Killers Rock

As I mentioned I was going to do, I went to a smallish concert this saturday night to see The Killers. It was at Neumo's on Capitol Hill (10th & E. Pike). The venue was cool, it's got a bit open area in front of the stage, then a bar off to the side, and a big balcony with some lounge-ish booths. We were on the balcony, just above stage right so we had a great view. I speculate that bands hire terrible opening acts in order to make themselves look better. The opening acts were Cobra High (which falls under "good music for people who like bad music") and Alien Crime Syndicate (they weren't that terrible, but following Cobra High helped their image), whose lead singer was a Kurt Cobain wannabee.

The Killers were awesome, their lead singer is really good. Robin said he sings like Clay Aiken (in terms of how he presents himself on stage, he's very casual, sort of walking around and playing to the crowd). I hadn't really heard much of their other music, but it was all good. They ended the set with 'Somebody Told Me', their hit single, then came back for a short encore.