Spaceland, a Place for Cribs
The Cribs @ Spaceland
July 27, 2005
It was a strange lineup at Spaceland. Nine Black Alps opened, playing stripped down rock-n-roll, like the Cribs. This pairing made sense. However, the two bands sandwiched between them (Pit Er Pat and Need New Body) could be described as experimental at best. It was an odd lineup choice to say the least, which left some of the crowd confused and the rest apathetic.
The Brothers Crib, made up of Ryan Jarman (guitar/vocal), Gary Jarman (bass/vocal), and Ross Jarman(drums) barely interacted with the Spaceland audience but delivered their simple tunes with passion and confidence. Ryan (aka Ryan Crib) threw himself into the performance…as well as his mic. By the end of the set his lips bled. He also managed to play guitar one-handed using the other hand to drink beer.
The audience was small but consisted almost entirely of fans. During “Another Number” the crowd hummed the guitar hook, and Ryan and Gary Crib performed a dance, kicking and spitting at each other throughout “It Was Only Love” – a bouncy love tune.
Here’s the setlist for The Cribs Spaceland debut.
Hey, Scenesters
Direction
Lights Went Out
Mirror Kisses
It Was Only Love
You Were Always…
Martell
We Can No Longer…
What About Me
Another Number
Wrong Way to Be
My digital camera sucks! ha ha
I thought it was a nice effect.
[...] I talk to Joulene. She saw the nine black alps the night before at the glass house in pomona. She’s obviously a fan. She covered them at spaceland last year. People keep comparing the nine black alps to nirvana. I try not to laugh. Nonetheless I begin to get my hopes up. [...]
I went to that show. Sneaked in. Being underage and all. Saw their whole set list, and saw them perfom again. Truly grand, and nice lads. But I think I might be confusing this to another show, when they played once again at spaceland with the ettes, le rev?