The once heralded noise trio Black Rebel Motorcycle Club took the stage to a capacity crowd at Washington DC's premier rock club on a hazy Saturday night. The 9:30 club was filled with a strange mix of post-hipsters (Jesus and the Mary Chain influences are so 2003), neo-hippies and at least three generations of one family (who may well have been made up of both post-hipsters and neo-hippies).
Anyway, as best as I can remember (and with the show starting at 11:30, we were well past peak remembering time), BRMC began their set with the opening tracks from "Baby 81", starting with the bluesy "Took Out a Loan", the more straightforward "Berlin" and the apathetic "Weapon of Choice". BRMC had a very businesslike approach to their first 10 or so songs, until relaxing a bit with some older, more "worn in" songs like "Shuffle Your Feet", "666 Conducer" and "Stop".
The encore took a nice turn, as Peter stayed on stage and played a couple of acoustic/harmonica songs from "Howl" (I think "Devil's Waitin'" and "Fault Line"). These songs were very intimate and resonated with the crowd. The rest of the band returned confidently, adding a nice touch with a trombone on "Promise" and rocking through fan favorite "Ain't No Easy Way". As the show continued well past the 20 song mark, the band began taking requests and blistering through early material like "Six Barrel Shotgun". While by no means a historic performance, BRMC left the DC crowd buzzing from nearly two hours of quality Americana rock.
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You know, some of us lesser music fans aren't familiar with a lot of the bands you discuss. Think you could give me an idea as to what kind of music the Black Rebel Motorcycle Club has to offer? Some comparisons to more popular bands? Maybe a link to a sample?
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