My new favorite review ever

From http://radioflyerreview.blogspot.com/2009/03/live-beluga-hunters-oh-no-and-tiger-pit.html

"Oh No! And the Tiger Pit - Oh No! is a classic example of a band of excellent musicians trying a little too hard to be edgy. The band played all kinds of rock'n'roll but all with vocals that sounded alternately just like the Pixies' Charles Thompson and just like Pere Ubu's David Thomas. They topped this off with some ironic girl-group moments and random animal noises.

The band was enjoyable and very talented, but the whole thing had the feel of "let's be in a band that's really weird," not "we're genuinely crazy and are genuinely trying to express ourselves." The music was fun and well-played but it didn't make it to a deeper level than that. Oh No! are fine for a party, but in terms of enduring artistic merit, they are only a pale derivative of the bands they parrot."

Let the record show that everyone on that bill was "a talented musician," but we were clearly the worst band there that night. Well, he wasn't huge on Trouble & Strife's frontman either, but he liked the band.

There's worse things than getting compared to Pere Ubu and the Pixies, but I get the feeling the guy (or gal) didn't even really watch this show. He's right about one thing: we're not that deep. We're a "pale derivative" as opposed to those derivatives that are not pale. We parrot because we love. And random animal noises is a new one. I take it he's talking about the hoots and hollers during the surf song.

I don't think we're in a band that's really weird. We're in a rock band. What's weird about that? I also don't think "we're geniunely crazy or genuinely trying to express ourselves." For Christ sakes, we're not a fucking emo band. That's not the point. And there's nothing really crazy about us. We have fun on stage. You want crazy? Watch old tapes of Iggy or something.