The Sounds- a concert

Last night Sasha and I journeyed into San Francisco for a concert. It was The Sounds. I discovered The Sounds a few years ago and I have all their albums and I've been DYING to see them live for so long. But it never works out, either I don't find out about a show until it's over or they aren't coming anywhere near me for awhile. Not this time. I finally got to and I was so excited and it was so amazing.

Yes, I know my pictures aren't great...I was too busy dancing to care about taking a great picture

You know how sometimes when you go see a band or a singer live and they don't sound the same or they sounds really bad? Not The Sounds. They sounded great live and they put on one hell of a show. The lead singer, Maja Iversson, is one of those singers that swaggers around the stage with all this attitude and I love it. She's really fun to watch. And I think I have a crush on the guitar player, Felix Rodriguez.



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Isn't he dreamy in that hipster-euro boy way? How I love a cute hipster-euro boy! Plus he's and awesome guitar player. Yes, I am aware I have strange taste in men. I love 'em tall, skinny, dark haired and if they're European, well that's just fantastic. (The Sounds are a Swedish band, btw)
There were only a few drawbacks: the venue (Rickshaw Stop) was definitely too small. Don't get me wrong, it's a really cool venue, but I don't think that whoever planned the tour realized how many fans The Sounds have in San Francisco because the place was packed beyond capacity. Also, before the show started, Sasha and I were near the stage and when the band took the stage, everyone just started crushing in and spilling drinks all over us, which was just annoying. I just wanted to dance and being near the stage obviously wasn't working. I understand that people want to get close, but being violent is not cool. Maja even kept making sure the people in front calmed down so no one would get hurt. So Sasha and I moved a little farther back, and we were able to dance our little hearts out. The last thing was that there was a smoke/fog machine going above the stage and at times, I couldn't even see the band, which wasn't so great, because I came to see the band. And I couldn't.

But like I said I got to dance and get all hot and sweaty to my favorite song:

All in all, it was sooo much fun and I am so happy I finally got to see The Sounds live, it was totally worth it and I will definitely be seeing them again.

P.S. after we left SF, Sasha and I were starving, so guess where we went? The only place in Marin open past 1am, Denny's. We ate some fries and buffalo wings and they were delicious. The perfect end to a great night!