Eagles of Peaches?

Tonite's a show I've been looking forward to for a while now - Peaches/Eagles of Death Metal at the Variety. I was never too fond of EoDM's debut record, Peace Love Death Metal, that is until I really got sucked into their latest album, Death by Sexy. When PLDM was released a few years ago, I just shook it off as being some sort of novelty act, especially with the Josh Homme name-checks EVERYWHERE. But I never accepted the album and just cast it away. But when I was first exposed to "I Want You Soo Hard", I realized that maybe I was missing out after all. Granted, the songs really aren't that amazing or mindblowing or make you question anything... but listening to them is a guaranteed great time. I decided to give them a second chance before this year's Coachella... and still wrote them off. It was actually watching live footage of them at Coachella that really got me going. And then there was the Letterman performance that was not in studio, but ON THE STREET. Pretty bad-ass if you ask me. Here it is, if you're interested:



And that's when it hit - I couldn't miss them the next time around. When they opened for the Strokes a few months ago, on one of their off days, EoDM played the uber-tiny The Nick in Birmingham and I absolutely wish I had been there for such a show. I saw Verbena there a couple of times in the past and it really is the CBGB of the South. But this time at the Variety... with Peaches... and an opening slot? Regardless, I'll have to put my displeasure for Peaches aside for just one nite and deal with it.

Although something does need to be said of Ms. Peaches. Having seen her open for (you guessed it) Queens of the Stone Age some years back, she actually was a good time live. I'll forever have the image of her with a rubber dick on the outside of her shorts, singing "Shake Your Dicks". I questioned her whole set, but THAT seemed to make things a little better... as odd as that may seem. Maybe we'll see more of that tonite? Who knows? But I know that if that happens again, I'm gonna do my best at bringing my camera into the super secure Variety.

Peaches / Eagles of Death Metal @ the Variety Playhouse... 8PM... all ages.