Fan-Belt.com Review
By: Tim Cigelske - fanbelt.com

It's easy to read metaphors into Cake's New Year's Eve Show at the Riverside. Most obvious was the huge banner behind the band that read, "A safer world, a more hopeful America." This comes from a quote of a certain presidential candidate: "We will build a safer world and a more hopeful America, and nothing will hold us back." Barack Obama? Nope. George W. Bush. "A safer world, a more hopeful America" was the title of the Republican National Convention platform. That's where he spoke those words. So was the banner hopeful or cynical? Or a little of both? It's always been nearly impossible to tell if Cake is spreading a message of defiant optimism or deadpan pessimissm. This makes them a perfect band for New Year's, the most emotionally conflicted day of the year. Like the lyrics of their Read More...