
Tonight I'm going to see Keane at Bank of America Pavilion. I was lucky enough to catch this band on SNL a few years back (at least SNL is still good for something considering their skits continue to be way hit or miss extravaganzas, and can someone please pull Seth Meyers out of the News-god awful-never found him funny, never will). If you don't know Keane they're a Brit band whose first album here Hopes & Fears rose up the charts on the strength of great melodies, piano as the featured instrument on its tunes, and the wondrous pure vocals of Tom Chaplin. Three recordings later, the band is experimenting a bit more with their sound, and while to me the results have been mixed, they put on a great show, (I've never seen someone work the piano as hard as Tim Rice-Oxley, primary composer for the band). How can you not like a band who sites Depeche Mode, a-ha, The Beatles, U2, R.E.M., Radiohead, Simple Minds, Queen, and the Pet Shop Boys as major influences. Incidentally, Tom Chaplin has always reminded me of a Hobbit, which has stuck with me as his nickname. I honestly have no idea why I call him that since he's actually a tall Brit, but I've been told, indeed from the side, and with his older, longer hair cut he does indeed bear a passing resemblance to Billy Boyd (Pippin). Right now he's sporting a rather too short, unattractive hair cut. Only Matt Bellamy of Muse beats him for bad hair right now (Bells- stop getting hair cut with a Flowbie will ya!) As far as I know there are some tkts left for tonight's show ($10 I think), so give yourself a treat and check them out.
PS, I can't resist, Happy B-Day to Tom Brady. Kraft, sign him already will ya!!!!
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