Let me preface this review with a little background on myself. I work. A lot. And when you work in the industry that I do, it’s difficult to get any free time to relax (it also wreaks hell on your dating life).
That being said, after a 10 hour day at work last Friday (and knowing I had to work at 5am the next morning), I met up with a few friends of mine and headed over to the Music Box to see Boys Noize. I had slacked off on buying a ticket when they first went on sale and ended up spending way too much for what I feel I got in return. Don’t get me wrong, I had a lot of fun, but just not enough for what I paid for.
The Music box itself is one of my favorite venues. The place is small/intimate while still being able to pack a good amount of people in it. There’s a great rooftop patio that in the warmer months is open to the sky and allows you a great look at Hollywood around you (this night they had a tent set up to keep the roof warm).
My friends and I arrived a little early as we hadn’t looked up when Boys Noize was going to take the stage, so we sat on the rooftop and enjoyed some drinks while waiting for the show to start. Boys Noize eventually took the stage at 1am (remember… I had to work at 5…). The warm up DJs were okay, but I always feel like they hold back so that the headliner seems that much more intense and exciting. That being said, when Boys Noize’s set started, the energy in the room definitely doubled.
Now I pretty much went into this concert blind. I had heard of Boys Noize before and had listened to a few of their songs, but nothing extensively. I definitely felt a good vibe at the beginning enjoying the songs he started off with. They also had air compressors set up along the balcony behind the pit which would blast you with air periodically throughout the show, which was always a good thing.
After a while though, the concert started to get a little mundane. I felt like most of the songs were far too similar and ended up being simply a lot of the same bass pounding at the same pace. It could be that I was up all day working, but the whole experience started to lag about an hour into his show. I just wasn’t enjoying it as much as I’ve enjoyed other DJs. I will admit that getting close to 3am I felt like the set did start to pick up again, with Boys Noize seeming to vary the style and tempo of the music he was mixing, but at that point I forced myself to go and get at least 2 hours of sleep before work in the morning.
I’m a little sad I didn’t get to see the end of his set, and I will definitely see Boys Noize again, just not for anything close to what I paid to see him this time.
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