[ATTENDED: July 20, 2018] Sleigh Bells
I don’t go to too many shows at the PNC Bank Center. I usually prefer smaller venues. But I need to change that for bigger shows. Here’s why PNC Bank Center is better than say BB&T Pavillion.
Free Parking.
There’s probably more reasons too (the sound was really great, it’s much closer to my house), but wow, that’s awesome. So the next time an artist I want to see is making the rounds of outdoor arenas, I will make sure to get the PNC date instead of the Camden date. It’s closer, too.
But I didn’t realize how much closer when I went to this show. It was on a Friday night and I assumed there would be shore traffic. So I left very early. So early that I got there and actually heard the National Anthem. I didn’t know they even did that. But it was nice to sit and relax with a book while everyone else milled about.
I don’t know if other venues do this as well, but if a show has not sold well, on the night of the concert you can upgrade your lawn seats for pretty close seats.
I didn’t need to do that because I had amazing seats for this concert.
Sleigh Bells was formed in 2008 by Alexis Krauss and Derek Edward Miller. They released their first songs in 2010 and I remember thinking that there was nothing else that sounded like them. I was never entirely sure if I liked them, but they were unique.
They played catchy guitar riffs with poppy verses and choruses but the drums were so maxed out that they always sounded like they were going to break your speakers. It was a fascinating mix of major pop and abrasive noise. Some songs, like “Infinity Guitars” seemed to max everything to the red–the guitar riff, the drums even Krauss’ voice made the whole song sound like it was really loud, even if it wasn’t. But it was really catchy at the same time.
At the time, Alexis had long straight black hair, sharp bangs and kind of a goth look, or at least a very dark look. (more…)
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