Wolfmother last night

I saw Wolfmother over at the Paradise last night. Aside from the $4.50 Sam Adams, I still think the Paradise is a great place to see a show. Usually the sound is great and you can stand almost anywhere and have at least a decent view of the stage.

The opening band, who's name I never learned, were awful stoner-rock, wolf-loving bullshit. (And in case you were wondering, yes there is a difference between wolf-loving and wolf-mothering.) If there were a poster advocating not writing songs when you're high, they would be on it.

However, I have a theory. Wolfmother was sitting around, probably in their Wolfcave, and they realized that if they brought out a really boring opening band on tour with them, then they would seem to rock that much more by comparison. If that's the case, then it worked. Wolfmother rocked.

Actually, let me rephrase: Wolfmother rocked!

They were dense sounding for a three piece, largely in part to the fact that the bass player spent half the show playing not bass, but the most awesome sounding keyboard on earth. For real. It was very organ-esque, with some distortion or something. Mas mucho juevos. Whatever it is, I want one.

The show was a bit on the short side, but that's understandable considering they have only one album. My only complaint, and this is really nitpicky, is that I wished that the bass and guitar sounds were...bigger. Not necessarily louder, but more "there". You could hear them fine, but at the same time they sounded a little underwhelming, whereas on the album you feel like you're being bludgeoned by their awesomeness.

So, yeah, Wolfmother.

I should get back to work.