They are still awesome.

It goes a bit like this:

Lydia is a gal who I gave some music by the Hush Sound to. Why? Well, because she is a DJ at the radio station who runs a specialty show Saturdays that features a "girls only" style format.  (Check it out, by the way... Saturdays Noon-2)  As listeners know, Hush Sound frequently features their keyboardist as a vocalist... in fact, the whole band sings.

Anyways, Lydia told me they were going to be in town, and I had absolutely no idea!  Turns out that the Canopy really didn't seem to do much to promote it.  We went.

'Twas a good show.  Opening acts included Paper Rival, Charolette Sometimes, and The Secret Handshake.  Frankly, all put on a good show, and I particularly liked Paper Rival and Charolette Sometimes.  Secret Handshake was more of a dance/electronic vibe, not my thing... but the girls seem to love it.  They did it well, I'll give them that.  Chances are, a few of the above will end up on 88.7, so keep your ears open, eh?  Paper Rival fits our format to the dot, and have an interesting sound that incorporates some of their Nashville roots into the Modern Alt Rock Sound.  They are releasing their first LP soon, but I picked up a copy of their EP for a sample.  It's Nice.  CS sounds great on their myspace, and fits awesome with Hush Sound, so I can't wait to see some cuts on disk.

As for our main act, it was fantastic.  Last time I mentioned that the Hush Sound seemed a little tired by the end of their show... this time, I hear they mentioned that they had practically no sleep, but they performed strong to the end, doing "2 more songs" before leaving, and then coming back for an encore after we whined about them being done.  They hit a number of their best, including Wine Red, Sweet Tangerine, Like Vines, and Crawling Towards the Sun.  But here is the best part: they are working on a NEW album, and we got to hear some of the new material!  In fact, the show at the Canopy was the first on their tour, so we were the first ones! I can say that this new album ought to be great, it carries the same sound, but sounds harder, almost a bit more rock-vibed than jazz.  So yes, Goodbye Blues is certainly one I am going to pre-order.

Bonus: they did not one, but TWO covers that night.  First, a cover of Tom Petty's American Girl.... astounding!  For their final, it was a cover of Love Fool (You know you've heard it... "Love me, Love me, say that you Love me... etc etc) by... the Cardigans?  I dunno.  That's what the internet says, but Lydia thought it was Madonna.  I don't know, and frankly it doesn't matter to me enough to really look into it now.

So yes, good times, good music.