Bitter:Sweet @ The El Rey 07-18-08 (Full Review)

i hadn't had any expectations of this show since my Bitter:Sweet listening days were in college and really who remembers much from those days...when you have fourteen hour shooting schedules and two internships and business law exam every other week you don't remember much of anything (contrary to popular belief no substances were involved)..in any event i remember one band: Bitter:sweet...i won't lie my introduction to Bitter:sweet was through myspace...I had enjoyed it but never was able to see them live...cut to: two years later and Bitter:sweet is performing across the street from my place and employment and some coworkers had planned on going cut to: i'm the second person in line to purchase tickets at the box office!

in light of their new album (Drama) the show was promising to be a good one...they began their concert tour in Los Angeles, appropriate for this "LA band" and from the first hand experience they started on a high note...



if you take james bond, marilyn monroe, chet baker, humphrey bogart, and mix it with guitar, bass, two turntables and a mixer, violin, drums, bongos, electric keyboards, and the sweet sounding voice of Shana Halligan...i'm sooo glad that the bassist Kiran Shahani is a on a wireless bass..he gets to shake what his mama gave him...



i wish i could write more but i've been busy at work to think of anything else great to say about Bitter:sweet. enjoY!