We saw Wolfmother last night, at a little club in Raleigh.

They were good, sounded almost identical to the record, but much much louder. Or maybe that's because we were standing in front of the right-side speakers. Hard to say. Hard to think straight, with all this ringing in my ears.

The guitar player's got a great heavy guitar sound. Very Sabbathy. Yum. And he sings all the songs exactly the way he does on the record - which always impresses me, since so many singers shortcut or avoid the tough parts in live vocals - sounding like a combination of Ozzy and Jack White. I think they played one new song, and so everything else was extended versions of stuff from their first (and only) record - makes singing along easy.

I had always thought, based on nothing but my own imagination, that the guitar player was the organ player. That was incorrect; the bass player handles all the organ and effects parts. And now that I know that very important fact, I feel complete.

The crowd was full of really tall, energetic college kids, and so, there was a mosh pit. I haven't seen one of those in like 15 years. Wolfmother's so retro, dude. We bailed a little early, cause, well, it was a frikkin Tuesday night, and all us oldies gotta get up in the morning - and, frankly, if you've heard an hour of Wolfmother, you've heard everything they have to say already. I like 'em, but they're kindof predictable.