Mon the Fratellis!

Hey everyone!
Jeff Yerger here, a.k.a. DJ Yergz, and for those who don't know me I am the Loud Rock Director here at WXVU. I just wanted to tell you about the concert experience I had last night.

Last night at the Theather of Living Arts, the Fratellis performed and they sure as heck were at the top of their game. However, I will get to them a little later because the biggest surprise of the night was the opening band, Electric Touch (not associated with Invisible Touch by Genesis). As they took the stage, I wasn't expecting too much. To me, they just looked like some Franz Ferdinand wanna-bes. Boy was I wrong. These guys rocked like no other, setting the tone for the rest of the night. What impressed me the most was not only the song writing ability, but the sheer confidence and stage presence they had on their first tour ever. It's like they were born to do this. In the middle of their set, they played the song "Lines" from their self-titled debut, but finished off the song with the Beatles classic "Come Together". It couldn't have been any more perfect; it got the crowd going and they played it with such control, they made it their own. Hopefully I'll be able to get an interview with these guys on my radio show, which they said they would be more than happy to do. Stay tuned for that one!

Anyway, back to the main event: The Fratellis! What can I say about these guys, they always put on a great show. It is full-throttle rock and roll right from the start. They played a good mixture of songs from their first album "Costello Music" as well as stuff from their new album "Here We Stand" like "Shameless", "Mistress Mabel", "Acid Jazz Singer", "A Heady Tale", and more. The opener "My Friend John"got the crowd in a frenzy, as the T.Rex-esque riff permeated the small venue. The excitement did not stop there, as they continued their sweat-drenched set with the never-ending raw energy. I've never seen anything like it; these boys can play, and the guitar and drum solos during "Got Ma Nuts From a Hippie" proved this point. I couldn't have asked for a better show, and as the night drew to a close with the show-stopping anthem "Baby Fratelli", I realized that I was truly witnessing something special: a band in it's prime playing the hell out of its songs with the never-ending energy we came to see. Amazing show by the lads from Scotland, and I can't wait til they come around again. Mon the Fratellis!!