Return to Mezzanine and its small room. I learned this was the last date on this US tour, coolness. Easily the best concert of the year (even with a very lazy crowd and somewhat lame merch). Special thanks to Rene for post gig crash pad




Monsters Are Waiting
Small LA band who I'm not sure are signed yet. They featured a pretty cool weird chick singer who was rocking a tiny keyboard. They played sum ok stuff even if the sound was iffy. The bassist and guitarist changed spots and instruments towards the end (weird cool). Their first album "Fascination" is due ine June





Stellastar*
Not a bad opening band with two albums under their belt, their last one was one of the better albums last year. The lead guitarist Michael Junn was kinda awesome and I dug how he swayed back and forth. However the sound got a lot worse here compared to the first band, the bassist Amanda Tannen's backup vocals in particular sounded so awful (she looked kinda hot). The singer Shawn Christensen didn't look like how I pictured him, and I saw them on tv before, weird. I had a couple of wtf moments when I wasn't sure where the music was coming from (piano?!). The light guy kinda got carried away during this set, he blinded me far too many times. Love to see them again

Set list (credits, identical set list picture from 4/18 show)
Island Lost at Sea
No Weather
A Million Reasons
Sweet Troubled Sould
The Diver
In The Walls
Love and Longing
Somewhere Across Forever
On My Own
Lost In Time
My Coco
Jenny






Editors
Basically one of my favorite bands of 2005 and into 2006. Back Room has been on heavy rotation for a while, some excellent stuff. Some of the awesome guitars by Chris Urbanowicz sounded different from the studio version but not for long. The vocals by Tom Smith came out so clear I was surprised given how bad sound has worsened during the night, it pays to be headliner. I loved his energy. Ed Lay (drums) was pretty damn strong too. One random moment was when Chris hit Tom by mistake on his guitar in between vocals. It went on as if nothing happened. Russel Leetch (Bass) was pretty low key, he took a break during the number with Tom on piano to smoke and drink

Returning from the encore, Tom Smith said he'd give 5£ if anyone knew this rare song they were gonna perform for the first time live. It was only my favorite Editors song ever, "Release", an obscure b-side that I totally fell in love with last December. I'm waiting for my quids man. They also played a couple of songs I never heard, "Bones" was a standout. Otherwise all my favorites kicked major ass. Chris threw his pick towards my area but it fell to the floor, someone must hav picked it up. Editors rule

Set List (picture)
Lights
Blood
All Sparks
The Fall
Find Yourself never heard
Bullets
Camera
You Are Fading
Munich
Open Your Arms
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Release
Bones never heard
Fingers in the Factory













I shot some footage of of "Release" and the asses at youtube removed it. The Flickr pictures