Yeah I saw them in Leeds once, they had a touring member on keys who was the foxy one, I never looked twice at Lauren. These days I'd crawl over broken glass.
Susanne Sundfor is ****ing incredible live. Best singer I've ever heard live (Hoxton 2013). Can't beat a bit of Rage Against the Machine live too (Wembley 2001 and Finsbury 2010).
Alabama 3 - If you ever get the chance, see them live.
Historical note, they did 'Woke up this Morning', the theme from the Sopranos, which is actually about a woman killing her abusive partner. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B63_6z2v1Xk
A few reviews,
"The best live band in the country"
The Guardian,
"This is the first band I could ever dance to in the daytime hours without chemical assistance...and that says a lot"
Irvine Welsh - Author of Trainspotting and Filth
“A monumental waste of time”
NME
I could not agree more. Despite the brilliance of the whole band and esp. MJK, they don't belong on a big stage. I can imagine this is be heated up in a club with <1000 people or in a theater or something. Live acustics amp'd up to mass audience isn't really what the songs can take.
Also unbelievably bad At The Drive-In, though being brilliant in studio, just disappointing live, sounds like a high-school punk band with a small garage amp.
Certainly a few bands below right up there, Rammstein definately, just always something new - mezmerizing shows and just goose bumps with every song, also sounding just great live.
Rolling Stones - Esp. Mick Jagger with movement, action and enthusiasm, not reached by many 20 year olds in their prime.
Only Band equal in ecstasy has probably been Queen w/ Mercury showboating at 100%.
