January 23 was the date and Bad Rabbits were opening the show at 8pm opening for Fly Upright Kite and Ellis Ashbrook. Although it was their first official show, people obviously knew about these guys. (many members were previously in the popular local band Eclectic Collective) The room was nearly at capacity as soon as we opened doors, and the short set that followed left the audience wanting more. Bad Rabbits brought the house down and made for a very tough act to follow.
The band was recently nominated for the 2009 Boston Music Awards 'Best New Act of the Year' and put on one of the best performances that I witnessed that night. The Boston Globe said of the performance "The boisterous, genre-bending Bad Rabbits seamlessly blended Prince-style, falsetto-fueled funk and old-school R&B, and made some of the best party music of the night."
If you don't know these guys definitely check them out! Let's hope we can get them back at The Red Room @ Cafe 939 in 2010.
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