{"id":977,"date":"2016-07-10T12:56:29","date_gmt":"2016-07-10T16:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/?p=977"},"modified":"2016-07-11T17:58:13","modified_gmt":"2016-07-11T21:58:13","slug":"kongos-velvet-underground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/index.php\/2016\/07\/10\/kongos-velvet-underground\/","title":{"rendered":"KONGOS @ Velvet Underground"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-attachment-id=\"978\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/index.php\/2016\/07\/10\/kongos-velvet-underground\/20160709_191203\/\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160709_191203-e1468169145603.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2592,4608\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SM-G850W&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1468091523&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.8&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;40&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0044843049327354&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;6&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20160709_191203\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160709_191203-e1468169145603-169x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160709_191203-e1468169145603-450x800.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-978 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160709_191203-e1468169145603-450x800.jpg\" alt=\"20160709_191203\" width=\"297\" height=\"528\" srcset=\"http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160709_191203-e1468169145603-450x800.jpg 450w, http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160709_191203-e1468169145603-169x300.jpg 169w, http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160709_191203-e1468169145603-768x1365.jpg 768w, http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160709_191203-e1468169145603-1024x1820.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/vchiasson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160709_191203-e1468169145603-141x250.jpg 141w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 297px) 100vw, 297px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Last night I went to the Velvet Underground to see KONGOS. It was my first time at this venue, and it was a pretty good setup. The only thing needed for the venue considering it holds up to 500, was A\/C. The club gets pretty warm, so keep this in mind for dress attire.<\/p>\n<p>Ascot Royals opened for the band, and they had a good set. They were able to get the crowd ready and have a style classified as &#8220;dance rock.&#8221; Their style kind of reminds me of the Boys Like Girls, Jimmy Eat World and Dashboard Confessional genre. Good sounds to dance and be ridiculous to.<\/p>\n<p>KONGOS went on after 10pm. They opened up with &#8220;Hey I Don&#8217;t Know&#8221; off of <em>Lunatic<\/em> which is one of my favourite songs! It was a good start to the show to get everyone headbanging. They continued with a few more tracks off of <em>Lunatic<\/em>, then started incorporating new music from their newest album <em>Egomaniac.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Egomaniac<\/em> has allowed the band to explore new sounds, which I&#8217;m glad they are doing. There are too many bands that once they have a successful single, they become narrowed in on that sound. It&#8217;s clear\u00a0<em>Egomaniac<\/em> drifts away from &#8220;Come With Me Now.&#8221; The whole album is supposed to be a commentary of their success anyway! The strongest track from <em>Egomaniac<\/em> is their single &#8220;Take It From Me&#8221; which reflects on the band making leeway into the music scene, followed by &#8220;I Don&#8217;t Mind.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Autocorrect&#8221; is a social commentary on the future of society, and adds a bit of humour to the world of the digital. Whereas, &#8220;Underground&#8221; is just a good groove-to song. The album is definitely better live, so I would recommend catching a show with them!<\/p>\n<p>Ending conclusions: I loved the take on &#8220;Come Together&#8221; with Moezart, he is a super talented rapper. And the encore from KONGOS was great, loved that they played tracks from their father, John Kongos.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class='youtube-player' width='662' height='373' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7v15okIyhqA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent' allowfullscreen='true' style='border:0;' sandbox='allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation'><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Long-live small venues. It gives a more personal and intimate setting where you can actually see the band and feel the vibes! 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