Last Friday there was supposed to be a Surfer Blood concert on campus, but the organizers of the event didn't clear it with the admin. So, seeing as word had gotten out to the community and a bunch of randos had started calling the school, the school obviously felt uncomfortable with the event seeing as no security measures had been set in place. So the concert was ostensibly cancelled...but actually just moved off campus. It was held in a bike shop - all the bikes pushed aside to make room. I think 3 (maybe 4) bands played before SB, and they were all actually really good. There were only like maaaybe 75 people there, which was sweet. There wasn't a stage so I could only see the band when they were crowd-surfing, which was fine.

Surfer Blood was AMAZING. AMAZING. I stood near the back away from the mosh pit with some friends and we just like bopped and absorbed the sound. They sounded better live than recorded, in my opinion. I get a super strong Vampire Weekend vibe from them a lot of the time, but it was waayy less pronounced live. They had a whole different edge that was extremely appealing.

If you're not familiar with them, here's my three fav songs. "Take it Easy" was the best song of the concert, I thought, because the lead singer was crowd-surfing, singing, and playing guitar all at the same time. It was ridiculous. Awesome.

"swim" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDBIpgCfRU8
"take it easy" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSeAwowu8GE&feature=related
"twin peaks" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIiwraf8FUQ&feature=related

yahh check it out.