Live Review- As Tall As Lions at Highline

Deep in the heart of New York's Chelsea district, you will find the brand new Highline Ballroom which opened in April. The Ballroom is one of the key elements of the restoration of New York's Highline Park. Yet on Friday night, the music from ballroom reflected the restoration of New York's music scene when As Tall As Lions sold out the beautiful venue on the last stop of their first headlining tour. It was one of the most anticipated homecomings of the summer when the Lions jammed through songs from their latest self titled record (and one of the best of 2006), and had the crowd dancing and waving to-and-fro for 90 minutes. Performing songs such as "Stab City," "Song for Luna," and the single "Love, Love, Love (Love, Love)," the band also retreated to old songs from their debut Lafcadio, closing the first set with the beautiful "My Glowing Morning Dreams." Singer Daniel Nigro has a charisma seen in the likes of Thom Yorke and Chris Martin, while Nigro's band mates frolic on stage as if they were playing metal music rather than alternative, but its just that- the presence As Tall As Lion's have on stage when they combine and perform make it not only an event for your ears but your eyes as well. The music and sound the band makes becomes much larger and much more atmospherical live in concert and is something that no disc or mp3 will ever do justice, it hits you not only in your bones but in your heart as well.