Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros at the Bowery Ballroom

It was like one of those hands in the air, wave-em-like-you-just-don’t-care church services, led by ten people who looked like they’d been transported from a commune circa 1966.  Everyone was singing along, there was lots of smiling and it was incredible.

There was so much energy coming off the stage the stage I was concerned that the room might spontaneously combust.  Jade Castrinos, the main female vocalist sang with her whole heart, and got completely lost in the music.  I’d never seen anything like it before.  She seemed like someone I would want as a BFF.  Someone that does everything with two feet in, and holds nothing back.  “She seems like someone that would have a hard time keeping a positive balance in her checking account,” Brian observed.

Alex Ebert the front man, reminded me a lot of a friend I had in college.  He was the guy that slept in a hammock his senior year of college, brilliant, very kind, and free spirited.

Here is one of my favorite ES&MZ songs, “Home.”