After catching the premier of ‘Where’s Osama‘, my man-date with Fred moved on to the Lower East Side where we saw the 11pm French Kicks show at Mercury Lounge. (A truly epic night, which almost lived up to our 2006 date where we went from Red Eye to Sufjan at Bowery)
The French Kicks are legit. Their previous album Two Thousand (click here to listen), gets solid rotation on my iPod and I was pumped to see them live.
Mercury Lounge delivered – getting me within 6 feet of a band I really like for only $12 – gotta love the NYC concert scene.
While itching to hear my favorite tunes, they mostly played their new album, Swimming, which sounded like a sophisticated evolution since Two Thousand. I’m buying it today. Even though I only recognized three songs during their entire set, they put on a electric and musically tight show and I’d highly recommend giving them a listen.
