LAist: Earlimart, The Wedding Present @ The Troubadour, 9/19/08

Schimonie

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:01:28 -0800

Yes, I was very obviously outnumbered there too. Sorry, I just don't like their songs. Good musicians though.

seasick1

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:51:07 -0800

Earlimart was a nice mellow show, but The Wedding Present picked up the energy a bit and put on a pretty clutch performance. Their live show is something they can't completely catch on their studio albums. It was great seeing them at SXSW and now here in LA, quite a different feel between the two shows - the audience was at rapt attention at both. Keanu...ran into him blindly near the paparazzi at door, but the fact that he was 'also watching' didn't take away from what The Wedding Present or even Earlimart delivered.

solracg

Sun, 21 Sep 2008 20:38:16 -0800

i'm guessing Simone isn't a fan or Wedding Present. I've seen Earlimart before, and they were fine, but Wedding Present were great.

damian_z

Sun, 21 Sep 2008 17:24:15 -0800

I couldn't disagree more strongly on the Wedding Present. This was my first time seeing them perform and I was really surprised by how great they were live. Perhaps the energy of the crowd was a big influence, but I enjoyed their set far more than Earlimart's, which was just another Earlimart performance to me--nothing really special. The Wedding Present had infectious energy, Gedge had a lovely sense of humor and by the end of the set, the vast majority of the crowd was enthusiastically dancing along. How often do you see that at an "indie pop/rock" show? In a word, they rocked. If they had opened up for Earlimart, rather than the other way around, I would have left the show early.