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Last Updated: Nov 15th, 2008 - 06:28:37 |
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Frontman Keith Slettedahl and The 88 played a rousing set Nov. 9 at the Larimer Lounge. The band, which is based out of Los Angeles, was out promoting their brand new album Not Only...But Also, available on iTunes and in stores nationwide. (Photo by Drew Jaynes / ajaynes1@mscd.edu)
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Giraffes' mayhem hard act to miss
Amid a flood of beer, chaos and generally bad behavior, Brooklyn headbangers The Giraffes seemed all too comfortable Nov. 8 in front of the sold-out Larimer Lounge crowd. A spoof in and of themselves, the cocksure Giraffes are a tall, grungy bunch, and frontman Aaron Lazar is the epitome of rockstar persona. Egging the crowd with obscenities and sarcasm, Lazar evokes tidal waves of launched drinks and, occasionally, food. Lazar and his trio of backup hellions (i.e. the band) eat it up, literally and figuratively, all the while delivering a molatov cocktail of explosive sound and unbridled, soaking-wet fun.
Prime Motivator
The Giraffes' new album Prime Motivator exudes a certain satirical air of brash grandeur. With hedonistic, hell-bent guitar, droning, hearty bass lines and erratic tempo changes, PM, offers up a heart attack of gloom and heavy-metal glitz, and is sure to put The Giraffes head-and-shoulders above the rest of the stale, standard hard-rock scene. In the sure-to-be-a-hit-single title track, eccentric frontman Aaron Lazar (channeling STP's Scott Weiland and, to some extent, The Cult's Ian Astbury) gives baritone resonance to the menacing chorus: "We don't even care." The follow-up track "Louis Guthrie Wants to Kill Me" has Lazar lamenting, à la Layne Staley "I try to tell it like it is/ She wouldn't even look me in the eye/ Someone's gonna die." Truth is, The Giraffes' Prime Motivator fairly kills it, peaking headstrong through delirium, before plunging headfirst into corrosive bliss.
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