The Decemberists

Wednesday night I attended a concert. My Brightest Diamond (The same band (girl) who opened for the Sufjan Stevens concert that I went to) opened for The Decemberists. I went with Kara, Brittany, Sean, Savanna, Jesse(one of Savanna's friends), Josh (one of Sean's friends, and his wife Kathrine. It was held at the Tennessee Theatre. We had fabolus seats. We were in the balcony about the second row back in the center and it was a wonderful experience. Last time I saw My Birghtest Diamond I had never listened them before. I was amazed by her voice at the Sufjan concert. However I could see her this time. I absolutely fell in love with her music. She played different songs than the first time I had seen her. I think the reason I wasn't crazy about her at first is because I was anticipating the appearance of Sufjan Stevens. However we were seated behind a pole all the way to the right of the theatre. Needless to say they weren't the greatest seats and I hardly saw anything but the music spoke for itself. Anyways the concert was great and They did an encore, too. They played the Marner's Revenge song. The drummer had a single drum and was banging on it and pushing it around the stage with his foot. I loved it. Everyone was up and clapping and it was just one of the coolest things ever. I especially loved when they played 16 Military Wives because that was the first song I'd ever heard by them and just being there live when they played it was wonderful. I also really love it when they played Engine Driver just because I really like that song. I surprised at how many songs they played that weren't from their new CD, The Crane Wife, which is based on a Japanese folk tale about a poor man who marries a silk-weaver only to find she is actually a magical crane he once nursed back to health. So all in all it was a really great thing. I'd like to see them in concert again some day. I'd also love to see, Sufjan stevens again, and the Shins, Fiona Apple, The Arctic Monkeys, Bright eyes, Bloc Party, and a ton of other bands.