Concert Reviews: Silverchair
From Straight.com:
Concert Reviews By Shawn Conner
Publish Date: July 26, 2007
At the Commodore Ballroom on Saturday, July 21
Falsetto vocals, tarted-up melodies, Van Dyke Parks string arrangements, facial hair–what the hell happened to Silverchair?
Well, the lovable grunge moppets grew up. The youngest of Nirvana’s musical offspring, the Australian trio’s members were only 15 when they crossed the pond(s) with their 1995 debut, Frogstomp. Now at the ripe old median of 27, singer-guitarist Daniel Johns, drummer Ben Gillies, and bassist Chris Joannou have released Young Modern, their first album since 2002’s Diorama, itself a more ambitious record than the group’s previous outings. It’s a pop record decked out in glam-rock trappings, with only a hint of the angst-y aggression that propelled the band to the top of the ’90s alt-rock heap.
