I was lucky enough to catch Margots show last night celebrating the simultaneous release ofAnimal!
(the bands ideal album, on vinyl only) andNot Animal!
(Epic Records preferred version, on CD and for digital download) at the Troubadour in West Hollywood.
The band came out in true Margot fashion all wearing animal masks.
The octet, joined by two additional musicians, killed it from the start.
I couldnt take my eyes off Richard Edwards, the lead vocalist and guitarist.
Edwards is a scruffy, tight t-shirt-wearing, red wine-swigging protagonist with undeniable stage presence.
PercussionistCasey Tennis moves around the stage like a freedmonkey, clashing drums and thumping on his Sparklets bottle.
A Childrens Crusade on Acid may have left the biggest impressionon me.
you could warm the globe, but leave my wretched soulalone.
When themusic ended I wanted more.
I had spent the last 90 minutes in myspecial place.
You know that place if youre a music lover, completeeuphoria.
The band still has five weeks left of touring.
If they come to yourtown, do yourself a wonderful favor and go see em.
