I heard live, so I will buy it as soon as I get a chance. I work 40hrs a week now, so i barely have any time to shop and write music now. I like my job so it’s ok. I highly recommend checking out ladytron live. They use a lot of analogs live, and the sound is fat and rips your head off. The strings shimmer in analog glory as well. You can trainspot a lot of kick ass analog gear on their stage. Good fun. Thumbs up on ladytron!

You Got to be there to believe it. The video above kind of shows you, but not really. The video work is awesome. They have the best drum sound on the planet, I’m not kidding. They are the kings of beats. This show knocked me on my ass. I saw them in 2005, it was similar, the big video screens, and that show was in my top 10 all time. This one is as well. I spent 60 bucks at this show(bought a tshirt 20, ticket was 20, and I bought the new cd for 15, then tipped mark pistol’s kick ass GF who was working the merch booth 5 bucks, be sure you tip her too) , I don’t go to shows that often, but this year is going to break me. I will see the cure, ladytron, tegan and sara, and a few others.. This one I have a feeling will be the best out of all the shows I see this year. Please, I am not kidding, this is one the best things you will ever see in your life. Even if you are not a fan of Meat Beat Manifesto, please go and see how the pros use video sequencing and sampling in realtime. They played a long set, and did encores here in denver. It was great, The turn out was ok, but it snowed, so I think that is why it was not as great as it should of been. Now, I am label mates with Good old Jack Dangers, Maybe I can hit him up for a remix, heh, yeah right. I would die if he did. Oh well, one can dream right? And BTW, I do like the new Meat Beat cd “Autoimmune”, I will post a review of it tomorrow.

Remaining Tour Dates:
Sat-Apr-19 Chicago, IL The Abbey
Mon-Apr-21 Cleveland, OH Grog Shop
Tue-Apr-22 Buffalo, NY Showplace Theatre
Wed-Apr-23 Toronto, ON Lee’s Palace
Thu-Apr-24 Boston, MA Middle East
Sat-Apr-26 New York, NY Highline Ballroom
Sun-Apr-27 Washington, DC Rock and Roll Hotel
Mon-Apr-28 Carrboro, NC Cat’s Cradle
Tue-Apr-29 Atlanta, GA Smith’s Old Bar
Wed-Apr-30 Orlando, FL The Social
Fri-May-02 Houston, TX Warehouse Live
Sat-May-03 Austin, TX Club Deville
Sun-May-04 Dallas, TX Granada Theatre.

Don’t be a fool, These guys are one of the best live acts out there. The production is amazing. The sound Is amazing, The Drums and synths WOW. Huge. Don’t miss this.. And buy his merch! This is what most all of the other electronic bands wish they could pull off live and fail miserably at. This is the real deal. These guys are the masters. BTW, Mark Pistol is from consolidated, The drummer rocks, and i think the tino dude, aka DHS(dimensional holophonic sound) guy is on stage with mbm too. They break out into a dhs set towards the end, IT KICKS ASS! I’m not kidding. Peace out.