Nuts For Music

Friday night I headed out to see Rogue Wave at The Paradise in Boston, MA with my buddy Kyle. We go there just before they went on stage to an already packed house. The show was sold out by the time we got there, which I sort of had expected. Things started off slow and they really didn’t seem to have their act together. Turns out, it was the first show of this tour, so we’ll cut them a little slack there. I’d say the band members themselves weren’t what I expected. Their lead guitarist looked to be on something the entire show, though maybe he’s just really into the tunes. Either way its more an observation than anything else. Whatever works!

I’d have to say the best songs of the night were Phonytown and Harmonium. They totally rocked the house with those two songs and I wish they had done more rocking tunes. For a lot of the show, I could hear way more background noise (people talking mostly) than I could hear the band. They also played Lake Michigan, which most people in the house know probably more from commercials for the Microsoft Zune than anything else. One of my comments to Kyle was, I wonder how many people here know of the band itself or heard it for the first time on T.V. during a commercial and decided to Google the band.

All in all I’d say it was an average show. I’m thinking I might head out to see them again this spring when they come back through town. I’m hoping that they’ll be a little more in the groove after having a bunch of dates under their belts.