REVIEW: The Shins @ UW

Wow... where to begin. First off, The Brunettes, an six member group from New Zealand opened and they were amazing! By far the best opening band I've ever listened to. I already have one of their albums on order if that tells you anything.

As chance would have it, Theresa met an old friend, David Hunter, from her graduating class @ Kentwood, who was stage manager for the show! He proceded to hook us both up with backstage passes for when the Shins were on stage which gave us awesome, non-cramped seating and the band was maybe five feet away from us; very very cool. Needless to say, the Shins were awesome, staying very true to their ablum sound and putting on a high energy show that got the crowd really into it! They played a large array of tracks from both albums as well as some new tracks that may end up on their next album.

One funny note; I wonder how many people were there that only knew them from their two tracks on the "Garden State" soundtrack, "Caring is Creepy" and "New Slang". One thing is for sure, the crowd seemed more into these songs.

I'll be publishing pics of the concert once David Hunter sends them on to T and I.