The Envy Corps

I kicked off the fall music season by seein a native Ames band called The Envy Corps. The first thing that caught my eye was the unbelievable equipment they were using. They has Jazzmasters, Rickenbackers, 3 vintage synths, huge pedal boards, and a few custom made guitars with about 8 or 9 knobs of built in effects in them. They hit the stage hard busting out with some feel good tunes and excellent vocal harmonies, a very versatile band that can really bring you down and pick you back up again. They had an awesome hour and a half of steady good tunes but I must give the overall high point of the night to the opener, a band called Cowboy Indian Bear. They are an all-around good band as well with a fantastic drummer that stays away from all those cliche beats and a jazzmaster-ist who just glides chords up and down in a sort of dream-pop style. They had a very respectable set as well and right in the middle cranked out one song that blew the night away. Currently on the quest to find out what it was.

latter
http://www.myspace.com/cowboyindianbear

former (cuts out but the video is cool)