Went to Cat Empire with Pete G last night. Fantastic.
Every time i see bands live I always tell myself I should see more live music. And i very nearly didn't fork out to see Cat Empire, thankfully Aly at work made the exec decision to go. Very glad. Having not seen the Cat Empire before I was a little unsure what to expect, but having heard good things there was a good chance I'd hype it up and it'd disappoint. It didn't. And I'd say (having listened to them most of monday and tuesday and then a debrief sesh today at work while doing tenders) that there cd's don't do them justice. The way they were able to play to the crowd was great. A 4 minute guitar solo by a guest musician after an indian scitar, Harry beat boxing etc was great.

So what got play time? A few I didnt know, then greats from Two Shoes and their self-titled albumn like How to explain, Sly, Two Shoes, Someday, and finishing off with Chariot, then after about 3 minutes of cheering, topped it off with the wine song and Hello Hello with a 5 minute drum solo.

The first time being to the Tivoli, I'm a fan. We went upstairs to watch the supporting band (Tortured Soul), who were really good (I had my doubts at first, but they really got everyone going and had great crowd presence. Quite funky. Anyway, so upstairs was a good place to hangout pre-main show, then down into the crowds... We were about 4-5m from the stage which was cool. Anyway, all in all a tops night. And for those of you who wanted to see what was missed (and encourage you to go next time)

Cat Empire

Labels: Brett Gibson, Fun, Music