Passion Pit ::: Mayer Hawthorne ::: Bear Hands ::: Ogden Theatre ::: 04.07.10

Passion Pit ::: Ogden Theatre ::: 04.07.10

Passion Pit, Mayer Hawthorne , and Bear Hands played to a sweaty, sold-out Ogden Theatre last night making every show I’ve attended over the last couple of weeks sold-out. Bear Hands made their second trip to Denver in as many weeks bringing their sinister bass sound and catchy pop hooks for a short set. After witnessing last night’s performance, I expect nothing but good things for this band and the thought of them finally releasing a full length later this year has me salivating at the notion. “Can’t Stick Em” was the highlight of their night blending a Wolf Parade intensity and Modest Mouse type vocals. Mayer Hawthorne worked the crowd into a R. Kelly type sweat with his soulful grooves of bedroom foreplay in a bright red suit and patent leather red Nikes. When you get down to it, he’s no “Velvet Teddy Bear”, but his panache is in the right place and willing carve out a niche that was abandoned long ago. The headliners seem as though they’ve been traveling behind the strength of “Manners” for A REALLY LONG TIME. What people fail to realize is that their EP, “Chunk of Change” was all they had for most of that time and “Manners” was released and the rest was history. The synth-poppers had the Urban Outfitters girls in a frenzy, all screaming and waving their hands in unison. Despite reading that the band wasn’t good live, many of their songs took on different lives of themselves as they were performed live. On “Let Your Love Grow Tall”, the well illuminated stage displayed the veterans of the road from over countless festival and concert appearances as being triumphant performers nailing every beat and note in sight. Their set included “Dreams”, the Cranberry cover, and ended with the single that made me fall in love with Passion Pit to begin with, “Sleepyhead”.

Passion Pit-Sleepyhead [mp3]
Mayer Hawthorne-I Wish It Would Rain [mp3]
Bear Hands-What a Drag [mp3]

Passion Pit

Passion Pit ::: Ogden Theatre ::: 04.07.10

Passion Pit ::: Ogden Theatre ::: 04.07.10

Passion Pit ::: Ogden Theatre ::: 04.07.10

Passion Pit ::: Ogden Theatre ::: 04.07.10

Mayer Hawthorne

Mayer Hawthorne ::: Ogden Theatre ::: 04.07.10

Mayer Hawthorne ::: Ogden Theatre ::: 04.07.10

Bear Hands

Bear Hands ::: Ogden Theatre ::: 04.07.10

Bear Hands ::: Ogden Theatre ::: 04.07.10

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