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Copeland
Daphne Loves Derby
Melee
The Spill Canvas
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Lo-Fi Cafe
Salt Lake City, UT
10/15/2005
By: Meagan Rockne
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The first band of the evening was The Spill Canvas. Yeah, I
remember hearing this band when they were called
Matchbox 20. But since it's no longer 1998 and I am no
longer in high school, I wasn't exactly sharing the crowd's
enthusiasm. It seems The Spill Canvas is popular amongst
the 'pop collar' crowd. It's good to know that some things
never change.
Surprisingly, Melee was up next. This is a band that I would
recommend seeing live. It was pure entertainment. I
enjoyed watching the bandmates play off each other,
guitarist Rick Sandberg's kitty t-shirt (he made it himself)
and the impromptu additions of Elton John's "Tiny Dancer"
and Led Zeppelin's "Rock and Roll." They weren't whole
covers, but rather verses thrown in their songs. It worked. It
did make me wonder how many of the audience members
actually knew these songs and not because they were in
Almost Famous and featured in a Cadillac
commercial, respectively. It didn't seem to matter because
the crowd was eating it up. With their high energy show and
their recent signing to Warner Bros., I foresee Melee going
far and I look forward to it.
By the end of Melee's set, my patience was wearing thin and
I took my leave before the third band, Daphne Loves Derby,
began playing. It was done as an act of self-preservation. I
had no idea what Daphne Loves Derby sounded like and, to
be honest, I don't think that I could have stayed if there was
an off chance that they sounded like any number of late
1990s radio-hit bands.
I came back in time to catch headliners, Copeland. I do have
to say that their live show is different from their CD.
Beneath Medicine Tree is so mellow, and to
hear the band play "California" with such energy and
passion, it changed my view of that CD. Copeland is a band
that gives an equally stellar performance on both CD and a
live show, although, Melee really was the band to see that
night.
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