The Action Painters got people dancing last night at the Northside Tavern, which is always a good thing for an indie band! The band feels somewhere between The Strokes and The Killers, before both got too commercialized. The Action Painters have the refreshing qualities those bands had when they first started out. They began their set with an unreleased Beatlesesque “How Could It Be So Wrong” and yes I think I even spotted a Harmonica which showed some range. The majority of the evening however they kept the kids dancing to songs like “Sooner or Later” and “456” (which you can see on the You Tube video below). The Brooklyn band played a mix of songs from their 2007 album Chubby Dancer, brand new EP Lay That Cable, and some unreleased tracks. They ended with the crowd pleaser from the new EP “Money Changes Everything.” I believe that there will be nothing but good things to come for this band!
Cincinnati band The Damn Thing opened up the show in the back of the Tavern. They have a little bit of a B-52’s / Bird and the Bee vibe to them. There is no doubt lead singer Hilly Kenkel has a pretty voice, it just might be a little too pretty for the style of music they play. I also caught a little bit of another Cincinnati artist Jason Snell in a front of the Tavern set; he had a really nice Steve Earle type of thing going on. Cincinnati band Koala Fires closed out the evening in the back, but I was not able to stay for them.
Action Painters new EP Lay That Cable is available now; they also did a woxy.com Lounge Act before their show at the Tavern. They have 2 more Ohio concerts before they head back to New York. Check out all the Cincinnati artists that played: The Damn Thing, Jason Snell, and Koala Fires.
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