Ludo, Sparks the Rescue, Tommy and the High Pilots, STAMPS [not pictured].
The Middle East, Cambridge Mass
First off, I’d like to say we missed STAMP’s because we got lost on the way from the Chestnut Hill T stop to The Middle East in Cambridge. Three kids from Maine and a native to Boston it’s self. But according to the rest of the venue and bands they killed it. It was their first tour; so congratulations STAMPS.
Tommy and the High Pilots were fabulous. Personally I’d seen them before at a previous tour with Ludo. Their music is fun and entertaining. Tommy’s smile and personality had some of the girls standing near me swooning over him.
Sparks the Rescue (a local Maine band) was next on stage. This is their second tour since their latest album Worst Thing I’ve Been Curse With dropped in May. Because of this the set list was mostly newer stuff. The set was 60 Minutes of Fame, Vanities, Autumn, Weirdest Way, Need You Now, Worst Thing I’ve Been Cursed With, We Love Lie Vampires, Saturday Skin and She’s a Bitch and I’m the Fool. How ever there was a minor change when Alex started singing My Heart Radio, instead of Saturday Skin. He goes “fuck” and then laugh about it and then start in with My Heart Radio it was quite fitting. People who were just their for Ludo and didn’t know who the hell Sparks the Rescue was now knows them. As a native Mainer I’m proud to support them.
At first glance Ludo just looks like a bunch of idiots that someone let on stage. How ever there is more to them than lead singer’s Andrew Volt’s witty humor. The lyrics are a bit ridiculous, but that’s what makes Ludo well Ludo. They know how to work a crowd. They came out dressed up in shiny space suits, I seemed to have forgotten mine at home or something this night. Anyone who thought they were going to this show without doing the Whipped Cream dance was wrong. The whole audience was trying to impregnate two walls and give Andrew twins. Love Me Dead was played acoustically from the crowd. The terms of service were: the crowd had to be quite (snapping for clapping, and laughing in their heads), no groping band members (high fives were acceptable) and to sing as loud as you could. Having literally not knowing all songs but two, it’s safe to say that Ludo puts on a killer show and knows how to work the crowd.
Terrible lighting at the Middle East, how ever more pictures can be seen here although most aren’t edited. Some are also on my personal tumblr.
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