October 29 2006: The Fawns – The Basement, Northampton MA

So after the Tracy Grammer show we headed across the street to the Basement with intentions of enjoying some beers, only to be greeted by some great fuckin music. You know how you go to the bar and just want a beer but then some shitty band starts playing? This was exactly the opposite. The band picks up their instruments and instead of the awful stuff you’d expect from a band whose bass player is playing some sort of orange BC Rich knockoff, they start playing these fabulous little pop songs, all perfectly accented with tasteful little guitar or keyboard bits, with the vocals perfectly phrased, and with some very nicely subtle drumming. It was great. It was exactly what I wanted to hear without even knowing it.