MUSE was AMAZING. Wasn't too impressed with Razorlight. The singer jumped around the stage and was kind of annoying. At some points he sounded really out of tune and I made a face like this:
I'm not good at writing concert reviews so I am C&Ping the one from Jacksonville.com. Although not a fantastic read, it sums it up nicely.
http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/s ... 1439.shtml
Definitely check out MUSE if they come to your city. Very mature, very professional, very talented, very AWESOME rock band. They stand out amongst the rest of the crap that's out there nowadays. For some reason they remind me of Radiohead...which is probably why I am biased. ;)MUSIC REVIEW: Muse inspires with rich sounds
By THOMAS LAKE, The Times-Union
Imagine the ultimate rock frontman. Would he write killer lyrics and sing them with mesmerizing urgency? Would he craft musical arrangements with the skill of a classical composer? Or would he be lead singer, lead guitarist and the keyboard player -- all on the same song?
Matt Bellamy does it all as the frontman for Muse, the rising British art-rock trio that played a packed Plush on Saturday night.
The band opened with Apocalypse Please, the first song on their fine album Absolution. Bellamy's piano sounded like thunderbolts.
Then they broke out Hysteria, a seemingly odd move since a band usually waits until late in the set to play its biggest single. But the song is a pulsating gift no matter when it's played.
A thousand voices sang the visceral refrain, supporting Bellamy's towering falsetto:
"I want it now/I want it now/Give me your heart and your soul."
Bellamy's guitar solo felt less robust than it does on the album, but the melody alone was worth the $15 admission price.
On the fifth song, the piano was icicles deep in a cave. On the sixth, it was a hummingbird in flight. On the seventh, Ruled By Secrecy, it was a clap loud enough to make the building shudder.
Bellamy didn't show off a lot on stage other than an occasional raised right hand. He looked plain in a black button-up shirt, with a mediocre hair-do and a needless goatee. He contrasted sharply with Johnny Borrell, the lead singer for opening act Razorlight, another British band.
Borrell has striking good looks, and wears his shirt tight enough to show the outline of his nipples. I was too far away to notice this!
At one point in the show, he climbed into the crowd and sang into a girl's cell phone.
But none of that hid the fact that his voice sounded nearly tuneless at times, that his band left the crowd confused and often indifferent during a 42-minute set.
Borrell might do better as a model than as a rock star. When he sang "Somewhere else/I really wish I could be," he sounded like he meant it.
