So I've been wanting to see more live music but always end up hearing about shows too late and they're sold out (like Mumford and Sons's show last week) or I just don't get motivated enough to see it. Now that I'm on a bit of an unexpected hiatus, I decided to try to get in some shows. I saw The Futureheads and loved it and stopped by Bell X1's acoustic set and was a bit disappointed. I was checking through the Troubadour schedule and saw Free Energy was playing. I had one of their songs and it was OK and I liked the songs on heard on their myspace so I thought "Why not?".

I checked out the headliner of the evening, some band named Foxy Shazam. Let's just say that I know own both of their albums, can't stop listening to their new self-titled album, and am fired up about the show. It also doesn't hurt that all reports are that they give a great show but I'm now addicted to Wanna-Be Angel, Count Me Out, and Killin' It. I'm not sure how I'd describe them but part of me wants to say they are if Hedwig from Hedwig and the Angry Inch grew up in Harlem instead of Germany and wanted to be black instead of a woman. Lead singer Eric Nally's voice isn't miked enough on this but here's a live version of Wanna-Be Angel. (And check out the beard on the keyboard player.