A Wednesday night doesn’t have a big expectation to live up to; it’s just another bland workday before the freedom of the weekend bestows itself upon everyone. However, last night’s sold-out Wavves show at the Grog Shop was a surprising experience of a night for everyone. Though Coventry has tried its best to reduce the amount of minors roaming the infamous street at night, a substantial part of the crowd was made up of high-schoolers that were washing off the sharpie-marks from their hands to see if the bar would serve them. And though one would expect the vast majority of the crowd at a Wavves show to be high and mellow, they had an unprecedented amount of energy that blew away both the bands performing and the security trying to keep them in check.
Opening for the night were the Cheatahs, an indie band from London, England that fit the bill well in terms of music style. Performing with efficiency and very little faffing around, they played a set worthy of being the opener: not too energetic, not too docile, and unfortunately, not too memorable. Guitar solos weren’t astounding, but the bassist on the other side of the stage had some impressive fills in songs; but with his instrument being mixed the way it was, his playing wasn’t fully appreciated (welcome to the world of a bassist). The band wasn’t very energetic on stage- no head-banging, no jumping, etc. – but the crowd began to get a bit rowdy by the end of their set. Perhaps the most notable part of their set was the end, when they told the crowd that they were looking for a place to crash that night; hopefully they found someone willing to take them in, or at the very least, a furniture store that forgot to lock its door.
This article appears in Apr 3-9, 2013.
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I would hope that the local student population supports the bands and the Grog Shop when us adults have to abstain because they have work the next day….