"Unconditional" Fun

Thursday night I hit up the Fujifilm Z10 Finepix launch party at Irving Plaza. Two bands that I really like were playing: Locksley and The Bravery. And the best part of all - it was free. There was free beer and wine, and free little snacks. Granted, you get what you pay for with the food & drink, but it was still nice. And they gave away free cameras, of which I got none. I was sad about that since my camera is kind of on its last legs and I need a new one really badly. Oh well. It was still a blast.

Locksley went on first. I was surprised by the number of people that were there to see them since the last time I saw them (for free at After the Jump) there weren't that many people there. But people seemed to know them - at least the people who were up front where we were. Locksley still puts on a great show. They still looked cute and well-dressed as ever. And I'm still in love with guitar player Kai Kennedy. The show was actually very similar to the last time I saw them except there was a much bigger audience. They even played a cover of The White Stripes' "Hotel Yorba" again, but this time they didn't bring people up on stage "in the spirits of music education." I suppose that wasn't the point of this show this time though, so that's forgivable.

The Bravery went on second, after a bunch of hulabaloo in between of giving away things and pulling people on stage to embarrass themselves in various ways (that I could've done without). I had never seen The Bravery perform before and they were pretty awesome. Lots of energy. The two guitar players liked to get as close to the audience as they could without actually leaving the stage, which was cool for those of us up front and for taking pictures. The audience was dancing but for the most part not getting rowdy. The only downside was when a fire alarm went off and they stopped the show for a while (not like they evacuated us or anything, but The Bravery left the stage for a while). That was kind of annoying, but oh well. When they came back on, they played a few more songs - of which my favorite "Unconditional" was one of them - and ended the night on a good note. They also played one new song that is not on any of their albums thus far, which was good.

The more I think about it, whoever paired these bands was pretty genius. They are a lot alike - at least looks wise. They have similar fashion sense (I think almost every single member of both bands was wearing a button up shirt with some accessory, be it suspenders, a tie, a vest, etc), a similar make up (all guys, 2 guitar players/singers - the lead singer being the rhythm guitar player, and the lead guitar player singing backup - and even taking the lead to sing for a song or two). It made the night seem like everything tied together quite nicely.

And some more pictures of Locksley:

I'm a little jealous of that microphone... Not gonna lie..

So cute...

And more pictures of The Bravery:

This would be my favorite pictures if I hadn't cut off his head...

More photos HERE. And some songs:

Don't Make Me Wait [mp3] - Locksley - "Don't Make Me Wait" (iTunes)

Honest Mistake [mp3] - The Bravery - "The Bravery" (iTunes)

Tyrant [mp3] - The Bravery - "The Bravery" (iTunes)

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