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BOYB! …as in “B-Y-O-Boombox!” That’s what Maryland-based five-piece rock group, Lloyd Dobler Effect, said yesterday as they celebrated the movie that gave them their name.
Although, their rock music (with Latin beats inserted from time to time) sound far from anything Peter Gabriel is known for, Lloyd Dobler Effect’s band members and friends took over the Big Apple yesterday as they celebrated and promoted the 20th anniversary of the film, Say Anything.
Last night, So Cal’s own Say Anything played The Avalon with three guests on the bill: San Diego’s Weatherbox, Glasgow’s Biffy Clyro, and Atlanta’s Manchester Orchestra.
Weatherbox opened to a half-full venue and by the end of their brief set the crowd was getting restless. Brian Warren’s nasal delivery didn’t translate live, and the first two songs’ wall-to-wall lyrics added a layer of monotony to some otherwise enjoyable hooks. Bassist Dave Silverman stole the energy, leaping around stage center and feeding off the percussion, as Warren and guitarist George Pritzker stood as still as pillars.
Scottish three-piece Biffy Clyro gets credit for waking up the house, dropping their first number on full-blast with a relentless, clear riff. Lead guitarist and singer Simon Neil looks like a son of Malibu money (no shirt, tight jeans, white shoes, scattered tats, and mucho hair) but he plays like a machine, ably supported by Ben and James Johnston on drums and bass.
