“This is incredible,” swooned lead guitarist/vocalist Brian Aubert of the Silversun Pickups, just after blasting through a seemingly never-ending melt-your-face-off experience known as a Silversun Pickups show. Once Brian, Chris, Joe, and Sara (the temporary replacement for now pregnant Nikki) took the stage at the Orpheum Theatre in Boston on the 17th of October, it was as if the planets aligned and it was the last concert they would ever play. The energy of the band was such that every song seemed like it could be the climax, but they just kept playing, getting better as the night went on. I have been to many concerts in my life, and I have to say that this concert was by far my favorite. The venue, the passion, and the music came together into a trifecta of mind-blowing rock that blew the crowd away. The music combined the grit of a dirty punk rock show with the clean sound and performance you would expect from a highly trained and full manned orchestra. The opening acts were an alternative rock band from Australia called “Atlas Genius” and another alternative rock/metal group called “Cloud Nothings.” Once the Cloud Nothings finished their set, the roadies unsheathed the simple and yet powerful rig of the Silversun Pickups. At this point my thoughts were directed to the fact of how little they had, equipment wise, but how full their sound was when I heard their recorded music. However, once they took the stage I understood. Their equipment packed a punch that I never heard before. It was raw rock and yet simultaneously so rich that you could not help but stare and listen in amazement. They took away the glitz and glam of a big, Hollywood rock group and with their “bare bones” they showed that they
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