Here at Live Wired, we couldn’t think of a better way to bring in the new year than to see one of our favorite bands perform. Last Saturday, on New Year’s Eve, Brand New performed at the House of Blues in Atlantic City to a sold-out crowd. Since the 2009 release of their album Daisy and subsequent tour, the band has mostly played one-off shows. However, the fact that this gig was one of those few shows was far from the most special thing about the night. For fans that traveled from all over the country to see Brand New play, the band put on one hell of a performance”they dressed up in suits for the occasion and treated the crowd to three different sets throughout the night.
The band kicked off the first part of the night with an entirely acoustic set. Two obvious choices for this part, ˜The Boy Who Blocked His Own Shot and Play Crack The Sky, translated into beautiful and heartfelt performances, with the crowd singing along to every word. They mixed it up a bit by choosing to play Sic Transit Gloria¦Glory Fades, a much more aggressive song that seems like it wouldn’t work acoustically. They proved us wrong and turned the rendition into something wonderful, with the crowd and frontman Jesse Lacey singing different parts of the chorus.
- So is Cee Lo Green sorry or not for remixing John Lennon?
- The only thing we like better than The Price Is Right is Snoop Dogg on The Price Is Right.
- David Lee Roth is back at it with Van Halen, let’s hope 2012 means the return of rock.
- Miles Davis: the original gangster.
- Get out there and buy some music, people.
- Morrissey can be seen from space.
- That’s what you get for having a trendy wedding, Katy Perry.
- We welcome Bonnie Raitt back with open arms.
- We’d say we’re surprised Tyler, the Creator got arrested, but we’d be lying.
- New New Order.
- If Adele is a lazy pop star, we want her to teach us her ways.
- It pays to be a Beatle.
- Pass the collection plate around, R. Kelly needs funding for 32 new chapters of “Trapped In The Closet”. Money well spent, if you ask us.
- We bet Seth Rogen’s dog is going to throw down some hilarious tweets.
- Civil Wars just made us infinitely more excited to listen to Taylor Swift’s new single.
- Are we really talking about Lady Gaga’s ponytail now?
- Everyone gets in bar fights, but only celebrities get in bar fights in Helsinki.
- Oh look, more Radiohead music.
- Florence + the Machine get ready for an arena tour at… a department store.
- Saying you want a pasta maker for Christmas is almost as lame as saying you want world peace, T Swift.
- Okay, 10 days left for something amazing to happen so that 2011 doesn’t go down in history as the year of Rebecca Black.
- There’s not enough time in the day to read all the 2011 music lists out there.
- Such a grumpy Gus, Morrissey.
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- Buble does Christmas like Gaga does weird outfits.
- It really was a great year for viral videos. Duck Sauce anyone?
- Lana Del Ray’s lips to appear on SNL.
- Nothing says Christmas special like lost David Bowie footage.
- Don’t get us wrong, we’re totally against music piracy, but how is it all Google’s fault?
- How To Make It In America gets cancelled, but Punk’d is coming back?? We’re over 2012 already.
- We’re not sure how we feel about the whole Rihanna vs. Dutch editor feud, but she sure managed to fit a lot of characters into one angry tweet.
- “David Archuleta Leaves Music to Become Mormon Missionary” Wait, what??
- Being that Deadmau5 was just announced for the 2012 Juno Awards, its safe to assume he is in fact still alive.
- Will a generation of hipsters embrace The Beach Boys?
- Wedding bells for Brit Brit, we hear the third time’s a charm.
- Is it just us or is Bieber looking super ladylike in pictures lately.
- Jay-Z’s got 99 problems but fast food ain’t one.
- New Sleigh Bells song. And no, we don’t mean Christmas music.
- We want a peek at Yo Gabba Gabba’s iPod.
- Why are you so awesome, Arcade Fire??
- We’re thinking of you, Etta James.