Kaiser Chiefs Convert
Saw the Kaiser Chiefs at Slim's in San Francisco and they were blindingly good. I went with my cynical head on, expecting yet another bunch of here-today, gone-tomorrow Franz Ferdinand wanabees, but the Chief's converted me to their cause. Not only were the songs immediately catchy; they were also enthusiastically and tightly performed. The between-song banter by Ricky was also very funny - particularly when Peanut's keyboards broke down. They performed 'I Predict a Riot' without him, then played it again as soon as the engineer had made everything work again (despite the drummer protesting: 'no, let's move on.') They've got spirit and energy - and a cool guitarist. And they're from Leeds - so they deserve greatness.
Posted by monoman at 06:34 PM on March 26, 2005
