REVIEW: Rain Machine @ Johnny Brenda's 10/23

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REVIEW: Rain Machine @ Johnny Brenda's 10/23

POSTED: Sunday, October 25, 2009, 1:42 AM

Filed Under: Music Show

photo by Julia West

Suddenly Sexy.

What's wrong Philadelphia? Yes the weather sucks, but our team just made it to the Series again and Rain Machine is playing for you on a Friday night. You couldn't show just a little more love? Really, Philly, the excitement was lacking, as were hoots and hollers. Maybe your throats were sore from Wednesday night, and that's forgivable.

Rain Machine's self-titled album may drag a listener through some dreary places, but the live show was all rock. What was a sad song on the album is suddenly sexy when performed live. It did take a bit of coaxing from singer Kyp Malone to get the audience excited. By the second half of the set, though, coaxing wasn't necessary with great big performances of 'Smiling Black Faces,' 'Give Blood,' and an ending to 'Desperate Bitch' that could have been their finale, but it wasn't. Right when everything was going really well, someone had to yell for a TV on the Radio song. Malone responded by calling the request 'awkward' and then made it clear that Rain Machine is trying to do well as a new band, not TVOTR's little brother.

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