Flobots Concert

So I just got home from seeing the Flobots and People Under the Stairs at the Middle East in Cambridge, MA...

I purposely went late because i didnt care about the first opener (Busdriver) and didnt really know enough about PUTS to really care about them. So I showed up about halfway into PUTS and they made me wish I had been there the whole time. They were AWESOME... and i feel like its really difficult for a rap act to be good live when you dont know their material. But the energy that they had really made the show. Theyve been around forever and didnt mind at all that they were opening for a relatively new group. They were just there to kick it and have a blast. I am gonna get all their stuff now and would totally go see them again. Their new album, Fun DMC, is out Sept 30th.

Flobots were also wayyy better than I expected. I really really liked their whole cd, I'm not some stupid "Handlebars" fan. (To be honest, it's one of the worst songs on the album.) They have so much energy, and it really gives you a big advantage to be playing with a live band, which is what they are. Everyone of them (there are 6 people) contributes equally, they had awesome solos... not to mention the violinist was cute (yes, shes a girl) and played amazingly. They through in a cool remix/cover of "So Happy Together" with rap verses, and the encore song was a remix/cover of "Heartbreaker" by Pat Benatar that the violinist girl sung, and they added rap verses. It was a great time.