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BRMC in Austin

We don't get out much, but we made a point of catching the Black Rebel Motorcycle Club at La Zona Rosa last night. Marsha wasn't quite sure why I'd picked this particular band to draw us out of our lair, but as we staggered away from the band's phenomenal marathon three-hour-plus set, a third of which was encore, I asked her if she got the point. "You didn't know they were going to be that great," she said... and I had to admit it. Who could've known? The BMRC simply took over the house and blew the roof off, and they were treated to the typical Austin-audience enthusiasm... I figured they weren't accustomed to the raving fan attitude the found at La Zona, where everybody knew their songs, even their more obscure first couple of albums. After they played a couple of songs for the encore, they realized they couldn't stop, so Robert Been would lean. exhausted, bemused, on the speaker after each song and ask the frenzied audience what's next... Heard live, the music was explosive and tight, busy with creative licks and chops and hooks; at one point Marsha said it reminded her of sixties psychedelica, but to the band's sound was mature, i.e. their own despite the obvious influence of bands like Jesus and Mary Chain. (Photo above is a promo from the BRMC web site, and not from last night's show... however I notice the band's web site has a space for fans to upload photos from each show. Here's Austin's.)

jon posted this at 9:58 AM
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