First Fridays with Lord Huron & Wildcat! Wildcat! 1/4/13

Approaching The Natural History Museum a bit before 8:00, we noticed a sign reading: SOLD OUT. It came as no surprise though since both of these bands have been getting more recognition this past year, 2012. Lord Huron, being featured on KEXP’s Youtube channel as well as the Rollo Grady and Daytrotter blog sites. Wildcat! Wildcat! was being spread throughout the Youtube channels that host all types of interesting new artists. Both bands are local to Los Angeles, which makes this spot, NHM, a great place for a performance.

            After paying for general admission and barely making it to Wildcat! Wildcat!’s opening my friend and I paced around the downstairs part of the exhibits. The bands were playing in a room on one half of the museum, while other rooms with different themes were open too.  It was something different. Wildcat! Wildcat! as always, brought their catchy and up lifting sounds to the show. Wearing tan dress suits, the band kept the sound full and even grabbed the outside audience’s attention. After they finished their set with the song “Mr. Quiche”, it was time for Lord Huron to hit the stage...

            The upstairs exhibits were also open for members of the crowd to walk through different natural habitats. From the prairies to the rain forest it was like a nostalgic flash back in the museum. As 9:00 grew closer, it was time to head back down stairs for the second and final performance by Lord Huron. Not before we took pictures by the large dinosaur skeleton in the main lobby.

They started of the set with a mainly acoustic
song leading the band to play a personal favorite, “The Man Who Lives Forever”. When the drums and percussion kicked in everything was grooving. Fans in the crowd were dancing, smiling and just having a good time. It must have been the bongos or maybe it was the higher end guitar riffs, whatever the band was doing it was being done right! Lord Huron can easily be enjoyed by ages of all sorts, which gives them so much potential in 2013.

After the show, members from Wildcat! Wildcat! were selling vinyl’s and shirts. My friend bought a vinyl, which they autographed and mentioned an up coming album. Hopefully soon. All in all it was a great experience and I hope to go back to another First Friday.