Chromeo at The Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver (concert review)
That I love Chromeois a commonly known fact by anyone who either reads my blog or follows me on Twitter. I’ve blogged about their songs, Blip.fm’d them on my Twitter account, downloaded both of their albums on iTunes and practically told everyone who listens to me how awesome Chromeo is. Now, let me add “I’ve attended a live concert of Chromeo” to the list of items on my bucket list that I have crossed.
This past Tuesday August 2nd, I attended Chromeo’s performance at The Commodore Ballroom. As you may know, Jessica (who also writes the blog Vancouver Music Review) is doing an internship with me and she mentioned she would be coming to the show too, so I decided to make this a “Hummingbird604.com Operation Universe Domination Team” affair. Since we all had media accreditation, we agreed to meet there. Good times. It was also great to meet Char, the other half of the VMR project. And Jessica thankfully took a few photos for me to use on this post.
It was great to hang out with Anabelle, Jessica and Char on many levels. One of them that was pretty much a new experience to me was attending a live concert where the doors open at 8pm, but the main act doesn’t come on stage until 10:45pm. When you go to sleep at 9:30pm so you can wake up at 4:45am the next morning, you rarely are out on a school night after 10pm. I was a bit shocked. Clearly, I need more live concerts under my belt. I also now realize why you need a photographer’s pass and how valuable it would be to have backstage access. Good tips for the future.
On to the show. How can I write about Chromeo without sounding gushy? I think the one thing that completely and absolutely struck me was how close to the original recording they sound live on stage. The concert lasted about an hour, and it rocked each and every song they performed. The Commodore was pretty packed (which is amazing for a Tuesday night concert), with an audience that clearly knew how awesome these folks are. “Don’t Turn The Lights On”, “Call Me Up”, and some of their recent material including “Hot Mess” and “When The Night Falls” were all performed to a pretty packed house. It was an experience in and of itself.
I think Chromeo are some of the most underrated performers of this decade, and I hope they get a lot more exposure for creating amazing music.
Disclosure: I received media accreditation to attend the show. I am neither obligated nor required to post a review. However, I really enjoyed it and wanted to share my experience with my readers. All photos on this post were taken by Jessica Brodeur for Hummingbird604.com. As always, I retain full editorial control over what’s published on my site.
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