Concert Review: HYPER CRUSH @ The Roxy - Night Wave Record Release Party

Friday night at the Roxy for Hyper Crush, I expected to walk into a time warp a la John Cusak in Hot Tub Time Machine, with everyone rocking their best 80/90s style neon beach and ski attire that they long forgot about. After all I heard this is what was to be expected at one of their shows. Instead I felt like Marty McFly, while rocking my flip brim Veloce (thanks Cameron) neon blue hat, black t-shirt tagged with "Venice Beach" neon colors, walking into a room full of your regular dressed LA too cool for school hipsters. After all everyone has an image to upkeep right? Okay, I lied there were some people in neon like I was, but there was definitely a lackluster amount.

That didn't take away from the ridiculous show put on by Hyper Crush as they came in true fashion; Donny Fontaine rocking a throwback to Vanilla Ice look, Holly Valentine in her black hot pants, gold jacket, denim hat and big gold earings, and keytar, yes keytar, player Preston Moronie in his suicidal tendencies t-shirt. It was an hour of non-stop moving, fog machines, and crazy light changes. The song highlights for me were "Sex & Drugs", La Roux's "Bulletproof" remix, both of which captivated the crowd and had everyone singing along as they danced up a storm. Even though I was on stage photographing the whole time I still found some moments to bust out my best white-boy dance moves. An added bonus, everyone at the Roxy was given an early copy of Night Wave due out February 7th, and a poster, showing some love for everyone who came out to the record release party on Friday.

Next time you are looking to throw a party, forget your playlist just cough up a few thousand dollars for these guys to come kill it at your house. Nothing says a party better than live mashups and a keytar.