To be honest, I wasn't quite sure how Gomez would perform live as I have never seen nor heard of anyone talking about their live performances. I also had not been to the San Diego House of Blues and have had varying experiences depending upon what city I was in.
Blind Pilot was one of the best opening acts I've yet to see at the hundreds of concerts I have been to in my life. A very unique band with a xylaphone, stand up bass and trumpeteer. The singers voices was pure and passionate, while the female backup singer strummed along on the banjo. The lyrics and music were great. I tried to explain them to someone the other day and I believe I labeled them as Portland Folk Rock with a twist of Bluegrass. Go see this band if you have a chance. They are great.
Gomez, by contrast, rocked the house with poppy, catchy guitar laden songs from both new and old albums. A very talented band with three people who can sing very well - and do it live. I always judge a band by whether or not they are worse, the same or better than their produced music. Gomez was far better live than produced (although I'm a big fan of all their albums). A few creative song explorations using technology (who would think that an iTouch can make music) really kept the night interesting. These guys rocked and put on a great show.
House of Blues San Diego @
- San Diego @
,CA @
- Sun, Aug 2, 2009 @
Favorite moment: Walking in and hearing Blind Pilot and Gomez using an iTouch for an instrument. @
Opening act(s): Blind Pilot @
