[DID NOT ATTEND: May 13, 2023] Shame / Been Stellar
I hadn’t heard of Shame before this show, although apparently they are quite legendary for their live shows. When this show was announced there was much hype. And for a change, I didn’t buy into it.
So I didn’t get tickets, but I have heard some great things about the show.
Indeed, according to Brooklyn Vegan, their show the day before at Irving Plaza
frontman Charlie Steen in typical give-it-all performance mode, much of it spent in — and on top of — the audience. For final song “Gold Hole,” Steen climbed atop the crowd, up to the second floor balcony rail, and plunged again into the teeming mass who carried him back to the stage.
I don’t see any reviews of this Union Transfer show, but I imagine it was similarly wild.
They seem suitably energetic and fun without being unpleasantly noisy and crazy.
Been Stellar (name inspired by Ben Stiller) is a New York band that (according to Fader) plays “timeless alt-rock sound–a mix of anthemic choruses and nonchalant guitars that combine to create something both deeply considered and effortlessly cool.” I’ve listened to a couple of songs and I really like them.
